Welcome to the Finnish Lutheran Church of Melbourne
We offer a welcoming meeting place for all Finns in Melbourne, and provide spiritual care and a broad range of activities for all age groups.
On these pages you can find information on our background, services, usual activities, and calendar of activities.
On these pages you can find information on our background, services, usual activities, and calendar of activities.
UPCOMING PROGRAM:
EXCITING NEWS!
We wish to welcome all families with children as our Sunday School program has commenced. With qualified instructors and assistants, we wish to welcome children of all ages to attend a fun program in our new children’s ministry.
ALL WELCOME (Finnish language is not a prerequisite).
Sunday School will take place during all regular Sunday services.
Upcoming events: (More information by clicking the blue links, or Suominewspaper, or Facebook).
- Sunday 5 November: All Saints Day service, Finnish Hall Altona from 11am
(we will be remembering our loved ones who have passed on in the last year and beyond, and invite families to light a candle for their own dear friends and family who are no longer among us).
- Sunday 26 November: Sunday service and Advent coffee (Pikkujoulu), Knoxfield 11am.
- Sunday 3 December: Finnish Independence Day celebration, Finnish Hall Altona starting from 11am.
- Saturday 16 December: Christmas Carols (KAUNEIMMAT JOULULAULUT), Vainikka family home, Berwick 1pm. (Church minibus will be picking up passengers from Altona and making a stop or two on the way who wish to attend this event).
Link to FB page can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/Finnish-Lutheran-Church-of-Melbourne-105908840896358).
ONLINE CHURCH SERVICES
Our Sunday services will be live-streamed on our Facebook page, for those of you who cannot make it in person and have access to the internet. These videos will also be available to watch at a later date on the same FB page. You can find the direct link here:
https://www.facebook.com/Finnish-Lutheran-Church-of-Melbourne-105908840896358
If you would like to view services from St Paul's Lutheran Church in Box Hill, please go to their Youtube channel and select the services you would like to view:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxCh_msqE8PDXBFkF1AGPA
Finnish services from Finland are broadcast on Yle Areena - to view the programs, follow the link here:
https://areena.yle.fi/1-3757226
You can also get a lot of information, devotionals etc, from Finland's church website, including English translations if needed. Visit:
www.evl.fi
Join the church
You can join the Mikael Agricola Finnish Lutheran Church by completing the attached membership form. Please print out, fill in, sign, and scan the form, and email it to ian.vainikka@gmail.com. You can also post the form to the church manse, 48 Bences Rd, Merrimu Vic, 3340.
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