Worship & Spiritual Growth Leaders

National Reconciliation Week runs from 27 May to 3 June, with the 2026 theme, All In, encouraging Australians to take part in the ongoing journey of reconciliation. Worship, prayer and study resources are available to support congregations, including materials for Holy Trinity Sunday.

More than 120 people gathered in Duncraig, Perth, Western Australia, last month as Grace Chinese Lutheran Church celebrated Lunar New Year with worship and a shared meal – a joyful milestone for this Local Mission Fund-supported ministry.

EMMY – Explorations in Mission and MinistrY is a new monthly online conversation for pastors, church leaders and congregation members across Australia and New Zealand.

by Verena Johnson

Since 1990, members of Our Saviour Lutheran Church Aberfoyle Park in SA have been presenting Christmas productions as a way of reaching out to their community and as an opportunity to invite friends, family and workmates to experience the real story of Christmas in a new and fresh way.

Explore the newly expanded Congregational Life Hub: your one-stop destination for faith-filled resources to help congregations and leaders thrive in mission, ministry and congregational life. All LCANZ Learning Hub resources have now been migrated to the hub.

As we prepare to move to Frome St, we look back on one beloved tradition of our Churchwide Office. For years, the rotating galleries at the Archer Street entrance have greeted visitors with beauty, creativity and faith in every brushstroke. But the story doesn’t end here.