More Lutheran students attend Christian leadership training

Lutheran primary school student leaders in New South Wales and the Northern Territory have had the opportunity to attend Australian Lutheran College (ALC) sessions on Christian leadership for the first time in 2024.

ALC’s Director of Applied Learning, Emma Graetz, has been leading the sessions in the two regions new to them, while she has again been working with students in South Australia and Victoria, where the leadership training has been offered for 10 years and five years respectively. In the New South Wales Riverina area, almost 150 students have participated to date while students in Darwin have also taken part.

Good Shepherd Lutheran College Northern Territory Principal, Mr Matthew Qualischefski, said: ‘When the opportunity arose to have ALC deliver leadership training to our Year 5 cohort, we wanted to engage with them due to their experience in this space and also because the Lutheran values of this program align with our college.’

Emma, who has worked for the LCANZ for more than 22 years and served in a variety of ministry roles in South Australia, New Zealand and Queensland, said ALC valued the opportunity to provide the training. ‘We greatly appreciate the partnerships formed with the host schools and Lutheran Education Australia regional offices’, she said. ‘It is exciting to see more schools wanting to offer this Christ-centred training.’

To find out more about ALC’s training options visit the website at alc.edu.au or email training@alc.edu.au