LUTHERAN WOMEN'S MISSIONARY LEAGUE LADIES’ GUILD - August 2019
In Praise to the Lord! Was the theme of the 38th Biennial Convention of the LWML that was held in Mobile, AL and attended by 3,105 including Ann Austin, Sharon Johnson, Sherry Kreger, Lonna McEwen, our Top Dog Cindy Baldwin and handler Lois Lucas and our Comfort Dog, Lizzie from Trinity.
What an experience! Worshipping, giving praises to our Lord, receiving our Lords’ body and blood in communion with all fellow LCMS. It was my honor to represent our East Central GA Zone as a delegate as we voted on new officers, by-law amendments and new mission grants. At the convention the offerings collected: Unofficial totals: #1-LWML Mission Grants for 2019-2021=$43,798.00 #2- Medical Mission Teams and Expanding the Disability Ministry in the Dominican Republic each receiving $12,361.30, #3-James Storehouse Louisiana and Spiritual Care for Unaccompanied Refugee Children each receiving $15,076.45 and #4 to the LCMS Disaster Response/Community Relief=$33,581.58. Mites that we collect the first Sunday of each month do add up. It was reported that in the 76 years of LWML over $100 million has been given to Mites!
New Mite recipients are posted on our LWML board in the Social Hall. Each newsletter we will highlight a Mission Grant that will be a recipient this biennium.
The Mission Grant to be voted in first: Water and the Word for Rural Schools in Kenya, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya, $80,000. Whereas, the children in Kenya struggle to have water in their schools and often walk miles each day to gather water; and the Pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK) would like to provide sound Biblical teachings in their sponsored schools; and the ELCK is in fellowship with the Lutheran Church MS; and the LWML has been richly blessed by our Lord and has a duty to spread his love and Gospel; therefore be it resolved that the delegates gathered at the 2019 LWML Convention in Mobile, AL vote the sum of $80,000 to help fund Water and the Word for Rural Schools in Kenya.
Extra Mite boxes are available for your use.
Serving the Lord with Gladness,
Lonna McEwen, Pres.
On June 20-23, 2019, the 38th biennial National Convention of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League was held in Mobile, Alabama. Lonna McEwen, Sharon Johnson, Sherry Kreger, and Ann Austin were among the 3,104 people in attendance.
This year’s theme was taken from 1 Chronicles 16: 23-24a, “In praise to the Lord.” And praise we did! There was worship and singing, including a moving Holy Communion Service; there were Bible studies, exhibits, inspirational speakers, and mission reports. An example was a report from Lynn Corker of Women of Pearl. She told of their work in Uganda. They are teaching the women hygiene, nutrition, and Christian leadership. These women are learning to take back their villages by spreading the love of Jesus to their neighbors. With LWML’s grant of $100,000 in 2015-2017, they now have a new seminary and library. She explained that there are 150 churches but only 23 pastors. (Imagine that, Pastor Webb!) In 2020 the first class of 24 young men will graduate, essentially doubling the number of pastors in their country. This is just one example of our “Mites in Action.”
A $2,100,000 mission goal was adopted for 2019-2021. Because of generous donations by you at Trinity, and many others all over the country, LWML exceeded its $2,075,000 goal for 2017-2019; and by God’s grace, we will do it again.
As a note of interest, since LWML’s creation of the “Mite Box” in 1942, $100,000,000 has been collected and funded to spread the word of Jesus’ love, not only in our country, but throughout the world.
For this, and so much more, we give praises to the Lord and “Declare each day that He is the one who saves.” 1 Chronicles 16:23b.
~ Ann Austin
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