Local Mission

by Michelle Filipovic

Every so often, David offers to purchase a box of fresh vegetables as a gift for one of our Tamil asylum seeker families. He usually greets the family but leaves it at the front door. This particular time it wasn’t just about delivering a box of fresh vegetables.

by Pamela Dalgliesh

I have interacted with different cultures, but it was not until I was involved in Cross-Cultural Ministry in the Lutheran Church that I was able to really appreciate the simplicity and complexity of different cultures. 

by Craig Heidenreich

Recently, the Australian Government has agreed to a new program, CRISP, which allows small groups of Australians to directly sponsor refugee families from camps overseas. 

by Craig Heidenreich

The folk at Paringa Holy Cross (in the South Australia Riverland) have a pretty good facility. When Pastor Stephen Trautwein noticed the hundreds of itinerant Pacific Islander workers coming into the area, he reached out to offer them a place to meet and worship.

by Craig Heidenreich

On the last weekend of July, we witnessed something special in the South Australian country town Freeling as the Light Parish hosted some new friends from Shepparton. The weekend will be long remembered by all who were there and was filled with colour and singing.

The team at Glynde Lutheran Church in the inner northeast of Adelaide have found the recipe to get people together. They are now open for business almost every day of the week, demonstrating what a truly multicultural group can look like.