This is a question we hear often, so here’s a quick look at what we’re all about.
The Christian Community Hub is a not-for-profit organisation, supported in part by the Bethany, Tabor, Grace and Schoenborn congregations, and also through dedicated fundraising efforts by our committee and volunteers who generously donate from their home gardens.
With our great location on the main street of Tanunda you could say we’re the “face of the church” during the week.
Our staff and volunteers are here to -
- Support our congregations
- Help with local mission projects
- Connect with the wider community.
A big part of what we do is provide Admin support for our local churches. This includes -
- Creation of Service PowerPoints and media packs for congregations, liaising with guest Pastors, Lay Readers and Musicians
- Production and distribution of the SBLC Newsletter both electronically and hard copy
- Funeral order of service, life story PowerPoints, liaison with Funeral Directors
- Photocopying, printing and laminating
- Booking Hub meeting spaces
- Helping with Working with Children Checks and Aged Care Clearances
- Provide admin support to major events like Funday Sunday.
And we are blessed to have the GOod Seed under our roof, offering people a great selection of Bibles, Christian books, cards and gifts.
We are proud to partner with wonderful organisations like Lutheran Care and the Barossa Food Security Network to provide emergency food relief and practical support for those who need it most.
Our Tuesday Lunch Bunch, held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, offers a free lunch and a friendly chat, for anyone hungry for food or social connections.
We also provide meeting spaces for counsellors and support groups, including Carers SA and MyTime, creating a safe and welcoming environment for those seeking extra support.
And then there are the special moments like flipping pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, handing out free Hot Cross Buns and coffee on Maundy Thursday, or spreading Christmas cheer with a seasonal giveaway (thanks to generous support from an LCA Missions Grant).
These are just a few of the ways we connect with our community and share God’s love with a friendly smile, a thoughtful tract, and a list of SBLC service times.
Exploring SA German Histories.
Saturday 10 May, 9.30-4.45 at the Langmeil Centre, 7 Maria Street, Tanunda.
A restored cottage, recorded songs, recipes, baptism, business, naturalisation, wills, a lost village, a shattered tombstone, state or local archives, private or community initiatives, including the Bethany app, Hills Local Wiki and Wendish Trail.
Gather, hold, show, share, and tell diverse stories and preserve our heritage.
$50, including morning and afternoon tea and lunch.
Book with Christine Leske: ejleske@internode.on.net or phone m: 0428 337 132
SA History Festival Organ Concert “Lemke Alive!”
WHEN: Sunday 18 May at 2.30pm. WHERE: Immanuel Church - Kavel Hall, Immanuel Way, Light Pass
ORGANIST: Scott Angove
Rediscover the 1885 Daniel Lemke pipe organ played in recital by renowned Barossa organist, Scott Angove.
Lemke organs are national treasures – with their bright Nordic sounds, music seems to spring from the heart of his instruments.
After being displaced from the Barossa for 60 years, this little organ is again back home making music – Lemke Alive!
Tickets: Adults $10, Children Free – available at the door (Cash). Funds raised assist the organ restoration fund.
If you require clarification or information, please contact Steven Kaesler ph. 0408 811 837 or email secretary@barosaorgan.com
Our next get together is on the 23rd May at Community Shed Schoenborn at 6.30pm.
BYO BBQ available.
Topic "We have heard of the war of the roses !! BUT who planted the roses on Barossa Valley Way??"
For more information contact Trevor Braunack
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Grass-roots mission: sharing the message of the cross
16 April 2025
by Jodi BrookPrint Friendly, PDF & Email
After the first year of a new LCANZ grants fund designed to nurture a missional culture across the church, 10 congregations have begun a journey to bring their local mission dreams into being.
You can read about their inspiring grass-roots outreach and service endeavours in the April–May 2025 edition of The Lutheran. However, the story doesn’t end there – the Local Mission Fund and Seed Project funding will return this year.
So, if your congregation has a local mission idea that needs financial support to become a reality, these grants might be the answer you have been praying for.
A total of $400,000 is being made available annually with Local Mission Fund major project grants of up to $100,000 each, and Local Mission Seed Project funding grants of up to $10,000 each. Inaugural grants were awarded in 2025 for missional projects, including cross-cultural ministry and church planting, a regional learning hub, and mission and ministry activities that enhance school-church connections and outreach.
Ministry Coordinator Lisa Enever, from Wodonga Lutheran Parish in Victoria, which plans to better engage with co-located Victory Lutheran College, says members were thrilled that their funding application was approved.
‘After watching the Friday livestream of the Convention of General Synod, which focused on the mission work of the LCANZ, I felt incredibly excited and inspired by the direction the church is heading in,’ Lisa said. ‘It was so uplifting to see the amazing mission efforts other parishes are making in their communities. I’m truly grateful and blessed that the LCANZ approved the funding grant for our parish, allowing us to extend our reach and connect with even more people in our community.’
College Chaplain Tala Aufai, from Queensland’s Trinity Ashmore Lutheran School Church Plant, says the school is ‘so grateful for the positive response from our alumni’. ‘Three students who graduated last year [have come] on board as part of our team of volunteer leaders for Encounter Youth – praise God,’ he says.
Each of the 2025 successful local mission grants was awarded to a congregation whose project supports local mission innovation and efforts that might be applied more broadly across the church.
The LCANZ Local Mission Fund application process for 2026 grants opens on 1 July 2025.
HOW TO START PREPARING NOW TO APPLY FOR A GRANT
- Place the 2026 Local Mission Fund on your church committee meeting agendas.
- Read the application criteria available at www.lca.org.au/local-mission-fund
- Invite your members to start thinking and praying about the local mission opportunity God might be placing before your congregation.
Jodi Brook is the LCANZ’s Local Mission Coordinator. As part of her role, Jodi mentors and supports groups that receive funding.
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When you register at lcaim@lca.org.au you will receive
- A daily prayer prompt emailed to you each day which you can use to develop a consistent prayer routine.
Week 1 An ‘All about me resource’ which you are invited to email or post to LCA International Mission once completed. LCA will send them to our partners so that the participant will be prayed for through May. ‘Prayer Reminder for the Fridge’. You can choose one country from the LCA International Mission website and fill in the details by using the country fact sheets, then place the prayer reminder on your fridge and pray whenever you glance at it.
Week 2 ‘Spending your day in prayer suggestions’. You can print this out and place the suggestions in spaces of prominence to remind you to spend each day this week praying as the Holy Spirit leads.
Week 3 ‘Prayer walking and riding resource’. Invite a friend or group to join you as you walk/ride or walk/ride alone.
Week 4 ‘Prayer station activities’. The participant will arrange for a small group from their church or school community to be involved in an interactive prayer time.
The participant will be invited to join the online LCA International Mission monthly prayer gathering on the last Tuesday of the month.