Jul2015
Will Longest Lutheran Lunch go viral?
by LCA Communications
With the nominal date for 2015’s Longest Lutheran Lunch (Sunday, 1 November) creeping ever closer, coordinator Andrea Cross is taking to social media to spread the word. So, if your congregation, youth group or school’s Facebook page has the word ‘Lutheran’ in it, or is connected to a page that does, be prepared to see… Read more
Jul2015
New board chairman for Lutheran Homes
by Tim Gray
At the March meeting of the Lutheran Homes Incorporated (LHI Retirement Services) board, Chairman Richard Bartholomaeus announced his intention to retire, effective from the end of July 2015. LHI Retirement Services is South Australia’s largest Lutheran retirement living and aged-care provider, employing 550 staff and caring for 1000 older Australians at two sites in the… Read more
Jun2015
ALC lecturer awarded research prize
by LCA Communications
Rev Dr Stephen Pietsch lectures in Pastoral Theology at Australian Lutheran College (ALC). In 2014 he was awarded a PhD from Flinders University for his research in contemporary pastoral care. His doctoral thesis was titled Of good comfort: analysing and reflecting on Martin Luther’s pastoral letters to the depressed and their significance for pastoral care… Read more
Jun2015
New Zealanders support name change
by LCA Communications
New Zealand Lutherans have asked that the name Lutheran Church of Australia be changed. The Convention of Synod of the Lutheran Church of New Zealand (LCNZ), held in Wanganui on 23 and 24 May, said that the name should recognise also the New Zealand church. The resolution flows from the findings of the LCA Governance… Read more
Jun2015
Be prepared for changes: LCA Royal Commission team
The Lutheran Church of Australia has so far received little attention from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Jun2015
From schoolboy convert to bishop-elect
by LCA Communications
Smith. No, not Schmidt. Smith. Paul Smith. The surname of the Queensland District’s bishop-elect reflects a cultural shift in the Lutheran church in Australia as its branches stretch and grow upwards and outwards from its primarily Germanic roots. At the Queensland District Convention of Synod on 30 May, Pastor Paul Smith was elected to the… Read more
Apr2015
Ordination. Young people are listening.
by LCA Communications
Many young people are indeed interested in the life of our church, including the complex issue of ordination. They want to make a contribution—but how can their voices be heard? For its second event of this nature, Grow Ministries (LCA Board for Child Youth & Family Ministry) invited applications from 15–18-year-olds from all LCA districts… Read more
Apr2015
Mixed fortunes for NSW
by LCA Communications
New South Wales Lutherans met for their District Convention of Synod from 20 to 22 March. The venue, Warrambui Retreat & Conference Centre at Murrumbateman, was also the major topic on the convention agenda. In October last year, the District met for a special Convention of Synod in order to discuss the future of Warrambui,… Read more
Apr2015
Doors open on Perth mission project
by LCA Communications
If you’re counting the number of Lutherans in LCA districts, Western Australia is not going to come out on top. But what the district lacks in members, it makes up for in vision. The completion of the first phase of the district’s bold ‘Faith for the Future’ project was celebrated with great gusto during the… Read more
Mar2015
Lutheran Media invited to world stage
by LCA Communications
Opportunities to learn from people at the top of their field are rare. It can be even rarer to get the chance to share with them what you are doing. Director of Lutheran Media Rev Richard Fox had the opportunity to both learn and share on the world stage when he attended the National Religious… Read more
