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Yirara College

14
Nov2021

Yirara College: many languages, many histories

Many of the students of Yirara College come from communities served by Finke River Mission (predominantly Central Desert). But most students come from remote communities beyond Central Australia that are not connected with the Lutheran Church.

15
Jul2021

Yirara College Sharing Languages Project

In term 3 we began the Sharing Languages Project at Yirara College. Students from every community have been invited to share their languages with their teachers.

25
May2020

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.

20
Apr2020

Drive-by worship in Alice

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

24
Sep2019

Yirara College honoured with royal visit

Yirara College was honoured to be chosen to host His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, acknowledging the 60th anniversary of the award in Australia.

15
Sep2018

A sacred gift

After six years away from Central Australia working with the Uniting Church in Darwin, I have recently begun working as the chaplain at Yirara College. Beginning again in Central Australia brings new questions and new ways of seeing things.

11
Nov2017

Yirara introduces Earth Tec program

Yirara College is a boarding school in Alice Springs for Indigenous students from remote communities. Our recent relationship with Civil Train in delivering the new Earth Tec program to students has been highly successful.

01
Apr2017

Teaching the teachers

Ladies from the Alice Springs and Hermannsburg Lutheran churches shared their history and knowledge with Yirara College staff during professional development sessions earlier this year.

22
Nov2016

Yirara Confirmations 2016

Sixteen Yirara students have publically confessed their faith in the Triune God before a large crowd. The class was the largest for many years, so the service was held in the basketball stadium.

02
Jun2016

Pastor Brenton Fiedler: sent back to where he came from

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.

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