May2019
Lutheran Nurse of the Year award launched
The Lutheran Nurses Association of Australia (LNAA) has established a Lutheran Nurse of the Year award. The recipient will be announced each year on International Nurses Day (12 May), beginning next year.
Mar2019
Trailblazer has a faith foundation
Dorothy Hamilton (nee Nuske) was born in Rainbow, in the northwest of Victoria, in 1926. Dorothy was born blind. ‘Not vision-impaired’, she insists, ‘totally blind!’
Feb2019
ALC marks new academic year
To mark the new academic year, staff, students and members of the wider church community attended Australian Lutheran College’s (ALC) opening lecture on 25 February 2019.
Feb2019
Lutherans honoured in Australia Day list
LCA members Dorothy Hamilton, Bernie MacKenzie and The Honourable Warren Truss have been recognised in the Australia Day 2019 Honours List.
Jul2018
Luther book shortlisted for top award
Dr Mark Worthing’s book, Martin Luther: A Wild Boar in the Lord’s Vineyard, has been shortlisted for the 2018 Australian Christian Book of the Year.
Jun2018
Lutherans honoured in Queen’s Birthday list
OAM recipient Andrea Mason was one of several Lutherans on the 2018 Queens Birthday Honours List.
Nov2017
The organiser
Arthur Schuster is an organiser. It is his God-given gift. And he has used it with gusto to serve God for most of his 87 years!
Feb2017
Honours for Lutherans
At least three Lutherans were included in the Australia Day 2016 honours list. The congratulations of the church go to these and any other members honoured. Richard Bartholomaeus, Joan Lindner and John Wittwer were each awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia or OAM. Richard Bartholomaeus, of West Lakes, South Australia, for service to… Read more
Nov2016
Lutheran named NT’s Australian of the Year
Indigenous leader Andrea Mason has been named the Northern Territory’s Australian of the Year. Ms Mason, who worships at Alice Springs Lutheran Church, is the Chief Executive of the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council, which supports and advocates for 3000 women across a 350,000-square-kilometre area of Central Australia. The council works with women… Read more
Oct2016
Lutheran carpenter named top apprentice
Lutheran Ryan Grieger has been named Australia’s top apprentice. A member of the Zion congregation at Swan Reach on the Murray River in South Australia, Ryan last month took out a gold medal in the carpentry category at the WorldSkills Australia National Competition in Melbourne. He also earned the Tjerk Dusseldorp Award for Best in… Read more
