Blogs

With schools moving to remote learning this term, LYQ’s In School Training ministry has become “Online” School Training, and created new programs to support young people during this time.

You really cannot miss the humanity of the disciples described in the various Gospel accounts of the resurrection of Jesus. The disciples were travelling a roller-coaster of emotions. Sometimes frightened. Sometimes doubting. Sometimes wondering. Sometimes inspired. Sometimes overjoyed.

Our world’s response to COVID-19 has finely tuned our ears to the messages of this Holy Week. Our ears are finely tuned to the experiences of our Lord Jesus … Our ears are also finely tuned to the “reason for the season” …

Before Covid-19, Good News Lutheran Church’s (GNLC) had a typical youth group, running games, excursions, and small group bible studies, but as regulations around physical distancing began to escalate, they realised they would have to adapt.

Congregations have had to quickly adapt to new social distancing measures, so we thought we would share some statistics of what happened throughout the LCAQD on Sunday March 29.

Bishop Paul shares the story of Martin Rinkart who served as a Lutheran pastor through an era of human history we call the “30 Years War” when over 1/3 of the German people died as a result of war and plague.

Our first story of how a LCAQD congregation is maintaining community worship, discipleship and fellowship while not able to meet in person.

Be encouraged by this story from Townsville, of how the congregation and early childhood service, with the help of your donations, reached out in love to their lcoal community and beyond following the 2019 flood.

On the LCAQD Mission and Ministry Resource page, under the Church Offline tabs, you will find some information that may help you reorient your community to being ‘Church Offline’. Click on the link to take you there.

How do we engage with each other and the proclamation of the gospel during such a time of crisis?  Worship is God coming to us (incarnationally) to heal, equip, empower and encourage us in our day-to-day mission!