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Australian Lutheran College's Valedictory Service will be held at 7.30pm on Friday, 21 November 2014 at Glynde Lutheran Church, 15-17 Glynburn Rd, Glynde. The service will incorporate the presenting of Vocational and VET certificates to our final year students. All are welcome to attend.
•         Australian Lutheran College Higher Education students will this year be awarded their degrees by the University of Divinity at a Graduation Ceremony held in Adelaide. The ceremony will take place on Friday, 5 December and will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 170 Flinders Street, Adelaide, commencing at 7.30pm. All are also welcome to attend this celebration.

Some of you have had some trouble adding your General Convention delegate's details into LAMP. To assist you, we've put some step-by-step instructions on the General Convention webpage - click here for the PDF. It’s timely to reinforce that delegates will serve for the whole synodical term, from the 2015 Convention until the 2018 Convention. Remember that delegates are to be elected, with their details in LAMP, by 31 January. Make sure delegates are fully aware of their responsibilities before they commit; the role involves much more than a visit to Brisbane. More information about delegate responsibilities.

Pastors and lay workers, remember that you only have to 30 November to sign up to LCA Notice Board. If you haven't already done this, scoot over to the sign-up page and do it before you forget.

Don't forget the interactive PDF bulletin notice -- perfect for emailing to your congregation members. You can simply copy/paste this link into your email to members--
https://lca.box.com/shared/static/3uinykmqp4oubom8ilng.pdf
Also include this advice in your email: 'You might receive a security warning when clicking on links. Please select 'allow' or 'trust' to gain access to our authorised LCA websites.'

Check out all your weekly resources here.

LCA NOTICE BOARD. Sunday's announcments ... all sorted! Feedback welcome.

ALC provides accommodation for up to 100 private boarding residents. Our community is Christ-centred and it is expected that each member is either a practising Christian or is supportive of the Christian way of life. If you know a young person currently studying in Adelaide or planning to next year, contact ALC boarding@alc.edu.au  Applications for boarding in 2015 are available now on our ALC website.

In 2015 ALWS will be using the theme Welcoming the Stranger to help schools and congregations teach about the plight of refugees. We are looking for stories from congregations all around Australia:
1.       Stories from refugees
2.       Stories from Australians who have helped, worked with or befriended new neighbours. 
Can you help? Find out how here.

LCA Mission International is seeking a volunteer with a trailer, ute or van to move mission supplies to Paradise (that's Paradise, the Adelaide suburb, just to be clear) -- about once a month, or whenever required. Contact Sharon 08 8267 7334 sharon.minge@lca.org.au Thanks!

Switch to Medibank and gain up to $200 on a store card. Well worth investigating. Check out the deal and your eligibility here. Offer ends 14 December.

Energy supplier AGL (electricity and gas) is offering discounts and other offers if you make the switch. Open to all LCA members. Offer ends 8 December. Click here for details (quote promotion code CHURCH) or call 1300 369 245. Not available in New Zealand, Tasmania, Western Australia or Northern Territory.

There have been some changes in the way Telstra provides support to the Lutheran Church. Telstra has appointed the Helensvale Group (known as the Telstra Business Centre) to take up this role. Helensvale is based in Queensland, and will provide dedicated services to all Lutheran Church Telstra activities across Australia. For all new or amended Telstra services, you should now call 1300 368 132. Please have your current Telstra account in front of you for authentication purposes when you call. You should continue to call Telstra direct on 1800 730 065 for faults (opt 1) and billing queries (opt 2). More details are on the LCA website Telecommunications webpage to learn about recent changes to our LCA Telstra contract that affects you. Those of you who are currently working with another Telstra partner should continue to do so. If you have any queries please email Debbie Venz.

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