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2017 Year in Photos { 30 images } Created 13 Dec 2017

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  • The Rev. Andrew Schlund, LCMS missionary to Mexico, prepares for worship at the Lutheran Church of The Good Shepherd on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, in Mexico City. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Remi Lare Lambon, pastor in the Lutheran Church of Togo, stops briefly on his way to a home visitation on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, at a rural village in Sankpong, Togo. Lambon is a graduate of the Lutheran Center for Theological Studies in Dapaong. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The office of the Rev. Matthew Marks, associate pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Perryville, Mo., on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • A young parishioner retrieves Bibles before worship on Sunday, March 19, 2017, at Amigos de Cristo Iglesia Luterana in Las Americas (Friends of Christ Lutheran Church in the Americas) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Delwyn Campbell, national missionary to Gary, Ind., preaches during a Lenten service at St. John's Lutheran Church on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in Gary. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Dr. John Loum, director, Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology and new career missionary to Africa, walks to his office on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Steve Kasten, church member at St. Mark's Lutheran Ministries, Eureka, Mo., joins fellow volunteers on the sand bag line on Monday, May 1, 2017, in downtown Eureka.  LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Dick Keezer, a member at First Lutheran Church, Neosho, Mo., plays one final tune in his home of over 40 years on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Neosho. His house was deemed a total loss from the weekend flood. Dick spoke love through his music, mourning the end, yet thankful for all that was given. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Autumn Fischer receives a scrap fabric headband from friend Chloe Denton as the two help make blankets for Christian care kits at Martin Luther High School on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Northrop, Minn. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Ler Moo and his bride July Paw pray at their traditional Burmese wedding held at New Vision Lutheran Church, Spokane, Wash., on Saturday, June 17, 2017, in Spokane. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Trinity Lutheran Church, Grangeville, Idaho, on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, in Grangeville. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Steven Struecker, full-time farmer and pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Livermore, Iowa, and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lu Verne, Iowa, checks his crops for insects on Saturday, July 8, 2017, in West Bend, Iowa. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Campers make sheep crafts during Camp Courage VBS at Zion Lutheran Church on Thursday, July 13, 2017, in Ottawa, Ill. The VBS resource is available from LCMS Disaster Response.  LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Matthew Machemer, associate cantor at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., performs during Matins in the Chapel of Our Lord at the 2017 Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at Concordia University Chicago in River Forest, Ill. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Roberto Cantu cries as Tom Kusiak, a retired physician and volunteer from St. Paul Lutheran Church, San Antonio, Texas, prays and counsels him during the Laundry Love ministry event on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at the E-Z Wash laundromat in San Antonio. Cantu's mother had died several days prior. "They care for me here," he said. The monthly ministry event is supported by a grant through the “Stand With Your Community” program, which was made possible by a partnership between the LCMS, Thrivent Financial and Lutheran Church Extension Fund. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Joseph Lewis, a seminarian in the Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology (EIIT) program at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, leads young Khamari Reeves to worship on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, in his parish Lamb of God Lutheran Church, housed in Ascension Lutheran Church, Landover Hills, Md. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Gui Kasongo Kabeo (left), pastor at Eglise Lutherienne Internationale de Sion (International Lutheran Church of Zion) and Gospel Lutheran Church, both in Milwaukee, Wis., prays before dinner at his home on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017 in Milwaukee. Kabeo houses refugees, some seen in this photograph, who do not have a place to go when they arrive in the United States. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Jim Sturgis, pastor at Faith Lutheran Church, Aransas Pass, Texas, walks past his damaged church on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2017. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • A neighborhood street flooded by Hurricane Irma on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, in Bonita Springs, Fla. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The sun sets Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Artist Rachel Ziegler works on her mural project commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation on the building across from Zion Lutheran Church, Worms, Neb., on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Molly Maronde (far right) and Faith Schneider lead Sunday school for children following worship on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017,  at Faith Lutheran Church, York, Neb. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Jeannine Heiden (left) and Betty Renken greet Braelynn Dempcy and her mother Heather following fellowship on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, at Faith Lutheran Church, York, Neb. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of the LCMS, reads before evening service at Iglesia Luterana de Cristo Rey (Christ the King) in Guatemala City on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in Guatemala. Behind him is a display celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Seminarians walk to class at Concordia Reformer Lutheran Seminary and Mercy Center in Palmar Arriba, Dominican Republic, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Young Adult Corps participants (L-R) Coretta Hedstrom, Laura Grundeman, and Rachel McCloskey play with the children at Little Blessings Daycare and Preschool in Trinity Lutheran Church, Boston, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Seminarians Eli Voigt, Wade Bellesbach, and Daniel Boraddus lead the recessional following the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation service on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Naomi, a newly confirmed member, lifts up Deaconess Caitlin Worden de Ramírez, LCMS career missionary to Peru, in a joyful hug following a worship service with confirmations at Castillo Fuerte on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, in the La Victoria district of Lima, Peru. Ramirez is a big part of Naomi and her fellow confirmands' lives. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The street with Castillo Fuerte on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in the Chorrillos area of Lima, Peru.  LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Teacher Emily Cicerale reties the shoes of a student before class at St. John's Lutheran Church and School on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, in Racine, Wis. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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