At the Lutheran Community Sewing Group, a volunteer team supports and teaches migrant women not only how to sew, but how to be loved and to make sense of an alien world. ‘The most important thing we do is equip the women with skills and confidence’, coordinator Helen Semmler says.
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Gather
‘On the first day of the week we came together to break bread’ (Acts 20:7a).
Ways to give thanks for 70 years of service through ALWS
This Sunday 18 October, our Lutheran Church comes together to give thanks to God for 70 years of service to people hurt by poverty, injustice and crisis, through Australia Lutheran World Service (ALWS).
Obey
‘Then he [Moses] took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey”’ (Exodus 24:7).
A fitting response
‘The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son’ (Matthew 22:2).
Even in the presence of my enemies
‘You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows’ (Psalm 23:5).
