Women’s Ministries of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren
"Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom." Psalm 145:3
August greetings from the National Women's Ministry Team!
*NEW* Check out the YouTube video posting! This 2.45 video is a great introduction to who we are: WMCLB (When you click on this link, you will leave this website. Please return!) This welcome video is also available at higher quality on the DVD distributed to each Lutheran Brethren church after the June 14 convention.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=WMCLB&search
Photos and summary of Women's Ministries June 14, 2008 convention are below - (scroll down & click "June National Event" link). CDs of Speaker, Ruth Vallevik, and morning sessions are available - contact Janet Spencer at Mominlaw1@optonline.com
Did you miss the LEADERSHIP TRAINING CONFERENCES last year? They are now available on DVD! Each LB church has been given a copy. Download Ruth Vallevik's cover letter, and the accompanying handouts for these sessions.
- Introduction
- Session
1 – Developing Women for Leadership
- Session
2 – Identifying Your Spiritual Gifts
- Session
3 – Creating a Climate of Peace
- Session
4 – Equipping Women with God’s Word
- Session
5 – Increasing Missions Awareness
Schedule a Saturday viewing, or a series of viewing for your local women!
Leadership Training Seminar DVD
Welcome video cover letter, and Supplemental handouts
Convention 2008!
June 14, 2008 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota
"Flourish!" was the theme for our June 14, 2008 convention this year. Were you there to be uplifted and encouraged by Ruth Vallevik, our national Director of Women's Ministries? Did you hear updates on missions and projects we've completed - and hear the new ones for 2008-2009? Did you engage in the variety of new seminars?
Click the link below to make 8 1/2 x 11 inch "posters" of the powerpoint slides for the new 2008-2009 projects. Share them with other women, or use them on your bulletin boards!
Click the "June National Event" link below to see a synopsis of the convention - PHOTOS and captions!
Check out the projects that we supported 2007-08
photos of your contributions at work!
As we give,
God uses our contributions
to accomplish His purposes.
Our mission projects
for the year 2007-2008
have been completed.
For photos from the Youth Convention
(YC07) and from the SWEET retreat,
click the link below.
WMCLB is Calling Women
To a living faith in Christ...
“The
fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is
wise.” Our goal is to invite women to personal salvation…to God’s ways…to
the Living Word, Jesus Christ!
To encourage, equip, and edify...
All women of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren for
MINISTRY • SERVICE • FELLOWSHIP
On the Local, District, National and International level
To provide mission support...
for
the ministries of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren. Specifically
this is done through WM chosen annual projects for Home Missions,
Lutheran Brethren Schools, World Missions, Youth Ministries, and our
NWM special project.
Tresa's Thoughts, by Tresa Myers, Outgoing Pacific Northwest District President
"Haibun"
Well, I am back in school after 25 years; this is quite an
adjustment for me and the family. As I sit with my classmates I notice that one
of the smaller differences is that the young women color their hair as an
experiment or fashion. I now color my hair to cover the grey.
When I was there on Monday, the college was offering a
writing class on Haibun by a local author. Haibun is this combination of poetry
and prose. It was made popular by Basho, a 17th century, couch
surfing, ex – samurai, zen monk. What you do is to write from your experience
in life and couple it with poetry. Both should compliment one another and the
poetry should be recognizable for the reader to feel, become, or at least
understand where you are coming from as the writer.
Our author/instructor wanted all of us write a small Haibun.
The instructions were to explain how we got here (this could be in college, in
life; it could be interpreted any way we wished). This was the prose part of
the assignment. The poetry portion could be anything that we thought may be
recognizable by the general public but complimented and brought greater meaning
to the prose. With pen and page, I began to write:
“‘To begin with, I always knew I
would get here. Just was not sure how. I had hoped that the journey would be on
my own time frame. Some would think I have walked with Him long enough to have
learned, it is His way not mine. I would start on my way and something would
continually derail me. Usually the obstacle would be myself.
Whether you turn to the right or
to the left,
your ears will hear a voice behind
you,
“‘It is God’s will.’ This phrase
depending on the circumstance can be either a comfort or sometimes a reason to
want to scream and pull your hair out. After a few months, I silently agreed –
I am back on the path, being pushed to write to reveal what I believed is no
one’s business but my own. At the same time I can see how this will bring glory
to the Father. Is it God’s Will? Time will tell. I have however learned that
even if I want to I cannot derail this process.
“Saying, ‘This is the way, walk in
it.’ Isaiah 30:21”
What I liked most about this was I didn’t know I would be in
this class, I am not one that can memorize scripture very easily and just
happened to have Isaiah 30:21 in my backpack. While going through life’s
transitions what a comfort for God to show me in this creative way, He is
there, He is in control, and He loves me.
