Anzac Day

by Tanya Leech

Lutheran schools across the LCANZ have joined with their local communities and RSLs on ANZAC Day to honour those who have served in the defence forces, and those who have… Read more

In a message of encouragement for the church ahead of Anzac Day, LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith writes: ‘Each year we remember and we ask the Lord to keep us focused on what serves the common good of all.’

by Bishop Paul Smith

Anzac Day is about remembering and giving thanks for members of the armed services who have served our country. We acknowledge with a mixture of gratitude and regret the extraordinary price paid by tens of thousands of Australian and New Zealand servicemen and women and their families.

LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith has encouraged the church to endeavour to ‘strike the right balance’ in their commemorations of Anzac Day.

by Bishop Paul Smith

Looking to him, we then remember and give thanks for the courage and sacrifice of those who served.

In the lead-up to ANZAC Day yesterday, LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith encouraged members of the church to pray for ‘an end to war so that justice would flow for the peoples of the earth’.