LCAQD Convention of the Synod 2025

Where: The 57th LCAQD Convention of the Synod will be held from 30 May-1 June 2025, at Peace Lutheran College, Cairns.

Parking: Please click here for a map of the College that shows parking areas.

Click here for a floorplan of the Synod space.

This year’s theme is ‘Open Doors to Many Communities of Grace. One Church. One Purpose. Many Ministries’, based on Revelation 3:7-12.

Click here for a draft basic agenda.

A more detailed agenda will be published in the Book of Reports, but please note that it is subject to change, both in the lead up to Synod and during the Convention itself.

The 2025 Convention of the Synod offering will go to Peace Lutheran College Cairns - more details to come soon.

Credit card payments can be made via this link:

LCAQD Events | LCA Donations & Payments

Or via this path: Home | LCA Donations & Payments > LCA Districts > LCA QLD District > LCAQD Events

(Please note that you may not be able to complete the payment process on a mobile phone due to display issues.)

In the Comments box please include: Your name/congregation name and 'Synod Offering'.

EFT payments can be made to the following account:

Name: LCAQD Events
BSB: 704942
Acc: 100817580
Ref: Your name/congregation name Synod Off.

If you transfer money using either method, please email bookkeeper@qld.lca.org.au to notify Sandra of your payment.

Date: Friday 30 May 2025

Time: 5:30pm – 8:00pm

Venue: Auditorium, Brothers Leagues Club

Address: 99-107 Anderson Street, Manunda, Cairns

Cost: $50 per person

Booking: When you book your attendance for the CotS you will be able to book for Friday night’s event.

The Friday night dinner function will be held on 30th May 2025. The guest speaker will be Shane Jurecky, Principal of Peace Lutheran College Cairns.

Shane has worked in Lutheran education for the past 30 years, across all three educational districts of the LCA. He has taught in seven Lutheran schools; from small primary schools in Angaston and Eudunda in rural South Australia, to regional centre P-12 schools in Murray Bridge (Unity College, SA) and Caloundra (Pacific Lutheran College, Qld) to the large, multi-campus city school of St Peter's Lutheran College, Brisbane, Qld. During this time, he has also served in various leadership positions since 2005, including eight years as Principal at Good Shepherd College, Hamilton, Vic and currently as Principal of Peace Lutheran College, Cairns, Qld.

Shane will be presenting a short history of Lutheran education in Far North Queensland, entitled "Christ in the cane fields – 30 years of Lutheran education in Cairns." The presentation will trace the amazing circumstances which led to the formation of Peace Lutheran College, through the triumphs and challenges of establishing a multicultural, faith-based, learning community in a remote location to what the exciting future holds beyond the current horizon. The presentation will be seen through the eyes of those who have built a transformational community where the rainforest meets the reef.

Please read this important information regarding the Friday night dinner function: https://lca.box.com/v/2025-Synod-Friday-Function

The Book of Reports will be made available here from 9 May 2025.

The Supplement to the Book of Reports will also be made available here upon publication.

Video Presentations: Delegates, please view and familiarise yourselves with the following presentations prior to the Question and Answer sessions with the corresponding departments at Synod, once they are uploaded:

Report from Lutheran Education Queensland

Report from Lutheran Youth Queensland

Report from Lutheran Services

Report from the Commission for Mission

Synod 2025 Communique #1

Synod 2025 Communique #2

March 2025 Update Letter

Delegates and Visitors must book in advance here:

Book a place at the LCAQD Convention of the Synod 2025

IMPORTANT NOTE: The booking website will be available from Monday 31 March at 8:30am and will be closed strictly at 12 noon on Friday 16 May. Please book early.

Unfortunately, after this time and date we CANNOT accommodate any further bookings either for the CotS or the Friday night dinner. Please, please do not wait until the last minute to book! (This hard deadline is due to requirements imposed on us by the catering company and their shipping lead times.)

Delegates, please read the communiques in the "Update Letters" section of the drop-down menu, for further information.

Have a question or need some help?

Phone: 07 3511 4000
Email:  district@qld.lca.org.au

Nominations for Boards, Councils and Committees

Members of LCAQD governing bodies are elected by the LCAQD Synod. Between Synod assemblies, casual vacancies are filled by the LCAQD District Church Board.

For queries about nominations, please email Nominations Committee chair at chair_noms@qld.lca.org.au.

• LCAQD Nominations Terms of Reference
• LCAQD Nomination Form | LCAQD Example Nomination Form

For more detailed information, please go to https://qld.lca.org.au/nominations-and-appointments/

LCAQD Synod will be using Vero Voting for some of the proposals placed before the Convention of the Synod. To enable this, you must bring your own smart device (smart phone, Wi-Fi enabled tablet or laptop) that can access a website on the internet. You will need to have this with you each day of convention so that you can log in to vote.

On the Friday and Saturday mornings of the Convention, each registered Synod delegate will receive a text message and an email with a unique voting link for each day. This link will be the avenue to participate in the voting during the sessions.

If any technical voting issues are experienced during the Convention, there will be volunteers in the main auditorium that can assist.

We ask that all Synod delegates bring charging devices to the Convention each day. Charging stations will be available to use in the main auditorium.

The Synod planning committee has negotiated discount prices for Synod delegates and visitors at the following venues. To view the discount codes or discounted rates, please open the documents:

Cairns Colonial Club Resort

Cairns Plaza Hotel

Ramada by Wyndham 

Mercure Cairns

Download the Delegate Information Package which includes information on accommodation, bus service, places to eat and tourism activities here: https://lca.box.com/v/2025-Delegate-Pack (Further information on the bus service timetable will be included soon.)

Governance Change Program Continues

For the most recent updates to the Governance Change Program, go to: https://qld.lca.org.au/governance-change-program/ and please feel free to direct any questions towards project manager, John Hoffman on john.hoffman@qld.lca.org.au

Calling all artists and aspiring artists!

The Lutheran Lay People’s League in conjunction with the Lutheran Church of Australia Qld District will be hosting an art competition at this year’s 2025 Convention of the Synod. The Lutheran Lay People’s League will be sponsoring the LCAQD Synod Art Competition with the aim to inspire and celebrate creativity in the Queensland District.

Entrants must consider the Synod theme Open Doors to Many Communities of Grace. One Church. One Purpose. Many Ministries, based on Rev. 3:7-12. as part of their submission. There is a selection of age group categories for entrants, so that a diverse range of category winning artworks can be displayed during the 2025 Convention of the Synod.

Submission Deadline: Thursday 24 April 2024 by no later than 4pm

Submissions to be provided to the Lutheran Church House (Suite 1, Level 3 – 24 McDougall Street,
Milton).

For any LCAQD Synod Art Competition enquiries, please contact Linda Thomson (LCAQD Event
Coordinator) on linda.thomson@qld.lca.org.au or 3512 7284.

Read more here:

https://lca.box.com/v/2025-Synod-Art-Comp

To download a printable A4 PDF Flyer, go to https://lca.box.com/v/2025-Synod-Art-Comp-Flyer

You can find an image file with QR code suitable for social media/newsletters here.