December 2016

eNewsletter from the LWML Christian Life Committee

The purpose of the Christian Life Committee is to provide materials to engage, encourage, and equip women to grow in their Christian faith and service.

Experience JOY in the journey as you share LWML Bible studies and products with your districts and zones, and especially your webmaster, so that these resources may reach and benefit each society and LWML member. The easiest way to get started is to view the LWML Store.

ENGAGE:  The Christmas season is a great time of year to engage young and old in the love that is God! Available as free printable downloads on the LWML website are notecards and bookmarks ready for coloring. Check out the new Christmas selection. Plant the seeds of God's love and grace by sharing these colorful bookmarks or Mustard Seed Devotions. Put them in Christmas cards, goodie bags to be given away to nursing homes, first responders, or new church members! LWML has many great Mustard Seed topics to choose from, including large print versions. See pages 11-13 of the online catalog for these short Scripture and prayer devotions that equip us to Begin with God and engage in the Race of Faith.

ENCOURAGE:  District and Zone Christian Life Chairmen can encourage groups and individuals to lead or participate in a new Bible study. Whether women need to confront Whatever ... Life Brings,experience Living with Pain, or share a Mountaintop Journey with Jesus, LWML offers Bible studies and prayer books in print, on CD, or in downloadable formats. View pages 6-8 of the catalog for great ideas.

ENJOY:  Why not begin and enjoy the New Year with a new Bible? The new Today's Light Bible and LWML Butterfly Bible Cover will get you started right. As you make plans to attend the 75th Anniversary Convention, consider the opportunity of spending a few moments working the Christian Life booth in the display area. A call for workers with time selections will follow in February. Contact information for new District Christian Life Chairmen may be sent to jenhuecker@gmail.com

 CLC Thoughts: What a privilege as Christian Life leaders to provide opportunities and ideas for sharing God's Word. We just need to offer ideas and specific information on where to find them. Begin your search for materials online at the LWML website or call CPH at 800-325-3040 to place an order.

Please make time to share the online LWML Catalog and Bible studies with your districts and zones. This is the best way to reach each society with resources! And remember all LWML resources have passed LCMS doctrinal review.                                             

One last request: if your district has a new District President or Christian Life leader, please send her name and email address to lwml@lwml.org, so she can be added to the distribution list. Also, please forward this to anyone in your district that might find this information helpful – including your webmaster!

Blessings as you serve Him.

Your Christian Life Committee: Anne Hartman, Terri Wenzel, Jennifer Huecker

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July 2016

eNewsletter from the LWML Christian Life Committee

The purpose of the Christian Life Committee is to provide materials to engage, encourage, and equip women to grow in their Christian faith and service.

ENGAGE:  The summer season is in full swing, but soon the fall season will begin, and Fall Zone Rallies will be a part of our schedules. These rallies provide us with the opportunity for promoting new ideas to engage all our members in Bible study. Some suggested studies can be found in the online LWML Catalog.

ENCOURAGE:  Make a display for your district board meeting and encourage each Zone Christian Life Chairman to also make a display or handout featuring pictures from the online LWML Catalog. Page 4 features the New Today’s Light Devotional Bible, #LWML012104, with a full description on the back page of the catalog. Pages 6 and 7 are full of new Bible studies, with download options. Each study offers six to eight sessions, for individual use, or especially designed for group study, on a wide variety of topics.

ENJOY:  Donna Pyle’s DVD Bible studies, Overflowing Abundance (#LWML68932, workbook #LWML68933) and Your Strong Suit (#LWML68930, workbook #LWML68931) are inspirational and enjoyable to share with every group. You may want to use one of these as a retreat or workshop. Her shorter studies described on page 7 of the catalog, (#LWML68940 - #LWML68947) are designed to be a blessing within the group setting or for individual study.

CLC CHALLENGE: Whether women are looking for studies featured on pages 8 and 9 or looking for shorter devotions from the Mustard Seed packets, pages 11, 12, and 13, it is our opportunity as Christian Life Leaders to provide ideas for sharing God’s Word. The materials are available. We just need to offer ideas and specific information on where to find them.

Please make time to share the online LWML Catalog and Bible studies with your districts and zones. This is the best way to reach each society with resources! And remember all LWML resources have passed LCMS doctrinal review.                                             

One last request: if your district has a new District President or Christian Life leader, please send her name and email address to lwml@lwml.org, so she can be added to the distribution list. Also, please forward this to anyone in your district that might find this information helpful – including your webmaster!

Blessings as you serve Him.

Your Christian Life Committee: Anne Hartman, Terri Wenzel, Jennifer Huecker

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April 2016

eNewsletter from the LWML Christian Life Committee

The purpose of the Christian Life Committee is to provide materials to engage, encourage, and equip women to grow in their Christian faith and service.

