In 325AD the first version of the Nicene Creed was  adopted by the Christian church at the Council of Nicaea. So in 2025 many Christians will be celebrating 1700 years of the Christian church proclaiming God using the words of the Nicene Creed Following are some Resources to assist you in commemorating and celebrating God through the words of the Nicene Creed.   Books Nicene Creed: A Scriptural, Historical, and Theological Commentary The Nicene Creed - a devotional Very God: an artist explores the Nicene Creed Bible References for the Nicene Creed https://tumi.org/images/nicene ..read more

Lent resources for 2025 Books, devotions and worship 4o things not to give up for Lent Book of Faith 40-Day Lenten Journey into the Lord's Prayer Meeting Jesus at the Table Lent devotion   Saint and Sinner Lent Devotion Stations for Easter and Lent  Saviour Servant Friend Devotion Resource pages from Lutheran Church of Australia and other organisations Lutheran Church of Australia Worship Planning Page Lent Resources Lutheran Tract Mission – Lent Resources Lutheran Lent Daily Devotions National Council of Churches – Lent resources from various churches ACR – Lent and ..read more

Today's youth are facing big problems and challenges, and they need life-saving truth that speaks directly to their unique circumstances. Faith Notes: A Christ-Centered Survival Kit for Young Men, and its companion title for young women, is an engaging and practical devotional that candidly addresses the real hurts and heartaches of adolescence. In contrast to the daily media onslaught that young people are subjected to that leads to comparison, anxiety, perfectionism, and confusion, Faith Notes offers Jesus, grace alone, faith alone, Scripture alone. They offer a survival guide that lead to e ..read more

 Every year December 31 leads into January 1....the new year... As Christians this is a good opportunity to reflect, pray, plan, act and reflect again Reflect On a bible reading - Isaiah 43:16-21, Ecclesiastes 3:1-13, Psalm 8, Revelation 21:1-6a or Matthew 25:31-46 Greatest Commandment - How have you experienced or lived out the Greatest Commandment of loving God and loving others? Great Commission - Who have you shared Jesus with, or invited to meet Jesus? On your life  -  What or who can you give thanks for?   What do you need to seek forgiveness for?  ..read more

The Worship Planning template is a simple Excel tool to help pastors and worship teams in their worship planning. The template offers the RCL readings for each Sunday and Special services, with suggestions for Invocation/Call to Worship, Confession, Creed, Lord's Prayer, Holy Communion, and Hymns/Songs (opening, praise after forgiveness, kids, post sermon/offering and sending) The resource is designed for you to adapt for your own context You can download the 2024-2025 Worship Planning template here ..read more

 Communication is essential for ministry!! Wendy Kuschel of St Mark's Ministries presented at the WELS Lutheran Leadership Conference 2023 on Developing a Communications plan You can watch her presentation here You can download her notes here ..read more

The Small Catechism: Missional Edition is a thoughtfully crafted tool that revisits Martin Luther's original Catechism with a focus on equipping the modern Church for mission. Tailored for individuals, families, and emerging church communities, this edition merges timeless Lutheran teachings with practical applications for daily Christian life and global evangelism.  Through its six main parts—The Ten Commandments, The Apostles’ Creed, The Lord’s Prayer, The Sacraments, The Keys and Confession, and Daily Christian Living—it provides an accessible yet profound guide to the essen ..read more

The Song Writer Initiative is a resource of the Center for Worship Leaders of Concordia University Irvine, offering Contemporary Worship songs which are strongly influenced by a Lutheran approach to worship and theology.   You can listen to and download sheet music for their recent songs at https://www.cui.edu/academicprograms/christcollege/center-for-worship-leadership/songwriter ..read more

 In 2024 the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand at its National Synod over 71% of the delegates passed motions that permitted the LCANZ to ordain both men and women, and at the same time permit individual congregations to restrict their call list to males only.   The full motion can be read here .   This motion followed a thorough and lengthy process called Way Forward, you can read the Way Forward detailed framework here  The decision did not happen overnight, but followed many years of biblical study, debate and discussion.  The following doc ..read more

The following versions of Luther's Works are available free online American Edition Lenker Edition  Jacobs Edition Cole Edition Library of Christian Classics Edition Lutheran Insulter At Reformed Books Online ..read more