Story of the Week

by Pastor David Christian

There is nowhere that God will not go in search of his lost children. In Vietnam, he spoke through new Christian, Esther, to reach out to people locked up together in a COVID quarantine centre.

A packet of biscuits made with love changed Craig’s life: ‘I knew God was speaking to me. [The biscuits were] a reminder that God hadn’t forgotten about me.’

Peter Gerang Deng, a member at Immanuel Lutheran Church North Adelaide, hasn’t forgotten the tragedies of his homeland of South Sudan. So, to encourage his Australian faith family to support people in need in Africa, Peter and Pastor Mark Worthing recently launched a month-long prayer challenge.

by Jodi Brook

A big part of Grow Ministries’ work is to develop resources that support families and congregations in their ministry to children and young people. As the end of the year approaches and we look forward to a new one, Director Jodi Brook highlights an updated resource.

Celestine Rowe spent her childhood with a foster family and felt she was ‘missing a sense of belonging’. And that’s why the mum of four is thrilled that her children are growing up connected to their wider family in Central Australia.

by Tania Nelson

When the LCANZ was contacted by a member of La Jolla Lutheran Church in California USA because of that church’s ‘Bibles for the Nations’ project, Local Mission Executive Officer Tania Nelson soon realised this ‘out-of-the-blue’ connection was no coincidence.