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“Opened Eyes … Hearts Ablaze!” is the theme of this year’s materials designed to help congregations celebrate “Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Sunday” on Oct. 5, or an alternate date.
Dr. Robert Roegner, executive director of LCMS World Mission, authored the new materials, using the text from Luke 24:31-32 to develop the worship service ($4.25 per 50 [...]

Chelsea Madden served as a short-term missionary outside of Seoul, South Korea, through LCMS World Mission in July and August of 2008. Here, one of her students, Ella, draws a picture of her on the board.

Read more about Chelsea’s experience serving in South Korea on her blog.
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The “Seminar on Hinduism and Praxiology of Community Outreach to the Hindu Community” was held in June 2008 at Concordia College—New York, Bronxville, N.Y. Sponsored by the Concordia Institute for World Religions and Evangelism (CIWRE), this meeting brought 46 participants and presenters from as far away as California, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska, Illinois, and Missouri—and there was [...]

Carol Becker, long-term missionary in Japan, shared this update on her blog: “Friday the 25th was my last day teaching at Suginami before the summer break, so we made crafts for fun. The yochien, or pre-school age, made jellyfish, since we’ve been learning about the ocean. The first graders made lions, since we were learning about [...]

China Lutheran Seminary held a celebration service to dedicate a new building on their campus in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

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“LINC New Orleans, as part of Southern District Recovery Assistance, Inc., is connecting a network of local missional leaders who are catalysts for justice and empowerment in their communities. Relationships have been built in area public schools where staff and volunteers tutor, counsel, and share leadership development discussions. Connections are being made in neighborhood societies [...]

“Hebrews 13:7 served as one of several ‘theme verses’ for the Golden Jubilee celebration of the India Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC), held this month on the campus of Concordia Seminary in Nagercoil, India. Hundreds of pastors and lay people from across India and Sri Lanka, along with several visitors from the United States, including me, [...]

“A number of visiting professors and teams came out to Togo during the last two months-some from other African countries and others from the United States. The Lutheran Center for Theological Studies (CLET) has trained leaders for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Congo (EELC) since 2000. From May 26 to June 6, Rev. Tchibinda Mavoungou, [...]

“Every summer for six years now, members of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Los Gatos, Calif., have come to Trinec, the town where I live, to teach English at the church’s summer English Camp. This camp is a week-long experience of English learning for middle and high school-aged students and for Christian outreach. About two-thirds [...]