Featured February 2020 — MINING HIDDEN TALENTS

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace (1 Peter 4:10).

Icebreaker idea: My HiddenTalent – Demonstrate or tell about a hidden talent that you have (e.g., making balloon animals, bake-off queen, playing the tuba).

Devotion — New: Finding Hidden Talents

Bible Study — New: Mining Hidden Talents
Also available: Mining Hidden Talents — Leader Guide

Mission Service Project: Contact a local organization that serves individuals with special needs and ask about any particular needs they may have. Then select a project and fulfill it. Include a way to share the Gospel as a part of your plan (if it is allowed by the organization you are serving).

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured January 2020 — BALANCING ACT

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31).

Icebreaker idea: Keeping Your Balance – Name one change you had to make to your calendar this week to balance your schedule.

Devotion — New: Balancing Act

Bible Study — New: Balancing Life’s Challenges
Also available: Balancing Life's Challenges — Leader Guide

Responsive Reading — New: Our God is a God of Life

Mission Service Project: Collect winter comfort foods with a balance of meat and vegetables (e.g., soup, stew, chili) to donate to a local food pantry

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured December 2019 — A SWEET SEASON

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them (Luke 2:20).

Icebreaker idea: Christmas Sweets – What’s your favorite sweet treat to eat at Christmas?

Devotion — New: A Sweet Season

Bible Study — New: The Sweet Gospel Message
Also available: The Sweet Gospel Message — Leader Guide

Program Event — New: Sweet Christmas

Mission Servants Project: Collect new stuffed animals for a community Christmas gift ingathering. Include manger animals such as sheep, cows, donkeys, and camels in your collection.

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured November 2019 — ALWAYS THANKFUL

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Icebreaker idea: Thankful Notes – Briefly share something from the past week about which you are thankful. 

Devotion — New: Taking Time to Contem’Plate

Bible Study — New: Always Thankful
Also available: Always Thankful — Leader Guide

Program — New: Decorating the Mitten Tree

Mission Servants Project: Create Thanksgiving cards for veterans in your congregation. 

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured October 2019 — LOVING AND RESPECTING AUTHORITY

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work (1 Thessalonians 5:12– 13).

Icebreaker idea: Influencers – Briefly tell about an authority in your life who has influenced your life positively, and how she or he did so. 

Devotion — New: Showing our Pastors and Church Workers Love and Respect

Bible Study — New: Loving and Respecting Authority
Also available: Loving and Respecting Authority — Leader Guide

Mission Servants Project: Invite your pastor to your group meeting and recognize him for his service. Or, plan a Sunday morning reception to honor your pastor(s).

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured September 2019 — GRACE-FULL WOMEN

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you (Ephesians 4:32).

Icebreaker idea: Showing Grace – In small groups of 3–5 women, take turns sharing with one another a positive quality about someone in in your small group.

Devotion — New: A Grace-Full Woman

Bible Study — New: Grace-Full Women
Also available: Grace-Full Women — Leader Guide

Sketch — New: Coffee Shop Grace

Mission Servants Project: Plan this month to do one or more specific acts of grace (e.g., create a card or gift to show appreciation for a friend, your boss, your pastor, or a home-bound member in your congregation; pay for the lunch of the person behind you in line; phone or visit someone who is recently widowed).

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured August 2019 — JOY IN THE JOURNEY

Set your minds on things that are above (Colossians 3:2a).

Icebreaker idea: Travels – If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?

Devotion — Opening: Faith is … Setting Our Minds on Things Eternal
Devotion — Closing: Simple Trust (The End is Just the Beginning)
Devotion — New: Journey

Bible Study — Select from the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly, Summer 2019.

Mission Servants Project: ENCOURAGE women on their personal faith walk by hosting a “Joy in the Journey” salad luncheon or supper. Provide babysitting for women with young children. Ask several women from your group to share some experiences from their own faith walks. Use one of the devotions for this month. Pray for one another’s needs. 

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.