LUTHERAN CARE UPDATE
Thank you so much for the donations this past month.
Items needed for October -
Small Jars/tins or Sachets of Coffee, Cereal, Canned Tuna and Men's Deodorant
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD - DROP YOUR SHOEBOX OFF AT THE HUB NOW!
Shoe boxes will be collected from The Hub by Samaritans Purse between the 13th-27th of October.
What if a shoebox could do more than deliver toys and toiletries?
What if it opened the door to eternal hope?
When you pack a gift-filled shoebox through Operation Christmas Child, you’re sending more than just gifts—you’re sending love, joy, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a child who may have never heard it before. Your act of kindness has the power to change a child’s life, a family, even a whole community.
Your shoebox gift will be an expression of God’s love to a child. It may be the only gift the child receives. Plan to fill your shoebox with quality new items that will last. When packing your shoebox think; FUN, adding a ‘wow’ item and new toys a child will love; FULL, with no empty space; and PERSONALISED, including a note of encouragement or photo. For more ideas and a list of things NOT to pack click pick up an information sheet at The Hub. You can pick up a shoebox to be filled and drop your shoebox off at The Christian Community Hub in Tanunda.
HAPPENING AT THE HUB THIS WEEK
Tuesday Lunch Bunch this Tuesday 14th October. Come and join us, bring a friend.
Operation Christmas Child Shoe box drop off all this week.
Tuesday - 9:30am Know Your Bible, Tuesday Lunch Bunch 11:30am-1:30pm, The Great Revival Shop Committee meeting 2:00pm-4:00pm
Wednesday - 9:00 am Bible Study and Prayer meeting, 10:00am Art Group
Friday - SBLC Newsletter distribution
Safety Management Online (SMO) Compliance Tool
SMO is a web-based system to assist in managing safety and care processes and providing a wide range of resources.
It is a management, monitoring, training and compliance tool for people working with vulnerable people. A sub-site is activated and a record of teams, e.g. Parish Council, is created along with team members.
WWCC clearance and Safe Church Training credentials are recorded on completion.
SMO generates an email to remind the team members they need to commence, complete or renew their credentials.
Programs are created e.g. Bethany’s SBIT, with safety plans, Risk Assessment tools, Incident reporting & Permission to Proceed.
All relevant paperwork downloaded into SMO.
SBLC Worship Services 12th October 2025
Bethany: 10.30am HC Pr. Peter Hartwich
Grace-St Paul’s: No Service
Langmeil: 8.45am Pr. Jim Bryan & 10.30am FUEL
Lyndoch: 9am HC Pr. Gus Schutz
Tabor: 9am HC Pr. Peter Hartwich
Bible Readings
The First Reading: Jeremiah 29:1,4-7 Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles in Babylon or 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c Naaman is cured
Psalm 66:1-12 or Psalm 111
The Second Reading 2 Timothy 2:8-15 A call to endurance
The Gospel: Luke 17:11-19 Jesus heals ten lepers
As Attached
Worship Service of Celebration, Hahndorf SA
St Michael’s Lutheran Church, Hahndorf SA
Sunday 2 November 2025. 9.30am service followed by light lunch
Join in a service of celebration for 80 years of Lutheran Media, followed by a light lunch.
No need to register, but please advise if you have any special dietary needs.
Information Attached
FoLA Event - Gottlieb Blaess: Missionary to the Māori
Thursday 23 October at 7.30pm. 139 Archer St, North Adelaide SA 5006
Speaker: Bethany Pietsch
LIVESTREAM on FoLA YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/
@friendsoflutheranarchives9644/live All welcome. Supper. $5.00 donation. Video can be watched later, too.
In January 1893, a 28-year-old theological student returned from his Christmas holidays to find a letter waiting for him, calling him to go as missionary to the Māori people in New Zealand. This student was F. K. Gottlieb Blaess, a gardener’s son born in the Harz Mountains in Germany, After his NZ mission closed in 1906, Blaess became a pastor in Australia, serving at Jindera, Koonibba Mission, and Adelaide.
Since 2022, Bethany Pietsch has been a reference archivist at Lutheran Archives in Adelaide.