events

If you haven’t yet visited the LCA’s new Church House Exhibition Centre at 139 Frome Street, Adelaide, put Sunday 22 November in your diary. The centre will be open from 1.00pm to 3.00pm for a special open day.

When Michael and Sharon Nanai received a letterbox flyer inviting them to a community meal at Faith Lutheran Church Warradale in suburban Adelaide earlier this year, the chance to meet people from their neighbourhood drew them to go along.

Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev Dr Anne Burghardt and Regional Secretary for Asia Rev Dr Rospita Siahaan have completed a six-day visit to Australia, meeting with church leaders, worshipping with congregations and learning about the breadth of LCANZ ministry in Central Australia.

by Rachel Kuchel

During August and September, more than one thousand members and friends of our Lutheran Church have been stepping out all over Australia in ALWS Walk My Way events, walking, strolling, striding or waving (encouraging others) to protect refugee girls in danger of child marriage in Kenya and Somalia.

Twenty-two women discerning a call to ministry, training for pastoral ministry or serving in pastoral ministry gathered at Luther Heights Youth Camp on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast from 2 to 4 September for the 2026 Gathering of Women in Pastoral Ministry.

by Bishop Paul Smith

Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev Dr Anne Burghardt and Regional Secretary for Asia Rev Dr Rospita Siahaan will visit Australia in September, including visits to LCANZ ministries and an open forum at Church House in Adelaide. LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith invites church members to attend the forum.