Dwelling in God’s word: mission-shaped prayer
One theologian has described mission as being caught up in the ‘heartbeat of God’. One of the most important ways in which we’re drawn into God’s heartbeat is prayer.
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A call to a season of prayer
Each year, the Local Mission department of the LCANZ facilitates a Season of Prayer, inviting and calling on congregations of the LCANZ to pray. This year, the Season of Prayer is scheduled for 10 to 24 September 2023, and the theme is ‘Lord, renew your church’.
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Messages of Hope on contentment, dementia and change
The Messages of Hope featured in August include the topics of confidence, contentment, dementia, coping with changing and letting go of control.
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Taking a STAND
Grow Ministries’ STAND Bible Study is designed to encourage you on your faith journey. Based on Romans 5:1,2, it includes five topics on grace, suffering, discipline and living in and boasting in our hope in Jesus.
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Do you ever feel lonely?
We live in a world with more than six billion people! With so many people, it’s astounding that anyone would ever feel alone. But even though we are surrounded by all these people, there are times when these feelings can go unnoticed.
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Touching lonely people with the love of Jesus
The 19th-century philosopher Henry Thoreau said, ‘Most people live lives of quiet desperation’, which aptly describes the loneliness of people around us.
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Celebrating Christian Care Sunday in your community
The LCANZ encourages congregations to choose one Sunday every year to celebrate the ministries of care happening in our local churches and communities.
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Laying out the welcome mat
Some years ago, a group of young Tamil and Iranian men turned up at the Grovedale Lutheran Church looking for help. They came to the right place that day, and ‘mercy’ flowed.
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