Month: May 2018

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Here Comes the month of June

… or “here comes the bride”. Doing a quick internet search I found figures reporting June as the highest wedding month with 10.8% of weddings taking place during June. Some reported September and October as surpassing June recently.

Are you invited to a wedding this month? Perhaps a bridal shower? As a Lutheran Woman in Mission is there an opportunity for you to share the love of Jesus and His Word with the wedding couple?

Yes, there is! First, you have to show up. Yes, you have to stop what you are working on Saturday afternoon to dress up and attend the ceremony or the bridal shower. Remember the wedding at Cana (John 2:2). Jesus showed up!

Secondly, you have to support the couple with prayer. Read Philippians 1:9-11.

And, finally, in your wedding or shower gift, share the Word of God with them through devotions centered on marriage from the LWML. These two inexpensive devotions (see below) can be tucked in gifts and they may just resonate with the couple when they see them. The Holy Spirit will guide that process in their hearts if you only get the devotions into their hands. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings (1 Corinthians 9:23).

I’m not just advertising product. I’m talking about resources LWML has developed to help you in your outreach to God’s people. Take advantage of the opportunity and then see how the Holy Spirit will use your efforts in the lives of newlywed couples.

Here are two resources to pass along with your gifts that are available from the LWML store.

Together is BetterWith This RingTogether is Better A small devotional book that includes scripture, devotions, activities, and prayers written by Rev. Larry and Shari Miller. It sells for $5.50.

With this Ring Mustard Seed Devotions 28 single-page devotions written by Rev. Wes and Sonja Baumeister. Sells for $1.50.

Be a woman in mission while celebrating the special event of a wedding this month!

In His Service,
Patti

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Delays

My blog is late this week because I was late getting back from Mobile today (15 hours). The LWML Convention Programming Committee and the LWML Executive Committee met in Mobile, AL last week to start planning the 2019 LWML 38th Biennial Convention for next year, June 20-23. On the way home Sunday, Houston and Atlanta had storms and things became interesting. LWML Convention Manager, Marguerite Christman, and I were traveling together. We ended up getting the last flight out of Mobile to Houston, spent the night in Houston, had our morning flight to Oklahoma City delayed a couple hours and then when we got to OKC I had to rent a car and drive to Tulsa since all Houston to Tulsa flights were full. We met some interesting people along the way. Fellow travelers, fellow tired travelers.

I thought Marguerite and I traveled well together. The gate assistant, Maria, in Mobile went out to the plane and re-tagged our bags when we changed flights. The LWML travel agent, Tammy Hemsath, at Midwest Managed Travel interrupted her Sunday evening to rearrange our travel. The steward on our flight out of Mobile ended up being on our flight from Houston to OKC. Meeting Manager, Leslie Jaseph kept an eye on everyone’s travel. One big happy family.

There are some really nice people out there. As you travel this summer, take time to notice them, thank God for them and of course, thank Him for His travel mercies He extends to you. Ask Vice President of Christian Life, Jennifer Huecker, about her “witnessing” experiences on her way to Mobile last week.

Oh, by the way, Mobile is a really cool city! So much to see and do I hope we can keep you all interested in being in the convention hall! Lutheran Women in Mission there are already working hard on the Host Committee to make it a great experience for you next summer. Thanks to all of them who made last week so pleasant and thanks to the Circuit 11 pastors and wives who shared dinner with us while there!

Can’t wait to travel back there. Think I’ll drive next time!

This Memorial Day weekend we remember those who gave their lives for our country.

Love, Patti

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Checking out Mobile, Alabama

Bags are packed and as of 6:50 a.m. Monday I will be on my way to Mobile, Alabama, site of our 2019 LWML Convention. It will be our 38th Biennial Convention and the second time a national convention has been held in Mobile. The last one was in 1973. I did not attend but my mother did and I have some photos from her visit there.

June 20-23, 2019—put it on your calendar and start saving up to come praise the Lord with your LWML family. The theme is from 1 Chronicles 16:23-24a, Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations.

This week the Convention Programming Committee (CPC) and the LWML Executive Committee (EC) will be meeting in Mobile. In addition to our regular business meeting we will be able to tour the convention center, visit the hotels, look at possible field trip locations, and tourist areas to recommend and meet some of the convention center personnel. This is always an exciting initial glimpse and vision of how the convention may look.

The Convention Programming Committee plans the business, worship, entertainment, speakers, audio-visual, activities, and what needs to happen. The Host Committee, which is made up of members of the Louisiana-Mississippi, Gulf States and Florida-Georgia LWML districts, plans the transportation, decorations, ushers, servers, gets the musicians, handles the banners, offerings, works in the exhibit hall, and many other duties. It takes several hundred volunteers from now until next June to create a friendly and efficient environment to make your convention experience as pleasant as possible.

Thanks be to God for these wonderful volunteer workers! Please include them in your prayers and give them encouragement between now and next June. And come check out their handiwork in Mobile next year!

Love, Patti

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Mother Like Mine

There’s a song by one of my favorite bands, The Band Perry, that I love and that makes me think of my mother and, perhaps, the way I’d hope my children thought about me someday. I’ll share the lyrics with you. Try to pull the song up on your phone and listen to it. My Mother’s Day greeting to you!

Mother Like Mine

She’s the sky that holds the clouds
She’s the lady of the house
A blind believer in all I dare to be
There’s no safer place I’ve found
Than the shoulder of her white night gown
Oh I’ve got the best and the worst of her in me
And I’d share her if I could

So the wars would all be over
‘Cause she’d raise us all as friends
And no one would ever wonder if somebody wanted them
We’d walk on grass that’s greener
And our cares would all be freer
If the world had a mother like mine

She’s our father’s one great love
She’s the one he wanted most
She’s the light in the window of the house I grew up in
She takes the midnight call
She’s the bravest of us all
Still she sings in the garden she lets her hair down in

Oh the wars would all be over
‘Cause she’d raise us all as friends
And no one would ever wonder if somebody wanted them
Tonight would be easier
And our dreams would all be deeper
If the world had a mother like mine

Don’t go away
Don’t go away from me
Oh I understand
She is a helping hand
Still I have to say

She’s the sky that holds the clouds
She’s the lady of our house
We all need her
But no one more than me

Oh the wars would all be over
‘Cause she’d raise us all as friends
And no one would ever wonder if somebody wanted them
We’d walk on grass that’s greener
And the dishes would all be cleaner
If the world had a mother like mine

 

I hope you get to spend Mother’s Day with someone you love!     Patti

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