LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith and Pastor Maria Rudolph from St John’s Perth were featured on ABC TV’s current affairs program 7.30 last week in a story about women in leadership in Christian churches. You can watch the segment, which first aired on the evening of Wednesday 21 May, on ABC's website.

You’re invited to join Lutheran Media to celebrate 80 years of blessings with a Thank You Lunch at Kies Winery in Lyndoch SA on Saturday 21 June. Enjoy a two-course lunch, hear from guest speakers and participate in a silent auction, wine wall and raffle. Grab a table or purchase your ticket here by 12 June 2025 (unless sold out prior). Read more

While every Christian has a responsibility to witness to Jesus’ saving work, pastors are a God-given gift to the church. In the June–July edition of The Lutheran, we meet and give thanks for the LCANZ’s diverse new cohort of pastors, as well as some people hoping to join them in ordained ministry. Click here for your sneak preview.

This year, Pentecost will be celebrated on Sunday 8 June. Our GIFT (Growing in Faith Together) Pentecost resource includes some simple suggestions for celebrating Pentecost, whether at home with family members or in worship with your congregation. 
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You are invited to join God's mission by praying for – and with – our mission partners during Pentecost, using LCA International Mission’s new ‘Pentecost Devotional and Prayer Guide’. This guide features 33 devotions written by LCA International Mission partners. Read more

• New Child Safety Standards resources for teenagers
• Child Safety Standards Action Plans now overdue
• Health and wellbeing resources
• Keep your LAMP2 details up to date
• LCA’s Churchworker and Family Wellness and Support Program

• National Reconciliation Week 2025 resources
• LCANZ Online Worship and Ministry Guidelines

• Share the gospel with a Lutheran Tract Mission digital spinner
• Browse Lutheran Tract Mission resources on church seasons
• A guide for prayer and reflection during Pentecost
• Ideas for Pentecost from Grow Ministries
• Join LCA International Mission's monthly virtual prayer gatherings
• Enrolments open for ALC’s winter classes
• Enter Lutheran Media's 2026 Calendar Competition
• You're invited to celebrate Lutheran Media and 80 years of blessings!

• New Child Safety Standards resources for teenagers
• Upcoming Safe Church training sessions
• Child Safety Standards Action Plans now overdue

• Witnessing God at work among us
  (22 May)
• Last chance to purchase tickets for Lutheran Media Thank You Lunch
  (22 May)

• Queensland District (21 May)

• LCA SUPPORT OFFICER
  LCA Churchwide Office, Adelaide SA
  1.0 FTE flexible position, with options for job share, full-time or part-time arrangements
• PASTORAL SUPPORT WORKER
  Finke River Mission, Hermannsburg NT
  Expressions of interest invited from pastors

FORMER PNG MISSIONARIES INVITED
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG’s
Siassi District invites former missionaries
to Umboi (Siassi Island) and family to:
ELC-PNG Synod, 19–23 January 2026,
Awalkon Station, Siassi.
RSVP by 21 November 2025 to:
Gordon Samuel: gcsamuel@bigpond.com

SALISBURY LUTHERAN KINDERGARTEN SA
is celebrating its 50th birthday on
Sunday 10 August 2025.
Past students, parents and staff,
please join us.
10am: Worship at The Ark Church,
followed by a bring-and-share lunch and kindergarten tours.
10 Waterloo Corner Road, Salisbury SA

SAVE THE DATE
GLYNDE ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH SA 
100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
24 August 2025 – dedication of church building
Please visit www.glyndechurch.org for
updates and more information.

ST JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
JEPARIT VIC
100TH ANNIVERSARY
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
of church building dedication
Sunday 7 September 2025, 10am
More details to follow.
For information, contact:
Chairman Wayne Werner 0428 972 044