Featured March 2020 — WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY!

Serve the LORD with gladness! (Psalm 100:2a)

Icebreaker idea: Lenten Service – Brainstorm new ways to serve the Lord during Lent, rather than giving up something. Then select an idea and do it!

Devotion — New: What an Opportunity!

Bible Study — New: Making Lent an Opportunity (with Leader Guide) 

Mission Service Project: Encourage mite giving this month with a creative challenge such as having participants place a dollar in their Mite Boxes for each piece of chocolate they eat or for each soda they drink.

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

Weekly Stewardship Meditations: Each week, a mediation upon a Bible verse will be posted here: www.lwml.org/stewardship-meditations

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured February 2020 — MINING HIDDEN TALENTS

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace (1 Peter 4:10).

Icebreaker idea: My Hidden Talent – Demonstrate or tell about a hidden talent that you have (e.g., making balloon animals, bake-off queen, playing the tuba).

Devotion — New: Finding Hidden Talents

Bible Study — New: Mining Hidden Talents (with Leader Guide)

Mission Service Project: Contact a local organization that serves individuals with special needs and ask about any particular needs they may have. Then select a project and fulfill it. Include a way to share the Gospel as a part of your plan (if it is allowed by the organization you are serving).

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured January 2020 — BALANCING ACT

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31).

Icebreaker idea: Keeping Your Balance – Name one change you had to make to your calendar this week to balance your schedule.

Devotion — New: Balancing Act

Bible Study — New: Balancing Life’s Challenges with Leader Guide

Responsive Reading — New: Our God is a God of Life

Mission Service Project: Collect winter comfort foods with a balance of meat and vegetables (e.g., soup, stew, chili) to donate to a local food pantry

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured December 2019 — A SWEET SEASON

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them (Luke 2:20).

Icebreaker idea: Christmas Sweets – What’s your favorite sweet treat to eat at Christmas?

Devotion — New: A Sweet Season

Bible Study — New: The Sweet Gospel Message (with Leader Guide) 

Program Event — New: Sweet Christmas

Mission Servants Project: Collect new stuffed animals for a community Christmas gift ingathering. Include manger animals such as sheep, cows, donkeys, and camels in your collection.

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured November 2019 — ALWAYS THANKFUL

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Icebreaker idea: Thankful Notes – Briefly share something from the past week about which you are thankful. 

Devotion — New: Taking Time to Contem’Plate

Bible Study — New: Always Thankful with Leader Guide

Program — New: Decorating the Mitten Tree

Mission Servants Project: Create Thanksgiving cards for veterans in your congregation. 

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured October 2019 — LOVING AND RESPECTING AUTHORITY

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work (1 Thessalonians 5:12– 13).

Icebreaker idea: Influencers – Briefly tell about an authority in your life who has influenced your life positively, and how she or he did so. 

Devotion — New: Showing our Pastors and Church Workers Love and Respect

Bible Study — New: Loving and Respecting Authority (with Leader Guide)

Mission Servants Project: Invite your pastor to your group meeting and recognize him for his service. Or, plan a Sunday morning reception to honor your pastor(s).

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured September 2019 — GRACE-FULL WOMEN

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you (Ephesians 4:32).

Icebreaker idea: Showing Grace – In small groups of 3–5 women, take turns sharing with one another a positive quality about someone in in your small group.

Devotion — New: A Grace-Full Woman

Bible Study — New: Grace-Full Women (with Leader Guide)

Sketch — New: Coffee Shop Grace

Mission Servants Project: Plan this month to do one or more specific acts of grace (e.g., create a card or gift to show appreciation for a friend, your boss, your pastor, or a home-bound member in your congregation; pay for the lunch of the person behind you in line; phone or visit someone who is recently widowed).

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.