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Through our LLL Mission Outreach Grants (MOGs), we are supporting the Church to reach wider communities through fellowship in person and online. Five MOGs were awarded in 2023 – two each in South Australia and New South Wales and one in Queensland.
LLL encourages congregations in all districts to apply for future mission outreach funding through their district office.
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Inspired by ABC TV program 'Old People's Home for Teenagers', the Victor Harbor Lutheran Church in South Australia is seeking to help build new relationships between younger and older members of the community.
An LLL Grant of $15,000 will be used to hire an Intergenerational Community Engagement Officer, whose task will be to help alleviate loneliness by forging new ties between students at Encounter Lutheran College and residents at Victor Harbor Lutheran Homes.
Through regular contact in a relaxed, inclusive and friendly environment, students will grow in confidence, while residents will feel valued, with all participants to learn from each other, develop resilience and grow a greater appreciation and love of life.
South Australia's Trinity Lutheran Church, Pasadena, will use an LLL Grant to enhance its mission outreach program by maximising the exposure of its high-traffic location in Adelaide's southern suburbs.
The Church will use a $10,000 Grant to help fund a digital signage upgrade for its Wayside Chapel, situated prominently at the corner of two major roads.
For more than 20 years, the Chapel has displayed inspirational Bible texts and messages of hope on its static sign.
The new LED screen signage will allow far greater variation and visibility of messages about the love of Jesus and the hope He gives.
LifeWay Lutheran Church's multi-site structure, incorporating churches from Newcastle to Wollongong in New South Wales, provides many advantages, such as its accessibility for a broad range of people across an expansive geographical area.
Servicing such a large area also comes with communication challenges, with LifeWay to use an LLL Grant of $9,749 to set up a sound and video recording space to enhance its ability to engage with the community more efficiently and effectively.
A small studio featuring video cameras, an iMac computer, a mixing board, microphones, headphones and lighting will allow pastors to develop video training resources, a podcast and other content that can be conveniently accessed via LifeWay sites and mainstream media platforms.
A key focus of the Emmanuel Lutheran Fellowship of Toowoomba is to explore ways to reconnect with the young people of the Queensland regional centre and the broader Darling Downs area.
With that goal in mind, the Fellowship successfully applied for a $25,000 LLL Grant to hire a Youth Ministry Coordinator to help reignite sustainable youth ministry in the region.
Taking a collaborative approach with Lutheran congregations in the area, the Fellowship and the new coordinator will implement a range of programs and strategies aimed at establishing and
growing meaningful connections with young people.
The fifth LLL Grant was awarded to the Mission-Edge Tract development project, as this is now complete you can read the full story here.
Feature photo: Trinity Lutheran Church Chairperson Andrew Waldhuter accepted the grant from LLL CEO Ross Smith at the LCA SA/NT District Synod.
Photo (above): Pastor Nigel and representatives from Victor Harbor Lutheran Church and Encounter Lutheran College.
