Stories - Finke River Mission

German pastor joins Central Australia team

31 August 2018

In an echo of its beginnings 140 years ago, the LCA’s Finke River Mission (FRM) has again welcomed a German pastor to serve in Central Australia.

Choir wins national music award

15 August 2018

The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir has received a Special Achievement Award at the recent National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs).

Photo of Beryl Bell wins prize

03 July 2018

A portrait of Docker River Lutheran Beryl Bell entitled ‘Beryl and Jesus’ has won this year’s $10,000 Australian Life photography prize. Amy Jean Harding took the photo of Beryl in April 2016.

Rita Okai graduation

01 July 2018

When Rita Okai graduated from her Certificate III course in Christian Ministry and Theology in 2017, she was quite possibly the first Indigenous Lutheran in central Australia to have ever graduated with a tertiary theological qualification in the 140-year history of the FRM.

FRM bush course at Mt Liebig

25 June 2018

The first FRM bush course for 2018 was actually held outside Mt Liebig community at Warren Creek outstation, 10km further west, the home of our host Pastor Roderick Kantamarra. About 30 attended, including FRM staff and volunteers.

Meet Michael Tjapiard

10 June 2018

Meet Michael Tjapiard: ‘People from my community kept asking me to become a pastor. I also believed that God was calling me, so I become a pastor.’

New pastoral support worker

08 June 2018

Rev Michael Jacobsen has been called to the FRM. He and his wife Hanne come from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria.

Choir tours Melbourne, Sydney and USA

04 June 2018

The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir (CAAWC) has been invited to perform at the Serenade! International Choral Festival to be held in Washington DC USA from 28 June – 2 July 2018.