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Current Events
New webinar series
Care Ministries is delighted to be providing a range of webinars on topics that are important to the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand. These one-hour offerings are approved for Continuing Education for Church Workers professional development hours.
Lutheran Aged Care & Community Services are presenting a new webinar on Branding & Marketing – the value of the Lutheran 'brand' and its reputation.
Speaker – Tricia Davis (Executive Lead, Customer, Marketing and Product, Lutheran Services)
Dementia and the Church
Ann Pietsch and Colleen Fitzpatrick discuss how to become a dementia-friendly church.
Lutheran Care
Identity and Ethos: how God's love influences our care with Rev Ian Lutze and Colleen Fitzpatrick.
To view this webinar please click on the button below.
Previous Events
Aged Care and Community Services Gathering 2019
Reports and Speaker Presentations
- Ministry Stream Report – Tania Nelson
- Ministry of Care Session LCAQD – Bishop Paul Smith
- God’s love – Our Care Rev Ian Lutze
- Lutheran Aged Care and Community Services Gathering
- Chaplaincy Today – Angela Uhrhane
- Human Ageing and Theology Spirituality Research – Prof Wendy Mayer
- Lutheran Aged Care Chaplains – Laurence McNamara
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Care Ministries (incorporating the Ageing)
Training
Resources
New Resource!
Preparing for my funeral is a great new resource developed by the Committee for Care Ministries (incorporating the Ageing) – formerly Committee for Ministry with the Ageing.
This two-part resource provides you with a guide for ideas on preparing for your funeral and comes with a planning sheet to complete with all those important things you want others to know.
You can download it here or if you would like us to post you a copy we kindly ask you consider a donation as it costs approximately $5 per copy to produce and post to you.
God's Love – Our Care is an easy-to-read booklet outlining the theology underpinning the practice of Lutheran care. It includes discussion questions suitable for small groups.
Called to transformative action – the ethos underpinning Lutheran aged care and community services
Ministry with the Ageing – a beginner's guide (including an overview of LCA services)
The Christian Care Sunday resources aim to equip and support the celebration of care ministries all over the LCANZ, which are undertaken by individuals, congregations, schools, aged-care and community services. Every day, love comes to life through these ministries of care.
More resources...
- Worship and the Ageing – a list of ideas
- Serving after the service: toward a Lutheran understanding of Christian social service by Dr Dean Zweck
- Dementia resources, produced in conjunction with Lutheran Media
- Respecting our Elders – devotional litany resource
- Ministry with Seniors – a valuable resource for anyone caring for seniors
- LCA submission – the Committee for Care Ministries (incorporating the Ageing), formerly Committee for Ministry with the Ageing, on behalf of the LCA, responded to the Australian Government’s Elder Abuse discussion paper
- Chaplain's position description template for Aged Care Community Services
Are you thinking about working for a Lutheran aged care or community service? Like to know more about Lutherans and our services? You'll learn more about us on our Welcome page, where you can watch an introductory video and read some FAQs.
Care Ministries (incorporating the Ageing)
Executive Officer – Local Mission
Dr Tania Nelson
tania.nelson@lca.org.au
