May2019
Your Lutheran school behind the wire
by Jonathan Krause
Recently ALWS Community Action Manager Jonathan Krause saw some very different ‘Lutheran’ schools – schools our Lutheran family in Australia is building and equipping for children trapped inside displaced-persons camps in Myanmar in Southeast Asia.
May2019
Faith the bedrock of Lutheran education
by Ivy Peng
Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Lutheran Education Malaysia representatives visited LCA ministries recently as guests of LCA International Mission in order to better understand the Christian Studies’ framework within Lutheran schools in Australia.
May2019
Caring across the airwaves
by Richard Fox
Letting someone know they are not alone can make a big difference in people’s lives, especially when they are facing pain or trauma.
May2019
United across nations to work for justice
by Rebecca Anderson
I have been working as an intern at the Lutheran Office for World Community (LOWC) in New York since February.
Apr2019
Let the little children come to me
Grow Ministries and the LCA’s Commission on Worship have created children’s addresses to be used as part of worship to engage and encourage the young people in our congregations.
Apr2019
Little cards make big impact
by Helen Beringen
Never underestimate the power of a simple greeting card to touch someone’s heart. For 84-year-old Irene Joppich, the unexpected arrival of a handmade card in 1994 did just that as she faced testing times while volunteering in a remote outpost.
Apr2019
Honouring mission friends at Wantok Place
Rarities, mysteries, culturally significant pieces and items of high monetary value are among an LCA collection of ‘extraordinary’ artefacts set to be relaunched in a new home with a new name.
Apr2019
Leap of faith changes lives
by Chris Sumner
Five people from Adelaide Hills Lutheran churches recently visited Thailand to build a hothouse on a church farm with evangelists from surrounding villages. It was a life-changing experience.
Apr2019
Finding a witness in the wood
by Helen Beringen
God’s messages of love are sometimes burnt onto people’s hearts through humble means. Take a sheet of plywood and wood pen, a little scroll saw, and a willing set of hands, and anything is possible, through God.
Mar2019
Learning from our differences
by Barbara Mattiske
Under the theme of ‘Many cultures, one faith’, we spent times of learning, by both studying the Bible and listening to speakers, all of whom shared with love and passion about their ministries.
