Aug2025
Weaving compassion into beautiful gifts
by Helen Brinkman
The members of the craft group of St Luke’s Lutheran Church, Albury, are quietly supporting the work of ALWS by sharing their sewing skills to create beautiful tote bags from bright Kenyan fabrics. These unique creations are gifted to ALWS ambassadors as part of the organisation’s training workshops
Mar2025
LCANZ gives thanks for ALWS 75th anniversary
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.
Aug2024
Building community – one serve at a time
On a blocked-off street in the northern Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park, marquees and tables have been set up to serve and feed 80 to 95 locals from the nearby housing towers. They’re gathering on a Friday evening for Midtown Eats, a community-building ministry served by members of LifeWay, Epping.
May2024
More Lutheran students attend Christian leadership training
Lutheran primary school student leaders in New South Wales and the Northern Territory have had the opportunity to attend Australian Lutheran College sessions on Christian leadership for the first time in 2024.
Nov2023
Blessings flow from cross-cultural move
Warrambui Retreat and Conference Centre near Canberra has run a volunteer internship program for young people from around Australia for more than 30 years. But in 2023, the Lutheran camping ministry program became cross-cultural, welcoming its first participants from Papua New Guinea.
Sep2023
Forbes Lutherans back ‘home’ after the floods
Nine months after floods devastated the community around the Central West New South Wales town of Forbes in November 2022, including inundating their 90-year-old church building, members of the local Lutheran congregation are finally back ‘home’.
