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Jan Summers loves helping to connect the people of her Hope Valley retirement community in South Australia. Whether it’s daily letterbox drops, coffee shop gatherings, community lunches, or livestreaming weekly church services to the village nursing home, the 88-year-old is all about bringing people together within her suburban community in Adelaide’s northeastern suburbs.
When people think of pilgrimage, many imagine a once-in-a-lifetime journey, such as crossing the Pyrenees on the Camino de Santiago. But while Bethany Marsh has known similar challenges and blessings as a pilgrim, her experience of the spiritual discipline is very different.
There is not one exclusive pathway to ordination in the LCANZ. There are in fact four pathways, which are explained in the ‘Candidacy Pathways for the Office of the Public Ministry’ document released to the church recently.
Having met as teachers at a Lutheran college more than 50 years ago, Lois and Lyall Kupke have continued to serve their church throughout their lives together, believing as St Paul told the church in Corinth that ‘nothing you do in the Lord’s service is ever useless’.
‘The good news of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ is deeper and lasting beyond simply happy feelings’, LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith says in his ‘Because we bear your name’ column in the lead-up to Christmas. ‘The telling of the nativity story is great joy. God has become enfleshed and dwelt among us out of great love for all humankind.’
General Synod voted in October to enable the ordination of both women and men as pastors in the church. Delegates supported a proposal from the General Church Board and College of Bishops to remove from the LCA’s Theses of Agreement the paragraph that prohibited women from entering the pastoral ministry.
The LCANZ’s General Synod has elected Pastor Stephen Schultz as Assistant Bishop of the church. Assistant Bishop Stephen has been serving the SA-NT District in the role of Assistant Bishop for Mission since 2018. Former Assistant Bishop Neville Otto, who served in the post for one term, did not stand for re-election.
When Ros O’Donohoe explains the story of the inspirational ‘Meet and Eat’ ministry, there’s a phrase that comes up again and again. ‘It’s the Father’s ministry.’ These words are a testament to the faith Ros draws on as she and a team of helpers prepare and serve dinner for 80 to 90 people most Monday evenings.
The LCANZ’s entire 1.9-hectare property at North Adelaide is under multiple contracts, with the total purchase price exceeding market evaluations. Expressions of interest (EOI) for the property closed in May and all successful EOI applicants have agreed to all LCANZ terms and conditions of sale.
Whether it’s a home-baked cupcake, a home-grown pumpkin, or a handmade bracelet, giving glory to God comes in many forms for retired teacher Anne Kotzur. Life is a whirl of baking, gardening and volunteering for the mother of four and grandmother of eight who celebrated her 80th birthday recently,
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