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Mar2024

Teaching and library volunteers needed

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While there are many volunteering opportunities available through LCA International Mission, two of the most urgent needs are for online English teaching support for the Lutheran Church in Cambodia and library support for Papua New Guinea seminaries.

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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

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17
Aug2021

Warm welcomes build communities

by Helen Beringen

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For many years, among the hundreds of folks who volunteer to ensure a warm welcome and hot cuppa for worshippers has been nonagenarian couple Grace and Les Dodt.

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13
Jul2021

It is in giving that we receive

by Helen Beringen

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Without fuss, some people just find a place where they can quietly help out. For Annette Wessling, it has been a case of finding not one but several places to lend a helping hand and a listening ear. Through her volunteer service, she strongly feels she gets more than she gives.

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01
Jul2021

It is in giving that we receive

by Helen Beringen

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Some people just get on and do. No fuss, they just find a place where they can quietly help out. For one such septuagenarian, Annette Wessling, it has been a case of finding not one but several places to lend a helping hand and a listening ear.

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04
Apr2021

Walk My Way needs you!

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ALWS is looking for volunteers to join the team for Walk My Way in South Australia’s Barossa Valley on Saturday 1 May. While participants walk, wheel or woof their way along 26 kilometres to support refugee kids to go to school, you’ll be part of the fun behind the scenes or along the route.

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