aid

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.

To mark its 75th anniversary in 2025, Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) chose a faith-led goal to support 75,000 children impacted by war and poverty with the essentials of a happy, healthy life.

More than 1,300 LCANZ members and friends have stepped out on the footpaths, roads and tracks around Australia in this year’s ALWS Walk My Way events held to support children impacted by war and poverty. To date, approximately $190,000 has been raised to support more than 7,500 children.

If you’ll be in Adelaide this coming Saturday, join hundreds of other members of our Lutheran family and friends taking part in the ALWS 75th Anniversary Thanksgiving Festival in the grounds of Australian Lutheran College.

by Mark Schultz

Pastor Mark Schultz, the LCA’s Assistant to the Bishop – International Mission, has encouraged our Lutheran family in Australia and New Zealand to pray for the people of the earthquake-devastated Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar.

Hundreds of LCANZ members and friends have gathered to thank God for the 75th anniversary of Australian Lutheran World Service at the places where the church’s overseas aid and development agency had its beginnings.