Category: Mission News

January 5, 2012

Downtown church connects with community

“Why are you doing this for us?” Members of Historic St. Paul’s (Kitchener, Ont.) who volunteer at its new outreach often hear and joyfully answer that question as they offer free food and winter clothing to people affected by poverty.  Recently the downtown congregation has…

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November 29, 2011

Manitoba government supports Lutheran relief work in Kenya

  Registering at the Dadaab relief camp   A $100,000 grant from the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation will help Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) provide increased support to people in the largest refugee camp in the world. Dadaab, in south-eastern Kenya, hosts 465,000 refugees,…

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October 13, 2011

Theology students are eager to learn

Students taking the theological education courses in Chinandega, Nicaragua are finishing their second week of classes. Thirteen men and 22 women first studied an “Introduction to the New Testament” taught by Rev. Kurt Reinhardt (Trinity, Kurtzville, Ont.). The course began with a brief look at…

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October 7, 2011

Thanksgiving video from Ukraine

LCC Missionary Alexey Navrotsky and the video team at Alpha & Omega Student Society produced a 12-minute Thanksgiving video for Lutheran Church-Canada. The video includes highlights from the visit of a team from Grace Lutheran Church in Drumheller, A&O summer camps, the opening of the seminary in Odessa in August…

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September 15, 2011

Students prepare to serve Nicaraguan church

Future church workers in Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua participated in the final stage of their preparation for theological education last week. The class of 15 pastoral students and 21 diaconate program students gathered at the Mission Centre in Chinandega September 7 to meet with ILSN President Luis Turcios and several…

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September 14, 2011

Language classes teach Bible stories

by James Morgan We often hear about churches using English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to reach out to new immigrants in their community. But there is also a strong demand for English among people living in non-English speaking countries. As a result, last…

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