It's a special time at Good News right now.  As we look toward our future, there are a lot of question marks! 

What will the leadership of our church look like this year? 

What is life going to be like for us after Pastor Puk retires?  

When will we be able to get a new pastor?  

What will that pastor be like?  

In what direction will our community choose to head with our new church council?  

Thankfully, we know we are in good hands as we pray for God's Holy Spirit to guide the process of calling a new pastor and dreaming what our future will look like!  But we'd love YOUR input.  This is your church, your family, your community and we'd love you to have a say in which way we go.  So please don't be shy in the coming months.  Share your ideas, your gripes and your dreams with each other and together, let's transform Good News into an even better place to be a part of!

If you're interested in knowing more about what makes happy, healthy churches tick and what is killing so many other churches, click here for a fascinating little paper written by Rev Graham Harms.  Enjoy the read, and God bless you as you, together with the rest of this marvelous community, discover all that God has in store for you!

With love,
Chaplain Sean 

This is indeed an exciting time!  We have had lots of interest from people wanting to travel to Nepal this year... and are in the final stages of confirming our 2013 team.  Keen to meet the wonderful people of Madargachh?  Keen to stay in Australia but still be a part of planning our partnership?  Get in touch with Sean and be part of the discussions ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

Life is a journey... and just like any journey, it's not so much the comfort of the car that makes it a pleasure, but it's the people sitting with you in the car that can make or break it!  At Good News, we have the special opportunity of sharing our life journey not just with the people around us in Brisbane, but also with our sister community in Nepal, Madargachh.  We continue to reach out to them, and continue to see the wonderful progress that they make.  We know our lives are richer for our interactions with them, and only hope that they feel the same way (but they've already told us that they do!).

So pray for them, thank God for them and celebrate each day that you get to enjoy in this lucky country called Australia!

In Partnership with ALWS, Good News Lutheran Community is on a journey of partnership with the Madargachh Village in Eastern Nepal.  This partnership gives us the opportunity to develop deep, meaningful and long lasting links with this community on the other side of the world.  Through this link, we will be able to learn more about ourselves and our fellow human beings and explore Jesus' call to truly love others as we love ourselves.  We are assisting them with projects that they undertake to improve their quality of life, and through ongoing dialogue, we will have the chance to build friendships, refocus our priorities and appreciate our lives in a whole new light.

We are close to raising the funds required for them to undertake the projects they identified as being crucial to them moving out of poverty.  That is a fantastic effort and every Good Newser should be proud of our acheivement!

We work with expectation to see what God has planned for our two communities as we continue on this road together!

In the lead up to Christmas, we need your help in putting together Christmas Hampers for local families in need!

As a comunity, we have many opportunities to meet the needs of our local community. Through links with St Vinncent de Paul, the Scripture Union chaplains in our local Schools, and other churches, an opportunity exists to help support families in need through the prevision of non perishable food stuffs.

We are encouraging members of the congregation to become involved and to contribute to this worthy cause.

Please look out for the empty box on your way into church, or alternately please drop items off to the church office.

What can we put in the hampers? *No junk food *6 months to go before expiry *Commercially packaged & sealed Rice  Dry Pasta Pasta Sauces Dry Beans Long life/Powdered Milk Crisp Bread / Crackers Cereals, Oats, etc (smaller 400g packs rather than jumbo packs) Dried fruit Muesli Bars Peanut Butter, Jam, etc Canned fish or meat Canned Soups, Stews, etc Canned Spaghetti or Pasta Canned Vegetables, Beans, etc