LUTHERAN WOMEN'S MISSIONARY LEAGUE LADIES’ GUILD - October 2019

Mission Grant--Lutheran Hour Ministries-- $100,000 Mission Outreach for At-Risk Young Women in Africa

Through its ministry centers, Lutheran Hour Ministries is offering programs that provide a powerful force for physically and spiritually changing the lives of young women. These programs are able to disrupt the cycle of poverty and prostitution by teaching income-producing trades for economic independence and success. They are a means for sharing the Gospel and connecting young women with the church. The purpose of this grant is to identify wound women in prisons after they have been arrested for prostitution or small crimes, provide rehabilitation through counseling sessions and voluntary Bible studies for those young women expressing a desire to reform, and connect them with the church.

Steel Custom Designed Fire Pit

Donation raffle for Novemberfest is a steel Fire Pit with a cooking rack. It was hand-crafted and custom designed by GA Barn and Metal Works of Springfield; they donated their labor and delivery. Valued at $375. All four sides have a cut-out of the American flag, and around the base it says, “God Bless America.” Tickets are only $2 or 3 for $5. See an LWML lady in the Social Hall to make your donation. You may view the fire pit in the Social Hall. Please consider signing out tickets to sell to friends and coworkers. Drawing will be at 2PM on November 9th. You do not need to be present to win.

Bar-B-Que

Yes, it is that time to prepare for our annual Bar-BQue. Lunch tickets are on sale for $5 in the Social Hall. You must pre-order a whole butt--still only $25!! Men are needed to help with the preparing of the delicious bar-b-que. Fellowship time! More details to follow as we get closer to the date.

Serving the Lord with Gladness,
Lonna McEwen, President

NOVEMBERFEST PLANT & BOOK SALE

Friends, are you ready? Now is the time! Novemberfest "Plant & Book Sale" is not far off!! Now is the time to root plants, divide corms, bulbs; clean pots, use good loamy soil and identify plants with "marker." Suggested plants: soft and hard wood Shrub Cuttings, Day Lilies, Glads, Tiger Lilies, Asiatic Lilies; Devil's Backbone, red and yellow Shrimp Plants, tubular flowering Vines for Hummers; Kalanchooee, Cacti and other Succulents; herbs such as Chives, Tarragon, Thyme, Basil, Oregano; Milk Weed for butterflies; Meyer Lemon, etc... Decorative baskets, pretty plant containers and yard art signs are big sellers, too!! Bring used books: gardening, recipes, decorating, comics, landscaping, horticulture, fiction/nonfiction, mystery, novel, etc...

Thanks! Let's make this "Plant & Book Sale" the biggest and best ever

Shirley Lewis, 925-1523

jandslewis@comcast.net

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF QUILTERS - October 2019

We will be meeting on Tuesday, October 8th and 22nd from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you have a quilt top that is not finished from our previous sewing classes, please feel free to drop by and let us help you with it. You will need to bring your sewing machine. If you don't have one, let us know so we bring one.

We had 4 ladies quilt with us Sept. 10th and finished layering 5 quilts. They are ready to be finished with binding. One is already sold!

Hope to have some finished quilts hanging in the Sanctuary and the Education Building on the upstairs railings by the start of October. Please check them out.

Sharing God's gift of talents, your Quilting Ladies