Jun2016
Bringing church to you
by Richard Fox
‘How can we worship? We are a small group of worshippers in a remote town.’ ‘How can I worship? I live over two hours away from my nearest church.’ ‘How do you worship? What’s a Lutheran worship service like?’ These are just some of the questions we have been asked at Lutheran Media by people… Read more
May2016
Gifts of service
by Jonathan Krause
Glenda Walter has no idea how many Gifts of Grace cards she has packed over the past three years as a volunteer at Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) head office in Albury – but with nearly 20,000 pigs, chickens, water-filters and long drop loos given as gifts in that time – it’s no wonder Glenda’s… Read more
May2016
If you build it, they will come
by Janette Lange
It was an unlikely place to start an urban church. For starters, it was in the middle of grain fields and dairy farms. Secondly, there weren’t any Lutherans there. In fact, there weren’t any people there! But the SA Home Mission Board of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia had faith they would come. This… Read more
May2016
Where are you, God?
by Judy Calder
Judy and Bernie Calder live in Mt Pleasant, an eastern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, which was badly hit by the devastating earthquakes the city has endured over the past six years. Judy recalls what it has been like to live through the fear, the destruction and the uncertainty of these disasters, at times wondering… Read more
May2016
What is conflict?
by Paul Kerber
Do you have conflict in your life? In your church? Or do you view conflict as something that only happens in other people’s lives? We often have filters on our ears, eyes and hearts, so that we view conflict as something which involves other people or other congregations – not us, not ours. But what… Read more
May2016
Three reasons to get excited
by John Thiel
Three adult baptisms within a few months at any one congregation is a story worth sharing. When that one congregation is based at a Lutheran aged care facility, it’s something worth shouting from the proverbial rooftops! Little wonder then that Pastor John Thiel, chaplain at Tanunda Lutheran Home in South Australia’s Barossa Valley, is excited… Read more
May2016
Men’s matters
by Richard Fox
‘I’d like to order your booklet on anger for my mate.’ While many men often find it difficult to ask for help, Lutheran Media receives numerous requests like this one from men who want assistance with issues such as depression, anger and relationships. And thanks to the support of Lutheran Men of Australia, there’s a… Read more
May2016
Pain that won’t go away
by Stephen Abraham
In 2003 Stephen Abraham was church planting pastor of the LCA’s new Mawson Lakes congregation and school pastor at Endeavour College in Adelaide’s northern suburbs. He was a songwriter with several worship CDs, including songs in the All Together series. He had aspirations for the future, a happy family with wife Thérèse and young son… Read more
May2016
Cultivating young leaders
by Jodi Brook
Following the overwhelmingly positive response to the National Youth Forum that was held in April last year, Grow Ministries was invited to develop a new training initiative. This initiative will provide continuing and sustainable leadership development for young adults of the Lutheran Church of Australia that includes a regular National Youth Forum and Christian formational… Read more
May2016
Called to go and serve
by LCA Communications
The LCA International Mission team has two new program officers ready, willing and called to support you and partner churches overseas in sharing the good news of Jesus. Erin Kerber, a former administration worker and intercultural studies student, will work with churches in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, as well as on school service-learning… Read more
