ALWS Christmas Action Appeal

The people of South Sudan have been hit hard by disasters through 2020-21 Your Christmas Action donation is matched dollar for dollar to DOUBLE your impact. PLUS, your gift is tax-deductible! Please give your donation by Christmas. 1300 763 407 alws.org.au View full appeal notice.

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Festival of Learning – registrations open mid-January

The Festival of Learning is a celebration open to anyone and everyone interested in thinking, talking and learning about God. The festival will have a range of offerings, both in person and online, including panel discussions, chapel services, presentations, a variety of electives and a dinner on the Saturday night.

Sharing the gospel videos

Please check out these videos produced by the Lutheran Church plant in WA. Church planter Matt Schubert provides some tips to help make sharing the gospel more accessible: Everhope Church – YouTube

St John’s Classroom fund 20 refugees through lunchtime bottle collection!

“A little bit of effort on our part, can change another child’s whole future!” This was the comment from a 9-year-old boy in our classroom at St John’s Lutheran School in Kingaroy, as we talked about our recycling roster. Throughout 2021, the Year 4 students have been collecting and sorting the drinks containers around the… Read more

Attention Congregations with Social Media Accounts!

A High Court of Australia judgement (Fairfax vs Voller) in September has implications for all organisations that use social media. A majority of justices (5–2) ruled that the owners of social media accounts can be considered ‘publishers’ and are thereby potentially liable for defamatory and other illegal comments on the accounts. This applies even if… Read more

New Church for Noosa!

What’s this? A brand-new Lutheran church being built in these uncertain and lean times? Well, that is what has happened in Noosa on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast! For most of the year, passers-by have been watching major new facilities emerge near the entrance of Good Shepherd Lutheran College in Noosaville. Since 1991 Lutherans in Noosa… Read more

Time for some good news reading

You don’t have to go far to run into anxious people and worrying news. Instead, why not treat yourself to some good news reading? The LLL’s Together in Mission Magazine is available online, to inspire you with stories of the mission activities that LLL loans and grants have enabled in the past year or so:… Read more

Feeling tired? You’re not alone

COVID-fatigue … We pause to reflect on all that 2021 has bought to our lives – and we note some of our friends and family members seem stretched to their limits, tired in a way a holiday can’t or won’t fix.

A pilgrim reflects on his Lutheran experience so far

Catholic pilgrim and Lutheran Services CEO, Nick Ryan, reflects on his experience of serving alongside the people of the Lutheran Church.