Sheridan Lutheran Church Tanzania Archives

Devotion: Lost & Found

Sep 22 2022

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Lost & Found Please read the scripture from the weekend: Luke 15:3-7 Pastor Martin Russell’s sermon on Tanzania Sunday this week gave us (or me at least) a new perspective on Luke 15:7, which follows the Parable of the Lost Sheep: “…I tell you, in the same way, there...

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...

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...

Nuru School Update: Final Exams

Oct 08 2020

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This week, we received the following update from Pastor Joshua at Karansi Lutheran Church in Tanzania: “Dear our beloved friends, I greet you all in the name of Jesus Christ. It is my hope that you are all doing well and God is still keeping you safe from this pandemic...

God Sighting: A Good Shepherd

Jan 31 2020

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By Pastor Greg Bouvier Each time I travel to our sister parish in Tanzania, Karansi Lutheran, Pastor Joshua Laiser takes me on some kind of adventure. Karansi is a small town on the edge of civilization. It would be much like a small town on the edge of the sandhills region of...

God Sighting: Partnership

Dec 04 2018

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We knew we wanted to do something special to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Nebraska Synod’s relationship with Tanzania, but we were not quite certain what to do. We heard that the Nebraska Synod was bringing someone to Nebraska for the Assembly in June, so we didn’t want to...

Devotion: Partnership #ThisMatters

Nov 01 2018

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1 Corinthians 3:9 (Good News Translation) “For we are partners working together for God, and you are God’s field. You are also God’s building.” This time of year brings out the farmer in me. When I see all the machinery bringing in the harvest after the long growing...

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.

Thankful in Tanzania

Nov 29 2016

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I was leery of taking this journey during Thanksgiving and leaving my family but God had a plan. So, thankful to God. Only, He can provide for us. Tom and I have begun the long journey back to the United States. The worship at Mudio this weekend was very meaningful. During the...

Tanzania Partnership Update – Mudio Lutheran Church

Sep 24 2016

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This blog details the recent pastoral leadership transition at Mudio Lutheran Church. Not only are we extremely proud of our Tanzania ministry partnerships, but we rejoice in the opportunity to partner together for the sake of building the Kingdom of Jesus Christ around the...

Tanzania Group Update: Children

Feb 01 2016

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Believing you have witnessed the poorest of the poor, around the corner you discover you haven’t seen it all. Today we visited one of our sister congregations, Karansi Lutheran Church & Nuru English Primary School and realized how grateful children living in extreme...

(Udoro) Dedication

Jan 28 2016

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In the English language the word dedication has a couple of definitions… Last Sunday we dedicated a church – the Udoro sub-parish of our sister congregation, Mudio Lutheran Church. For some, it was a once in a generation experience, for others once in a lifetime. In...

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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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