The 2016 LWML Prayer service is available now in multiple formats.

• The service, “Wanted: Workers in God’s Harvest Field,” expands on the theme from the 2015 Convention theme “Bountiful! Sow • Nourish • Reap.” Follow this link for all the resources equipping you to engage your congregation in this service. www.lwml.org/prayer-service

Donna Pyle Video Bible Studies: Each study contains eight sessions.

• Overflowing Abundance video series — This study will inspire and equip!
• Your Strong Suit video series — Based on Ephesians 6:10–18, your group will enjoy this study.
• Look for two new video series to be ready at the 2017 Convention in Albuquerque, NM.

2016 District Conventions — Do you have an LWML author speaking at your convention?
Consider having their LWML product available and encourage your attendees to purchase them. Offer a time the speaker can sign their work. Below is just a listing of a few of these products that you can find in the LWML Store.

• At Table with Jesus — Rev. Kris Whitby
• Mustard Seeds — Numerous authors will be speaking at conventions including Jan Struck, Elaine Bickel, Rev. Kris Whitby and Rev. Mike Mattil
• A Sparrow’s Worth — Donna Pyle
• Gifts, Chosen for You — Cheryl Mattil
• Our Hope and Future — The following all by Donna Pyle
  Love's Priceless Gift
  Unveiled Faces
  Faith or Famine
  Facedown Worship
  I Surrender!
  One Extraordinary Night
  No Stranger in the Manger 

Many convention speakers also have resources that are free, downloadable items.
They are easy to access at www.lwml.org. Follow the link under The Word tab at the top left of
the home page. Click on the Bible Studies and Program Helps to find many free resources that
are easy to print and use with your group.

One final thought … some convention speakers also have CPH published items. Feel free to
browse their website for your speaker’s work. www.cph.org. Blessings as you prepare for your
conventions!

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CALL—Connecting All LWML Leaders

July/August 2015: Volume 1, Issue 16

eNewsletter from the LWML Christian Life Committee

Wrapping It Up … with THANKS!

The Christian Life Committee did a great job of connecting to district leaders with timely, relevant, and uplifting information via this newsletter. We thank Cheryl Hamil, Saron Yohannes, and Chairman, Kaye Cairns, for their dedication in producing a monthly eNewsletter.

However, I would be very remiss not to thank YOU—the leaders and readers!

• If you had not opened the linked or attached newsletter,

  • If you had not shared it,

    • If you had not responded with ideas,

      • It would have been "just another email."

We saw it attached to district newsletters. (What a great idea!)
We got ideas from district newsletters. (Sharing great ideas!)
We got your responses and continually updated the distribution list with your input.

We could not have done it without you. Thanks for partnering with us!

Some BIG IDEAS from Convention … and Beyond!

• The Time is NOW to intentionally be in God’s Word at every gathering with your sisters in Christ – read a devotion, use a Bible study, or share a Mustard Seed Devotion.

• The Time is NOW to recognize that women lead very busy lives and struggle to have time with God. Point out that LWML has online daily Mustard Seed Devotions that take one minute to read, but will give her strength and joy all the hours of her day.

• The Time is NOW to look through the new LWML Catalog or online store and pick out Christian Life products and resources to order for your LWML store at district convention or as gifts for your board members.

• The Time is NOW to publicize LWML events or Bible studies in a new way. Take photos of these events and post them on social media to encourage women to come to your next event; use the photos in your church newsletter, too, or make a poster.

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CALL—Connecting All LWML Leaders

June 2015: Volume 1, Issue 15

eNewsletter from the LWML Christian Life Committee

Meeting Planning is Getting Easier

The Program Helps portion of the LWML website is found under “The Word” tab or you can go directly to www.lwml.org/program‐helps. There you will find 12, new for 2015, devotions or Bible studies free for download. In addition, you can select Devotions, Bible Studies, Sketches and Drama, PowerPoints, or Creative Crafts. Titles under each of these options are listed alphabetically and have a descriptive tag. When you click on the title, the resource opens on your computer. You can read it, save it, share it, and print it. All resources are free and you can make as many copies as you need. Titles will continue to be added as they become available. May their use be a blessing to you and those with whom you share them!

Easy to Access! Easy to Share!

The Time is NOW to use free LWML resources!

2015–2017 reSOURCEs for Planning Programs

This “grab and go” resource provides two years of thematic monthly meeting plans. You can print as many copies as you need of any of the resources which include icebreakers, devotions (all new), Bible studies (20 new), Mission Servant projects, reference to Mission Grants projects, and a periodic sketch (five new). Available for purchase in printed form (237 pages, 3‐hole punched, in plastic sleeve) or FREE as a download at www.lwml.org.
Item #: LWML14223 $23.00

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