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WELS Connection - June 2008

Sometimes mission opportunities walk right through your front door – literally. That is exactly what happened to our WELS congregation in Des Moines, Iowa. The face of Des Moines, like so many communities across the United States, is changing with the wave of immigrants coming from the world over. The impact is obvious at Lincoln Heights Lutheran Church which is now home to a group of about 60 immigrants from Sudan.

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January 2012 – Haiti: Two years later
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2011 is nearly behind us. It’s been an eventful year . . . with natural disasters and political controversies. Despite the turmoil, God’s grace to us as individual Christians, and his blessings to us as a church body remain constant. Our synod president, Rev. Mark Schroeder, reviews those blessings this past year—and how God is using WELS for his purposes through your support.
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November 2011 - Walking Together
November 2011 - Walking Together
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Jesus’ final instructions to us as Christians were to go and make disciples of all nations. It’s a mission we as a synod walk together to accomplish. As the opportunities for outreach expand around the globe—so too does the need for workers willing to go. Our ministry training schools are stepping up to meet the need.

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February 2012 - Rallying our youth for service
February 2012 - Rallying our youth for service
0:05:38

WELS will be holding an International Youth Rally this summer. See how one church’s youth group is preparing and why this fellowship opportunity with their peers from around the country is so important.
See video
January 2012 – Haiti: Two years later
January 2012 – Haiti: Two years later
0:06:08

Learn how WELS is reaching out with God’s Word to orphanage directors and children in Haiti two years after a massive earthquake struck the area. Missionary Terry Schultz teaches the directors about Jesus, so they can spread the message of Christ to the children.
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December 2011 - Year in review
December 2011 - Year in review
0:07:25

2011 is nearly behind us. It’s been an eventful year . . . with natural disasters and political controversies. Despite the turmoil, God’s grace to us as individual Christians, and his blessings to us as a church body remain constant. Our synod president, Rev. Mark Schroeder, reviews those blessings this past year—and how God is using WELS for his purposes through your support.
See video
November 2011 - Walking Together
November 2011 - Walking Together
0:07:11

Jesus’ final instructions to us as Christians were to go and make disciples of all nations. It’s a mission we as a synod walk together to accomplish. As the opportunities for outreach expand around the globe—so too does the need for workers willing to go. Our ministry training schools are stepping up to meet the need.
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October 2011 - Ukraine
October 2011 - Ukraine
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This past June, representatives from 33 countries met in Minnesota for the triennial convention of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference—or CELC. As an international fellowship of confessional Lutheran churches, the CELC is a reminder that there are Christians all over the world walking together with us in WELS—in places like Ukraine.

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