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Going GREYt!

In Going GREYT! we feature stories of some of our ‘more experienced’ people within the LCA, who are making a positive contribution in their retirement. We pray their examples of service will be an inspiration and encouragement to us all as we seek to be Christ’s hands and feet wherever we are, with whatever gifts and opportunities we’ve been given. These stories first appear in ‘The Lutheran’.

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Apr2023

A love of learning and a life of serving

by Helen Brinkman

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Retired Queensland educator Fred Stolz is penning his life story, which he’s called A Fortunate Life. ‘I don’t know why God has blessed me as he has, but I am very thankful’, says 87-year-old Fred as he reflects on his 54 years of service to education in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

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Feb2023

Celebrating community connections

by Helen Brinkman

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Originally a shy farmer’s daughter from the Wimmera region of Victoria, Jill Schefe has been recognised for her efforts as a vibrant community connector through the Lutheran Church of Australia’s Servant of Christ Award.

01
Sep2022

God’s strength provides a career in caring

by Helen Brinkman

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Every morning when Shirley Klinge looks out of her window at the Tabeel retirement village at Laidley, she gazes at the hills at Cunninghams Gap, a pass over the Great Dividing Range connecting coastal Brisbane to the Darling Downs, in southeast Queensland.

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Aug2022

Opportunity knocks in the Gabba’s shadow

by Helen Brinkman

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When the Brisbane Bears joined what was to become the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1987, who would have guessed the ripples of opportunity that flowed from its emergence as the first Queensland-based club?

01
Jul2022

The greatest love story ever told

by Helen Brinkman

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The Bible is God’s love story to us. But how can we share his love story with those who are yet to hear it? For 92-year-old Les John, it’s as simple as listening to God. He’s felt guided by God’s hand to help the people he’s met along the way over his lifetime of ups and downs.

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May2022

With God all things are possible

by Helen Brinkman

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Matthew 19:26 assures us that, ‘with man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible’. Retiree Robert ‘Rob’ Krause reflects on that Bible verse when he thinks of the decades of service he has provided to his local community. It is service provided simply because he has seen a need.