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28 November 2023

Before I came to Central Australia, Pastor Paul Albrecht gave me three pieces of advice. The first was to be kangkintja – a Western Arrarnta word for a kind and loving man. The second was to be a pastor and trust that people would soon get to know who I was and why I was there.

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Gospel in the heart

31 October 2023

On 15 October 2023, 12 Areyonga (Utju) students were confirmed by Pastor Malcolm Willcocks and Pastor Paul Calnan at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Areyonga.

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Proverbs at Alice Well

19 October 2023

A Finke River Mission teaching course was held in late September 2023 at Alice Well, 30 kilometres south of Titjikala and 150 kilometres south of Alice Springs.

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Yirara College welcomes new principal

22 August 2023

Yirara College has appointed a new principal, Mr Wesley Meurant. With the utmost heartfelt thanks, we say farewell to Mr Chris England and send well wishes for his next journey in life.

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‘Safe place’ the focus of Kintore teaching course

15 August 2023

In July 2023, a Finke River Mission teaching course was held at the community of Kintore/Walungurru, 500 kilometres west of Alice Springs. It was on ‘safe place’ issues and taught by Dave Biar from the Lutheran Church’s Professional Standards Department.

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Remembering Pastor Ronnie MacNamara

07 July 2023

Ronnie was born around the early to mid-1940s at Manyira (Bowson’s Hole), southwest of Areyonga (north of Tempe Downs Station). His father, Billy McNamara, was a whitefella of Afghan descent who hailed from Oodnadatta.

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Thank you for blessing us, Mr Chris

01 June 2023

This term the Yirara College community has farewelled our principal of the past four years, Mr Chris England.

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Synod offering supports hymnbooks

29 May 2023

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

02 May 2023

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

27 April 2023

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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