Dec2018
Serving our elders
by Faye Schmidt
With a Lutheran school in their area, the ministry focus of members at the Wyndham–Hobson Bay Multi-site Congregation in Melbourne’s west has long been on the young and families.
Nov2018
LCA servants retire
Two longstanding servants of the LCA – Glenice Hartwich and Stephen Rudolph – are retiring. Combined, the duo has contributed almost 80 years of service to the church and its agencies.
Feb2018
A school where ‘God abounds’
by Francois Pienaar
As the only Christian school within a 400–kilometre radius of its hometown of Ceduna, South Australia, Crossways Lutheran School has a clear mission to the state’s West Coast community.
Jul2017
Reforming the 3 Es: ACLE5 attracts record numbers
by LCA Communications
The fifth Australian Conference on Lutheran Education (ACLE5), held this year at the Adelaide Convention Centre, was the biggest ever. The headcount was 1127, which was nearly triple that of the first ACLE held in 1999. ACLE attracts leaders, educators, governors and guests from across Australia and also overseas. This year the conference welcomed 20… Read more
Nov2016
School’s sign of the times
by LCA Communications
Students from Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School (LORDS) at Pimpama on Queensland’s Gold Coast recently found a unique way to recognise the LCA’s 50.500 initiative and celebrate their own milestone. At the school’s chapel assembly on Reformation Day the students from years 3, 4 and 6 created the 500 sign out of the LORDS and… Read more
Aug2016
Golden games links to Lutheran schools
by LCA Communications
Swimmer Kyle Chalmers, a year 12 student at South Australia’s Immanuel College at Novar Gardens in suburban Adelaide, won a gold medal for Australia at last month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Kyle, 18, took out the men’s 100 metres freestyle event in a personal-best time of 47.58 seconds at his first Olympics. In… Read more
