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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 Church workers of the District met online and in person over the mornings of Wednesday and Thursday last week for the annual Continuing Education Program. Instead of gathering in one place pastors and lay workers met as they were able in their Zones, allowing for some fellowship time as well as some learning and… Read more

Australian Lutheran College has launched its annual appeal. This year’s appeal is twofold: a call to support the college financially as it trains and prepares people for service in Christ’s mission, and a heartfelt plea for more students. Appeal packs are now available in congregations or visit https://alc.edu.au/connect/annual-appeal/ to watch the appeal clip released by… Read more

The 55th Annual Convention of Lutheran Women of Victoria and Tasmania was held on Saturday 14th May 2022. It was hosted by the Slovak Ladies Guild of Christ the Lord Lutheran Church, Seabrook. The Theme for the Convention was ‘Being Strong in the Lord’ based on Ephesians 6:10-18. Opening Worship was conducted by Pastor Jan… Read more

The members of Redeemer, Glen Waverley, part of the Nunawading and Glen Waverley congregation, received a grant from the Cross Cultural Ministry Department of the LCA. The grant was for the employment of a Chinese Evangelist to specifically work with the congregation in its ministry to the large number of immigrants from mainland China in… Read more

II.B. REPRESENTATION AT CONVENTIONS 1. The ratio of delegates to communicants in each congregation shall be as follows: (a) one (1) delegate for the first seventy-five (75) communicants or part thereof; (b) two (2) delegates for seventy-six (76) to one hundred and seventy-five (175) communicants; (c) three (3) delegates for one hundred and seventy-six (176)… Read more

This edition of District eVoices includes a devotional message from Bishop Lester, celebrations of anniversaries and regularisations of calls across the District, some news on District Convention of Synod, plus the regular features of ABCs for congregational leadership, Pastor call updates, events and important dates, the district prayer list, and links to LCANZ departmental eNews…. Read more

Preparations for District Convention of Synod have commenced under the theme ‘a new thing’. Registrations will open before the end of June and we ask that each congregation consider the election of delegates in the coming months. The congregational statistics are used as the determining factor for lay delegate representation. All pastors of the District… Read more

At 2pm on Sunday 10th April, Trinity Lutheran church, Devonport celebrated their 60th anniversary since their formation as a congregation. Some former members, along with fellow parish members from Burnie and Launceston, joined the small number of current members to thank God for his faithfulness to them over these years and for blessing them through… Read more