aid

by Jessica Smith

Staff from South Australia’s Lutheran aged-care providers didn’t hesitate to put up their hands when the call went out for personnel to assist in Victoria during the COVID-19 crisis, as part of the National Aged Care Emergency Response program.

The LCA’s partner churches in South-East Asia have been providing for those in need in the region during the pandemic, thanks to the help of our LCA/NZ family.

In a moving show of generosity and Christian partnership, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Myanmar/Lutheran Bethlehem Church has donated three Sundays’ worth of offerings towards bushfire relief through the LCA/NZ.

Our Lutheran family is supporting more than 40,000 refugee children in Africa to go to school, through the ALWS Grace Project. However, many more children need support for their education.

‘Terrible things happen – but we can still feel supported and loved’ (Helen Wurst, Kangaroo Island). LCA members have been at the forefront of community efforts to serve, minister to and offer relief.

LCA congregations which support overseas organisations are now responsible for ensuring their donations get to the right places and in the right way.