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HOPE
There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope (Ephesians 4:4)
As a group of women called to this one hope through faith in Jesus Christ, we are blessed in the LWML to have a Committee called "HOPE:" Helping
Organizations Participate Effectively.
HOPE Committee servants have a passion for the LWML as an organization and for the women of the LCMS. The committee’s purpose is to encourage all women to participate in LWML events and activities and in the mission and ministry of the LWML, and to strengthen current societies and facilitate formation of new LWML groups.
With prayer and guidance from our Lord, they want to see each woman serving God however she is able, whenever she is able, along with being in His Word daily and living as a redeemed child of God. Keeping God as life’s focal point, they encourage ALL women to live the LWML Mission Statement: “… to assist each woman of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in affirming her relationship with the Triune God so that she is enabled to use her gifts in ministry to the people of the world.”
Watch for further encouragement and resources from the HOPE Committee!
—Article written by Melody Rosenwinkel, Chair, LWML HOPE Committee
Carolyn Blum
LWML Vice President of Organizational Resources
Verse of the Day
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer. ~Romans 12:12
Reaching a Target Audience
Could there be a young woman, teen or ethnic woman or two or maybe even more in your congregation who might be interested in LWML? Perhaps she is interested in working to share the Gospel and the Savior’s love with those in her community and the world who need to know their Savior, as well as in serving meals for funerals, Advent, and Lent. I am sure you can think of at least one from one of the above groups. I encourage you to talk to her, encourage her and direct her to www.lwml.org and the links to the pages of the Committee on Young Women, Friends into Serving Him®, and Heart to Heart Sisters.
The women on these committees are eagerly working to have timely information of interest to your women when they visit the website. For example, young women will find Impressions, a newsletter for young women; guidelines for choosing a Young Woman Representative to the LWML Convention; Joyfully United in Spirit, a planning resource for LWML groups; and many other helpful resources.
Teens will find they are “Empowered for Impact” by: the Word (devotions), community (feature articles about teen groups), giving (a monthly mite calendar) and resources (designed just for teens and teen leaders). If you think a Friends into Serving Him® group is a possibility in your congregation, you need to see these Web pages!
Heart to Heart Sisters has information about what they do both before and during LWML conventions. Are you interested in sending a District Leader to the convention? They are eager to include all ethnic women in the work of LWML.
Since the primary targets for this biennium are “Growing in the Lord,” “Valuing all Women,” and “Living the Mission,” a visit to the LWML website will give you a lot of insight into what you and your group can do to reach these target audiences.
Pat Reichert
LWML Vice President of Special Focus Ministries
