Sep2025
Aotearoa’s voice rings out at US music conference
The LCANZ’s Pastor Mark Whitfield had the ‘immense joy and honour’ of leading worship at a conference of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM) in the US last month.
Sep2025
New Lutheran education leader announced
Lutheran school principal Ms Jodie Hoff will be the new Executive Director of Lutheran Education Australia from January 2026. The founding principal of Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School in Queensland, Jodie will succeed Associate Professor Lisa Schmidt.
Sep2025
Speaking up for a ‘Safer World’
by Sarah Timu
Last month, Pastor Tanya Wittwer (St Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Adelaide) and Emma Hansen (ALWS Community Engagement Officer) represented the Lutheran Church as part of an ecumenical delegation of women leaders to Parliament House in Canberra to advocate for a greater Australian aid commitment.
Sep2025
High tea toasts 80 years of Lutheran Media
Lutheran Media recently celebrated its 80th anniversary with a high tea in Toowoomba, Queensland, bringing together more than 60 supporters to reflect on the organisation’s rich history of sharing the gospel through media.
Sep2025
A decade of footy fans and faith
by Linden and Janet Huxtable
What started in 2015 as a simple but unique idea – using the LCA Churchwide Office car park on Ward Street in North Adelaide to raise funds during AFL games – grew into a decade-long faith outreach that welcomed thousands of footy fans and raised nearly $90,000 for our Lutheran Church ministries.
Sep2025
Reaching out – one friend at a time
by Craig Heidenreich
Sometimes, ‘mission’ is as simple as sharing a meal, asking a question or becoming a friend. That’s what members of St Paul Lutheran Church in Blair Athol in suburban Adelaide have discovered as they reach out to migrants from India and Afghanistan – one conversation at a time.
