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St John’s Lutheran Church Emerald celebrated nine young parishioners enjoying their first communion or confirmation, along with two new members.

It was in early 1952 that my mother Clara Matilda Zillmann decided to crochet an altar cloth for Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church at Wallaville.

Pastor Joel Pukallus has been presented with the National Emergency Medal for his role during the “Black Summer” bushfires of 2019-2020.

The second Sunday in Advent is set aside in Emerald as the St John’s Sunday School Christmas program, a time which brings together extended families of all stages in life.

Bishop Mark Vainikka and Pastor David joined the joyous celebration of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church’s 75th anniversary in Ingham this May.

Immanuel Lutheran Church Nanango is continuing to serve the community of South Burnett, with its church building set to become a new Neighbourhood Centre. 

Recently, eleven members of St Pauls Beaudesert visited a member who has been unable to attend services because of mobility issues.

We were shocked to wake up this morning to the news of a tragic shooting incident near Chinchilla, where two members of the Queensland Police Service and one member of the public have tragically died.

With the closure of Our Saviour’s Church Toowoomba, there are a number of items available for tender or donation.

The morning’s journey to the modest orange-brick meeting hall has taken me along the Bruxner Highway through the verdant, rolling landscape of the border zone, on a bright, cloudless Sunday.