About us
Who We Are
Living Faith unites three Lutheran Churches in Greater Geelong.
We are united in the joy of making Jesus known.
Get to Know us
We are a community that celebrates and receives God’s love for us through his Son, Jesus Christ.
Our Ministry Team
Our worshipping communities are served by Pastors:
Robert Bartholomaeus
and James Ruei
Boyd Briese
The Story
2000 years ago in a tiny stable in a town called Bethlehem a baby boy was born.
This is where love came to life so that Jesus could begin the work of showing us God’s great love by setting us free from death, evil and sin.
Love came to life as Jesus walked through towns and villages helping people,
forgiving sins, raising the dead and comforting the lonely and forgotten.
On the cross we see where love went to die,
as we see Jesus paying the price for our sin and guilt.
Three days later we see love coming to life as Jesus showed
his power over death by rising to life.
What this means for us…
Now, in our day and age we see God’s love still coming to life.
As a community we worship in the name of the Triune God.
We gather together to be blessed by Jesus as we see His love coming to life in
words, waters, wafers and wine.We gather around the Bible to hear and receive God’s forgiveness, His promises and His love.
We celebrate Baptism as a show of God’s love as He comes and washes away the sin of adults, infants, children and teens.
We live in the grace of our Baptism as a constant reminder of God’s love and will towards us.
We celebrate Holy Communion where love comes to life as we receive the body and blood of Jesus with the bread and the wine.
We are a community that is loved by God and that strives to love others with the love and compassion God has shown to us. We have a Father who loves us, a Saviour who died for us and the Holy Spirit who works faith in us and comforts us in our daily life.
Living Faith is a place where God’s love comes to life. You are welcome to come and be a part of this.
Statement of Commitment
to Child Safety
Living Faith expresses its commitment to the safety of children in the words of the statement that appears below. This statement communicates to us, as well as the wider community, that safeguarding children is a priority of our church – that it is everyone’s responsibility – and that we specially care for those among us who are vulnerable. Although there is legislation which compels us to do so, we respond to others out of our love for them. "We love because he first loved us" (1 Jn 4:19). This is our motivation. This reflection of God’s love goes well beyond that codified in laws and regulations.
The Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) is committed to providing a safe church environment for children and young people. The LCA acknowledges that children are a precious gift from God, with special vulnerabilities, that they require nourishment and nurture in their spiritual development and that they are to be protected from all forms of abuse.
The LCA also affirms that it has no tolerance for child abuse and that all its people have an important responsibility to care for children and to keep them safe. The way we care for children reflects our genuineness of faith. It is also a reflection of God's love and his divine protection.
