Bible Studies
Let’s Talk About World Mission Souvenirs Bible Study
Intriguing images and inspirational stories from the World Outreach ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Peru, Chile, India, Korea, Ukraine, Czechia and Latvia.
Download the online Bible study lessons here . This series is perfect for personal use, family devotions, small groups and/or congregational classes.
Original World Mission Souvenirs Series
A Savior Has Been Born to You
At Christmas-time many families display a treasured Nativity creche, perhaps one handed down from ea…
Hindu Evangelism?
In northern India, on the road between Delhi and Agra (home of the Taj Mahal), we stopped at a large…
Something Better – Here and Now
My five-panel iconostasis is a miniature representation of much larger versions found in Ukrainian O…
Martin Luther’s Legacy
What, exactly, did Martin Luther look like? We’re not sure. He died on February 18, 1546 in the town…
Old-fashioned Indian Threshing
Around the country, the harvest has begun. Huge machines crawl across fields of corn and soybeans, g…
The Message of Our Ringing Bell
Buddhist temples are scattered throughout the forests in the mountainous Korean Peninsula. Their tra…
More World Mission Souvenir Photos
WMS Photo 5
Centuries ago the Ukrainian art of egg decorating (pysanky) celebrated the end of winter and nature’s rebirth in springtime. Eventually the custom was Christianized and for the faithful today the painted Easter eggs symbolize the resurrection of Christ and the promise of new life after death for believers. Celebrating Easter . . . on and on! ’Tis the spring of souls today; Christ has burst His prison. And from three days’ sleep in death As a sun hath risen. Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary, #347