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Nov 13 2008
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Global Connectedness

By Colin Minke | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea, Schools

Weaving Threads Together…creating a tapestry of Lutheran schooling. What a wonderful and relevant theme to have for a national conference! Five ‘threads’ were woven together at the recent ACLE conference including spiritual, social, communication, teaching and learning and global. These threads were explored through a range of forums including keynote addresses, elective sessions and workshops. […]

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Nov 04 2008
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Our international guests look back

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Schools

‘Jesus Christ is at the centre of the Lutheran schools in Australia’, these were the thoughts that were echoed over and over again by international guests attending ACLE. ‘The schools are kindness and live in the love of Jesus Christ’ were the opening remarks of Rev Jaminton Sipayung, Executive Secretary of the Gereja Kristen Proestant […]

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Oct 26 2008
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Wantok Bilong Mi

By Coral Gallasch | 0 comment | Categories: Volunteers and Supporters

Tony Gallasch served as a mechanic with the Australian Lutheran Mission in New Guinea in the 60’s. His wife Coral recounts the story of their moving visit to the country and people that are part of our family of faith. The tropical rain poured down, turning the village tracks to mud and shrouding the Hedsbach […]

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Oct 19 2008
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Australia…Wow!

By Ria Limbong | 0 comment | Categories: Congregations, Indonesia, Schools

Ria Limbong received a scholarship from Living Faith Lutheran Congregation to study in Australia at Grace College. Read her personal story and see what great progress she has made in her English. Australia…WOW! That was the first thing that stuck in my head when I knew I would come to Australia. I never thought that […]

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Oct 19 2008
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Living the Faith

By Graham Donges | 0 comment | Categories: Congregations, Indonesia, Schools

Some four years ago Pastor Rob Erickson was involved in assisting the Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP) Seminary in Pematang Siantar, Sumatra, with English education. Pastor Rob was then the pastor of Living Faith congregation, Murrumba Downs in Queensland. Following discussions with Dr Willem Simamarta, from the HKBP, about standards of English in Sumatra, a […]

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Sep 15 2008
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But I’ve Retired from Teaching!

By Julian Pfitzner | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Volunteers and Supporters

This was one of the thoughts that first came to mind when Julian Pfitzner was asked to teach a three week English course for students at a seminary in Indonesia. Julian takes up the story… On 12 July, Glenice Hartwich asked me, if I and someone else, would be interested in taking a three week […]

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Jan 24 2008
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Revolving Pigs in Church

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia

Men shuffled slowly into the church and sat on one side puffing on their cigarettes, while women and children sat on the other side staring back at me with wry smiles as I sat facing them from the front of the church. Together with the pastor of the Lumban Julu congregation and Pastor Rein Justin, […]

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