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Planning for retirement can be difficult. For example, when should you start saving, how much do you need, and who can help guide you, are all common questions we face as we move into middle age and our senior years. Many financial commentators say you should start planning for retirement...
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With end of year exams about to start, Year 12 students across the country will be considering what the future holds, whether that be progressing to university, joining the workforce or taking a gap year. Whatever pathway students ultimately take, it is important for them to have a solid foundation...
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New location for PNG artefacts. by Timothy Pietsch. Wantok Place is a museum of Papua New Guinea (PNG) artefacts. The collection is owned by the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) and the museum is under the oversight of LCA International Mission. From 1998 to 2018, the museum was housed in...
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LCA adopts REG. The Regular Electronic Giving program is known affectionately as REG has been officially adopted by the LCA, with the blessing of its ‘birth parent’, the LLL. In the last article regarding REG (Together in mission 2017) it was reported the LLL would be engaging with the LCA...
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Auslan – Seeing the word. by Pastor Michael Prenzler. The Adelaide Deaf Community Church (ADCC) is a congregation of deaf Christians based in Adelaide. It is unique in the LCA as it offers worship services and Bible studies solely in Auslan (Australian Sign Language) – the native language of the...
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Splash Youth in Rockingham – revisited. From the start, Matt Schubert and his team were successful in attracting youth to attend Splash Youth, with their largest night reaching 113 youth kids. But having meaningful conversations with all these youth from night to night proved very difficult, so the program has...
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Ministry support at Grovedale and Geelong. by Michelle Filipovic. It’s been six years since St Paul’s Grovedale embarked on a new mission in the Geelong area and five years since the first grant was received from the LLL. The ministry has grown, changed and continues to provide support to asylum...
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Non-interest-bearing – facts and thanks As we say on the LLL website, ‘LLL account holders can provide additional support to a particular project or department of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) by nominating their account to be non-interest-bearing’. When an LLL account holder deposits funds in this account type,...
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Stage 1 Development Project. by Aaron Glover. From next year, Luther Heights Youth Camp will get an opportunity to share the love of Jesus with 6,000 more people every year – how amazing is that! We love camp. We love the way it changes people. And we love the amazing...
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Four Mission Stimulus Grants awarded in three Districts. Earlier in 2019, four fantastic mission projects were awarded LLL Mission Stimulus Grants in Victoria, South Australia and Queensland with a total $75,000 being allocated. Victoria/Tasmania District Pakenham Lakeside Church and Lakeside College, Pakenham, was awarded $20,000 for their Lay Chaplain/Church Partnership....
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Senior school stage 2. by Liz Smith. Navigator College in Port Lincoln, SA, has received approval to commence building its Senior School expansion. The new Senior School stage 2 build consists of two science laboratories, art studio, design and technology space, student hub, break out spaces, plus four additional general...
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Live streaming the love of Jesus. by Celia Fielke. For the last six years, Lutheran Media has been producing live stream worship services in partnership with Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Toowoomba, Queensland, and St Michael’s Lutheran Church, Hahndorf, South Australia. “I spoke with one of our members this morning who...
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Helping to Grow Disciples. by Jodi Brook. In recent years, Grow Ministries has researched and had discussions with pastors, students and parents to discover what makes confirmation ministry effective. Thanks to the LLL, Grow Ministries has been able to develop Grow Disciples as a result of our research. Grow Disciples...
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God’s love – our care. by Colleen Fitzpatrick. ‘Love comes to life’ when we see the image of God in every person – no matter how much age has wearied their body and mind – and honour them with patient care, dignity and respect. In 2017-2018, a review of the...
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Together, reaching out with the gift we have received. by Nevin Nitschke. “Through the seminars in Biblical Reconciliation, we could affirm again the identity of the church... regain the joy of the Gospel…and practice what we have learned,” – Rev Shigeo Sueoka, Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church, Japan. Rev Shigeo’s words...
