After the first year of a new LCANZ grants fund designed to nurture a missional culture across the church, 10 congregations have begun a journey to bring their local mission dreams into being. And the Local Mission Fund and Seed Project funding will return this year. So, if your congregation has a local mission idea that needs financial support to become a reality, these grants might be the answer to prayer.
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Hundreds of LCANZ members and friends have gathered to thank God for the 75th anniversary of Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) at the places where the church’s overseas aid and development agency had its beginnings. The weekend of celebration and thanksgiving events in March centred around Albury, NSW, and Bonegilla, Victoria, where ALWS’s ministry of practical love and care had its roots in the service of a Lutheran pastor almost eight decades ago.
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.
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Grass-roots mission: Sharing the message of the cross
After the first year of a new LCANZ grants fund designed to nurture a missional culture across the church, 10 congregations have begun a journey to bring their local mission dreams into being. And the Local Mission Fund and Seed Project funding will return this year. So, if your congregation has a local mission idea that needs financial support to become a reality, these grants might be the answer to prayer.
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LCANZ gives thanks for ALWS 75th anniversary
Hundreds of LCANZ members and friends have gathered to thank God for the 75th anniversary of Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) at the places where the church’s overseas aid and development agency had its beginnings. The weekend of celebration and thanksgiving events in March centred around Albury, NSW, and Bonegilla, Victoria, where ALWS’s ministry of practical love and care had its roots in the service of a Lutheran pastor almost eight decades ago.
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Connecting community: a job for all seasons
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.
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