“You don’t have to pay her for that.” So my father said. It was my first “professional” work as an artist. And my first real lesson in serving others through my vocation.

Has the 2015 LWML Prayer Service crossed your radar? It is a wonderful exploration of “vocation.” The path God lays out for you, and the skills He gives you, plus the opportunities = vocation. Your life’s work. It may be creative; it may be hard work; it may be glamorous (or not); but the work God calls you to do brings Him glory, presenting opportunities to reflect Jesus’ love and forgiveness to others you encounter with kindness, generosity, and selflessness.

I am often asked why I offer my professional-level skills as a volunteer; or donate artwork for mission and ministry fund-raisers. Partly because my father raised me that way.  Primarily, though, my heavenly Father has given me creativity as my vocation.  I help in the mission field by sharing my talents, making it possible for others to fulfill their callings, as well.

The Time is NOW to be generous with your service; encouraging others to do the same with whatever their God-given vocation happens to be.

Janet Hurta, Chairman
Information Technology Committee

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One of the things I always have to look at as a graphic designer is the best way to graphically portray a client's message. In the LWML we do and care about so many things!

Think of your own group of the LWML. What message are you portraying? Is it confusing? With titles, job descriptions, bylaws, and catchy acronyms … is the LWML being displayed in an easy way for newcomers to understand?

The Time is NOW to take a look at your LWML and get back to the basics of what the LWML is all about being in God's Word, missions, service, and fellowship, as we share the love of Jesus Christ with our sisters in Christ. How can your group successfully portray that message?

Melissa Merker
Graphics Team Coordinator

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Meeting planning is getting easier. Exciting! Have you tried the Program Helps portion of the LWML website (www.lwml.org/program-helps)? In the interest of making meeting resources conveniently available to facilitate their use by you, The Time is NOW to try that part of the LWML website. You will find 12, new for 2015, devotions or Bible studies free for download. In addition, you can select Devotions, Bible Studies, Sketches and Drama, PowerPoints, or Creative Crafts. Titles listed under each of these choices are only a click away from being accessible. Yes, free and downloadable. Titles will continue to be added so visit Program Helps periodically. May their use be a blessing to you and those with whom you share them!

And, now that program planning is easier and more convenient, you can spend more time focusing on “being in God’s Word, missions, service, and fellowship.” And you can “share with other women the contagious joy that results from being a member of LWML! The Time is NOW!”

Carol Schmidt, Chairman
Christian Resources Editors Committee

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I have a handwritten recipe from my grandmother. It contains a list of ingredients and the single instruction, “As you have seen me do.” 

I learned to cook by watching, and assisting in the kitchen. I learned how to keep house, do minor repairs, garden, and keep a budget by watching, helping, and being involved.

I came to LWML by invitation. I witnessed firsthand the strong sense of belonging first to Jesus and then to one another, and the amazing sense of purpose to take Christ’s love and grace to the world. I humbly offered my skills as an artist and leader. I have used my gift for instruction to help others serve and lead.

Who is watching you? Is it a new Christian, trying to figure out if there is more to Christianity than just attending worship? Is it a talented individual just waiting to be asked to share their passion or talent?  Is it a friend looking for permission to start a new Bible study? Are you personally inviting, showing, and teaching the stewardship of service?

The Time is NOW to show others how to serve our Lord by cheerfully serving in many areas of ministry and encouraging others to do the same!

Janet Hurta
Chairman, Information Technology Committee

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God has given each of us unique gifts. Sometimes along with the blessing of the gifts we have received from God, we can begin to feel pressure from other people to use them. A wise believer once told me that even though God wants us to use our gifts, He never says we have to use them all at once. Trying to do that would surely be overwhelming!     

Let me encourage you to take the time this week to read two chapters that help us see the connection between our gifts and the most excellent way to use them. In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul tells us about spiritual gifts, and then in Chapter 13, he gives us the familiar verses on love, the most excellent way. So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13). Read also Romans 12:6-8.

The Time is NOW to be in God’s Word. The Time is NOW to discover your spiritual gifts and then to use them in Christian love as God gives the opportunity!

Lori May
Contracts Administrator

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“I remember the days of old, I meditate on all that thou hast done…” (Psalm 135:5). 

Scripture reminds us to remember! We need to remember how and why the LWML began, while also making plans about how God can work through each of us to grow LWML into the future.

We remember  Mrs. Clara Schmidt who served as the first LWML President, encouraging the ladies of her day to serve the Lord as they served the Church. Interestingly, women in her time - the late 1930’s - were told that they did not need an organization of their own, so it was a big step forward when the LWML was formed to help care for the needs of the women of that day.  

Just as it was in the early 20th Century, The Time is NOW for us - the women of today - to be looking for ways in which we can meet the unique needs of women within our congregations and community. 

Barbara Huggins
LWML Archivist-Historian

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Jesus said, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing” (John 15:4-5). Fruit characterizes the life of the Christian steward. It is interesting to note that, in this passage above, Jesus did not say, “You should bear fruit.” He stated that when we abide in Him, it follows naturally that we will bear fruit.

God has plans for our lives and wants to use us. When we abide in Christ, we will be fruitful. We will discover and follow His plan, and we will use the gifts He has given us to serve the people of the world. The Time is NOW to use those God-given gifts in the LWML!

Rev. Dr. Robert Roegner
Junior Counselor

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