Feb2016
Record crowd for carols
by LCA Communications
A record crowd of around 4000 people attended the Community Carols by Candlelight in December at Jacobs Well, Queensland, almost tripling the population of the cane-farming community between Brisbane and… Read more
Jan2016
2015/16 LCA scholarship recipients
by LCA Communications
The following people are the successful applicants for LCA scholarships to study in the 2015/2016 year. Name Parish Study Institution Joanne Knobel Jindera parish Cert IV Christian Ministry Australian Lutheran… Read more
Jan2016
Is our church really a safe place?
by LCA Communications
Most publicity surrounding the ongoing Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has focused on the larger churches in Australia, but the LCA ‘is not immune’ from this… Read more
Jan2016
Special Ministry Fund grants for 2015/16
by LCA Communications
The object of the LCA Special Ministry Fund is to provide grants for specific ministry projects within the LCA which are consistent with the church’s strategic direction and normally could… Read more
Jan2016
Governor’s country church Christmas
by Lorraine Fielke
Having a state governor attend your little country church on Christmas Eve and do a Bible reading, then bring his family to join yours for Christmas Day lunch sounds like… Read more
Jan2016
Ready and able to serve our church
by LCA Communications
Life experience – and being called by God – has prepared two women to take on senior roles for the LCA. Glenice Hartwich (pictured above) has been appointed as Assistant… Read more
Dec2015
Lutherans commit to fight slavery
by LCA Communications
The Lutheran Church of Australia is one of 15 Australian religious organisations and communities which are supporting a global campaign to end slavery. On 2 December, the World Day for… Read more
Dec2015
One chapter ends, another begins
by LCA Communications
On 8 November, during a regular worship service at her home congregation (Faith, Warradale SA), Lisa McIntosh was installed as the sixth editor of The Lutheran by LCA Bishop John… Read more
Dec2015
Twin arson attacks on NSW church
by LCA Communications
Arsonists attacked St Peter’s Lutheran Church, Orange, in central western New South Wales, twice within three days. In the first incident, overnight on 21 November, vandals threw what was believed… Read more
Nov2015
Ordination in the desert
by Tim Stollznow
On Sunday, 15 November, at Kiwirrkura, which must surely be the most remote community of the Lutheran Church in Australia, 33-year-old Aboriginal man John West was ordained by LCA Bishop… Read more
