Category: Mission News

December 14, 2020

HLMS says thanks for COVID-19 support

  HAITI – The Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) is thanking Canadian Lutherans for their support of Haitians during the COVID-19 pandemic. “You, our faithful supporters, have continued to bless our mission,” writes Andrew Jackson, HLMS treasurer, in response to the gifts and prayers offered….

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December 4, 2020

Deaf Ministry Pioneer called to rest

Rev. Dr. Robert (Bob) Bauer, a well-known advocate for the Deaf, passed away peacefully into the arms of His Lord on September 3, 2020 at the age of 90. Dr. Bauer was born on January 27, 1930 just outside of Stony Plain, Alberta. A farm…

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November 21, 2020

Hurricane Iota impacts Nicaragua  

NICARAGUA – I am pleased to inform you that the hand of God was protecting our beloved Nicaragua. The hurricane hit the Caribbean Coast fairly hard, and part of the regions of Jinotega, Matagalpa, and Rivas were impacted by minor flooding. Some hills collapsed and caused landslides, which caused the death…

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October 19, 2020

International Missions Update

WORLDWIDE – Planning is underway for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s 2021 International Missions Budget, as well as the Project Proposals for Concordia Lutheran Mission Society (CLMS) and Lutheran Women’s Missionary League – Canada (LWMLC). Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) is still in the process of working…

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September 17, 2020

LCC Missions: Ukraine Update

by Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life?…

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September 11, 2020

Essentially Serving – French Ministries in Confinement

by David Somers QUEBEC – Physical distancing protocols and confinement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have created avenues for LCC’s francophone congregations that we may not have imagined or attempted before. The fears surrounding the threat of COVID-19 have opened the door for…

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