Apr2024
Walking and working to bless others
When the war began in Ukraine, people who were displaced from their homes couldn’t walk away from danger, they had to run. But members of our Lutheran family and friends will be walking in Brisbane next month to support those children and families hurt by war – and it’s not too late to join them.
Feb2024
Save the date for the first-ever ALWS Walk My Way Ukraine
QUT Gardens Point Campus in the heart of Brisbane is a long way from Kyiv, where children continue to suffer from ongoing conflict.
Feb2024
A stack of action for kids hurt by war
Australian Lutheran World Service has launched 100 days of action to help children hurt by the war in Ukraine and is challenging LCANZ members to support the campaign by donating, walking – and making (and eating) pancakes!
Oct2023
Help save lives in Gaza: donate to provide critical medical care and support
Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) has committed $50,000 to support the work of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem as the humanitarian situation in Gaza rapidly deteriorates.
Sep2023
Forbes Lutherans back ‘home’ after the floods
Nine months after floods devastated the community around the Central West New South Wales town of Forbes in November 2022, including inundating their 90-year-old church building, members of the local Lutheran congregation are finally back ‘home’.
Apr2023
That IS how you make porridge … and fight famine
When Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) Board members and staff met in Albury, New South Wales, recently to mark 75 years since the Lutheran Church’s ministry to refugees in Australia began, there was no grand party to celebrate the milestone. Instead, they shared bowls of porridge.
