The Aboriginal Lutheran church at Engawala, 250 kilometres east of Alice Springs, asked a small group of artistically talented community workers to design two colourful windows for their church.

Nightly singalongs at the remote Amunturrngu community and neighbouring outstations in the south of the Northern Territory have become cultural celebrations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yirara College in Alice Springs is ahead of the curve in ensuring education is delivered to its students who can’t attend school due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Term 2 at Living Waters Lutheran School in Alice Springs has been quite different. Students and staff returning to school have had to adapt to social distancing.

But Christmas 2019 saw the Spirit of Christ stir the heart of Rita Okai to request to be reinstated as a church worker.

‘No gathering for Easter worship’. Is that a disaster? Not when we work together to find creative solutions.

Nine siblings of the Smart family travelled to Titjikala from all over Australia to be with their extended Aboriginal family to lay a memorial stone on the grave of their foster brother, Lincoln ‘Brother’ Boko, who passed away in 2014.

Early this year Michael Jacobsen and his wife Hanne were delighted to host a guest from Germany for two weeks. During Rev Arnim Doerfer’s stay, they were able to give him a detailed insight into the varied work and eventful history of Finke River Mission.

Last year the ‘Hearts and Hands’ Women’s Fellowship of St Paul Lutheran Church, Blair Athol (SA), kindly donated a set of paraments to Titjikala Lutheran Church.

Philip was a master communicator and his natural ability at language and his strong involvement in traditional cultural activities meant that he was often the obvious person chosen to organise and manage major activities in his community.