Mar2022
Blessings flow from partnership
A new worship and ministry centre at Noosaville in Queensland may be the visible fruit of a 35-year collaboration between the co-located Lutheran church and college there, but their partnership is all about blessing people in both communities.
Mar2022
Sun shines on hearts of gold
A series of ‘God-incidences’ has turned a Lutheran farming family’s surplus hay paddock and 30,000 sunflower seeds into a golden field of hope for children with congenital heart disease in South Australia.
Mar2022
Water for the thirsty
The installation of a public drinking fountain in front of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Traralgon, Victoria, was proposed by the congregation as a community service and became a reality late last year.
Feb2022
Taking Jesus into quarantine
by Pastor David Christian
There is nowhere that God will not go in search of his lost children. In Vietnam, he spoke through new Christian, Esther, to reach out to people locked up together in a COVID quarantine centre.
Feb2022
Sharing love – no small bickies
A packet of biscuits made with love changed Craig’s life: ‘I knew God was speaking to me. [The biscuits were] a reminder that God hadn’t forgotten about me.’
Dec2021
Don’t forget the suffering of others
Peter Gerang Deng, a member at Immanuel Lutheran Church North Adelaide, hasn’t forgotten the tragedies of his homeland of South Sudan. So, to encourage his Australian faith family to support people in need in Africa, Peter and Pastor Mark Worthing recently launched a month-long prayer challenge.
Dec2021
Equipping faith partnerships
by Jodi Brook
A big part of Grow Ministries’ work is to develop resources that support families and congregations in their ministry to children and young people. As the end of the year approaches and we look forward to a new one, Director Jodi Brook highlights an updated resource.
Dec2021
Finding out where we belong
Celestine Rowe spent her childhood with a foster family and felt she was ‘missing a sense of belonging’. And that’s why the mum of four is thrilled that her children are growing up connected to their wider family in Central Australia.
Nov2021
God shares his good news in mysterious ways
by Tania Nelson
When the LCANZ was contacted by a member of La Jolla Lutheran Church in California USA because of that church’s ‘Bibles for the Nations’ project, Local Mission Executive Officer Tania Nelson soon realised this ‘out-of-the-blue’ connection was no coincidence.
Nov2021
Learning beyond the classroom
In the wake of devastating and deadly bushfires in the Adelaide Hills in December 2019, Lobethal Lutheran School teamed up with Spring Head Lutheran congregation to establish an outdoor learning program and encourage local children to reconnect with the surrounding bush.
