Aug2024
Installation at Tarrington Lutheran Parish
On Sunday 28th July the Tarrington Lutheran parish, consisting of St. Michael’s, Tarrington, and Trinity, Warrayure, welcomed a new spiritual shepherd, Pastor Joshua Pfeiffer. Pastor Joshua will also provide Pastoral… Read more
May2024
A Gathering of Greater Geelong
On Sunday, May 19th, members of the five ‘Greater Geelong’ region congregations gathered at Araluen Lutheran Camp at Anglesea for a Pentecost celebration. Pr. Brett Kennett and Erin Grainger enjoyed… Read more
Apr2024
Embarking on a Mission: A Recap of the LCA-NZ Collaborative Mission Retreat
One of the privileges of my role is working collaboratively with a wide range of members of the LCANZ. This includes my interstate pastor colleagues Ian Rentsch (NSW), David Schmidt… Read more
Nov2023
Continuing Education Program
A successful combined District Pastors Conference / CEP event (Continuing Education Program for pastors and lay workers) was held from 24 to 26 October under the theme: “Grace in a… Read more
Nov2023
Fostering Unity and Collaboration
Dear Friends in Christ, A recent joy in my work has been facilitating congregations and parishes to gather in exploratory dialogues, seeking to discern how God might be leading them… Read more
Aug2023
From your Professional Standards Officer, Denise
Last month SMO introduced the use of “two-factor authentication” (2FA) when persons login to the site. This was done to increase security and to protect the data of all users… Read more
Aug2023
District Church Council meet with Regional Church Leaders at Horsham
On Saturday 19th August, leaders from a number of regional congregations met in Horsham to share with members of District Church Council (DCC), on the topics of: blessings experienced as… Read more
Jul2022
Worship Services in LAMP 2
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… Read more
Jul2022
2022 Christian Ministry Advancement Conference
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… Read more
May2022
Local Mission, a department of the LCA
Background Local Mission in the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) is about ‘growing as God’s people’ and ‘going as God’s people’ – the first two priorities in the LCA Our… Read more
