mission & ministry

In our work as a Ministry and Mission Department, we work collaboratively with LCAQD Congregations and Agencies to support God’s mission in our District. Here are a few examples of where we are connected: LCAQD Lutheran Services Lenten Appeal During the season of Lent we have our eyes fixed on the cross of Jesus. Thinking… Read more

St Paul’s Lutheran Church at Caboolture is one of eight LCA congregations to receive the LCA’s ‘Have a Go!’ financial grant, sponsored by the LLL.

What does it mean to be church? This is the question that Pastor David Schmidt, Mission and Ministry Director, asks himself on a daily basis as he works towards growing people deeper in their faith. Pastor Schmidt began his new role seven months ago after a decade of working as the Youth and Family/School Pastor… Read more

For nine years the Lutheran Laypeople’s League (LLL) has been awarding one congregation in each district of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) a Mission Stimulus Grant (MSG).  ‘The MSG is a one-off grant, currently $25,000, available annually in each district of the LCA’, explains LCAQD’s Kathy Matuschka, Assistant Director of Ministry and Mission. ‘It enables… 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 go begging for chocolate, door to door, with feathers in their hair and bunches of twigs in their arms. In Florence, Italy, a cart is… 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, serving as volunteers for the LCA in Malaysia as part of the church’s volunteers in mission overseas program. They had both quit their jobs before… 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 7 to 12 at LORDS. ‘Our inaugural school captain, Alex Wells, loves sport and has always had a heart for others. Her family are very community-minded… 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’, Pastor David says. ‘I see the position more as a walking alongside, helping Lutheran communities across the LCAQD embrace God’s call on their lives to… Read more