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District Sponsorship Program

The District Sponsorship Program (DSP) arose out of a direction by Synod to:

use assets effectively, encouraging more support for mission and ministry
explore funding models outside of congregational giving
achieve new churches planted
seek sustainable ministry
establish a systematic committed generation of funds around particular projects – namely church planting and youth and young adult ministries.

Support of the DSP includes but is not limited to financial assistance, prayer and advocacy.

Sponsorship rather than a one-off donation has been chosen as the model in order that commitment is made to keep these projects going. These ministries are the way our church can grow into the future. These ministries allow us to make a difference in peoples’ lives – including our existing members.

How to sponsor

Individually, in a sponsorship group (perhaps your small group or guild), or as a congregation, choose a project and financial goal then sign up by contacting us via email sponsorship.vic@lca.org.au

You can also get straight into things by making a payment electronically to your chosen project!

Payments can be made electronically via your bank through the 'pay anyone' option. Make the payment to:

Account name LCAVD
BSB 033 172
Account number 117564

Please include in the transaction comments the code for the chosen project and your initial and surname. Then email us to let us know you have signed up! We’ll get you set up to receive project updates.

Download a Sponsorship Form

Suggested finance goals per year: $1500 ($30 per week), $1000, $500 and $250

The sponsorship project codes are:

Renewing Churches – NREW

Church Planting General – NRCHU

For a specific plant
Pakenham Church Plant – NRPak
Wyndham Hobsons Bay – NRWer

For YYAM
General – YYAM
YYAM Camping – YYCamp
YYAM SNAS – YYSNAS

Our contact email is sponsorship.vic@lca.org.au, or phone District Office and ask for Maya or Erin on 03 9236 1200 (Tuesday to Friday).

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District eNews

We love to share your stories! Please forward your congregational or agency stories and events to Keryn Middelmann at District Office, for inclusion in District eVoices.

Access the CURRENT EDITION and ARCHIVE HERE

Annual General Meeting
Book of Reports

As Congregations and Parishes hold annual AGMs, you are requested to forward a copy of the AGM Book of Reports to District Office, along with a list of Office Bearers, as soon as is practical.
Email Keryn Middelmann at District Office.
Thanks to those who have already sent in Books of Reports for their last AGM.

2024 Statistical Reporting in LAMP 2

Congregations/Parishes are requested to complete their statistics for 2024 by the end of February. Statistics can be entered into LAMP 2 via the LCA Portal. Contact the District Office for assistance if needed.
Read more HERE

Latest News and Features

When Hearts Are Churned Up

April 28, 2026

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District Administrators meet in Box Hill

April 28, 2026

In mid-April the LCAVD hosted the national District Administrators for one of their regular 6-monthly in-person meetings. Monthly videoconference meetings are also held. The DA’s appreciated the chance to get… Read more

Easter Camp Review

April 28, 2026

Easter Camp 2026 ran over the Easter long weekend at Araluen Lutheran Camp in Anglesea, bringing together a vibrant community for a memorable weekend of faith, fellowship, and fun. We… Read more

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Our Mission

As a community of faith we seek to further what we recognise in our congregational constitutions as the objects of the Church.

The Districts of the LCA have the same priorities as the national church: to 'grow as God's people' and to 'go as God's people'. These priorities are applied locally within their regional contexts.

a summary might be

“We want people to see the love, grace, forgiveness and compassion of Jesus Christ coming to them through every place and every person in our church."

To glorify the Triune God by living as witnesses to Jesus Christ

To gather all people who want a relationship with Christ

To celebrate the spiritual disciplines.

