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Archives for 2016

29
Nov2016

Aboriginal workers set standards

by Marilyn Wall

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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

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27
Nov2016

School’s sign of the times

by LCA Communications

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Students from Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School (LORDS) at Pimpama on Queensland’s Gold Coast recently found a unique way to recognise the LCA’s 50.500 initiative and celebrate their own milestone. At the school’s chapel assembly on Reformation Day the students from years 3, 4 and 6 created the 500 sign out of the LORDS and… Read more

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20
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

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20
Nov2016

Religious leaders in climate call

by LCA Communications

LCA Bishop John Henderson has joined hundreds of religious leaders from around the world in adding their names to an interfaith statement urging the world’s political leaders to take swift and just action on climate change. Bishop Henderson signed the statement last month on behalf of the district bishops and the LCA. The statement was… Read more

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17
Nov2016

Marrakech Climate Conference and Interfaith Statement

by Bishop John Henderson

News of the US presidential elections has overshadowed the fact that world leaders are meeting once again to discuss action on climate change. This year the conference is in Marrakech, Morocco, from 7-18 November. The Marrakech conference follows a landmark conference last year in Paris, France, where national leaders signed an agreement committing them to… Read more

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15
Nov2016

Paris Terror Attack

by Bishop John Henderson

Once again the world has been shaken by a hideous terror attack. Lutherans in Australia and New Zealand, together with people of faith everywhere, unite in expressing our deep sympathy to the people of France, and in particular to those whose loved ones have been murdered or injured. We pray also for those who witnessed… Read more

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11
Nov2016

Ordination project officer appointed

by LCA Communications

Timothy Pietsch has been appointed to organise the church-wide consultation on a draft doctrinal statement regarding the ordination of women and men in the LCA. The LCA’s Commission on Theology and Inter-church Relations (CTICR) has produced a preliminary draft doctrinal statement and commentary in response to synod’s resolution at last year’s General Convention. It was… Read more

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05
Nov2016

A battle of faith

by Mark Hadley

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Hacksaw Ridge DISTRIBUTOR: Icon RELEASE DATE: 3 November 2016 RATING: MA15+ There are times in life when we discover whether or not our faith in God is real. Hacksaw Ridge is built on a series of realisations like that. It is the true story of a Christian man who had to test his faith in… Read more

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05
Nov2016

The true spirit of renewal

by Rev John Henderson

People often ask me about Lutheran Renewal. What does the church think about it? How is the church going to respond to it? The desire for renewal is hardly surprising in an age when individual fulfilment has become the most important thing in life. Naturally, we want more. That can be a good thing –… Read more

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01
Nov2016

‘More that unites us than divides us’

by LCA Communications

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‘Today, we hear God’s command to set aside all conflict. We recognise that we are freed by grace to move towards the communion to which God continually calls us’

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