The new Organzational Chart has been posted in Publications\Resources. 

MULTICULTURAL GATHERING SET FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH, 2011.  Please make a note of the date change on your calendar and watch for more information soon.

FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN EVENT.  HUNGER. I imagine this is something few of us have experienced. Since the devastating earthquake struck Haiti in January, children in Haiti are hungry and starving, with none of the opportunities we have to feed our own hunger. But now YOU can make a difference!

Sponsored by the non-profit Christian based organization ”Feed My Starving Children,” and with the backing of Palermo’s Pizza, Concordia University Mequon is hosting a two-day event to assemble over 300,000 packets of food specially formulated to provide nutrition for children. LWML has reserved these time slots for our LMWL sister to volunteer:

• Friday September 24th 5:00pm to 7:00 pm;  OR
• Saturday September 25th 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

The event will be held at Concordia University Wisconsin, 12800 N. Lake Shore Drive, Mequon, and we will be working in teams of 15. Your spouses, friends and children (older than 10, with an accompanying adult) are encouraged to sign up also. There is no cost involved to volunteer. To watch a video of volunteers in action, go to www.fmsc.org.

Please contact Cindi Bohmann, Human Care Chairman, by email or at 414-527-0936 to reserve your spot to “Feed My Starving Children.”

District Mites Update, July 2010. 

District Goal for the 2010-2012 Biennium:  $200,000.

Needed per month for the next 24 months:  $8,333.33

Needed to date:  $8,333.33

Shortage to Date:  ($6,999.79)

Respectfully submitted,

Bonnie Sanders,

Financial Secretary

The Summer issue of Christian Life Newsletter is available for you to download from Publications.  President Jan has a message for us, our Junior Counselor, Pastor Tom Gudmundson, reminds us that "There is Value in our Suffering."  You can find an announcement about the Young Women's Retreat, as well as a registration form for our Fall Retreat, information about the National Convention next June and tips for adding Fun to our Fellowship!  Check it out!

Plan Now to Attend Fall Retreat.  Join us for a Mission Grant Journey at the South Wisconsin District Fall Retreat on October 15th and 16th at the Holiday Inn, Manitowoc. Planned for the event are speakers representing top grants that were selected at the 2010 South Wisconsin District convention. A mission grant marketplace, bible study, music and fun are also on the agenda. Plan on attending this worthwhile event. Early bird registration ends September 1st!  Late registrations are not guaranteed a room.  Download the Registration Form and mail it today!

The Fall Retreat Committee

July 5, 2010.  ADRIANE DORR JOINS THE LUTHERAN WITNESS STAFF. 

 
Adriane Dorr began work on June 21, 2010, as the managing editor of The Lutheran Witness with The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) Board for Communication Services. Adriane is a published author and was the Christian Life Editor for the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly from 2005 to 2009.
In addition to her Quarterly work for the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML), Ms. Dorr has served as assistant editor and then managing editor of Higher Things magazine. She has written articles for Portals of Prayer and The Lutheran Witness. Adriane received a Master of Arts degree from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne in May 2010. While on the seminary campus, she held several administrative positions, served as a copy editor for Life of the World and other publications, and assisted with other editorial projects.

 
This busy Lutheran Woman in Mission shares in an article from the LCMS Reporter newspaper: “I’m humbled to be joining such a talented and dedicated team at The Lutheran Witness, which has been influential in sharing the Gospel with the people of the LCMS for generations. It is my hope that this publication will continue to thrive as the leading voice in teaching future generations to contend for that same faith.”

 
“The LWML is thrilled to learn that Adriane Dorr is serving as the new managing editor of The Lutheran Witness,” congratulates LWML President Janice Wendorf. “She will continue the standard of excellence that this publication is known for in our church. While serving on the staff of the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly for four years, Adriane’s skill in writing and editing was invaluable. May God bless her in this new endeavor as she continues to use her gifts and skills in serving the Lord and His church.”

SOUTH WISCONSIN DISTRICT LWML ANNOUNCES ITS MITE GOAL OF $200,000. At its convention on June 19, 2010, the delegates took a step of faith and approved raising the mite goal from $195,000 for the 2008-2010 biennium to $200,000 for the 2010-2012 biennium. 

The Executive Committee had suggested setting the new goal at the same level of $195,000 since we were more than $12,000 short at the beginning of June. When the Board of Directors met on June 18, in spite of the deficit of funds, the women reached out in faith and adopted the higher goal, trusting that God would provide the funds to pay for all the mite projects.

Our new goal is $200,000; that means that $150,000 will stay right here in the South Wisconsin District and all of it will go to mite projects as no mite funds are used for administration. Fifty thousand dollars will be sent to national for our national mite projects.

MORE GOOD NEWS - WE HAVE MET OUR GOAL FOR 2008-2010.

God has blessed us richly and provided more than we asked. Right now we have an overage of $2,568.83 in our mite account. A check in the amount of $1,298.00 will be sent to Theological Education in Kazakhstan which will go to help pay the balance requested originally by them. Any amount over that will go to help with the national mites for 2009-2011.

PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW!

NEW FROM NATIONAL - Need a lift in your day? Have just a few minutes to connect with the Eternal God? Listen to this beautiful musical rendition of Psalm 141.

Attention Society Treasurers!  Do not continue to send your Mites to Janis Mattson.  Our newly elected Financial Secretary is Bonnie Sanders.  Send your Mites to Bonnie at 690 Emerson Avenue, Ripon, WI 54971. 

Attention!!! Check out the new and improved Lutheran Women's Quarterly.  It’s RELEVANT for all of us!!!

It has articles written by teens for teens, articles written by young women for young women and missionary stories for women of any age. It has Bible studies, devotions, prayers, and stories of very extraordinary things done by ordinary women through the working of our Mighty God.

Picture it being read by your friends and family because it will be inspirational to them. Yes, it will appeal to women that are Lutheran but also to women of God in any denomination and even those who are searching.

Imagine sending a subscription to your friend that you have known for years or your sister in law or your next door neighbor. Let them be touched by the Word of God while reading about what women are doing all over the earth. Four colorful issues per year for just the cost of a greeting card.

Quotes from readers:

“In this age of going green, it’s the one magazine I read from cover-to-cover and file away for future use.”

“I send gift subscriptions to the Quarterly instead of a greeting card; it actually costs less and provides so much more than a card. Home delivery four times a year brings the recipients my greetings every 3 months!”

“I use the Quarterly as an inspirational tool when I travel; it causes people sitting next to me on planes to ask questions, thus opening the door to witness Jesus to them.”

Yes it is a tool for us in a very common way that can work miracles. President Wendorf has urged us to, "Be in the word, Be of the word and walking with the Lord."

 

This new look of the Lutheran Women's Quarterly will help us do that and we will enjoy it with many of our sisters in Christ. Look for the new issues coming soon!

Contributed by Trish Regula

April 2010 Mission Trip to Mission Central and Orphan Grain Train.  In the early morning hours of April 29th, with overcast skies, 38 LWML women (plus one brave man, Rev. Wilfred Grieser!) headed for Mission Central in Mapleton, Iowa and Orphan Grain Train in Norfolk, Nebraska. Even though the weather was gloomy, spirits were high as we traveled I94 West, on our Discovery Coach bus, with our driver David.