Feature Stories

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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… Read more

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,… Read more

Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School (LORDS) has been running the Inclusive Sport Program since 2016. ‘The program came about as a student-led initiative’, says Laura Robbins, Pastoral Care Coordinator Years… Read more

Earlier this month, Pastor David Schmidt took up the position of Director of the LCAQD’s Ministry and Mission Department. ‘The term “director” can often be seen in a hierarchical sense’,… Read more

Lutheran matriarch and former Queensland Senator Lady Florence Bjelke-Petersen died late last year, aged 97. The widow of the late former Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, she had been a… Read more