Articles & Presentations

Home & Family Committee Workgroup | The Voice of Zion June/July 2026 -- We began our work together in prayer, asking our heavenly Father for wisdom, clarity, and guidance in our work together. Six fruitful meetings later, we are still praying those same words, but perhaps we have a deeper understanding of just how much we need them. As a workgroup assigned by the LLC Home and Family Committee, our small group – representing many walks of life – was asked to gather and prep

Carey Simonson | The Voice of Zion June/July 2026 -- A camp for LLC ministers was held at Stony Lake Camp April 10–12, 2026. God richly blessed the camp from the opening devotion at 3 p.m. on Friday to the closing devotion at noon on Sunday. I have attended ministers camps for more than 20 years, but to better understand the history of ministers camps, I asked Keith Waaranimi and Walt Lampi, both ministers in the Rockford, Minn., congregation, to share their thoughts and re

The first supplement to Songs and Hymns of Zion (2008) is available digitally as of November 14, 2025. This release marks a significant milestone in the ongoing hymnal development work of the Laestadian Lutheran Church. It brings together familiar melodies, newly translated texts, and brand-new songs written by believers from across North America. A Continuing Story of Song When Songs and Hymns of Zion was published in 2008, it gathered more than six hundred hymns cherished b

Kathy Waaraniemi | The Voice of Zion August 2025 - LLC Summer Services Article -- Opening Service It had been many years since my husband...

Last year, the LLC Periodicals Survey was conducted to better understand how believers in North America use LLC periodicals and...

Ruth DeLacey | The Voice of Zion September 2024 - Featured Article -- George Koivukangas of the Cokato, Minn., congregation has retired...

The Voice of Zion August 2024 - LLC Summer Services At the 3:00 p.m. service on July 4, Jukka Kolmonen of Oulu, Finland, spoke from...

Kolet Simonson | The Voice of Zion August 2024 - LLC Summer Services The much-awaited 2024 LLC Summer Services in Kelso, Washington,...

Kimmo Puolitaival, Sam Roiko | The Voice of Zion May 2024 - Article -- The biennial meeting of sister organizations LLC, SFC and SRK took...