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L WML-NED Lutheran W ome n ’s Missionary League
New England District
®
Mission Goal for 2014-2016- $57,000
MISSION GRANT UPDATE
As of July 15, we have collected toward our mission goal of . Praise be to God that $9,692.01 $57,000
our “mission minded” LWML sisters have given “mites” in the amount of in one month $3,072.39
towards our Mission Projects.
$2,500 Basement Mold Abatement and Removal in Hope, Bangor, ME PAID
$2,000 for Orphan Grain Train, New England Division. PAID
We currently have toward our third mission project—
Church Worker Scholarships, LWML-NED $7,000. The Church worker scholarship
funds will provide scholarships to students from the New England District attending LCMS colleges and seminaries in preparation to become pastors, teachers, and other church workers.
THE TIME IS NOW TO SAVE THOSE MITES AND SEND THEM TO: Shirley Schindler, LWML Treasurer, 6 Davis Road, Ellington, CT 06029-3701
Be sure to check our website at WWW.lwml-ned.org for updates to our mission goal progress!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
BIO OF OUR RETREAT SPEAKER- RENATA BOWERS
Renata Bowers is a wife, mother, author, member of First Lutheran Church in Holyoke.
MA, and lives in Northern Connecticut with her husband, Dave, and their sons, Hunter
and Garreth. Renata will lead this 2014 Fall Retreat as we all discover more about our
own individual story.
More retreat information and the forms can be found at lwml-ned.org
Pass It On Volume 7, No. 1 • July 15, 2014
We hope you are enjoying these issues of “Pass It On” —
a tool that you can use to share the latest, most up-to-date information
on what is happening in the New England District and nationally.
For more news and information, visit www.LWML-NED.org.
2015 LWML 36TH BIENNIAL NATIONAL CONVENTION-
When: THURSDAY, JUNE 25-SUNDAY JUNE 28, 2015
Where: Iowa Events Center – Des Moines, Iowa
Theme: Bountiful! Sow + Nourish + Reap
For up-to-date information, visit www.lwml.org/conventions
2016 LWML-NED CONVENTION – APRIL 8-9, 2016
Host Zone: MT. LAURAL
Theme: Still Quenched By the Water- Based on Philippians 3:13-14
ARE YOU WILLING TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES OF A SHORT TERM MISSION TRIP?
THEN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION!
—NED ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS ANY TIME OF YEAR!
SCHOLARSHIP GOOD NEWS!
BOB AND BARB GIGER HAVE BEEN AWARDED $400 EACH, BY THE NED FOR A SHORT TERM MISSION TRIP TO ALASKA!
Don’t miss out! Complete an application (see website),
obtain two recommendations, and send them all to Cindy Zattich at [email protected]
WHAT DO SHOPPING AND LWML HAVE IN COMMON? THEY BOTH MAKE ME SMILE!
Do you use Amazon to do your shopping? If so, you can support LWML at the same time because our organization is now included in the list of charities on the Amazon website. This is how it works:
Go to smile.amazon.com to login to your Amazon account.
To select your charity go to "Your Account" in the upper right corner of the site page.
LWML is listed with the St. Louis, Missouri, address. (There are many Lutheran groups listed.)
Click the yellow "select" button and begin shopping!
Once you set this up, every time you login to smile.amazon.com, 1/2% of your eligible purchases will be donated to LWML.