To enable all people to recognise and utilise their God given gifts and to enable outreach, joining together to build the Kingdom of God

To live as a witness to Jesus Christ

To gather all people who want a relationship with God

To help members work with their God given gifts

to enable outreach and join together to build the kingdom of God

Workplace Safety

Links to Occupational Health and Safety sites

This page contains useful links to Health & Safety and Risk & Compliance websites

Victorian Government OHS and Worksafe
www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/laws/ohs

Tasmanian Government OHS and Worksafe
www.worksafe.tas.gov.au/

State Emergency Services - Emergency Management Victoria

www.ses.vic.gov.au/

State Emergency Services - Emergency Management Tasmania

www.ses.tas.gov.au/

All members of the Lutheran Church of Australia should be encouraged to read the LCA Ethical Standards of Behaviour.
Click HERE for LCA Standards of Ethical Behaviour Document 06.07 (V2 2016)

Practical information on making a safe workplace including basic checklists can be found in the Safety Management Online Team Leader and Coordinator Manuals. The Coordinator Manual also contains useful web resources.

The District Office and some Lutheran Schools use the company Dynamiq to assist with evacuation plans and diagrams.

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Nominations to Standing District Committees

The Business of Convention includes the election of Committee Members to Standing Councils, being District Church Council, Council for Lutheran Education, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania, and Council for Ministry Support.

Nominations Form

Skills Matrix

Ministry Resources v2

January 2021 Industry Restart Guidelines Religion and Cermony

LCA COVID 19 webpage – the LCA response to COVID-19 including communications from the College of Bishops, the Commission on Worship and other LCA agencies. This site is updated frequently.

20200813 Partners in Ministry website

20200813 Comment Comment is one of the core publications of Cardus, a think tank devoted to renewing North American social architecture, rooted in 2000 years of Christian social thought.

Sign-in sheet for attendance

Deep clean of the church building – guidelines on how to clean and disinfect a workplace

Partners in Ministry weekly dashboard

Rite of Reminder of Baptism

God’s Promises for Troubled Times

Concordia Publishing House – free resources

LCA and Victorian District Ministry Resources – links to ministry resources excluding Sunday worship

Sunday Worship Resources – links to resource for activities associated with Sunday Worship

Administration & Operational Resources – links to administration resources supporting ministry including information on copyright for streaming and social media guidelines

Commission on Worship Copyright Booklet

District Prayer Lis

Ministry Resources

LCA COVID 19 webpage – the LCA response to COVID-19 including communications from the College of Bishops, the Commission on Worship and other LCA agencies. This site is updated frequently.

20200813 Partners in Ministry website

20200813 Comment Comment is one of the core publications of Cardus, a think tank devoted to renewing North American social architecture, rooted in 2000 years of Christian social thought.

Sign-in sheet for attendance

Deep clean of the church building – guidelines on how to clean and disinfect a workplace

Partners in Ministry weekly dashboard

Rite of Reminder of Baptism

God’s Promises for Troubled Times

Concordia Publishing House – free resources

LCA and Victorian District Ministry Resources – links to ministry resources excluding Sunday worship

Sunday Worship Resources – links to resource for activities associated with Sunday Worship

Administration & Operational Resources – links to administration resources supporting ministry including information on copyright for streaming and social media guidelines

Commission on Worship Copyright Booklet

District Prayer Lis

Bishop Lester’s message

Bishop Lester Priebbenow

Bishop Lester's message

Welcome to the Victorian Tasmanian District of the Lutheran Church of Australia. Our District includes Congregations, Schools, Camps, Aged Care Centres and a Community Store. There are around 8,000 baptized members across Victoria and Tasmania, worshipping in a variety of congregational settings across 42 parishes.

Our members are from all walks of life, and each congregation has it's own identity. Yet we are still one under Christ, and our understanding that it is '..because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. (Eph 2:4-5).'

The District Office staff support the congregations, schools, and other entities to carry out their mission and ministry. If you cannot find the information you are looking for on the website please call the office on 03 9236 1200.

In his service

Pastor Lester Priebbenow
District Bishop Victoria and Tasmania
Lutheran Church of Australia

Sermon Pentecost 13 for Sunday 30 August
based on Matthew 16; 21-28

from Pastor Lester Priebbenow
District Bishop

Ministry Resources

Congregations can access a range of grants including the new Council for Ministry Support Seeding Grant , the District Lenten Appeal and the well known Mission Stimulus Grant backed by the LLL.

