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Having the ability and skills to prepare a meal is a blessing, even if it sometimes feels like a chore at the end of a long day. But for those who don’t know how to cook, a quick and healthy dinner may be out of reach.

Cleve Lutheran Parish said farewell to Pastor Keith McNicol and his wife, Trudy, as they move from full-time ministry into retirement. Nearly 100 people attended the morning service.

A group of ten Riverland locals are getting loud on mental health, taking part in a wellbeing movement that’s having a significant impact on the community.

The Lutheran Nurses Association of Australia (LNAA) recently announced joint winners of the 2022 Lutheran Nurse of the Year award – Fred Miegel of Alice Springs and Gillian Mibus of Adelaide.

St Petri Lutheran Church Nuriootpa recently held an art exhibition with the theme ‘Free indeed’ in their hall. The exhibition was part of the LCANZ Simultaneous Art Exhibition, which asked congregations, schools and aged care facilities around the church to hold local exhibitions on a common themes.

Cleve, in the centre of Eyre Peninsula, was the place to be on the weekend of June 25th – 26th, where Mission was the focus for the annual Eyre Peninsula Zone Conference.

Centenary commemorations have been held in Central Australia, marking the death of Lutheran missionary Carl Strehlow. Pastor Strehlow died in 1922 at Horseshoe Bend Station on the Finke River.

2022 has brought a slew of milestones for Trinity Lutheran Church in Pasadena and an atmosphere of celebration for the congregation and community.

Fun was the name of the game at The Ark Lutheran Church in Salisbury, as they hosted the community event Aloha at the Ark. Attendees donned Hawaiian shirts and leis and soaked in the carnival-like atmosphere, enjoying music, popcorn, ice cream, hot donuts, face-painting for the kids and more.

A new prayer labyrinth on the grounds of Encounter Lutheran College has been many years in the dreaming, but just a few short weeks in the making. The collaboration between Victor Harbor Lutheran Church and Encounter Lutheran College was made a reality thanks to an LLL 100 Year Anniversary Grant.