Convention of Synod

‘Follow the voice of the Good Shepherd’, Bishop Paul Smith says as Queenslanders join other Lutherans from across Australia and New Zealand in Sydney this week. About 260 lay delegates and 160 pastor delegates are meeting at Rosehill Gardens, as the 19th LCA General Convention of Synod gets underway. Bishop Paul’s biggest hope is that… Read more

The LCAQD 51st Convention of Synod was held 1–3 June at St John’s Lutheran Church and Primary School in Bundaberg. Judy Powell, Chair of Council at Our Saviour, Rochedale, was tasked with compiling the Popular Report. ‘One hundred and sixty two delegates, as well as presenters and visitors were well looked after by a small… 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 he is also Bundaberg Parish Secretary. In 2017 he was presented with an even bigger challenge: ‘I was asked by our chairman of St John’s… Read more