Category: Mission News
LCC on the road: “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few”—Theological education in Nicaragua
by Leonardo Neitzel NICARAGUA – It has been amazing to see the fields of sandias (watermelons) in Nicaragua these days, even though it has not rained much this year. As one drives on the highways, large, grown-up watermelons are easily spotted, lying in the fields…
Commisioning full-time chaplain
by Chuck Cooley Penticton, B.C. – Rev. Capt. Vic Morris, Pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church in Penticton, B.C. was Commissioned as a Missionary Chaplain of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) for the Canadian Armed Forces in a Farewell and Godspeed Service June 24. Padre Morris accepted an…
Sharing the Gospel through Spanish comic books
LETHBRIDGE, AB – Special fundraisers and donations recently made it possible for Immanuel Lutheran Church to purchase 10,000 copies of Un hombre llamado Jesus: El vivió entre nosotros (“Who is this man called Jesus? He lived among us”). This Spanish-language 128 page booklet brings the stories and…
FaithLife Financial volunteer hours reach all-time high
WATERLOO, Ont. – The 360 chapters of FaithLife Financial and their members supported initiatives within their communities and around the world for a total of 90,732 volunteer hours in 2011—an all-time high the equivalent of $1,360,973.* President and CEO Karen Bjerland said, “I am very thankful…
Seeds planted by East District sprout in Quebec
by Rev. Dr. David H. Somers QUEBEC CITY, Que. – What happens to the generous offerings gathered by appeals such as the East District’s 125th anniversary special offering? Both ventures in outreach, two projects in Quebec yield different answers. In Quebec City, building on the co-operation…
Into Africa
by Mathew Block “We can see that our lives have changed significantly; they are better than they were before. And so our people say thank you.” These were the words which greeted participants of Canadian Lutheran World Relief’s (CLWR) “Global Encounter” program at a small…