Jun2025
Resources to mark Refugee Week 2025
On behalf of the LCANZ’s Commission on Social and Bioethical Questions (CSBQ), District Bishop Richard Schwedes has collated resources to mark this month’s Refugee Week in Australia and New Zealand…. Read more
Nov2024
Call for churches to join refugee support initiative
by Emma Hansen
Lutheran congregations are being encouraged to form community supporter groups to help refugees resettle in Australia. One such group, from Rockingham Mandurah Lutheran Church in WA, says taking part is a mutually rewarding expression of love and a display of Christian faith.
Nov2023
Sharing life – and faith – with strangers
24 November 2023 Listen to this podcast https://lca.box.com/shared/static/t5n4uvifjjpje9m7t9r0o13bnv5gne3u.mp3 Sharing life – and faith – with strangers Craig and Beverley Heidenreich Many of us find it difficult to talk about our… Read more
Aug2023
Back-to-school grannies
11 August 2023 Listen to this podcast https://lca.box.com/shared/static/yggno2h7b0u9m0xnmtx6vla0c8pdwzuj.mp3 Back-to-school grannies Gill Stevenson and Darren Stevenson Having been involved over many years with programs connecting young students with retirement home residents,… Read more
Jun2023
A prayer for ‘Finding Freedom’
by Tania Nelson
Heavenly Father, we are so glad you are our Father and are preparing a place for us in your home – a place of love, security and abundant life with you.
Jun2023
Laying out the welcome mat
by Craig Heideinreich
Some years ago, a group of young Tamil and Iranian men turned up at the Grovedale Lutheran Church looking for help. They came to the right place that day, and ‘mercy’ flowed.
