LWML Sunday is traditionally held in October of every year to draw attention to the work of the LWML—Lutheran Women in Mission. Mission grant information is shared, congregations and pastors are thanked for their help, and usually there is a meal or refreshments involved.

Today, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Tulsa, OK, we finished our Braille workshop (20 copies of Leviticus in Braille) and then we got to admire the LWML Sunday display they had for church Sunday. Every grant had photographs, information sheets and the center “stairway” on the display also had photos of the grants. It was very colorful and attention-getting. They also had a brunch and displayed the Lutheran World Relief contributions of the congregation. Mission Grant bookmarks were handed out. All of this was accessed through the www.lwml.org website! One of the important things that Lutheran Women in Mission do is bring mission awareness to their congregations. The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod is part of so many wonderful ministries out there that meet the spiritual and physical needs of God’s people! Often, our congregations have not heard of them. Knowledge about them can even inspire new mission outreach plans in some congregations.

At my church, Christ the Redeemer, also in Tulsa, we took a door offering. People love to work together to help fulfill needs. Letting them know what those needs are is a key activity for us all as women in mission.
If you haven’t had your LWML Sunday yet, please make a big effort to inform, thank, and engage your congregation in our mission outreach and funding of our mission grants. Use the resources available on our website. We won’t all have displays like the women of Our Savior had, but we can have fun and enjoy telling others about our LWML—Lutheran Women in Mission.

Greetings from my friend, Cherry, my husband, Bill, and myself! Love to all of you!

Patti

Cherry, Bill, and I attending LWML Sunday