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Wartburg to Bowden: A Faith Journey

For the Take Time radio series, this program was recorded in the Lutheran Archives in Adelaide, and was broadcast on Good Friday 25 March 2005, on Radio PBA FM in Salisbury SA, and on up to 33 other community stations around Australia.

The 30 minute program is now available online as an MP3 audiofile, and can be downloaded from www.austcolled.com.au/taketime - go to the Archives section (recent programs) and then to Friday 25 March. The program was produced and presented by Tony Ryan.

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Events for 2010

Old Lamps for New, or: New Insights from Old Information - Speaker: John Strehlow

Monday 30 August at 7.30pm

Bethlehem House, Sudholz Pl, Adelaide

John will discuss the relevance of missionary experience to the present day, as Australia attempts to redress past wrongs towards its Aboriginal population. To date, most government policy has been based on material derived from anthropologists, but there is another, more reliable source: information gathered by missionaries who spent decades living in close contact with Aboriginal people.

The talk draws on the letters of the Hermannsburg missionary Carl Strehlow in the Lutheran Archives, and the letters and personal diary of his wife, Frieda Keysser, which have been extensively researched for the double biography of these two early pioneers, "The Tale of Frieda Keysser", about whom so little has been known up till now.

The Patriarchs - Speaker: Richard Hauser

Monday 20 September at 7.30pm

Bethlehem House, Sudholz Pl, Adelaide

In 2009, Richard Hauser's history of the first eighty years of Lutheran schooling in Australia was published by Lutheran Education Australia. Titled The Patriarchs, it featured the biographies of eight Lutheran leaders from the early days who were prominently involved in establishing the Lutheran school system in this country. Richard will speak about these personalities, explain why he chose them as well as focussing on the questions he would like to ask if he could have a conversation with them.

Richard will be happy to sign books, and copies will be available at a reduced price of $20.

Richard Hauser was born in Laidley, Queensland, in 1946, and attended Concordia Memorial College in Toowoomba for his secondary education before later graduating from Lutheran Teachers College. He taught in six Lutheran colleges in four different states of Australia over his forty years of service to Lutheran schools, including seventeen years as a principal in colleges at Noosa and Brisbane. Richard is retired and lives with his wife Sylvia on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Pietism and the Early Lutheran Church in Australia - Speaker: Dr Erich Renner

Monday 18 October at 7.30pm (AGM at 7pm)

Bethlehem House, Sudholz Pl, Adelaide

A popular study of Pietism; especially its influence on Lutherans in South Australia during their early history.

Dr Erich Renner is one of our oldest and most respected living theologians. After graduating from Immanuel Seminary he was ordained in 1944 and served in the Lower Murray parish for 4 years. From 1948 he served as lecturer at Immanuel Seminary and later Lutheran Seminary until his retirement at the end of 1991. During the years 1955-1958 he studied at Heidelberg University where he gained his doctorate of theology. His specialty has been Old Testament studies.

The regular meeting place has been changed to Bethlehem House, Sudholz Place, because of the number of members experiencing problems with the stairs at LLL. Ramps and a lift for those not able to cope with stairs are a definite advantage at Bethlehem House, and parking in the city on Monday nights is not a problem. LLL did not charge us for the use of the meeting room, but Bethlehem House requires payment. We are now asking for a gold coin donation to cover the cost. Please remember to give your donation as you arrive at the meetings. (Supper will also be provided out of these funds.)

Audiocassettes are available for many of the meeting topics. Cost is $3, or $5 posted.
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