Dec2022
Evangelism can happen when we least expect it
Author Sam Chan offers some great practical examples of how to be a witness in the normal everyday situations of life. Here is a story that he tells about his wife, Steph, visiting a shopping mall.
Dec2022
These grannies keep showing the way
by Craig Heidenreich
Three years ago, women from the Bridgewater Grace congregation in South Australia heard about a need at Blair Athol North primary school and started to tutor disadvantaged children over Zoom each week.
Dec2022
Community Sponsorship of Refugees (CRISP)
by Craig Heidenreich
If you are concerned about refugees and would like to be more directly involved, you might be interested in this new program that the Australian Government is currently trialling.
Nov2022
It’s not just a box of fresh vegetables
by Michelle Filipovic
Every so often, David offers to purchase a box of fresh vegetables as a gift for one of our Tamil asylum seeker families. He usually greets the family but leaves it at the front door. This particular time it wasn’t just about delivering a box of fresh vegetables.
Sep2022
Depth of joy
by Pamela Dalgliesh
I have interacted with different cultures, but it was not until I was involved in Cross-Cultural Ministry in the Lutheran Church that I was able to really appreciate the simplicity and complexity of different cultures.
Sep2022
New government program focusing on refugees
by Craig Heidenreich
Recently, the Australian Government has agreed to a new program, CRISP, which allows small groups of Australians to directly sponsor refugee families from camps overseas.
Sep2022
Using what we have to bless strangers
by Craig Heidenreich
The folk at Paringa Holy Cross (in the South Australia Riverland) have a pretty good facility. When Pastor Stephen Trautwein noticed the hundreds of itinerant Pacific Islander workers coming into the area, he reached out to offer them a place to meet and worship.
Aug2022
A ministry partnership is birthed
by Craig Heidenreich
On the last weekend of July, we witnessed something special in the South Australian country town Freeling as the Light Parish hosted some new friends from Shepparton. The weekend will be long remembered by all who were there and was filled with colour and singing.
Jul2022
Glynde congregation open almost every day of the week
The team at Glynde Lutheran Church in the inner northeast of Adelaide have found the recipe to get people together. They are now open for business almost every day of the week, demonstrating what a truly multicultural group can look like.
Jul2022
Outreach happening in Murray Bridge SA
Great things are happening in Murray Bridge, South Australia, of late, including the decision of three local congregations to unite.
