prayer

LCAIM warmly invites you to gather online once a month in prayer with others across Australia, New Zealand and among our partner churches.

Join young people from around the globe to pray for the world, the church, its youth leaders, and more, on International Youth Day.

It is election time here in Queensland. Bishop Paul Smith reveals how one short line from the General Prayer of the Church in our Lutheran Liturgy, gives good guidance for deciding who to vote for.

Are you surviving, thriving or experiencing a little of both? What attitudes or practices are you learning now, that you hope to retain beyond abatement?

Our first story of how a LCAQD congregation is maintaining community worship, discipleship and fellowship while not able to meet in person.

There is tragedy across Queensland and New South Wales with the raging bush-fires. God is present in the midst of any strife. Knowing that God is with us, we cry out, “Lord have mercy on us.”

These ‘disruptive missional practices’ bring life and a sense of identity in times that seem chaotic: ‘dwelling in the word’ and ‘dwelling in the world’.

Asking our gracious Lord of heaven and earth to send rain for the blessing of the earth and for the blessing of all people.

‘God did something wonderful among us at the Muster, and we pray that this movement in the Spirit and truth of his Word will spread, helping to fill the void replaced by the shrinking footprint and decreasing resourcing of the organised church.’

Age-care chaplains in Lutheran Services are sometimes referred to as ‘architects of community’, as they help people maintain important connections and create new ones.