Synod offering supports hymnbooks
The offering from this year’s LCANZ Convention of General Synod in-person meetings is contributing more than $30,000 towards an FRM project producing, revising or reprinting Lutheran song and hymnbooks in Central Australian Aboriginal languages.
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Chance to preserve historic land titles
In 1976 the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act was tabled in Federal Parliament, with the intent to grant the Hermannsburg land (Ntaria) as a single title to be held by a single Aboriginal Land Trust.
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Cyclone changes course
In mid-April, Cyclone Ilsa whipped up record-breaking winds off the Western Australian coast. Heavy rain fell over WA in a line straight towards a little Lutheran community in the Gibson Desert called Kiwirrkurra.
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Ted Strehlow finally laid to rest
Almost 45 years after his death in Adelaide on 3 October 1978, TGH ‘Ted’ Strehlow has at last been laid to rest, along with his second wife Kathleen, near Hermannsburg (Ntaria).
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Forgiveness and love mark sad ‘homecoming’
The families of Yukun, an Aboriginal man shot and killed by police at Uluru almost 90 years ago, have finally been able to lay his remains to rest at the base of the Rock.
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An Epiphany story
Let me tell you a story. It’s a wonderful story, a true Epiphany story.
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Synod welcomes Finke River Mission delegates
Melbourne’s city skyline was a stark contrast to the vast verdant landscape of Central Australia for four Aboriginal delegates attending the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand’s 20th Convention of General Synod from 9 to 12 February 2023.
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Synod offering to support FRM songbook project
The offering from General Synod will support a Finke River Mission (FRM) project revising and reprinting Lutheran song and hymnbooks in Central Australian Aboriginal languages.
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Farewell (and thank you), Tim!
After 12 years of outstanding service, Tim Stollznow steps down as FRM Board chair.
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‘God has always looked after us’
I was born out in the bush on 16 October 1947, so now I am 75 years old. When I was young I never thought I would become a pastor. I was a stockman, riding horses, doing cattle work.
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