lwml convention highlights peoria june 23 – 26, 2011
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LWML Convention Highlights Peoria June 23 – 26, 2011. Margie Wickert – President Indiana District LWML. Theme "Being With Jesus — Living on the Edge“ Scripture Verse - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LWML Convention HighlightsPeoria June 23 – 26, 2011
Margie Wickert – President
Indiana District LWML
Theme"Being With Jesus — Living on the Edge“
Scripture Verse “They realized that they had been with
Jesus. "For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard." - Acts 4:13b and 20 (NKJV)
Central Illinois DistrictHosts Peoria Convention
Tee Up 4 MitesGolf Outing
$7,332.06
Prayer Service
Gifts of the Heart
• Totals– 2,587 quilts, – 2,382 towel sets– 2,795 underwear sets– 5,587 kits for men, women & children – 3,875 miscellaneous items– 13,205 Arch books
• Thank you for helping LWML share 30,431 Gifts from the Heart!
Servant ConnectionsOn-Site Servant Events
• Beautification Station• Braille Book of the Bible• Communication Station• Fleece Blankets• Making Welcome and Care Kits• English/Latino Ministry Marking Bibles• Meals on Wheels Gospel Lids• Rolled Bandages• Quilts• Wordless Gospel Tracts• Gospel Bracelets
Celebration Worship Service
Celebration Worship Service
Pastoral CounselorsRev. Michael MattilRev. Kristopher Whitby
Rev. Ken KlausWorship LeaderSpeaker Emeritus – Lutheran Hour
Celebration Servicewith Communion
Lana Gibbons – Song Leader
Singing
Banner Processional
Indiana District BannerThe Indiana District Banner incorporates the state colors of blue and gold with the LWML Peoria logo of “Living on the Edge.” It features a dark silhouette of a woman to represent the membership of Indiana’s LWML, standing on the edge of an abyss. The dark color reminds us that we are sinners standing on life’s precarious edge. However, looking toward the heavens is the cross of gold, radiating its rays of light, hope, and salvation. Because of His cross, we who live in Indiana, are able to stand with confidence at the crossroads of the Midwest and life knowing that Jesus will sustain us in everything.
Design: Ellen Augustine – VP Conventions and Editorial Staff; Marina Todd, Sophomore at Northridge High School Middlebury, IN
Banner Crafter: Elaine Young, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Bremen
Dr. Reed LessingBible Study LeaderAssociate Professor
and Director of the
Graduate School at
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Being filled with the Holy Spirit …we must speak with encouragement, boldness, against idolatry and this turns the world upside down…for we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard. Acts 4:20
President Jan Wendorf
Delegates in Session
Amendments LWML Bylaws
• Article III – District Organization– Conform name - LWML
• Article IV – Conventions and Representation– Districts invitation to host LWML Conventions – Sent to President by 10/15, even numbered years the number of
years prior to the proposed date of convention designated in the Standing Policies of the LWML BOD
• Article V – Officers and Elections• Article VI – Duties of Officers
– Human Care – “Special Focus Ministries”– Servant Resources – “Organizational Resources”
• Article XIII – Departments and Standing Committees
2011-2013 Mission Goal
$1,825,000
• Available for Mites: $1,277,500• Overage from Previous
Biennia Available for Mites: $ 112,069
TOTAL AVAILABLE FOR MITE GRANTS: $1,389,569
Mission Grants2011-2013
• 19 Mission Grants
selected
• $1,389,569
