6 March 2019 by Rebecka Colldunberg Born and raised in rural South Australia, Pastor Lionel Rohrlach feels most at home when his home is in the country. For the last decade that home has been the Pittsworth Parish, 42 kilometres Southwest of Toowoomba on the Gore Highway. Until recently the parish was made up of four congregations, consisting of Pittsworth, Nobby, Yandilla and Millmerran. However, due to the unprecedented number of farming parishioners who have had no choice

20 March 2019 by Kathy Matuschka As a member of the LCAQD District Office team, it can be difficult to be one step removed from some of the difficulties LCAQD congregations are facing. Whether it’s drought (thank you God for the recent rains!), flood, uncertainty about future viability as a congregation or personal grief, we often witness things we can’t fix. Now we are collectively grieving about the violence unleashed in Christchurch. I wonder what I could write that might

Members of the Queensland Lutheran Giving, engage people with God's love in everyday life when we: Participate in community responses to acute or long-term natural events; Organise specific responses as a Lutheran community, By donating, taking action for justice, praying or hands-on help. Your Donations Tax deductible donations are received by Queensland Lutheran Giving (QLG) and distributed by the LCAQD Department of Ministry & Mission. To donate toward disaster or drought

22 August 2018 by Vicky Lamonby The Federal Government has increased its national drought spending to $1.8 billion with funding directed towards farmers, local councils and businesses dealing with one of the worst droughts in a century. In Queensland, 57.4 percent of the state has been classified as in drought (see map). www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/drought/drought-declarations/ South Western Queensland Lutheran Parish, which covers Chinchilla, Down Fall Creek, Miles and Charl

30 August 2019 by Bishop Paul Smith Asking our gracious Lord of heaven and earth to send rain for the blessing of the earth and for the blessing of all people. In a world of supermarkets with stacked shelves, we can easily drift into a place where our eyes are ‘blinkered’ from the seeing and appreciating the onslaught of the severe drought conditions in Australia, especially in our broad and often dry state of Queensland. God’s people have always called upon the Lord in cloud