Click on the picture and get a sneak preview of The Lutheran's September cover story, where you'll get a load of great ideas for your Longest Lutheran Lunch. Sunday 26 October is only 59 days away. That means it's time to register for the Longest Lutheran Lunch! Click here if you haven’t done that yet. (Remember, you can hold your Lunch whenever you want!) When you register, you’ll receive five FREE Longest Lutheran Lunch bandannas! You can use them as prizes on the day, incentives to get people involved, bandages instead of bandaids for kitchen slip-ups, neck-tie, mask, wristband, serviette, hanky or a fun photograph for your church newsletter or local newspaper. Register NOW!

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Be quick! There's only a small window of opportunity to join this team -- a joint mission outreach of LifeWay Lutheran Church (Sydney) and LCA Mission International. Click on the picture for more information, promotion materials and application pack.

The program for the Second Round of Consultations for the Governance and Administration Review is nearing conclusion. Consultations started on 26 July, and continue on 30 August (Sunshine Coast and Wudinna). They conclude on 6 September (Nuriootpa, Perth and Brisbane). Your pastor and representatives from your congregation have been invited to participate. The consultation also involves all levels of councils, boards and committees of the LCA. Check the webpage for more information.

Preparation of the 2015 Yearbook will be commencing soon, so now is the time to check that your details in LAMP are up to date. If you've forgotten how to do this, contact your friendly District Office staff.

Soon we'll be putting all your LCA National prayer points, pew bulletin notices and general announcements in one place on the LCA website. Plus we'll send you every Wednesday an eNews alert called LCA NOTICE BOARD, with links to everything you need for Sunday's announcements, plus easy-to-print bulletin inserts. We know there's a lot happening in the LCA, and it's hard to keep track of it all. So we're making it as easy as we can for you. LCA NOTICE BOARD. Sunday's announcments ... all sorted! Don't miss it. Sign up today.

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