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Mission Outreach Grants awarded in 2020/2021 include:
Rockingham Mandurah Lutheran Church (RMLC), WA...
has been on the Sending Church journey with the LCA Department for New and Renewing churches. RMCL plans to establish another Lutheran congregation. The $25,000 LLL Mission Outreach Grant has allowed us to increase our Mission Facilitator’s hours, identifying key people who have had mission and outreach in their heart.
St Marks, Dalby, Qld...
is a rural congregation on the Darling Downs, which has garnered a sense of hope and direction despite the impact of drought. St Marks received a $25,000 LLL Mission Outreach Grant to employ a Youth Ministry Coordinator, to strengthen relationships with the congregation’s youth and to reach young people in the wider district.
Peace Lutheran Church, Gatton, Qld...
received $12,500 for its Jacob’s Rest Project, where it employed an ‘evangelistic barista’ to engage with the wider community and create connections with the church and school.
Ipswich Lutheran Parish, Qld...
received $12,500 for its Digital and Online Outreach project. By employing a ‘digital evangelist’, the project intends to build its digital footprint to reach people in non-physical, non-geographical locations, providing missional information around digital engagement in a sacramental church.
Gawler Lutheran Church, SA...
received $12,000 for a pop-up café, helping to buy and fit-out a mobile coffee van. The van will be used to connect with families at the local school and other community events, and to build a presence in the community through friendship and conversation.
St Peter’s Lutheran Church, Loxton, SA...
received $13,000 to support its Christmas Illuminart Lights Display, which is a 10-minute animation projected onto the St Peter’s Church, this December. The congregation will share the Christian version of Christmas with visitors from the wider community.
The SA-NT District Church Council DCC thanked the LLL in March for supporting new and creative mission concepts.
Feature photo. Matt Schubert, Mission Facilitator, at Rockingham Mandurah Lutheran Church, WA. 2. Gawler Lutheran Church, SA. 3. Peace Lutheran Church, Gatton and Ipswich Lutheran Church, Qld. 4. Loxton Lutheran Church, SA.
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