Each of the characters of the Good Friday and Easter story is confronted with the same human emotions that you and I know … I pray that you would find yourself in the story this year.

The heart of mission … is an invitation to descend into the spaces of pain and confusion of those who do not yet know Jesus, and to ascend alongside others, as they discover the hope and the promise of the gospel.

Bethany McGibbon and her team at QLECS have a goal to see every Lutheran early childhood service engaging in regular ‘Jesus Time’ with all their children.

Some examples of how we are sharing God’s love and generosity towards us, while positioning ourselves to stretch and grow.

On 30 March at St John’s Corinda, Pastor Tim Jaensch, LCAQD President Emeritus, was commended into the everlasting arms of our Good Shepherd, Jesus.

It was a great privilege to be invited to be the guest speaker at the “Queensland Parliamentary Christian Breakfast” on the morning of Tuesday, April 2nd. This was kindly arranged for me by Fiona Simpson, the member for Maroochydore and I attended the breakfast with our First Assistant Bishop Mark Vainikka. At the breakfast, I… Read more

The Queensland District of the Lutheran Church (LCAQD) has this year undergone a governance review after the District Synod 2018 agreed with the direction being taken and to move towards implementation in 2019. The District Church Council (DCC) appointed one of its new members, Bruce Lockwood, to form and chair a committee to define and… Read more

As a member of the LCAQD District Office team, it can be difficult to be one step removed from some of the difficulties LCAQD congregations are facing. Whether it’s drought (thank you God for the recent rains!), flood, uncertainty about future viability as a congregation or personal grief, we often witness things we can’t fix.  Now… Read more

Once again we have heard of violence against innocent men, women and children, this time in Christchurch, New Zealand. Again, we come to the Lord of the cross and cry out: “Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the… Read more

Born and raised in rural South Australia, Pastor Lionel Rohrlach feels most at home when his home is in the country. For the last decade that home has been the Pittsworth Parish, 42 kilometres Southwest of Toowoomba on the Gore Highway. Until recently the parish was made up of four congregations, consisting of Pittsworth, Nobby,… Read more