Story of the Week

Finke River Mission is arranging commemorative activities in Central Australia this month to mark the centenary of the death of Lutheran missionary Carl Strehlow. Pastor Strehlow is most remembered for his service among the Western Arrarnta people at Hermannsburg (Ntaria),

by Craig Heidenreich

Have you been to a Middle Eastern supermarket with aisles full of exotic spices, nuts and sweets? LCANZ Cross-Cultural Ministry’s Craig Heidenreich shares a story from a visit to one such shop – it’s a story of Jesus’ love for newcomers.

Walk My Way is back for 2022 and already having an impact on the lives of children living as refugees. ALWS hopes to raise enough to support 10,000 children to go to school through its walking challenge again this year.

Approximately 60 people participated in the study sessions at the first Finke River Mission Bush Course for 2022, held recently outside Mount Liebig on the western edge of the greater MacDonnell Ranges, some 325km west of Alice Springs.

by Pastor Basil Schild

Most students at Yirara College come from remote communities not connected with the Lutheran Church. But Pastor Basil Schild says when members of the college community worship together, Jesus’ mercy and love ‘unites us and draws us together’.

by Sabine Haeusler

It was with much joy and excitement that members of Outer Eastern Lutheran Church and Doncaster–Ivanhoe congregations came together for the installation of one of their members, Ed Blow, into word and sacrament ministry.