At Kintore the peels of a church bell are once again calling the people to worship on Sunday mornings, after church and community came together on a joint ‘bell-raising’ project.

In the 1990s, my family and I lived in Alice Springs where I was a motor mechanic for eight years. There I was first challenged by God to go to Australian Lutheran College.

Mark Thiel has been serving Aboriginal people in the Lutheran Church of Australia for over 30 years at various locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Storytelling has always been a major way of teaching in every culture. Bible storytelling was the focus of the 2016 FRM Aboriginal Women’s Bible Leadership Camp led by Ann Eckert.

After Pastor Mathew Ker from the Warrnambool Lutheran Parish sent out an SOS for second-hand vehicles for FRM, one of their members responded by offering to give away and deliver his 4WD to FRM.

FRM celebrates 150 years since the first missionaries were sent from Hermannsburg in Germany to Australia.

Kamutu Tjungurrayi was born north of Kintore, NT. Pastor Albrecht first met him in 1930 at Ilpili where he was a leader of the Pintupi people.

Jimmy Haines has been working faithfully as an evangelist and pastor for the last 25 years. He was ordained on 4th October 1998 at Ti Tree.

FRM offers three ‘bush’ courses every year to provide theological training for pastors and potential pastors. FRM also provides at least one ‘bush’ course per year for indigenous women.

On Sunday, 15 November, at Kiwirrkura, which must surely be the most remote community of the Lutheran Church in Australia, John West was ordained by LCA Bishop John Henderson.