Hearing better the Indigenous voice
With the Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) document in hand and copies of the RAP poster, Marilyn Wall returned to Central Australia in October. The purpose of her visit was to discuss how best to share this information with the Aboriginal members in the Lutheran communities.
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Kwatja, Kwatja! Kuprilya Day 2020
Water is important and powerful, but why would 16 families gather to have their young babies and children washed clean?
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Imanpa hosts first 2020 teaching course
In late September the people of Imanpa, a Pitjantjatjara community 270 kilometres southwest of Alice Springs, welcomed Indigenous church leaders from all over Central Australia to a teaching course.
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Alyawarr Lutherans mark 70th anniversary
Since 2017, representatives of the Lutheran congregations of the Sandover have been meeting at the main community Ampilatwatja for their annual regional conference. This year they met on the weekend of 12–13 September – later than usual, due to COVID-19.
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God’s work with the Alyawarr people
Pre-1950 the Lutheran missionary Pastor F W Albrecht began visiting the remote Alyawarr area (the Sandover region), 300 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs.
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Hermannsburg thanks God for its hospital
31 July 1960. Where were you? What were you doing? Up in the Centre of Australia, they had just finished building a brand new, very modern hospital and had gathered to dedicate it ‘to the glory of God’.
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Sacrament windows add beauty and light at Engawala
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.
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Coronavirus can’t stop the singing
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.
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Yirara ahead of the curve
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.
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The best things never change
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.
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