Category: Mission News
Missionary Finishes Studies, Will Return to Ukraine
EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) presented a Master of Divinity degree to Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy during their Sacred Convocation ceremony on May 30, 2016. Rev. Navrotskyy is a missionary for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) in Ukraine, where he serves with the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran…
Encountering Famine, Encountering Hope
by Emily Pritchard “Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces…
Seeking albs, altar furnishings for Ukraine Seminary
UKRAINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is seeking donations of paraments and altar materials for use in Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Odessa, Ukraine. The seminary currently has need of albs that are no longer used but are in good condition. These items would be used as…
LAMP receives RSO status from the LCMS
CANADA – On April 28, 2016, Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots (LAMP) announced that it had received Recognized Service Organization (RSO) status with The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). “This allows LAMP to widen our ministry presence to better serve the communities of northern Canada,”…
LAMP calls for prayer for First Nation community rocked by youth suicide epidemic
CROSS LAKE, MANITOBA – Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots (LAMP) is encouraging Lutherans to pray for Cross Lake (Pimicikamak Cree Nation) as they struggle with a recent outbreak of youth suicides. From mid-December 2016 to mid-March 2016, six suicides (most of them youth) have…
Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2008, the Government of Canada along with parties to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada to respond to abuse and other negative impacts of the Indian residential school era. It completed its work in…
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