Hamper week is nearly here.
Please drop off your donations at St Petri Hall on Monday 8th December between 9:00am-11:00am.
Donations will be sorted and packed on the 8th and 9th. Final touches to the Hall happen on the 10th.
Blessing of the hampers is to be held with Lutheran Care Senior Management and Pastor Adrian at 2pm.
Items for Lutheran Care Christmas Hampers -
Bethany
Tinned Tuna, Pasta, Pasta Sauce, Christmas Lollies, Christmas Pudding, Chips, Vegemite, Long Life Milk, Tea, Christmas Crackers. Toiletries, Cleaning Products
Christmas Cards, Quality, New or Unused Children's Gifts
Tabor
Tinned Salmon, Tinned Soup, Tinned Vegetables, Mixed Nuts, Mince Pies, Crackers, Peanut Butter, Long Life Juice, Milo, Noodles, Cereal / Muesli,
Christmas Wrap, Quality, New or Unused Children's Gifts
Tuesday: 9:30am Know Your Bible
Tuesday: 11:30am -1:30pm Lunch Bunch Christmas Lunch. All Welcome.
Tuesday: 2pm-4pm Great Revival Shop meeting
Wednesday: 9am Bible Study and Prayer meeting,
Wednesday: 10am Art Group
The Hub and Good Seed Bookshop will be closed from 24th December 2025. Reopening and 12th January 2026.
YOUNG LIFE Summer Camp 2026
Our National Young Life Summer Camp is set for the 12th to 17th January 2026 at Jindabyne, NSW.
If you have a young person in high school, this is a great opportunity for them to go out and adventure with some local volunteers that love Jesus and have a heart for young people.
For more information see: younglife.org.au/summercamp or contact Tiffany on tiffanyvoigt@younglife.org.au.
Please pray for the volunteers, as this is the last full month of breakfast clubs and youth events.
Pray for energy and continued relationship building.
Pray for young people to sign up to camp and the travel logistics.
Thank you for your continued prayer and support.
Combined Bethany/Tabor & Langmeil Christmas Eve Service
6pm, Faith Senior Campus
Bethany/Tabor will be providing dress ups. Helpers needed.
If you have a WWCC clearance and would like to help, please contact Chris Canute.
Approx. 900 honey biscuits are needed as gifts to those attending.
If you can help, please deliver your biscuits to The Hub for packaging before 15th December.
For more information contact Katrina Neldner 0438 721 517.
Thank You.
SBLC ANNOUNCEMENT
There will be one more SBLC Governance Council Q&A session on Tuesday, 16th December at 6:30pm at Langmeil Church
This is a great opportunity to ask questions, share your thoughts, and learn more about the planned direction of The Southern Barossa Lutheran Church.
All welcome.
To read the full planning document click here.
An Advent Lament for the Church
A message from LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith and Assistant Bishop Stephen Schultz
'Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir up your might and come to save us! Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved' (Psalm 80)
In this first week of Advent, we share this lament for you on behalf of our church leaders of the College of Bishops and the General Church Board.
A new Lutheran church has been established in Australia known as Lutheran Mission - Australia. This new church is led by pastors who have left our LCANZ. It was established as a new Lutheran church which would not admit both women and men to the office of the public ministry.
Since the formation of this new church, we have met with their representatives in our desire to continue as partners in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the common practice globally between churches of various denominations.
In particular we offered to the representatives of LM-A the process to “recognise a relationship” between two Lutheran Churches. LM-A declined to do this.
Subsequently, we sought to establish an alternative common basis to recognise each other as partner churches in the Gospel. A meeting was held between the LM-A President Matthew Anker, LM-A Vice-President Mathew Ker, LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith and LCANZ Assistant Bishop Stephen Schultz in November 2025.
At this meeting, it was made clear that LM-A does not recognise our Church as an orthodox Christian church. This means that LM-A does not recognise the LCANZ as a partner Lutheran church in the Gospel of our Lord and is not pursuing a relationship with us. The Lutheran churches around us in the Asia and Pacific and our ecumenical partners of the National Council of Churches, confirm that our LCANZ is an orthodox Christian church, and a partner with them in the Gospel.
We lament this situation because we know the relational impact this will have on our pastors and people. We ask the Lord of the church to guide all his beloved people both in the LCANZ and in the LM-A. We encourage the people in our LCANZ communities to continue to receive the people of LM-A as sisters and brothers in Christ who share in our Lutheran Confession to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Our leaders will continue to reach out to LM-A to find ways that we can work together in the Gospel of our Lord.
'Come Lord Jesus come into this weary world.
O how we long for you to come, Lord. Come!'
In Christ,
Bishop Paul Smith
Assistant Bishop Stephen Schultz
On behalf of the College of Bishops and the General Church Board
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Whether you’re curious about the history of your favourite hymns or simply want to rekindle the wonder of Christmas, this booklet is a reminder that behind every carol lies a message of hope, joy, and redemption, the true heart of Christmas.
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Stamps for Mission has raised nearly $540,000 for LCA International Mission, and your used Christmas card stamps can help keep this going.
Learn more about Stamps for Mission here, including where you can send your stamps.
The LCA SA–NT District Office (137 Archer Street, North Adelaide) is now a new SA drop-off point for Stamps for Mission.