Category: Mission News
LCC-SELCU Missions during the war in Ukraine
UKRAINE – As of November 24, 2022 the people of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) have raised a total of $649,317.56 for the Ukraine Relief Aid Fund. The following update is provided by Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy, LCC’s Missionary-at-Large in the Ukraine concerning our partner church the Synod of…
First Lutheran Church welcomes refugees from Iraq
You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. — Leviticus 19:34 WINDSOR, Ont. – Tomas, Mehasin, and…
CLMS President Paddles for Missions
EDMONTON – At the recent LCC Synod Convention in Edmonton the president of Concordia Lutheran Mission Society (CLMS), Rev. Mark Lobitz, jumped on board and began paddling! This was at the amazing mission event on Sunday evening. Boats and fishing are common images in…
The role of a Missionary-at-Large
QUEBEC – On Sunday, September 25, 2022, Rev. Walta Clercius was installed as Assistant Missionary-at-Large (MAL) for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s French Ministries. The installation services was held at l’Église luthérienne de la Sainte Trinité (Québec City). Pastor Clercius served as a pastor of l’Église luthérienne…
A letter from LCC’s partner church in Nicaragua
NICARAGUA – We received the following letter from Rev. Hector Morales, pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s partner church, the Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (Iglesia Luterana–Sínodo de Nicaragua – ILSN): Although we have a very orderly liturgy, which we follow with devotion in the Nicaraguan…
Reflections from a Ukrainian pastor: “Blood can save lives”
UKRAINE – We received the following letter of reflection from Rev. Oleg Schewtschenko, pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s partner church the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU): “Blood can save lives!” In recent weeks Ukraine’s defence forces have begun liberating Russian-occupied territories. Of course,…
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