Local Mission

by Jacob Traeger

One theologian has described mission as being caught up in the ‘heartbeat of God’. One of the most important ways in which we’re drawn into God’s heartbeat is prayer.

Each year, the Local Mission department of the LCANZ facilitates a Season of Prayer, inviting and calling on congregations of the LCANZ to pray. This year, the Season of Prayer is scheduled for 10 to 24 September 2023, and the theme is ‘Lord, renew your church’.

The Messages of Hope featured in August include the topics of confidence, contentment, dementia, coping with changing and letting go of control. 

Grow Ministries’ STAND Bible Study is designed to encourage you on your faith journey. Based on Romans 5:1,2, it includes five topics on grace, suffering, discipline and living in and boasting in our hope in Jesus.

by Richard Fox and Jodi Brook

We live in a world with more than six billion people! With so many people, it’s astounding that anyone would ever feel alone. But even though we are surrounded by all these people, there are times when these feelings can go unnoticed.

by Craig Heidenreich

The 19th-century philosopher Henry Thoreau said, ‘Most people live lives of quiet desperation’, which aptly describes the loneliness of people around us.