Sep2020
Lockdown cocoon produces butterfly beauty
by Megan James
Intergenerational ministry is a priority for members of St Mark’s Lutheran Church Dalby in Queensland, so during COVID-19 church closures, they embraced new opportunities to engage all generations in their worship and activities.
Aug2020
Neighbours team up as mask marvels
Many health workers have been struggling to obtain enough personal protective equipment during the pandemic. But when a request came for masks for Noosa Hospital, Queensland, a local Lutheran church member and her neighbours set to work and have since supplied more than 1500 masks as far as PNG.
Jul2020
Billboard a sign of reassurance
Visitors and locals in Hervey Bay in southern Queensland are being greeted by a gospel message of reassurance written by the road into town. Members of St James Lutheran Church have posted the sign which reads: ‘Stay calm. I will get you through this, love God’ on a 6 metre x 3 metre billboard.
Jul2020
Hope Vale documentary to premiere on NITV
A new documentary called Wawu Divine Hope about the Lutheran community in Hope Vale in Far North Queensland will air on NITV on 27 July 2020.
Jul2020
Learning from each other
by Pastor Greg Schiller
There is a significant number of people originally from Papua New Guinea (PNG) who live in Cairns in Far North Queensland, and Trinity Lutheran Church community is finding more and more ways to engage and connect with them.
Jun2020
Lutheran schools named finalists in national awards
Five Australian Lutheran schools have been nominated as finalists in the Australian Education Awards 2020.
Jun2020
Pandemic sees new generation step up
by Pastor David Spanagel
Like many others during COVID-19 church closures, St Johns Hope Vale in Far North Queensland has had to seek creative and technological ways to reach people. With shaky internet and very basic equipment, it was a huge challenge. But a new generation of people has stepped up.
Mar2020
Matron, mentor, and matriarch
by Helen Beringen
Now 98, Isobel Eisenmenger remains a vibrant matriarch of her Brisbane congregation and over her many decades of involvement in the church, she has been a mentor to many.
Feb2020
Life – a journey worth embracing
by Helen Beringen
For 68-year-old Queenslander Anne Maczkowiack, walking the 800-kilometre Camino De Santiago trail across Spain was only a part of a post-retirement reward in 2014. She and husband Robert decided to add an extra 300 kilometres to start from Barcelona. That says something about embracing opportunities
Dec2019
Heaven welcomes home a champion
Ian (Watto) Watson, founder of the ‘Shed Happens’ movement, died yesterday, 5 December. ‘Every bloke’s a champion!’ was coined by Ian as a rallying encouragement to men to be all that God called them to be.
