Apr2019
100kms for 100 kids
Most Walk My Way participants found treading one course in the ALWS community event enough of a challenge. But Pastor Peter Hage now has three 25km treks under his soles – and is eyeing off a fourth.
Apr2019
Walkers raise $142,000 for refugee children
On 13 April more than 400 Lutherans and their friends, who ‘walked my way’ in Adelaide, Darwin and Melbourne, made it possible for 5600 refugee children to go to school.
Apr2019
Pastors lead the way
Twenty-three LCA pastors, including three bishops, are among more than 280 people who will walk up to 26km in an Australia-wide effort to support refugee chlidren to go to school.
Mar2019
Walking the talk
Members of our LCA/NZ family are rushing to be part of the ALWS Walk My Way event which raises money to help refugee children in camps in Kenya to go to school. And it’s not too late to get involved.
Sep2018
I saw Jesus today
Our Lutheran family supports hundreds of thousands of people living in refugee camps in eastern Africa through ALWS, including at Kakuma in northern Kenya and Ali Addeh in Djibouti.
Jul2018
Barossa Lutherans’ giving milestone recognised
Over the past five years, Lutherans from South Australia’s Barossa Valley have donated $1.5 million to help people in need through Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS). More than 180 people from across the region north of Adelaide came together last Sunday, 8 July, along with representatives of ALWS, to recognise this milestone in giving. ALWS,… Read more
Mar2018
God works in the ordinary
Being a blessing to others often doesn’t require doing anything spectacular, sensational or extraordinary. In fact, God most often uses the ordinary things of life to shower his goodness on people.
Sep2017
Your love reaches one million people
LCA overseas aid and resettlement agency Australian Lutheran World Service helped one million people in 2016 through its international partnerships and thanks to your support.
Aug2017
Refugee meetings move Lutheran leader
Hearing the stories of refugees in Australia has given Lutheran World Federation (LWF) leader Martin Junge new insight into LWF’s work in African refugee camps.
Aug2017
Migrant and Refugee Sunday
by Rev John Henderson This coming Sunday, 27 August, Australian churches will observe Migrant and Refugee Sunday. Most of us are the descendants of migrants, and so Migrant and Refugee Sunday gives us a good opportunity to thank God for the blessings given to our forebears, and to celebrate the many migrants and refugees who… Read more
