Anniversaries & Celebrations

Three years from now will mark 150 years since two German Lutheran Missionaries, Schwarz and Kempe, arrived at Finke River to bring the message of salvation to the Western Arrarnta Aboriginal people there. Joined by missionary Schulze the next year, the three missionaries struggled for the next 15 years to adapt to the harsh, isolated… Read more

On a mild 37-degree day in Alice Springs a wonderful cross-section of people came together to celebrate the birth of Christ at the Alice Springs Lutheran Church. We were blessed by the presence of young and old, locals and visitors from bush communities, interstate and overseas. It was a joy to be together. Our congregation… Read more

Based in Alice Springs Lutheran Church, Pastor Stephen Radke will focus on ministry in the Alice Springs town camps and across other Central Australian communities. The installation was conducted by Pastor Rob Borgas, a former Pastoral Support Worker in the Pitjantjatjara language area and a current member of the Finke River Mission (FRM) board. Pastor… Read more

Alice Springs Lutheran Church held its long-awaited confirmations on 23 June 2024. Five young women confirmed their Christian faith: Rhonda Bob, Shanille Braybon, Ella Williams, Jordyn Williams and Mariah Meurant. Each of these had completed their Confirmation studies over the past 12 months. Rhonda attended school at Yirara College years ago but missed the opportunity… Read more

Yirara College Baptism and Communion Day 2002 was celebrated on Sunday 6 November. Sixteen students were baptised in the Yirara College chapel, and 28 celebrated their first communion.

Three years ago, a new bush church was dedicated at the small community of Engawala, 150 kilometres northeast of Alice Springs. Now, on 29 May, another bush church was opened, at a family outstation on Utopia freehold lease Ngkwelay (Ingkwelay), also known as Kurrajong Bore.

Four young ladies confirmed their baptismal promises and confessed their faith in the Triune God at a confirmation celebration at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hermannsburg on 8 August 2021.

On 4 May, the historical Lutheran presence in Coober Pedy was commemorated with the unveiling of a plaque on the site of the former Lutheran church hall, which is now part of the TAFE campus. In April 1959, Pastor Fred Traeger arrived in Coober Pedy with his wife Gertrude to serve the spiritual and physical… Read more

We have been celebrating the publication of the Anmatyerr Mini-Bible in style!

Water is important and powerful, but why would 16 families gather to have their young babies and children washed clean?