Sheridan Lutheran Church Missions Archives

Agape Lutheran Seminary Chapel Completion

Jul 11 2022

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Agape Lutheran Seminary Chapel Completion Pastor Godrick Lyimo, headmaster of Agape Junior Seminary (a Lutheran High School and partner in ministry with Sheridan) reported back on the dedication of the new chapel. By your generous above and beyond gifts to Sheridan’s Readiness...

Barnabas Community: A Pandemic Success Story

Jun 21 2021

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Barnabas Community: A Pandemic Success Story Barnabas Community, an outreach ministry birthed from Sheridan in 2008, learned to adapt during the pandemic. Like everyone else, when infection rates started rising and our community made adjustments for public safety, Barnabas made...

Pine Ridge Reconciliation Center: Children’s & Youth Ministry

May 26 2021

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Positive COVID-19 cases have been remaining low, so the Tribe has been easing their restrictions. Thus, we have been increasing our in-person ministry efforts again while maintaining safety protocols with masks, social distancing and minimal people indoors for gatherings. We have...

God Sighting: Haiti Living Faith School Easter Celebration!

Apr 28 2021

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Have you ever had a moment when you needed something and didn’t know how you could afford it? And then, what seems to come out of the blue, is just enough money to pay for your need? I think a lot of us can identify with this blessing when it comes. It’s always an...

Tanzania Scholarship Project: Meet Rozina

Oct 26 2020

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This October we highlight our ongoing ministry with the Tanzania Scholarship Project. Through this project, students from poor families and communities are able to receive schooling. These students are bright, motivated, faithful and ready to learn. The only thing holding them...

A Letter of Thanks for Barnabas Meal Ministry

Apr 29 2020

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COVID-19 paused our regular ministry hours at Barnabas. However, our creative team of volunteers developed a plan for take-out meals and shopping by appointment. Every Thursday and Saturday, meals are served in take out containers. For many in our Barnabas Community, this is...

Tanzania Leader to visit Sheridan Oct. 21-31

Oct 08 2018

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Pastor Godrick is the headmaster at Agape Lutheran Seminary, a high school owned by the ELCT Northern Diocese which enrolls Christian students from diocese congregations.

Habitat Global Village/El Salvador Update #2

Jul 16 2016

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Working Hard We have been hard at work on our house and it’s growing every day. Becca Burson has been helping the mason set the block by filling the side seams with cement. Cathryn Breutzmann has been using special tool to smooth the mortar between the block. Ian Plummer...

What’s Holding You Back?

Feb 03 2015

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“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me.” – Jesus from John 10:27 I’m writing this blog in the middle of the ‘night’ somewhere between Greenland and Iceland over the Atlantic Ocean. I can’t sleep anymore and need a...

Let It Go

Jun 29 2014

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I think there is a reason the song “Let It Go” from the movie Frozen is such a hit. There are simply times in life where you’ve lived one chapter and it’s time to turn the page and enter the next. You have to just let go of your planning, preparation and...

Partnership for the Long Haul

Jun 02 2014

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There has been a shift in how churches reach out to those who are suffering. As Jesus says in Matthew 25, we will see his face in the poor, the hungry, the thirsty, those imprisoned and those in need. As missionary societies developed in churches in the late 1800s from Europe and...

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Noisy Offering & Connections Cafe Tips – During December, the Noisy Offering and Connections Cafe Tips will be divided between Barnabas Community and Sheridan’s Hunger Ministries Fund, which provides for community foodpacking events, Matt Talbot ministry and other hunger related needs in our community.

Donation Bins – The Lutheran Food Pantry is housed at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church and is supported by Lutheran churches throughout Lincoln and is accessible to anyone in need. In December, we will support this ministry. A list of items needed is available at the donation bins, which you can find at doors 1, 2 and 4.

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