Other Lutheran Grant opportunities include the Lutheran Welfare Trust and the Collier Trust.

Congregational Support Facilitator Erin Grainger can offer some assistance with grant applications. In 2019 District Office held a very successful Grant writing workshop. Watch out for future workshops.

Grants and Trusts

There are several Grants and Trusts available to congregations of the Lutheran Church of Australia to establish or enhance the mission and ministry programs.

Mission Stimulus Grant

What would you change in your community? The grant aims to enable Congregations to set aside financial worries and focus on exploring new and innovative ways of connecting with their local communities through mission and outreach.
Dare to dream!

How? Create an initiative, expand on an idea or concept that has been dreamed about, but not thought possible because of the lack of resources or cost.
Celebrate being changemakers!
Who? The grant is open for applications from all Vic/Tas congregations/parishes as well as to collaborative projects between congregations/parishes.
Do it! A plan is essential. This needs to take the form of a practical proposal for real action in local mission using a budget of $25,000 (or more, if additional funds could be raised locally).

Congregation and Migrant Ministry Support Facilitator
Erin Grainger
03 9236 1241
erin.grainger@lca.org.au

The 2019 Mission Stimulus Grant process will open in the second quarter of 2019. Standby for more information and an application form or email Erin now.

Lutheran Welfare Trust

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.

The Trust was established to provide relief to those who are in necessitous circumstances, which according to the Commissioner of Taxation definition, involves some degree of poverty. To the extent possible, the Trustees take a broad approach to this definition, although the Trustees must still be bound by the description. Careful consideration should be given to this definition in the application for funds.

In 2017, the Trust distributed $15,200 to organizations within the Victorian District, for aged care and refugee support projects.

The Trustees are seeking applications for the funding of welfare related projects that are tax deductible, not for specific individual welfare cases. Application forms are available on request.

Pastor for Service and Witness
Gordon Wegener
0412 200 946
gordon.wegener@lca.org.au

Applications for the 2020 Lutheran Welfare Trust will open mid 2020 and will be advertised on this website, District News and District eNews.

LAMP & LAMP 2

LAMP stands for Lutherans in Australasia Members Portal. For many years, it has been the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand’s electronic directory.

LAMP has now been replaced by LAMP 2 and the congregation, parish or agencies details can be updated there.

LCA Statistics are now able to be entered in LAMP 2 also.

What do you need to do?

If you are a pastor, lay worker, or parish or congregation leader, and you have not completed and returned your LAMP2 access form, you must do this now.

Visit the LCA LAMP 2 webpage for forms and more information.

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We're part of a bigger church family, the Lutheran Church of Australia. Together we want to be a place where love comes to life. We believe that God's love is for everyone, everywhere, and we want you to see how his love comes to life in us – and in you.

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Annual General Meeting
Book of Reports

2024 Statistical Reporting in LAMP 2

Latest News and Features

When Hearts Are Churned Up

District Administrators meet in Box Hill

Easter Camp Review

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Workplace Safety

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District Church Council (DCC)

Council for Lutheran Education, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania (CLEVNT)

Council for Ministry Support (CMS)

Ministry Resources v2

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Bishop Lester’s message

Bishop Lester's message

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Mission Stimulus Grant

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We're part of a bigger church family, the Lutheran Church of Australia. Together we want to be a place where love comes to life. We believe that God's love is for everyone, everywhere, and we want you to see how his love comes to life in us – and in you.

District eNews

Annual General Meeting Book of Reports

2024 Statistical Reporting in LAMP 2

Latest News and Features

Facebook Feed

There's always something happening in your Vic–Tas District. Don't be the last to find out.

Our Mission

Links to Occupational Health and Safety sites

Nominations to Standing District Committees

District Church Council (DCC)

Council for Lutheran Education, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania (CLEVNT)

Council for Ministry Support (CMS)

Ministry Resources v2

Ministry Resources

Bishop Lester's message

Ministry Resources

Grants and Trusts

Mission Stimulus Grant

Lutheran Welfare Trust

LAMP & LAMP 2

What do you need to do?

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