Lutheran Women in Mission Sunday 2025
Traditionally celebrated the first Sunday in October, Lutheran Women in Mission Sunday can be celebrated any time.
This year’s theme begins a four-year cycle focusing on the LWML Mission Statement — As Lutheran Women in Mission, we joyfully proclaim Christ, support missions, and equip women to honor God by serving others. For Lutheran Women in Mission Sunday 2025 we focus on Proclaiming Christ.
Everything we do as Lutheran Women in Mission begins with Christ’s message of repentance and forgiveness. The Ascension text of “GO” (Luke 24:44–53) is the mission emphasis for Lutheran Women in Mission Sunday 2025. On Ascension Day, Jesus gave his followers an assignment “that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations.” We, as the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, have a responsibility to proclaim the message of Christ, to be that body which proclaims repentance and forgiveness, showing forth the merciful Christ in what we do and say. As Lutheran Women in Mission we continue to support, encourage and uplift missionaries, and also provide physical support and compassion to all people. It is the proclamation of repentance and forgiveness of sins in Jesus’ name that motivates us to do this work. All Glory be to Jesus!
2025 Lutheran Women in Mission Sunday downloadable materials, authored by Rev. Mark Maas, will be available soon.
All worship and devotional materials have received approval from LCMS Doctrinal Review.
About the Author
Rev. Mark Maas is LWML Senior Pastoral Counselor. He and his wife Cheri live in Cheyenne, Wyoming where he serves as pastor of King of Glory Lutheran Church. He has served as an LCMS pastor for 38 years. He has served as an LWML zone and district counselor and has held many positions in the Wyoming District including 1st Vice President. He also serves as the director for “Project: Pastoral Education West Africa.” Pastor Maas enjoys the open spaces of Wyoming for hunting, hiking, and fishing.
