Feb2017
From little plants, big love grows
by Helen Beringen
Browsing through the handmade treasures of a country market, you can easily sense when you are buying love. Vendors spruik a cornucopia of local goods all created with care, from hand-knitted beanies, to the fresh-baked delicacies. As you amble among the stalls of South Australia’s south coast markets, you might unwittingly buy a little pot… Read more
Feb2017
Community welcome at ‘closed’ church
by LCA Communications
There may not have been a Lutheran congregation at Bower in South Australia since March 2013, but the church is still ‘open’ for outreach. On Sunday 12 March there will be a community worship service at the former St Peters church, 140 kilometres north of Adelaide. There have also been funerals held at the church… Read more
Nov2016
Aboriginal workers set standards
by Marilyn Wall
More than 25 Aboriginal pastors, evangelists and church workers from Central Australia have attended the 2016 Docker River ‘Big Course’ to learn about the LCA’s Standards of Ethical Behaviour policy, with some travelling more than 600 kilometres to take part. Held over three days in October, the course was part of the Finke River Mission’s… Read more
Nov2016
Lutheran named NT’s Australian of the Year
by LCA Communications
Indigenous leader Andrea Mason has been named the Northern Territory’s Australian of the Year. Ms Mason, who worships at Alice Springs Lutheran Church, is the Chief Executive of the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council, which supports and advocates for 3000 women across a 350,000-square-kilometre area of Central Australia. The council works with women… Read more
Oct2016
Lutheran carpenter named top apprentice
by LCA Communications
Lutheran Ryan Grieger has been named Australia’s top apprentice. A member of the Zion congregation at Swan Reach on the Murray River in South Australia, Ryan last month took out a gold medal in the carpentry category at the WorldSkills Australia National Competition in Melbourne. He also earned the Tjerk Dusseldorp Award for Best in… Read more
Oct2016
Hermannsburg: passing on the baton
by LCA Communications
A little more than 50 years ago, when Pastor Conrad Raberaba set in place the foundation stone of the new church at Hermannsburg, 125 kilometres west of Alice Springs, a time capsule prepared by congregation members Olga Radke and Karl Benz was placed behind it. On 25 September 2016, on the occasion of Bethlehem Lutheran… Read more
Aug2016
Learning from the young ones
by LCA Communications
Immanuel Lutheran Church at Novar Gardens in suburban Adelaide is situated between a Lutheran college and primary school which each bear the same name, meaning ‘God with us’. Its geographical setting gives the church extra opportunities to minister to and serve children and families. Church pastor Nigel Rosenzweig says it is a privilege to serve… Read more
Aug2016
Golden games links to Lutheran schools
by LCA Communications
Swimmer Kyle Chalmers, a year 12 student at South Australia’s Immanuel College at Novar Gardens in suburban Adelaide, won a gold medal for Australia at last month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Kyle, 18, took out the men’s 100 metres freestyle event in a personal-best time of 47.58 seconds at his first Olympics. In… Read more
Jul2016
At Kintore, church and council chime in
by LCA Communications
At Kintore, 520 kilometres west of Alice Springs, the peals of a church bell are once again calling the people to worship on Sunday mornings, after church and community came together on a joint ‘bell-raising’ project. Weighing in at 95 kilos, the enormous bronze bell was funded with lease money paid to the community from… Read more
Jun2016
Women’s mission secret unearthed
by Janette Lange
It doesn’t look like much, the little memo book pictured above. And yet it’s kept a secret for 150 years – a secret that changes our church’s history! Unearthed a few months ago by Lutheran Archives volunteer Lois Zweck, it re-writes the story of women’s guilds and mission in our church. Until recently, it was… Read more
