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The LCANZ has restructured the way it delivers Safe Church training and manages complaints, as a result of feedback from the church. The restructure impacts the Churchwide Office’s valued Professional Standards team, with the roles of Professional Standards Officers coming to an end.

The Australian Lutheran – Roman Catholic Dialogue reached a major milestone on 25 October, its 200th meeting, with a dinner to mark the occasion in Adelaide.

by Rev Greg Pietsch and Rev Paul Stephens

The Lutheran – Uniting Dialogue, which met in early November at the Uniting Church in Australia’s (UCA) Centre for Theology and Ministry in Melbourne, will soon release a study version of the churches’ agreed statement on holy communion called At the Table.

From larger loans for transformative school buildings to smaller finance needed for new church carpet and a grant enabling an inspiring intergenerational program, LLL is delighted to support the thriving Lutheran community in Victor Harbor, South Australia.

Grants of up to $100,000 will be made available in 2025 to go towards the maintenance and restoration of old Lutheran churches and buildings of historical and practical significance to the LCA.

by Angela Mayer

When Angela Mayer grew up in the Lutheran church, she says violence was a topic that wasn’t talked about. It was only when she was delivering food donations to a women’s safehouse in the 1990s that she first understood the need for awareness.