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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 9/1/2019 - 2 minute read

When 22,000 young people descended on Minneapolis as part of the 2019 National Youth Gathering, dozens, perhaps hundreds, of the event’s leaders and volunteers came from Concordia Irvine.

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Posted on 6/24/2019 - 2 minute read

Sam Fluegge spent 10 childhood years in Togo, West Africa, with his family, who were Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod missionaries. But when they moved to the U.S., Sam left memories of Togo behind. A missions study trip back to West Africa reconnected him to his past, potentially redefined his future — and earned him $1,000 as the winner of the Great Commission Showcase.

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Posted on 5/28/2019 - 4 minute read

As a highly organized person, Emily Crosby ’18, an English major, had her life planned out — until she participated in an exchange program between Concordia University Irvine and Urawa Lutheran School in Japan. She fell in love with the Land of the Rising Sun and recounted her journey of moving there in a top-prize-winning entry in Concordia University Irvine’s Great Commission Showcase.

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By Mia Mauss
Posted on 4/25/2019 - 4 minute read

Nokukhanya (Noks) Shabalala's '16 journey spans four continents, takes place in multiple countries and crosses three oceans. As a child, Noks was never alone. The same is true today. It is clear that God’s Spirit has been her companion and guide every step of the way.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 3/1/2019 - 3 minute read

I do a lot of work with Rio Grande Valley Mission Action Council (RioMAC), a collaboration of twelve Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod churches in the Rio Grande Valley which focuses on unity within our circuit, within our individual congregations and within our communities. We also engage in outreach, specifically to those who do not know how incredibly loved they are by Jesus. Our outreach efforts have placed us in some very unlikely places and situations, which make for interesting ministry stories

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2018 - 2 minute read

Two new on-campus centers now have directors. Jonathan Ruehs was named director of the Center for Church Leadership, and David Loy was named director of the FaithWorks Center. Both centers were made possible by grants from the Kern Family Foundation.

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Posted on 3/1/2017 - 3 minute read

Taylor Kelso, our 2016-17 Great Commission Showcase winner, discovered her love for teaching when she was invited to join her church on a bi-annual missions trip to Hungary.

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Posted on 11/17/2015 - 0 minute read

April Hall, our 2015-16 Inaugural Great Commission Showcase winner, served for two weeks in Kolkata, India at a home for elderly adults with the nuns of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Mother Teresa.

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