Women of the ELCA

Thanks, Judy (and Carol, too, down the comment line a few). We're always planning ahead for future resources. Are there particular topics or needs you have?

I was so very fortunate that my grandmother, Goldie Burk Wynn, wrote a journal in which to "show how the hand of God has worked in her life" and to share her faith. What a gift. As years go by, I can refresh my memory my reading her journal and be reminded how faithful God is.

What a real treasure that is, Roxanne. Thanks for sharing!

and Carol has passed some of those resources on to me to use in a women's retreat. Carol is a blessing in and of herself.

It's so wonderful to see our sisters breaking thru "glass ceilings" everywhere...and especially in our church!

Make that a stained glass ceiling! :)

Yes I did see the movie. It was screened in Lansing, Mi as part of the MSU film festival. See it if you can.

Our sites are down for some work, from Friday 7 pm CDT until Saturday, 11 pm CDT. So, feel free to share your thoughts here. How do you serve your neighbors?

Sunday I learned that our church has only 60 members of record. Still this summer we helped with a program that provided lunches to school-age children during the week. We contribute to a community food pantry. A small group of women make quilts. They usually end with a quilt made per each woman who attends the meeting. Another group makes ... Read Moreturbans and I crochet caps for cancer patients. We contribute to a couple living in northern Thailand as missionaries and who are from our area. We contribute to a mission project in Rwanda and some other charities. We provide a place for supervised visits of children under a court order. We host a Christmas party for Head Start children.

Lord of Love, Omaha, always takes up the thankoffering during worship services the Sunday before Thanksgiving, incorporating part of the Thankoffering service in with the regular service. But PTL, this year's worship planning team decided to use the entire service. Also Nov. 8 is Women's Ministry Day at our church. We will be recognized at both ... Read Moreservices with our NSWO president (and member of LOL) bringing a temple talk, and the new ministry team will be introduced at the 2nd service (we just changed from P/Sec'y/Treas format to team format, officially approving new constitution and bylaws on Saturday. We will also have a display about our ministry in the narthex. We give thanks to God!

At New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, in Lovettsville, VA, Metro DC Synod, we hold our Thankoffering in February near Valentine's Day and in the past two years we have also recognized Bold Women at this time as well.

That's a neat new tradition!

Hold on until next week, okay? The executive board is here in Spokane this weekend and making some decisions we'll be happy to share next week.

I just became a fan today!!

Welcome aboard Linnea!

Melissa I would love to hear your story!

I say that, thanks to becoming part of this wonderful group of women, I survived falling into the depths of homesickness when we relocated to FL from OH in 1995! Thanks to Sandy, a co-worker at my new job who recognized me as a new member at her church, for inviting me to her circle! We, as women, share our heads, hearts, and hands in a relationship with each other and with our Lord as each of us grow according to the plan God has for each and every one of us!