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The Servant of Christ Award is administered through the Office of the Bishop. The award recognises outstanding Christian service by members of the LCA, with the aim of honouring lay service. LCA districts, committees, agencies and congregations are invited to nominate candidates for the award. Closing date for receipt of nominations: 15 August. More information, and nomination form.

The program for the Second Round of Consultations for the Governance and Administration Review has been released. Consultations started on 26 July, and continune on 2 August (Adelaide, Box Hill and Toowoomba) and 9 August (Canberra, Riverland, Riverina, Hamilton) and conclude on 6 September. 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.

Instead of bombarding you with loads of emails, we're now bringing you agency prayer points via LCA eNews. You'll find the August prayer calendar for LCA Mission International right here.

At ALC we are excited about this year's issues of LTJ. The May issue picked up the theme of the LCA in multicultural Australia.The August edition addresses Reformation and Politics, the theme for 2014 in the Luther Decade (2008–2017). To subscribe ($35/year), send an email or phone 08 8360 7270. LTJ is published three times a year. If you wish to start your subscription with the May issue, email the editor Dr Peter Lockwood.

Thankfully you don't need to spell or pronounce the Fritzsche Oration correctly in order to gain access to this event. It's jointly hosted by Australian Lutheran Institute for Theology and Ethics (ALITE) and LCA Board of Lutheran Archives. This year's oration, 'Dr Hermann Sasse, Lutheran theologian', will be delivered by ALC emeritus lecturer Rev Dr Maurice Schild. Monday, 18 August, at 7.30 pm at ALC. More information

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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