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Entries for March 2007
Why Should You Include
National LWML Convention
In Your Summer Plans?
1) National LWML conventions are unforgettable mountaintop experiences - even when they take place on the plains of South Dakota! And it won't be closer until 2015 (you can cheer on our district as it competes with Iowa to host the event then.)
2) You will have the joy of worshipping with thousands of Lutheran women from all over the U.S. and abroad. You can even sing in the convention choir if you desire.
3) The Bible Studies and Communion Service will be uniquely inspiring. Proclaimer at the Communion services will be the Rev. Dr. Dean Nadasdy, LCMS 3rd Vice President. He's an author of preaching resources, pastor of a large Minnesota congregation, guest seminary professor and has taught in Latvia and Hungary. Bible Study leader will be Dr. Mary Manz Simon. She's the author of "Little Visits with Jesus" and writes a column, Ahead of the Curve, for focus on the Family. The host of Front Porch Parenting, a radio program that airs daily on 300 outlets, Dr. Simon is a trend tracker for publishers and family entertainment companies. As a speaker, she flies as mnay as 100,000 miles annually.
4) You'll hear outstanding speakers. The 2007 keynoter will be Terry Kieschnick, wife of LCMS President Gerald Kieschnick.
5) You'll get first-hand reports on exciting missions from Rev. Dr. Robert M. Roegner, executive director of the LCMS Board for Mission Services, Rev. Ray S. Wilke, founder and president of Orphan Grain Train, and Rev. Khurram and Cynthia Khan, missionaries with POBLO (People of the Book Lutheran Outreach). Pastor Khan has started a Lutheran Leadership Training Institute in Pakistan, funded by an LWML mission grant.
6) You'll be there to support our Wisconsin teens who, as members of Friends Into Serving Him," will present a skit as part of Friday evening's entertainment. Also featured that evening will be Erin Bode, a singer whose musical group has performed nationwide and played two European tours.
7) You can load up your car with Ingathering "Gifts from the Heart" to benefit agencies in Sioux Falls as well as Orphan Grain Train. See lists of needed items in the Winter Lutheran Woman's Quarterly or the LWML website (www.lwml.org).
8) You can help others by participating in Servant Activities - build for Habitat for Humanity, sorting clothing for Orphan Grain train, assembling quilts, complete cough pillows, assemble baptismal banners for Native American Missions, or donate blood.
9) Be among the first to hear of our new grants and new officers. Cheer on Jan Wendorf of South Wisconsin who is a nominee for national LWML president. Enjoy the display area where you can learn about dozens of Lutheran missions and agencies.
10) The convention makes a great family vacation - your children will enjoy Camp ROCK and trips to an aquatic Center, a Science Discovery Center and a zoo. Enroute you can sightsee at interesting places like the Eros Data Center, which coordinates our country's program of photographing earth and its buildings from satellites.
Sioux Falls Hotel Set;
All SWD Attendees
Welcome at Caucus
For the Sioux Falls convention in June, our bus riders received their first choice hotel...the Country Inn & Suites! This hotel was our first choice for many reasons: it's in a seemingly quiet neighborhood, close to the quaint 'old town' area and serves a free continental breakfast each morning.
If you are going to the convention and would like to stay in the same hotel, do sign up soon, as the remaining rooms are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. All the registration materials are available on the national LWML website at www.lwml.org and in the winter Quarterly (the large-sized one).
It's a One-Day Drive!
Sioux Falls is an easy drive from Wisconsin - make it a family vacation and sightsee along the way. A national convention is always so inspiring - too good to miss!
If you are at the convention, whether you are a delegate or not, you are welcome to attend the SWD caucus Thursday evening, June 21, at 9:30 p.m. (after the convention's opening worship service). It will be in the Riverfront meeting room of the Country Inn & Suites Hotel., 200 E. 8th St., Sioux Falls.
Bring Your Cameras
This is your opportunity to gather as a group, hear announcements and updates, reconnect with friends, meet our delegates, our ethnic women, special guests and our young women reps.
Bring your camera - this might be the only time we will be together to take a group picture! There will be no formal district pictures taken this year, due to space limitations at the convention center....so if anyone wants to take a picture of the group at our caucus, bring your camera. This may be the only time the SWD people are together as a group!
For the latest district news, see the Leaders' Info page of this website!
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