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When children learn to talk, two phrases are often among the first: “Please” and “Thank you.”
In mission work we often ask you to please support mission work. However, you don’t always have the opportunity to hear “Thank you” from those who benefit from your donations, service, and prayers.
We are blessed to receive and share some of these words of appreciation. www.lwml.org/thanksPlease view and share them with those in your congregation and society! Here you will find videos from Phil’s Friends for the Cancer Care Packages, the check presentation for Disaster Response Trailers, from MOST Ministries for the Clean Water and Evangelism Ministry grant, and the reallocation of a mission grant for LCMS Disaster Response in Latin America. Articles and videos are updated regularly.
Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God (2 Corinthians 4:13-15).
Eden Keefe
Vice President of Christian Life
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Summer seems to have just begun, yet now it is the last full week of August! As the end of sunny day events draw to a close, activities are already beginning the fill the Fall calendar.
As you plan for your Fall this year, look a little further and mark your calendar for next Summer — June 22–25, 2017, for the LWML 37th Biennial Convention.
How are you planning for the convention? Are you …
faithfully digging a little deeper to fill your Mite Box with dollars, purple $5 and checks to insure the mission mite goal is met in order to fund missions around the world? www.lwml.org/mites-received
setting aside some time and funds for your trip to Albuquerque by train, plane, bus or automobile?
encouraging LWML friends, and family, to join you at the "Diamond Dazzle" to celebrate with joy of what the Lord has done through the LWML for 75 years? www.lwml.org/75
Great! See you there!
Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name (Philippians 2:9).
Edie Norris
75th Anniversary Committee Chairman
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Most, if not all, organizations have something symbolic of their organization. The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) is no exception. We have the Mite Box!
Based on the Biblical account of the widow’s mite (Luke 21:1-4), the Mite Box is intended for regular contributions to “mites” — offerings above and beyond the support an individual might give to their congregation. Mite Box contributions go hand-in-hand with the LWML’s major emphasis of supporting mission and ministry efforts throughout the world. These Mite Box offerings have funded over 100 million dollars in mission grants since the LWML was organized in 1942.
Mite Box offerings may be gathered in any number of ways including LWML society, zone, and district events, and are regularly (monthly) submitted to the LWML office at 3558 S Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, MO 63118, so that mission grants can be funded as they are received. Individual contributions are welcomed and encouraged. Let’s keep filling the Mite Box!
Mite Box contributions that fund district and national mission grants and implement the LWML program have totaled over $100 million dollars. These grants share the Gospel to hurting people along with meeting basic needs like medical, nutritional, or educational necessities.
The LWML grant application process is in full gear and you don’t want to be left behind. The process is not as hard as you’d think. Write about the need, take a few photographs, then go to http://www.lwml.org/mission-grant-proposals for the full guidelines and online application.
Ministries should:
Be mission in emphasis, extending the ministry of the Word.
Fit into plans and projections of the LCMS.
Be current and ready for implementation.
Be ongoing in nature, with assurance of continuing after the grant monies have been expended.
When proposing a grant for missions outside of the U.S., grant submitters must contact the LCMS Chief Mission Officer, Rev. Kevin D. Robson, to share the scope of the grant proposal.
Consider a need near you. Could an LWML grant help? Your mite offerings could help but you need to apply now! Applications are due September 30, 2016.
Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man (Psalm 66:5).
This is the theme for LWML Sunday 2016.
God calls us to “Come and See” how He brings about His salvation in the most unexpected ways and places, and to the most unlikely people. God invites us to be surprised by His awesome deeds of salvation in Jesus Christ even today, among people whom we might think least likely to receive His blessings. The Lord surprises us. So Come and See!
Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M
The LWML thanks Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. for writing this year’s materials. Dr. Sánchez is the Werner R. H. and Elizabeth R. Krause Professor of Hispanic Ministries at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
Click here to see all the resources available for LWML Sunday 2016. Many are available as FREE downloads.
Carol von Soosten
Public Relations Director
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Help promote mite giving in your congregation on LWML Sunday and all year long by ordering Individual and Children’s Mite Boxes.
(These items are free with shipping and handling.)
Electronic methods of giving are also available by automatic withdrawal through Joyful Response® or LWML website’s online donation process.
Visiting my mom on our family farm during the summer months is always fun. She’s an avid gardener and we all reap the bounty God provides through Mom’s efforts. This soil, however, produces only after planning, preparation, seeding, weeding, and protecting the plants growing under the sun.
As Lutheran women across the nation gather together in their communities they are able to reap the bounty of God’s grace and wisdom. The LWML has done the planning and preparation and provides many resources for group inspiration right here on this website. Many Bible studies and devotions can be downloaded for free. As women study God’s Word together, pray for and support missions, and serve Him by serving others, they truly do grow as Lutheran Women in Mission!
Check out all the resources and enjoy the bounty of our Lord!
Debbie Larson
Vice President of Organizational Resources
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.Psalm 23:2
Camping is the favorite summertime activity for my husband and myself. We love camping at Camp CILCA, Central Illinois Lutheran Camp Association, near Springfield. The camp is over two hundred acres of woods, a small lake, and lots of hiking trails. We love the quiet evenings by the campfire visiting with friends, but I especially enjoy the peaceful early mornings. Often I’ll take my devotions to one of the many outdoor worship areas. I spend this quiet time worshiping God and enjoying His beautiful creation with only the bird songs to interrupt the quiet.
This summer take time to enjoy God’s creation.
“Be still and know that I am God” Psalm 46:10a
Check out www.lwml.org for great devotions and Bible Studies and go find a quiet place to spend time with God and enjoy His beautiful creation.
Betty Dietrich
Gospel Outreach Committee, Chairman
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M
Visiting my mom on our family farm during the summer months is always fun. She’s an avid gardener and we all reap the bounty God provides through Mom’s efforts. This soil, however, produces only after planning, preparation, seeding, weeding, and protecting the plants growing under the sun.
