News and Events

This week’s District eNews features an encouraging message from Bishop Lester, features Servant of Christ recipient Leon Tepper, Information on CLW@Home, a reminder of the RUOK day,  links to the Victorian Government Roadmap to Recovery, the annual LLL survey, 75th anniversary of Lutheran Media and links to a variety of LCA departmental eNews. Go to… Read more

This week’s District eNews features a devotion from Pastor Gordon Wegener, a reminder of the RUOK day, an article on Mental Health First Aid, the annual LLL survey, 75th anniversary of Lutheran Media and links to a variety of LCA departmental eNews.  Go to the News page to read more or subscribe to District eNews… Read more

Research tells us that one in five Australians aged 16 to 85 experiences some form of common mental illness in any year, the most common being anxiety disorders (affecting 14.4% of Australians). With recent events such as drought, storms, bushfires and the current pandemic, it is probable that more of us will struggle with mental… Read more

This week’s District eNews features a devotion from Bishop Lester, a prayer message for Victoria from the New & Renewing Churches department and links to some new material on the New and Renewing Churches webpage. We also welcome Pr Stuart and Julie Kleinig to the District as Stuart is installed at the North Tasmania Parish…. Read more

I recently attended a webinar from Partners in Ministry on ‘Digital Evangelism & Connection’ which was both interesting and uplifting. The pandemic has made so many churches turn to digital platforms to preach the Good News and keep connected with their members. At the same time, many ‘unchurched’ people are now actively seeking out the… Read more

District eNews 19 August Featuring a message from Pastor for Congregational Support. Pr Brett Kennett, a short article on Digital Evangelism by Trudi Skene, and a message to the Victorian District members from the LCANZ Church Worker Support department plus a report from GCB and CoB on the ordination matter