Finke River Mission (FRM) has appointed Peter Doecke as its new finance secretary, taking over from Bryan Elliott following his retirement after serving FRM since 2017. A qualified accountant and... Read more

We have been blessed with a run of baptisms at the Alice Springs Lutheran Church this year, twenty of them since June and a few more to come. As a... Read more

Daphne Puntjina was born on Tempe Downs Cattle Station, south-west of Alice Springs, in 1944. Her parents had been living a traditional lifestyle around the Petermann Ranges but decided to... Read more

Pastor M Wheeler (Panangka) was born on 16 October 1947 at Ntaria/Hermannsburg. He was baptised ten days later at Hermannsburg by Pastor FW Albrecht. Pastor Wheeler was confirmed on 6... Read more

Not that long ago, Alicia Wegener and Bryan Elliott of Finke River Mission (FRM) attended Lutheran Archives to work with the staff to clear out items that had been in... Read more

by Pastor Ben Pfeiffer Earlier this year we ran a first communion course at Alice Springs Lutheran Church. The course took place over six Sunday mornings after worship. We had... Read more

by Pastor Paul Traeger A recent Finke River Mission bush course was held from 6-10 July, near the small, remote settlement of Kiwirrkurra. Kiwirrkurra, with a population of only about... Read more

by Pastor Stephen Radke Thirty years ago, on a Sunday morning at Areyonga, Perry experienced a profound vision of Jesus that transformed his life. ‘He sent the Holy Spirit,’ Perry... Read more

by David Strickland A busload of Korean Presbyterians from Caleb Presbyterian Church in Sydney enjoyed fellowship at Nturiya (Ti Tree Station) Community Lutheran Church in July this year. Their leader,... Read more

by Pastor Basil Schild In the Yirara College Chapel you can see four words: One Family, God’s Family. Everyone at Yirara College is a family together. It doesn’t matter where... Read more

by David Strickland There were only two windows of opportunity for me to meet and get to know Kwementyay Haines, who passed away earlier in 2024. I’d like now to... Read more

by David Strickland Recently we received visitors from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria (ELCB), Arnim Doerfer (Missione Eine Welt – Mission One World) and Martin Klein. It was to... Read more

by Pastor Stephen Radke In October a group of women gathered in the Alice Springs Lutheran Church for a one-day Bible course. The course, the first in a series on... Read more

by Malcolm Willcocks Nungalinya College is proud to welcome several new graduates into its theology cohort. Completing either Certificate 3 or Certificate 4 qualifications in Christian Ministry and Theology, Nungalinya... Read more

by Philip Nippress Over ten years ago, while I was returning to Alice Springs from Western Australia, I felt a direct calling from God. I was admiring the Petermann Ranges... Read more

by Neville & Heather Doecke Three years from now will mark 150 years since two German Lutheran Missionaries, Schwarz and Kempe, arrived at Finke River to bring the message of... Read more

by Pastor Ben Pfeiffer On a mild 37-degree day in Alice Springs a wonderful cross-section of people came together to celebrate the birth of Christ at the Alice Springs Lutheran... Read more