Nov2022
2023 Lutheran Nurse of the Year Nominations
Nominations are now invited for the Lutheran Nurse of the Year award for 2023. Nomination Form The award recognises faithful and outstanding service during the preceding calendar year by a Registered or Enrolled Nurse who is an active member of a Lutheran congregation in Australia or New Zealand. It comprises a certificate and a $100… Read more
Nov2022
EoY celebration for east metro pastors and wives
Pastors of the Eastern Metro Zone (Melbourne), including emeriti pastors and Special Ministry Pastors, meet monthly as a fraternal for support and fellowship. Zone Counsellor, Wayne Muschamp, hosts the final meeting for each year as an evening gathering around a shared meal, with wives joining their husbands. The 2022 gathering saw 16 pastors and wives… Read more
Nov2022
Rev Greg Pietsch (em) installed as Bishop’s Representative for South Sudanese Ministry.
On 6th November Bishop Lester Priebbenow installed retired Pastor Greg Pietsch as Bishop’s Representative for South Sudanese Ministry. He did this at a service of the Greater Lutheran South Sudanese Fellowship (combining our Dandenong, Geelong, Frankston/Pakenham and Traralgon Nuer-language Fellowships) at St James, Moorabbin. Pastor Greg’s voluntary role is intended to relate to and support… Read more
Nov2022
Thomastown Lutheran Church celebrating 166 years of worship
The Thomastown Lutheran Church has been open for 166 years this month. We have been worshiping monthly on the 4th Sunday since lockdowns but have recently gone back to the 2nd and 4th Sunday over the summer months. There are still no utilities connected (and no toilets) but we still love to gather in this… Read more
Nov2022
Relationship Building to the Ends of the Earth!
St Paul’s Box Hill congregation has been discussing and discerning the call of Jesus to us in mission. His words in Acts 1:8 have been a focus “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of… Read more
Nov2022
National Church Life Survey Update
Full Church Life Profile and Pack coming: The full Church Life Profile includes detailed results, comparisons to previous surveys and to other benchmarks. Owing to the need to upgrade and maximise our privacy protections and security, we have moved to a new delivery system. Due to the impacts of COVID and the complexity of delivering… Read more
Nov2022
Lutheran Nurses Visit Central Australia
Seventeen people spent six days in Alice Springs in September on the 13th study tour arranged by Lutheran Parish Nurses International (LPNI). Among them were nurses from Australia, USA, Singapore and Palestine (Bethlehem). LPNI is a global network of Lutheran Parish Nurses. Each year it arranges a study tour to a country where Parish Nursing… Read more
Nov2022
ALWS and Schools
Did you know the team at ALWS can present at schools? ALWS staff are committed to providing schools with resources that can inspire, equip and encourage students to explore their role in issues like social justice, human rights and development. Sunshine Christian School in the west of Melbourne is blessed to serve 95 children, where 81% of… Read more
Nov2022
St Paul’s Box Hill celebrates Reformation Sunday
After moving location and promptly going into lockdown for close to two years, the members of St Paul’s Box Hill congregation celebrated Reformation Sunday with the gospel message, and welcomed four new members in worship to the accompaniment of some beautiful music. After enjoying the worship service we joined for activities such as ‘pin the… Read more
Nov2022
2022 Youth Leadership Retreat
Recently YYAM leaders enjoyed a weekend retreat together, playing boardgames and cards, enjoying sand and sunshine at the beach, retail therapy at a local Nursery Cafe (Poppies) and just lounging around reading books and catching up on the year of leadership. Those present also attended a Chapel service on Sunday at St John’s Lutheran Primary… Read more