LWML

Lutheran Women in Mission

The Lutheran Women's Missionary League is the official women's auxiliary of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. For over 65 years, the LWML has focused on affirming each woman's relationship with Christ, encouraging and equipping women to live out their Christian lives in active mission ministries and to support global missions.  The purpose of the LWML is to develop and maintain a greater mission consciousness among the women of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod through Mission Education, Mission Inspiration, and Mission Service, and to gather funds for mission grants.

The national body meets in convention in odd-numbered years.  For information, visit their web site at http://www.lwml.org/

LWML Districts initiate programs and projects as well as implement those of the national body. We are affiliated with the Florida-Georgia District LWML.  For information, visit their web site at http://www.flgalwml.com/

A zone is a group of societies and individual members in the same geographic area united to promote the objectives of the LWML.  The East Central Georgia Zone is comprised of the LWML units at Our Redeemer, Augusta; Hope, Milledgeville; Trinity, Savannah; St. Paul's, Statesboro; and Mt. Calvary, Warner Robins.  Our Zone President, Karen Bowers, is a member of Our Redeemer, Augusta.  She can be reached at karen-bowers@hotmail.com.

Societies/units are the foundation upon which the LWML is built.  The entire LWML begins with society members at the congregational level.  Membership is available to any woman who is a communicant member of a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregation.

Our Redeemer LWML's mission is to assist each woman of the congregation to affirm her relationship with the triune God so that she is enabled to use her gifts in ministry to the people of Augusta and the world.  We serve the Lord with Gladness, foster Christian fellowship and participate in the ministry of our congregation.

We provide the official publications of the national LWML, "Lutheran Women's Quarterly", and of the FL/GA District, "Evangel", to our members.  Extra copies are available for those who are interested.

Our unit holds regular quarterly meetings with an LWML emphasis and the ingathering of mites.  Please check the congregational calendar for time and date.

Society Officers are:

STANDING COMMITTEES:

Spiritual Growth: Debra Brown  dsb0608@comcast.net and Linda Waid law4all2790@yahoo.com

We have devotions at each meeting led by the Spiritual Growth committee and a Bible Study at Mary-Martha Circle.

The Vice-President, as program chair, provides Christian programs and/or skits.

We encourage prayer every Monday at noon for LWML mission projects along with other LWMLers across the nation.

We encourage members to attend Zone rallies, District retreats and conventions, and National conventions when possible.

Mites - money collected regularly in our mite boxes - are sent to the District office where 75% is kept for District mission grants and programs. 25% is sent to National for their mission grants and programs.  These mites are collected with prayers for the mission grants and devotion by the Mission Service committee.  You can go to the national and district web sites for updates on the grants and a description of the agency receiving the grant.

Our Local Mission Project is the Downtown Cooperative Church Ministries-Feeding the hungry in our community.  This non-profit organization purchases canned goods from Golden Harvest Food Bank and distributes bags to about 200 families a week.  In addition to financial support, we encourage our women to volunteer at the site.

Our Card Ministry includes cards sent to women for birthdays, illness, and other life-events; cards sent to military personnel; cards sent to singles; cards sent to college students; and encouraging all our members to send cards to the congregation's shut-ins.

Mary-Martha Circle - Marlene Wedell, Co-Coordinator

The Mary-Martha Circle meets on the first Wed of each month Sept.-May.

The unit and Mary-Martha Circle members work together to fulfill our mission goals.

Please check the congregational calendar for time and date.

Other group projects include: providing refreshments for the fellowship hour; Lenten and Advent lunches; banners for confirmands; Thanksgiving baskets; purchasing kitchen equipment; cleaning the church; and contributing to gathering gifts at Zone, District and National meetings.  The money we make from the rummage sale assists us with all our mission outreach projects and supplements our expenses to the rallies, conventions, and retreats.

We also have a love offering each meeting to help meet our expenses.

In May, 2009 we gave John Ninke a gift from our 2008 rummage sale receipts.  John will begin attending St. Louis Seminary this summer.

We coordinate funeral dinners for members.  These are arranged by the Church Office.

Prayer Chain

Phone or e-mail your prayer requests to be shared with the chain members. 
Historian: Bernice Priest 

We encourage the ladies of the congregation to participate in a variety of Interest Groups:
Quilters - see their section of the web site for information on this very active group led by Ruth Reynolds.
The Garden Group maintains the area under the three crosses on the Carlton Road side of the church
Altar Guild: Linda Lack, Coordinator
Bible Study - see opportunities listed under "Get Connected - What is available for women?"

Looking ahead:

Rummage Sale                   September 11, 2010
Mary Martha                       September 1 and 1st Wednesday monthly
Unit Meetings                     September 19 and November 14, 2010
FL/GA District Convention     October 1-3, 2010 (in Gainesville, FL)
East Central Zone Rally       October 23, 2010 (at ORLC, Augusta)
LWML Sunday                     November 14, 2010