Mission Grants 2011-2013Grant Recipient Disbursed Balance1 Support for Lutheran Orphanages - Haiti $70,0002 Lutheran Braille Workers Plate Embossing Device $100,0003 Lutheran Bible Translators (LBT) Spread God's Word Through Print and Audio $97,3444 Outreach to At-Risk Children - Detroit, Michigan $55,0005 Cancer Care Package Ministry $100,0006 Crow Indian Ministry - Montana $69,999.647 Exodus 2:6 Project: Spiritual Care in Disasters - Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma $50,0008 Children's Nutrition and Care - Vietnam $72,2559 Grace Place for LCMS International Missionaries $75,00010 Pregnancy Center: Newborn Protection - Malaysia, Southeast Asia $54,50011 The Lutheran Malaria Initiative - Kenya, East Africa $100,00012 Two Graduate Scholarships for International/Minority Students - Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri
$50,00013 Project JOEL - Outreach to Youth - Central/South America $75,00014 Children's Developmental Disabilities Group Home and Rehabilitation Center - Dominican Republic
$100,00015 Missionary Family Care and Education $100,00016 Gospel Outreach Through Open Arms Child Care $65,00017 Haskell Indian Nations University Lutheran Campus Ministry Expansion - Lawrence, Kansas $100,00018 Financial Support for LCMS Prison and Jail Ministry Conference $27,50019 Physical and Spiritual Nourishment for the Impoverished - United States/Mexico Border (partially funded)
$27,970.36
$1,389,569
Deb Burma
Inspirational
Motivational
Speaker
Live out the
convention theme:
“Being with Jesus -
Living on the Edge”
Mites in Action Speakers
Rev. Jeff Johnson – Trinity Lutheran Church, Cleveland, OH – Building Hope in the City
Paul Miller – Unity Lutheran School East St. Louis, IL
Dr. Paul and Becky Shaw – Light of Christ Lutheran Chinese Mission, Olivette, MO
Inspirational Speaker
Katie Stam
Miss America 2009
Seymour, IN
Mites in Motion
$56,806.96
Past Presidents
L-R: Alberta Barnes 83-87; Betty Duda 87-91; Gloria Edwards 95-99; Jan Wendorf 07-11; Helen Gienapp 70-83; Virginia Von Seggern 99-03; Ida Mall 91-95; Linda Reiser 03-07
Mission Presentation YWR; Heart to Heart Sisters; Camp
BWJ Kids and Child Care Workers
Heart to Heart Sister Leaders
Mission SpeakersRev. Todd and Kim Roeske
Tagakaulo Lutheran Church of Christ – Philippines
Volunteer Missionary – Alaska Mission for Christ
Mission Speakers
• Dr. David Birner – Associate Executive Director of the International Mission Team for LCMS World Relief
• Andrea Herman – Evangelistic Trainer to women in Guinea – Maninka People
Heidi Floyd Humorous Interrupter Development Ambassador for Vera
Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer – Warsaw, IN
Luncheon Speakers
Phyllis Wallace; Kurt Senske; Kristine Stout; Dr. Matt Harrison
Kristine Stout
• Handbell soloist of the traveling Joybell Theatre Nashville, IN
LCMS PresidentMatt Harrison
Sisters in Christ
Sibling Harmony
• Kim, Kurtis and Kevin Bueltmann
Convention Choir
Election of Officers• President – Kay Kreklau – North Dakota• VP of Special Focused Ministries –
Pat Reichert – South Dakota• VP of Organizational Resources – Carolyn Blum - Wisconsin• Treasurer – Lois Anderson – Idaho• Pastoral Counselor – Rev. John Heckmann- Texas• Nominating Committee – Bev England; Sheila
Lutz; Marge Bruning; Cheryl Peterson; Sally Krueger
Old - New
President Jan – President Kay
President Kay Kreklau2011-2015
Convention Offerings• Offering #1 $47,388.33
LWML Mission Goal 2011-2013• Offering #2 $37,273.04
Three Mission Central Projects• Offering #3 $32,172.12
Amigos de Cristo Mission Outreach Project
• Offering #4 $32,078.98 Specific Ministry Pastor Program
(SMP)
35th Biennial LWML ConventionPittsburg, Pennsylvania
June 27th – 30th, 2013
Theme: Quenched by the WaterVerse: (Jesus said:) “but whoever drinks of the water
that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:14
Future LWML’er