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

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