Heartland eNews – National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week
In the leadup to Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June), LCA/NZ Bishop John Henderson took the opportunity to reflect on the theme for 2020, ‘In this together’. In a Heartland eNews, issued on 20 May, Bishop Henderson encouraged the church to remember that we are ‘one humanity, joined in Christ Jesus’.
Historic steps towards reconciliation
Prior to the resolution of the 2018 Convention of General Synod to develop a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) history records earlier steps... Read More
LCA Bishop endorses Reconciliation Action Plan
Bishop John Henderson emphasises the importance of the LCA Reconciliation Action Plan, which is a tool to support our reconciliation journey by strengthening respectful and meaningful relationships between First Nations peoples and other Australians.
Reconciliation action is everyone’s business
Reconciliation is a journey, not a destination. It is the good news of Jesus’ saving love that makes reconciliation everybody’s business, and our mission to share that gospel invites us to share this journey.
Hearing the Indigenous voices of 1997
Prepared for LCA congregations and the 1997 General Synod, this video shares stories from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia who identify as Lutherans.
Accessing records can be the key to identity
by Janette Lange I handed her the photo. Taken in the early 1900s at Koonibba Mission on South Australia’s west coast, it... Read More
Staying in touch in remote places
In the remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of Hope Vale and Wujal Wujal on Cape York Peninsula in Far North... Read More
Ministry in Hermannsburg during COVID-19
Lutherans at Hermannsburg in Central Australia have been saddened by the loss of community worship and particularly holy communion, due to the... Read More
Pastoral Care from a Distance
By Suanne Tickoft The impact of COVID-19 has not by-passed Alice Springs or surrounding Central Australian Lutheran communities. But we have been... Read More
New pastor for SA Yalata community
[Source: ‘The Lutheran’ March 2000 edition] More than 200 people gathered to witness and celebrate the ordination of Lindsay Thomas as a... Read More