Jun2025
Prayerful planning rewarded
Starting or expanding multiethnic ministries in church or school communities was a popular theme among LCANZ Local Mission Fund applications for this year, and St Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Brisbane hopes to build on its history of outreach among people of different cultures thanks to the grant.
Jun2025
Learning together
by Adrian Kitson
Pastor Adrian Kitson and the St Petri congregation at Nuriootpa in SA’s Barossa Valley were delighted to receive an LCANZ Local Mission Fund grant to further their vision for a regional learning hub.
May2025
Witnessing God at work around us
by Hannah Doecke
With support from an LCANZ Local Mission Fund Seed Grant, St James Lutheran Church Hervey Bay has launched the Community Connection and Growth Project. Led by Child & Youth Ministry Coordinator Hannah Doecke, the project is already strengthening ties between church, school and community.
May2025
Creating ‘a welcoming spiritual home’
by David Yap
Planting a new church has always been a great step of faith. Despite that, members of Grace Lutheran Chinese congregation in Perth have taken that step to serve Chinese-speaking people in the suburb of Duncraig. This bold vision is being supported by an LCANZ Local Mission Fund grant.
Apr2025
Sharing love with our neighbourhood
by Julie Scholz
Members of St Paul Lutheran Church Blair Athol in suburban Adelaide are keen to strengthen relationships with those around them, especially the children and families of the co-located school and playgroup, as well as the wider community.
Apr2025
Grass-roots mission: sharing the message of the cross
by Jodi Brook
After the first year of a new LCANZ grants fund designed to nurture a missional culture across the church, 10 congregations have begun a journey to bring their local mission dreams into being. The LCANZ Local Mission Fund application process for 2026 grants opens on 1 July 2025.
