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With many LCANZ pastors attending General Pastors Conference and General Synod in suburban Adelaide from later this month, congregations across the church will be able to hear the sermons prepared for Sunday worship at the churchwide gatherings.

There is a new beacon of innovative, fun-filled learning in Victor Harbor, South Australia, with Encounter Lutheran College’s brand-new Lighthouse Early Learning centre open for business, much to the delight of the community’s littlest learners.

Students from Queensland, Tasmania, Adelaide and Vietnam attended Australian Lutheran College’s (ALC) recent ‘Christian Liturgy and Church Rites’ intensive (a Greek intensive was held earlier this year), which was hosted by St Petri congregation in the Barossa Valley from 19 to 24 August.

Pastor Stephen Radke has been installed as part of the Finke River Mission in Central Australia.

The offering from the upcoming LCANZ Convention of General Synod will go to supporting the Lutheran Study Centre in Pematangsiantar in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Borgfeldt Legacy grants are available to congregations, schools, aged care and community services, departments and agencies of the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand requiring financial support for projects that support the welfare of children.