Category: Mission News

April 11, 2012

First graduate of LCC’s PAT program

WINNIPEG – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is excited to announce the upcoming ordination of the first graduate from its Pastors with Alternate Training (PAT) program. Assefa Nega Aredo will be awarded his theological diploma at a mixed English-Oromo language service at Winnipeg’s Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (59 Academy Road) on…

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April 4, 2012

Teaching English in Nicaragua

by Liz Mellecke Last May I found a page on Lutheran Church–Canada’s website about a short term ESL mission opportunity in Nicaragua. As I was interested, I contacted the office with a little overview of who I am. I had been to Nicaragua twice before. First,…

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March 30, 2012

Mozambique ministry flourishing

MOZAMBIQUE – During his recent trip to Africa, President Robert Bugbee met with members of a Mozambican ministry with Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) connections—the Kapasseni Project, a ministry which grew out of mission efforts by retired LCC pastor Rev. Joseph Alfazema and his wife Perpetua. President Bugbee was in…

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March 23, 2012

Joint meeting proves fruitful for Lutheran Women

On March 14-15 four of the officers and a counsellor of LWML–Canada (LWML–C) met in Winnipeg with three officers of LWML (U.S.) to share information and ideas. On the second day additional officers and counsellors of LWML were able to participate in the discussion via…

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March 15, 2012

Rev. Dr. Glenn Schaeffer joins CLWR Board of Directors

Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) member Rev. Dr. Glenn Schaeffer joined the Board of Directors of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) at their March 3 meeting. As the majority of the board was in Africa for CLWR’s 2012 Global Encounter event, the meeting took place in Maseru,…

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March 14, 2012

Two weeks in Africa: President Bugbee reflects

From February 23 through March 7, 2012, four representatives of Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) travelled to Africa as part of Canadian Lutheran World Relief’s (CLWR) Global Encounter program. Participants were divided into three groups, with each group visiting CLWR projects in one of three countries: Mozambique, Ethiopia, or…

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