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 27
Nurse Igor examines a girl’s eyesight with a vision screener in the Medical Clinic on Wheels in Ukraine (World Mission Souvenir, ca 2015). This humanitarian agency provides free medical and dental care for underserved communities as part of the Gift of Life ministry supported by Thoughts of Faith and the ELS Board for World Outreach. In 2023, nearly 9,000 patients were treated, at no charge, thanks to American support. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven (Matthew 5).