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.