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LCMS Snapshots - Witness, Mercy, Life Together - Home & Abroad: Feature photos from the Lutherans Engage the World Magazine. November- December 2012 - http://www.lcms.org/lutheransengage

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lcmsphoto > Rev. Peter Bender sings the National Anthem at Chicago’s Wrigley Field before a Cubs-Astros game. Bender was given this opportunity after returning the ball from a player’s first home run earlier in the season. He has served as the pastor of Peace Lutheran Church, Sussex, Wis., for 21 years.

lcmsphoto > Vacation Bible School leaders at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Minot, N.D., got “slimed” after children raised more than $3,000 for North Dakota outreach projects, including Hope Village.

lcmsphoto > Students use American Sign Language to interpret portions of the liturgy during the Church Interpreter Training Institute (CITI). CITI is a two-week program held on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, that equips students to share the Gospel with the deaf.

lcmsphoto > The Rev. Nelson Rodriguez (center front) was ordained into the pastoral ministry on the same day his wife, Perla Gil de Rodriguez, was commissioned as a deaconess. The two serve Comunidad de Gracia Lutheran Church, an urban church plant in Houston, Texas.

lcmsphoto > A team member from Messiah Lutheran Church, Lakeville, Minn., helps a woman fit new glasses during a short-term mission trip to Guinea, West Africa. The team of eight held eyeglass clinics through Mission Opportunities Short Term (MOST Ministries) and gave out nearly 600 pairs of glasses during their trip.

lcmsphoto > Patti Anderson and Susan Hawthorne fill bowls with food for Haitian children with special needs. The two women were part of an 11-person team from Iowa District West that traveled to Haiti to share God’s love through Vacation Bible School and other activities.

lcmsphoto > Murell Sanders (center) describes Fuzzy Friends for Haiti, the mission project of the Vacation Bible School at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Memphis, Tenn. This organization, which was started in 2010 by Meredith Johnson (left), collects stuffed animals for children in Haiti. During the last three years, 3,235 toys have been collected.

lcmsphoto > Rev. Clarence Pannier, 90, of Davenport, Iowa — a 1962 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Ill. — has gone the distance, leading a breakfast Bible study each week for 30 years in a local restaurant.

lcmsphoto > Rev. Shauen Trump, LCMS missionary to Kenya and Tanzania, preaches at a worship service in Uganda. Shauen and his wife, Krista, have served in Africa since 2008. They have two sons.

Rev. Peter Bender sings the National Anthem at Chicago’s Wrigley Field before a Cubs-Astros game. Bender was given this opportunity after returning the ball from a player’s first home run earlier in the season. He has served as the pastor of Peace Lutheran Church, Sussex, Wis., for 21 years.

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