The Lutheran Welfare Trust was created to contribute towards the support or establishment of welfare projects primarily within the Lutheran Church. This Trust is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient, and as an Income Exempt Charitable Entity – this means donations can be tax deductible.  The Trust was established to provide relief to those who… Read more

On Saturday 25th June District Church Council members joined with District Office and LEVNT staff and representatives from District boards and bodies to review the current DCC Strategic Initiatives. District Bishop Lester presented on ‘the state of the synod’ – a snapshot of the pastoral ministry in our District, followed by Pastor for Congregational Support… Read more

Earlier this year the District was approached  by Lutheran Education Victoria New South Wales & Tasmania (LEVNT) about the possibility of a call to a pastor, through the District, to oversee, support and train lay chaplains in schools across the LEVNT region. The current shortage of school pastors has left 5 out of 7 of… Read more

Adding a welcoming place of respite for their community, @oursavioursknox refurbished the front entrance of their church thanks to an LLL 100 Year Anniversary Grant. Members from both the church congregation and Knox Lion’s Club formed a working bee to prepare the corner space, digging out the old leaf garden bed in preparation for the… Read more

The first target in the Governance and Reporting Framework for the Child Safety Standards is due on 31 July. The actions required are Congregation/parish council appoints assessor to conduct self-assessment. Assessor completes child safety self-assessment. Assessor submits self-assessment to congregation or parish council. A number of resources for congregations are available on the LCA website…. Read more

District Office is currently entering the worship service times of Congregations in LAMP 2. Please contact Keryn Middelmann with the information listed below so your congregational information is up to date. Frequency (eg – weekly, fortnightly, monthly) Regular Service time/s Day of the week Service type – from the selection below: blended, contemporary, café church,… Read more

On Sunday 22 May, visiting Pastor, Rev Mark Tuffin lead the worship service commencing a 9:00am where we gave thanks to God for the past 25th years of worship, learning and fellowship at our Spring Gully site.  A letter of greetings from Rev Lester Priebbenow, Bishop of the Victorian District, was read to the congregation…. Read more

The CMA Conference (Christian Management Australia) was recently held in Melbourne with approximately 300 delegates from all over Australia representing many churches.  It was wonderful to attend a conference where prayer to begin each day was normal and all the delegates shared in the same visions and beliefs. The conference heard from many speakers through… Read more

“As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She… Read more

Please find a linked press release from Health Minister Martin Foley indicating that due to the high uptake of double vaccination in the community, the requirement for double vaccination for employees (and therefore extended also to volunteers) will be lifted from 11.59pm Friday 24 June (in effect Saturday 25 June). You may therefore allow unvaccinated… Read more