In response to COVID-19, Canberra's Lutheran churches are now online at your home
Church in Canberra is now online and at home due to the current COVID-19 regulations – for the foreseeable future we are no longer allowed to meet in a place of worship. To equip you to be church and stay connected, Canberra’s Lutheran churches are sharing their resources with you and each other.
Everything you need for joining worship at home is here
A special message of support for our dear friends in Nepal – 26 November 2020
The Christian church in Nepal is struggling in these COVID-19 times. This video is a message of support as we approach Christmas, where we celebrate the coming of our Saviour Jesus to earth in humble human form – a baby.
Join a Sunday service local live-stream. Woden congregation is streaming a worship service live each Sunday 10.30 am (AEDT). Join in or find out more by clicking here.
Watch weekly worship at your leisure.
- Belconnen congregation is uploading a weekly recorded Service of the Word – click here.
- Tuggeranong congregation has been uploading weekly recorded messages, the latest being posted above. With the return to a more normal worship service, weekly uploads have been suspended, although in the near term Sunday morning services will be live-streamed for the benefit of those unable to attend in person. Click here to access previous weekly uploads.
Receive a weekly email of a service order and message. Reid/Queanbeyan, Cooma and Finnish congregations are emailing a weekly written service order, prayers and sermon. Contact these congregations directly to find out more or to be added to their mail-out lists:
- Canberra-Queanbeyan Lutheran Parish – click here
- Trinity Lutheran Church Cooma – click here
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Finnish) – click here
Home Bible Study resources? We’ve got it sorted. Tuggeranong congregation has linked to curated sets of resources for home Bible study and faith formation from great providers like Grow Ministries, BibleProject and Open Doors, including studies uploaded weekly by the latter two – click here to access.
Holy Week reflections with Jim. Jim, a member at Good Shepherd, would like to share with you a series of reflections during Holy Week. They are based on extracts from a book by Jim’s faith hero, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, titled God is on the Cross. Click here to access.
Immanuel Worship Songs, a playlist by Jacob.traeger. Immanuel Woden has a Spotify playlist of contemporary songs from their Sunday morning service. You can listen to these songs by clicking here.
- Other Lutheran worship live-streams in Australia: livestream.com/luthworship
- Other congregational resources for home:
- Church-wide updates on COVID-19: lca.org.au/lca-covid-19-response
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