Area Women attend the Lutheran Women's Missionary League Convention

[May 09, 2018] 

The 73rd Annual Convention of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) was held on Saturday, April 28, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Bloomington. The convention theme was “Look Up! Look In! Look Out!”

Approximately 295 delegates, members and guests participated. The opening Devotion and Bible study was led by Rev. Mark Peters, Sr. District Counselor, from Faith Lutheran Church in Lincoln, IL.

Hosts for the convention were women of the Bloomington Zone, which included El Paso, Wenona, Bloomington, Danvers, Minier, Varna and Normal.

The main speaker for the convention was Gary Thies from Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) Mission Central in Iowa. His topic was “Not Normal”.

LWML Centrala Illinois District (CID) President, Sheila Lutz, chaired the business session. The Mite Box offering goal for 2018-2019 was set at $95,000. Mite Box funds are used to support mission grants selected annually from submission to LWML, by vote.

The offerings will be allocated to the following projects:

1. Student Aid for Church Workers

2. Camp Cilca Christian Growth Center

3. Food Banks: Ft. Wayne and St. Louis Seminaries

4. Lutheran Library for the Blind..Audio book conversion.

Women attending the convention also brought items for the Orphan Grain Train and LCMS Disaster Relief.

Area ladies attending were from Faith Lutheran Church and Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln, Zion Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski, Chestnut Zion Lutheran Church, and Christ Lutheran Church in Clinton.

Next year's convention will be held on April 26 & 27th, 2019 in Danville.

[JoAnne Marlin, Zion Lutheran Church, Lincoln]