Worship Leaders

by Bethany Marsh

With Christmas around the corner and the new liturgical year now begun (Year C), we have been busy updating the Worship Planning Page with service resources for your congregation.

At the recent Convention of General Synod, the LCANZ launched its new Congregational Life web hub – to bring together all the kinds of resources that congregations need in one, easy-to-access place.

With some major celebrations such as Commemoration of Reformation and All Saints just around the corner, the Worship Planning Page has prepared full suites of worship resources for your congregation to use.

Students from Queensland, Tasmania, Adelaide and Vietnam attended Australian Lutheran College’s (ALC) recent ‘Christian Liturgy and Church Rites’ intensive (a Greek intensive was held earlier this year), which was hosted by St Petri congregation in the Barossa Valley from 19 to 24 August.

New LCANZ Online Worship and Ministry Guidelines have been prepared to support congregations and church agencies engaged in or considering livestreaming and other online ministry activities.

The Commission on Worship, in collaboration with Lutheran Earth Care Australia and New Zealand, has made available Season of Creation worship resources for 2024. Congregations are encouraged to begin this season of prayer and action for the environment with a service on 1 September.