Jul2023
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’.
Jul2023
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.
Jul2023
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.
Jul2023
Do you ever feel lonely?
by Richard Fox and Jodi Brook
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.
Jul2023
Touching lonely people with the love of Jesus
by Craig Heidenreich
The 19th-century philosopher Henry Thoreau said, ‘Most people live lives of quiet desperation’, which aptly describes the loneliness of people around us.
Jul2023
Celebrating Christian Care Sunday in your community
by Tania Nelson
The LCANZ encourages congregations to choose one Sunday every year to celebrate the ministries of care happening in our local churches and communities.