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The LCANZ will next month launch regular audio podcasts as a new way of sharing stories with the wider church community.

by Rob Borgas

The offering from this year’s LCANZ Convention of General Synod in-person meetings is contributing more than $30,000 towards a Finke River Mission (FRM) project producing, revising or reprinting Lutheran song and hymnbooks in Central Australian Aboriginal languages.

Pastor Andrew Brook has been elected as the next bishop of the LCANZ’s South Australia – Northern Territory District.

The General Church Board (GCB) and College of Bishops (CoB) have appointed the members of the eight working groups which will contribute to the preparation of the Ordination Way Forward proposal to come before the 2024 General Synod.

Pastor Peter Hage was installed as the new LCA Western Australia District Bishop at St Johns Lutheran Church in Perth on 7 May 2023 by LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith.

by Bob Wiebusch

Sharon Berridge has been named the 2023 Lutheran Nurse of the Year. The Executive Care Manager of Tanunda Lutheran Home in South Australia’s Barossa Valley, Sharon was recognised with the annual award by the Lutheran Nurses Association of Australia (LNAA) on 12 May, International Nurses Day.