Hermannsburg Thanks God for its hospital
by Neville Doecke 31 July 1960. Where were you? What were you doing? Up in the Centre of Australia they had just... Read More
Alyawarr Lutherans Mark 70th Anniversary
by Michael Jacobsen Since 2017, representatives of the Lutheran congregations of the Sandover have been meeting at the main community Ampilatwatja for... Read More
Imanpa Hosts first 2020 Teaching Course
by Paul Traeger For weeks afterwards, people were still talking about the things they had learnt. In late September the people of... Read More
The Legacy of ‘Brother’ Boko
By Malcolm Willcocks He opened our minds to Aboriginal culture in a way that not many people get the privilege of experiencing.... Read More
God’s Work with the Alyawarr people
By Michael Jacobsen Pre-1950 the Lutheran missionary Pastor Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht began visiting the Alyawarr language area (Sandover region). After 1958 his... Read More
Hearing Better the Indigenous Voice
by Marilyn Wall With the Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) document in hand and copies of the RAP poster, I returned to Central... Read More
R.I.P Pastor Paul Haines
by Malcolm Willcocks Pastor Paul Haines died on 24 October 2020 surrounded by family, whilst in the palliative care unit of Alice... Read More
Kwatja, Kwatja! Kuprilya Day 2020
By Neville Doecke Kwatja is the Western Arrarnta term for ‘water’. Water is important and powerful, but why would 16 families gather... Read More
Just a Simple Paper Cross
By Malcolm Willcocks Tea time one night, the phone rings. An Aboriginal Pastor and his wife have been medically evacuated from their... Read More