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Delegates for General Convention should be elected by now, with their details entered into LAMP. (Read these step-by-step instructions if you're having trouble entering your delegate's details into LAMP - click here for the PDF.) Please make this an URGENT priority if this has not yet been done. Delegate Training will take place across the LCA/NZ in March. Dates and venues can be found on the General Convention webpage or via direct download. Please advise your delegate so that he/she can make arrangements to attend. This training applies to all lay and pastor delegates, even those with extensive Convention experience. Remember too that delegates serve for the entire three-year synodical term, until the 2018 Convention. Please ensure that delegates are fully aware of their responsibilities; the role involves much more than a visit to Brisbane. More information about delegate responsibilities.

Pastor Neville Otto (former LCA Secretary/Mission Director) has accepted the call to the full-time role of Secretary of the LCA. LCA Mission International program officer Glenice Hartwich has been appointed interim LCA Mission Director. In the coming months a full-time Mission Director will be appointed.

Glenice’s contact details: glenice.hartwich@lca.org.au or
08 8267 7316.
LCA MI contact details: lcami@lca.org.au or
08 8267 7334.
Rev Neville Otto, Secretary of the LCA, contact details: neville.otto@lca.org.au or
08 8267 7300.

LCA Mission International is seeking volunteers to teach English:

• Indonesia: STT HKBP (seminary of the HKBP church) – three-week course for pre-seminary students–plus one week teaching pastors of the GKPI church (total of four weeks);
• Indonesia: Women’s Bible School (four weeks in July)
• Yangon, Myanmar: Lorrain Theological College (minimum of four weeks).

More information about volunteering with LCA Mission International or email LCA MI office, or call Glenice 08 8267 7316.

All are welcome to attend Australian Lutheran College’s opening service and lecture on Monday, 23 February at 104 Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide. Worship will be held in the chapel at 9.00 am, followed by the opening lecture in the Refectory at 9.30 am. Rev Dr Stephen Hultgren will present this year’s lecture entitled, ‘Revisiting the Third Use of the Law’. The topic of the third use of the law (whether the law has a place in guiding Christians who live in the power of the Holy Spirit) has had a long and contentious history in Lutheranism. The lecture will take up the question, unearthing the roots of the debate, exploring biblical dimensions, and offering a contemporary restatement of the doctrine, particularly in view of challenges regarding law and freedom today.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a German pastor and theologian who had a striking journey and public witness against the Nazi regime. 9 April 2015 is the 70th anniversary of his martyrdom. A series of commemorative events has been planned in Adelaide, including full-day symposium 11 April. More information, or contact Di Thiele 0420 945 525, ditheliving@gmail.com

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Grassroots Training workshops are for all sorts of people (employed church workers or volunteers) and for all sorts of reasons (professional development or personal growth). Please alert your members to the range of workshops. They are CEP-approved for pastors.

The popular Lessons and Carols DVD from Christmas 2014, filmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Adelaide, is available for $20. A great gift for Christmas this year. All proceeds to the mission of Lutheran Media. Click here to order.

A superb resource from Grow Ministries! Lectionary-based discussion-starters for all the family, applying the Year B readings to faith at home and everyday life.

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 this year, contact ALC boarding@alc.edu.au  Applications for boarding in 2015 are available now on our ALC website.

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