Your Church House is ready to welcome you!

Your new Church House in the Adelaide CBD is ready to welcome you – with the first visitors meeting LCANZ staff and enjoying a tour of the Frome Street premises on 1 December.

As part of the move to the new Church House, staff returned to the former Churchwide Office in North Adelaide on 28 November for its decommissioning and a Rite of Farewell, led by LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith. Bishop Paul also led staff in a Rite of Blessing of 139 Frome Street on 3 December.

The first visitors to Church House were Jenny and David Kraft, members at St John’s Tea Tree Gully in Adelaide’s north, who were greeted by Member Services Officer Lyndal Fuller and toured the building with Lutheran Media Manager Tania Nelson.

Jenny said they had been ‘following the journey’ of the LCANZ’s move from Archer Street, North Adelaide, to Frome Street, and were keen to see the new offices and learn more about what is ahead. They took the opportunity to drop in after another CBD appointment.

Not far behind the Krafts were Garry and Desma Wedding, from Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Magill, who toured with Executive Director of Church Operations Brett Hausler and enjoyed coffee afterwards at the adjacent Funk cafe with Kathy Tscharke from Professional Standards.

As well as featuring modern workspaces and flexible meeting areas for staff and church ministries, Church House includes spaces available for visitors and other Lutheran entities, as a shared resource for the wider church community. The property’s function is to support church members.

So, if you live in or are visiting Adelaide, the team at Church House would love to show you around.

Another feature of the Frome Street building, which will provide opportunities for engagement with and connection within the wider church and broader Adelaide community, is the exhibition hall. Opening in the early part of 2026, it will showcase displays and stories that reflect our Lutheran heritage, present-day ministries of faith, worship and service and future directions.

We are looking for volunteers to serve in the exhibition space from early next year. If you or someone you know may be interested in serving in this way, please email exhibitioncentre@lca.org.au