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
Kindness to a Stranger
At a fishing village on Black Mountain Island (Haeksando), off the western coast of South Korea, I f…
What Goes Around…
At tourist attractions in Australia you can watch a demonstration of the returning boomerang. This h…
Welcome to Our Church
Great honor is bestowed on guests who are received in Indian village churches. On one occasion, as w…
True Christmas Gift-giving
This World Mission Souvenir was purchased at a street market on a snowy afternoon in Kiev, Ukraine. …
The Companions God Gives Us
Traveling eastward by train from Ternopil to Kiev, Ukraine, we rolled across flat farmland under a c…
The Pastor and the Paper Picker
Pastor Watson served a small Lutheran congregation in a thatch-roof village in India. After a chicke…
More World Mission Souvenir Photos
WMS Photo 20
An informal interlude during a worship service at Seoul Lutheran Church, congregation members join hands and sing, “We are one in the Spirit, we are one in Lord.” This moment is followed by the exchange of greetings throughout the church. After this brief time, the solemnity of the order of worship resumes with a traditional Lutheran liturgy. I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord” (Psalm 122).