Apr2016
Everyone can show care
by Sonya Braybon
‘Nurna pmara nurnakanha ntarntarama’. (‘We care for our home country’. – Western Arrarnta language) I am a member of the Tjuwanpa Women’s Rangers, based in the Hermannsburg area of the Northern Territory. We do water monitoring to see if it is healthy to drink and to swim in. This happens every month.We do prescribed burning… Read more
Apr2016
Legacies of Killalpaninna
by Lyall Kupke
Within 25 years of their arrival, the early Lutherans in South Australia decided to set up their own mission to the Aboriginal people. This mission lasted 50 years and many Aborigines became Christians. In the 1860s the two rival Lutheran synods in South Australia responded to the challenge to take the gospel to the people… Read more
Apr2016
Jordanian vicar to study at ALC
by LCA Communications
Jordanian Lutheran vicar Fursan Zumot has arrived in Australia to complete a 12-month vicarage placement in suburban Adelaide and study at Australian Lutheran College (ALC). Fursan, from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), has been working as a vicar with the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem. Born into… Read more
Apr2016
Care op shop back after fire
by LCA Communications
Lutheran Community Care reopened its popular Smithfield Plains op shop in Adelaide’s northern suburbs last month. The shop underwent eight months of renovations after it was severely damaged by fire in June 2015. It has been serving the local community for more than 30 years and is supported by the work of nearly 30 volunteers…. Read more
Mar2016
Miracle brings life
by Roger Ashcroft
God’s many wonders assured his people of his presence in the Old Testament and Jesus’ life-changing miracles are well-documented in the New Testament. We read, too, of the signs worked through the apostles of the early church. There are testimonies from around the world that miracles still happen in Jesus’ name – but do we… Read more
Mar2016
One in God’s eyes
by Coralie Mattner
I saw . . . space, distance, time, patience, desire and outreach. travel, red dust, corrugated roads and vehicles pushed to the limit. huts, shacks, tin sheds, dogs, houses, more dogs, small communities, larger communities, homes, cars and four-wheel drives. people gathering together; purposefully coming – for ‘church’, children, dogs – all the same, but… Read more
Mar2016
Hope among the ashes
by LCA Communications
In the aftermath of tragedy, God’s plan to bring regeneration and new life is not always clear. As much as the world tells us we should ‘move on’, there are some losses we never get over. However, a strong sense of community spirit, along with the generosity and prayers of those near and far afield,… Read more
Feb2016
The LCA’s got talent … lots of it.
by LCA Communications
Teenage drummer Teseme James Krause, or TJ as he is known, was the first contestant to receive the ‘gold buzzer’ and an automatic place in the semi-finals when entertainment show Australia’s Got Talent returned to Australian TV screens last month. In Year 9 at Tatachilla Lutheran College, south of Adelaide, TJ is a member at… Read more
Feb2016
Hills of grace
by LCA Communications
From the inner cities of Australia and New Zealand, to country towns and the outback, LCA pastors, lay workers and members have worked with, and cared and advocated for, refugees and other new arrivals for many decades. In this way, these servants of Christ – some of whom were refugees themselves – have been bringing… Read more
Feb2016
Message in a bottle
by Rebecka Colldunberg
Let’s be honest – water is bland, tasteless and downright dull! If you’re anything like me you will get the sporadic jolt of motivation to ‘drink more water’, whereupon you will dutifully line up eight glasses of water on the windowsill of your kitchen, take one look at them and retreat, defeated, to a darkened… Read more
