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When Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) Board members and staff met in Albury, New South Wales, recently to mark 75 years since the Lutheran Church’s ministry to refugees in Australia began, there was no grand party to celebrate the milestone. Instead, they shared bowls of porridge for breakfast, followed by a thanksgiving service! Cooked by Community Action Manager Jonathan Krause, the porridge was made to the same recipe used by ALWS’ international partners to feed children threatened by famine in Somalia. In lieu of payment, staff and guests donated to ALWS’ 18:1 Matching Grant, with every $10 funding a year’s education (including a daily meal of porridge) for a child in Somalia. Read more
LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith has encouraged members of the church to endeavour to ‘strike the right balance’ in their commemorations of Anzac Day. He says in an eNews message sent today, ‘As we remember and give thanks for acts of courage and sacrifice in war, we also remember the lives tragically cut short, the suffering and grief ...' Read more
Registrations for next month's Cross-Cultural Ministry Conference close on 26 April. Taking place in Melbourne from 5 to 6 May, the conference is a call to leave your ‘home base’ and engage with those who need to hear about the reason for the hope we have. It will also address the practical challenge of how to walk in a way that blesses our unsaved neighbours. Click here for more details. Register by 26 April here.
The month of March was filled with visitors from LCA International Mission partner churches, beginning with a visit from Rev Dedi Pardosi, the director of the National Committee of LWF member churches in Indonesia (KN-LWF), and closely followed by church leaders from Malaysia and Singapore together with some of their wives. Read more
The Servant of Christ Award honours lay people of the church by recognising those who give outstanding service. Districts, committees, agencies and congregations are invited to submit nominations for the award. Nominations close on 28 April 2023. Click here for award guidelines and nomination forms.
LCA International Mission has published Soul Food, a book with 23 recipes from Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Myanmar. Soul Food is the perfect gift for Mother's Day to give a mother who loves to cook! You may also like to use the recipes to provide hospitality to those in your community. By purchasing your copy (or copies), you will be supporting ministry done through hospitality among LCA International Mission partner churches. View some of the dishes and information about hospitality included in Soul Food here. You can order Soul Food for a donation of $20 per copy, plus postage. For more information or to order Soul Food, please contact Erin Kerber at erin.kerber@lca.org.au or phone 08 8267 7317.
'Come to the Banquet’ will be the theme for the 2023 LCANZ Simultaneous Art Exhibition. LCA Visual Arts invite congregations, schools and aged-care facilities to stage exhibitions in their local communities in August 2023.
Registrations close on 30 May 2023. Find more information on the LCA Visual Arts website. Read more
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
SWAN REACH SA
100th Anniversary celebrations
11am Sunday 23 April 2023
(Cuppa available from 10.15am)
Service followed by a pooled luncheon
All welcome. Please RSVP if attending:
Pastor Peter Traeger – 0431 084 408
Taryn Grieger – 0427 702 377
SERVANT OF CHRIST AWARD
This award honours LCANZ lay people for outstanding service.
Guidelines, nomination forms: www.lca.org.au/soc
Send nominations to: soc@lca.org.au or
‘Servant of Christ Award’, 197 Archer St, North Adelaide SA 5006 by 28 April.
Inquiries: chelsea.bellamy@lca.org.au
or 08 8267 7300
ST LUKE’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
PARKWOOD WA (formerly Lynwood)
Closing Service of Thanksgiving
Sunday 30 April 2023
Service begins at 9.30am, followed
by catered lunch. Former members
and friends are welcome to attend.
RSVP essential via Eventbrite
CLOSURE OF ST JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH BUILDING
14 Havelock Street, Wodonga Vic
9.30am Sunday 7 May 2023
followed by lunch
The congregation will worship at Victory Lutheran College from 14 May until their new facility is completed.
Contact: Jenny Simboras 0407 495 773
Follow the steps of Jesus into Jerusalem
... where the Bible comes to life.
Graeme Lienert invites you to join him
on his HOLY LAND TOUR in October 2023.
Need to know more?
Contact Graeme:
P: 0419 909 909
E: glien@iinet.net.au
HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
APPILA SA
Celebrating 150th Anniversary
Sunday 4 June 2023
Service at 10.30am, followed
by a pooled luncheon. All very welcome
Contact: Merrelyn – merrelyn@zanklau.com.au
or 0429 345 207, or Judy – langejudy7@gmail.com
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