Jul2018
Church, cheese and chocolate: meet Kitrina Scott-Davies
Since March, Kitrina Scott-Davies has been working for the LCA Church Worker Support (CWS) Department as Church Worker Support/Human Resource Officer. She is based in the Queensland District office. Along with her fellow CWS workers Kitrina aims to support church workers in ‘starting well, staying well and finishing well’. Starting well means helping church workers… Read more
Jul2018
Pastor Doug accepts call with gracetime
Pastor Doug Fitzpatrick is a new pastor at Immanuel Buderim, received in 2017 by the College of Bishops as a Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP). ‘Every now and then when you’re fossicking you find a real gem – that’s Doug’, says Pastor Matt Thiele, Lead Pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church Buderim, where Doug is serving. ‘Doug… Read more
Jun2018
LLL adds MSG
For nine years the Lutheran Laypeople’s League (LLL) has been awarding one congregation in each district of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) a Mission Stimulus Grant (MSG). ‘The MSG is a one-off grant, currently $25,000, available annually in each district of the LCA’, explains LCAQD’s Kathy Matuschka, Assistant Director of Ministry and Mission. ‘It enables… Read more
Jun2018
Worship and business in Bundaberg
The LCAQD 51st Convention of Synod was held 1–3 June at St John’s Lutheran Church and Primary School in Bundaberg. Judy Powell, Chair of Council at Our Saviour, Rochedale, was tasked with compiling the Popular Report. ‘One hundred and sixty two delegates, as well as presenters and visitors were well looked after by a small… Read more
May2018
Lutheran education playing a vital role in church mission
Dennis Mulherin has been the Executive Director of Lutheran Education Queensland (LEQ) since the beginning of 2017. After an early career spanning stints in all three sectors of education in Queensland – Government, Catholic and Independent schools – Dennis has been in leadership roles in Lutheran schools for 15 years. ‘I love the holistic education… Read more
May2018
Bringing love to life through professional standards
Elizabeth Kloeden is the Professional Standards Officer based in the Queensland District. She is employed by the Professional Standards Department of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA). A relatively new department, the Professional Standards Department (PSD) was created to develop specific standards of ethical behaviour for the LCA. These standards are applicable to all aspects… Read more
May2018
Bundaberg gears up for synod
Ross Ridge’s roles at St John’s Lutheran Church in Bundaberg are varied. He is an elder, an usher, a team leader and a small group leader. On top of that he is also Bundaberg Parish Secretary. In 2017 he was presented with an even bigger challenge: ‘I was asked by our chairman of St John’s… Read more
Apr2018
Four-week faith journeys worth Googaling
Bradley Teakle has been working at Googa Outdoor Education Centre (OEC) at Blackbutt for almost two decades. He began as a camp instructor in 1999, before taking on the reins as director in 2008. Having experienced Ironbark as a student with St Peters College Indooroopilly, being heavily involved with LYQ, and later working on a… Read more
Apr2018
Easter celebrations in Hong Kong – from the cradle to the grave
Many countries have Easter traditions that differ from Australia. In Germany, for example, it is common for people to hang colourful plastic eggs from their garden trees. In Finland, children go begging for chocolate, door to door, with feathers in their hair and bunches of twigs in their arms. In Florence, Italy, a cart is… Read more
Mar2018
A decade of sharing love and truth with Queensland’s youth
Aaron Glover has been Director at Lutheran Youth of Queensland (LYQ) for more than 10 years. Just before Aaron became Director, he and his wife returned from a year overseas, serving as volunteers for the LCA in Malaysia as part of the church’s volunteers in mission overseas program. They had both quit their jobs before… Read more