Nov2019
Joyful reunions at Goroka anniversary celebration
Several key Australian missionaries and their families went back to Papua New Guinea to celebrate the 50th anniversary of St John’s Lutheran Church, West Goroka. The celebrations took place over three days and included a service, a one-day seminar and a cultural show.
Oct2019
ALC charts a course of discovery
Australian Lutheran College is launching a flexible and innovative new vocational discernment program to support people wanting to discover God’s will for their lives.
Oct2019
LLL supports youth camping ministries
The LCA’s youth camping ministries – including Christian Life Week events – will receive a boost of more than $200,000 over the next three years, thanks to the LLL.
Oct2019
Congregations affected by new regulations
LCA congregations which support overseas organisations are now responsible for ensuring their donations get to the right places and in the right way.
Oct2019
Prayer call for ordination meeting
LCA Bishop John Henderson has asked church members to pray for churchwide leaders as they take part in a special meeting about ordination later this week.
Oct2019
Ordination a ‘day of great celebration’
Sunday 6 October was ‘a day of great celebration’ at St John’s Lutheran Church at Geelong in Victoria as James Ruei was ordained as a Specific Ministry Pastor to the South Sudanese community there.
Oct2019
Hundreds farewell ‘colourblind’ pastor
Pastor Rosendale treated all people as equal, his pastor, David Spanagel, said to the mourners who gathered to remember him on Friday 4 October in his hometown Hope Vale in Queensland.
Sep2019
Yirara College honoured with royal visit
Yirara College was honoured to be chosen to host His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, acknowledging the 60th anniversary of the award in Australia.
Sep2019
Survey results lead to improved worship planning resources
The Commission on Worship is undertaking a major review and update of resources for congregations, particularly for pastors and lay people who prepare and lead worship.
Sep2019
ALC professor and student shine at Oxford
ALC’s Associate Dean for Research, Professor Wendy Mayer, and final year PhD student Katherin Papadopoulos, recently spent a week in Oxford attending the International Conference of Patristic Studies.