Calls – Employment – Volunteering

The Standing Committee on Nominations serves to support the identification and recruitment of suitable people for the boards, councils, commissions and committees of the church.

The GCB is inviting nominations from pastors who may be interested in serving on this committee (to fill a casual vacancy). The committee meets at least twice a year. We are looking for a pastor who has a good understanding of what is required of members who may be elected or appointed to serve on the boards, councils, commissions and committees of the church.

We believe that God has blessed our church with many talented people who have the ability to make an effective contribution to the life and work of the LCA. As a member of this committee, yours might be the finger that taps a brother or sister on the shoulder: 'There's a great opportunity to serve the church; we thought it might suit you'.

If you want to know more about the work of this committee please contact the Chairperson, Colleen Fitzpatrick colleen.fitzpatrick@lca.org.au

If you are interested in serving in this way, please complete the nomination form found here and send to nominations@lca.org.au

We need people (young, old and in-between) to volunteer as extras in an exciting new LCA film project introducing the essentials of Lutheran faith and practice. Email the project officer David Modra if you would like to be involved.

Lutheran Archives, Bowden SA

Lutheran Archives (at Bowden SA) is inviting expressions of interest from people who would like to assist with:

• Scanning historical photographs
• Indexing historical church registers and papers

Both collections capture a rich and diverse part of the history of our church, which we are hoping to make increasingly easier to search and access online.

The volunteering opportunities are available for 1–2 days per week on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays (or parts thereof, at your choice).

We are looking for people who are interested in the history of our church and who are comfortable with using computers, including learning scanning software and databases where applicable. Having some knowledge of German is useful, but not essential. All training and ongoing assistance are provided.

If you are interested in volunteering for one of these projects, or have any questions, please email Adam Kauschke (Archivist, Lutheran Archives) at Lutheran.Archives@lca.org.au

LCA International Mission is always seeking volunteers for work with our overseas partner churches. There are all sorts of opportunities for people with all sorts of skills. Take a look at the LCA International Mission website for videos and stories about short-term and long-term volunteering opportunities in Southeast Asia.

Are you a professional or serious amateur photographer? Do you want to use your photography gifts and skills to serve God and his church? LCA Communications is developing a talent bank of photographers to cover events, and to create a stock library of excellent photos for all of us to use copyright-free.

Interested? Email or FTP to Linda Macqueen, LCA Communications (linda.macqueen@lca.org.au) no more than six original photos that demonstrate your ability and photographic interests. Ideally, you'll send some photos that could form part of our stock library, eg people at worship or prayer, church gatherings or functions, sacraments, people portraits. Low resolution is okay, even desirable, provided you understand that we will ultimately need high-resolution images for our print applications. We do ask you not to photograph children without their parent's or guardian's permission. Please also provide your contact details.

If selected to join our volunteer photographic team, you'll need to sign a release form that gives us permission to use your images; you can retain the copyright though. I'm looking forward to seeing the excellent images coming my way!