Here are some installation litanies and meditations to choose from as you install LWML leaders.
Installation of District Officers
Installation Service Meditation
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A printable PDF can be found at the end of this article.
Suggested LWML Resources for Assisted Living Centers
These suggested resources were chosen during the COVID-19 pandemic with special consideration for the needs of the elderly, visually or hearing impaired, or small-motor challenged residents. Most items are available for a free download at lwml.org. Links are provided below in purple.
Bible Studies — An extensive Bible study collection, below are a few suggestions:
- Whatever ... Keeping Your Heart in Tune with Whatever Life Brings
- Mountaintop Journeys with Jesus
- Our Hope and Future
- God’s Quilt of Comfort: Wrapping Up in the Psalms
Devotions — A collection of over 150 devotions, below are a few suggestions:
- A Circle of Light — comfort and hope
- Always Learning — Bible reading
- A Time Such as This — trust
- Be Faithful — heaven
- Compassion in Our Daily Life — care for others
- Finding Peace in Troubling Times — peace and comfort
- My Light with a Purpose — purpose
- Why Was I Left Here? — encouragement
- All Along Life’s Way — women of the Bible at all ages and stages
- As A Mother Comforts Her Child — comfort
- Something is Missing — blessings
Daily Email Devotion
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Podcasts — LWML on the Go Podcasts — similar to a short radio broadcast
- Episode 52 — Hope when Old and Gray
- Episode 42 — Serving as a Prayer Warrior
- Episodes 1–24 — Praying the Psalms
- Episode 59 — The Lingering Wait
- Episode 54 — Hope of Eternal Life
Group Activities — fun activities with small groups
Craft Activities — downloadable adult coloring pages and easy ornament instructions
Visual Faith — coloring sheets, cards, bookmarks, and more
Hearing Impaired — links to YouTube videos
Visually Impaired — Lutheran Braille Workers offer free of charge, selected LWML resources in braille and large print
God’s Quilt of Comfort: Wrapping Up in the Psalms
Retreat/Workshop on Comfort, 50 pages, by Diane J Grebing
This LWML retreat package includes 5 Bible studies focusing on comfort found in the Psalms as well as optional quilting and visual faith coloring activities. It can be used as a group or individual Bible study, a quilting retreat, inspirational openings for a quilt group or a lock-in program for teens and their mothers. Even non-quilters will find inspiration in the Psalms and enjoy the visual faith aspect of creating their own paper quilt blocks.
Download the PDF of this retreat
God’s Quilt of Comfort: Wrapping Up in the Psalms — color version
God’s Quilt of Comfort: Wrapping Up in the Psalms — b/w version
Ways to Use This Bible Study
Just as there are a number of ways to make a quilt, there are also a number of ways to use this Bible study/retreat. You might:
- Study the five sessions of this course to dive into the psalms in a traditional women’s Bible study group.
- Relax under your own comforting quilt and use this as an individual study of selected psalms. You do not need to be a quilter to appreciate the quilting illustrations used in the sessions.
- Construct a paper quilt of comfort based on the psalms in this study using faith-journaling techniques. Following each Bible study, give each participant a 4-inch by 4-inch (or larger) square of white cardstock paper. Encourage individuals to decorate their “quilt block” with words of comfort from the studied psalms. Thoughts can be organized in geometric patterns similar to those used by quilters. Drawings and symbols may also be used as a way to communicate the comfort found in the Scripture. This is a way to introduce people to faith journaling. Faith journaling is a way of using art and short phrases to record thoughts, insights, and ideas from Bible verses and Bible accounts. If individuals do not want to design their own quilt blocks, see pages 42–47 for some patterns to duplicate. Laminate each completed block. Tape the completed blocks together with colorful patterned washi tape or other decorative tape to form a paper quilt. Display at a nursing home or in a lounge area in your church.
- Plan a quilting retreat with women of different ages. Use this study as the central focus of your retreat. Take time to quilt between study sessions. Include novice quilters and those with advanced skills.
- Use the sessions of this study as inspirational openings for established quilting group meetings.
- Use the sessions of this study as part of a one-day or day-and-a-half LWML gathering or congregational women’s gathering. Encourage participants to bring finished quilts that they own. Invite participants to share background information about the quilts they bring (who made it, why it was made, why it is special, and so on) as a part of your gathering.
- Gather in an assisted living or nursing home facility and use this study as a special time together in God’s Word. Many residents in these facilities have their own quilts or have received quilts as gifts. These quilts will be great visual aids as various psalms are studied. Many residents may have been, or continue to be, active quilters. Draw upon the expertise of these individuals throughout your study. Adult coloring is also popular at many facilities. Utilize the quilt blocks and faith journaling ideas with your participants.
- Organize a lock-in for high school girls and their moms. Encourage participants to bring quilts they own or that their family owns as part of their bedding for the event. In addition to the Bible study, invite quilters to teach the participants some basic quilting techniques. What a joy to have moms and daughters together in God’s Word, as well as perhaps leading them into a quilting hobby they can share! See above for a paper quilting idea.
- Invite quilters in your community to this study to make this a Christian outreach event. Think about holding your study at a quilting, sewing, or craft store over several evenings or weeks.
In the psalms, God uses many creative writing techniques and images to comfort us. Quilters use many creative techniques as they design and sew quilts. Don’t be afraid to be creative in the manner you decide to use for your presentation of this Bible study!
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We Are HIS! Bookmarks and Notecards to color
FREE Printables for you to color!
They come as one-sided notecards 4/page for you to print on paper or cardstock, color, and cut apart. Then use them as notes or to include in care packages or meals to brighten someone’s day.
They are also available in a narrow format — perfect for bookmarks, or for use as Bible margins.
This set is based on the theme: We are HIS! — Held by HIS Word. Inspired to share HIS story. Surrounded by HIS grace.
Bookmarks — We are HIS! assortment
Notecards — We are HIS! assortment
Artist and illustrator Valerie Matyas created this set of notecards and bookmarks for the LWML in joyful service to the Lord. Valerie is a member of the Bay Zone in the Michigan District and attends St. Paul Lutheran Church in Bay City, MI, where her husband serves as Pastor. Valerie is the Educational Development Consultant for Visual Faith Ministry.
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November Eucharisteo Project
During the days leading up to Thanksgiving, consider setting apart a time of reflection and Eucharisteo (a Greek word meaning ’saying grace’ or ’giving thanks’). Beginning November 1, you are invited to participate in a Scripture reading plan that is focused on giving thanks to God.
You might even take it a step further, selecting a verse (or portions of verses) from the day’s reading to write out on index cards, a note pad, or a journal. The discipline of writing Scripture engages your head, hands, and heart. It slows us down, letting the Word sink in. It also gives us tangible reminders to keep at our fingertips, to display in our homes, or to share with our family and friends.
The November Scripture Reading Plan begins November 1 and ends November 26.
You may choose to string or clip the cards on a ribbon to make a “Thanksgiving Garland”, include them in Thanksgiving cards, or use them as place cards at your table. Share your daily verse on social media #lwmlintheword
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Advent Bible Journaling
If you use an Advent devotion or Scripture reading plan, consider adding a visual response element this year. Here is a guide for journaling using a template with small spaces for daily reflection as published in the 2020 Fall Lutheran Woman's Quarterly. (A completed template is shown here for inspiration and direction.)
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Instructions for using this devotional template
In the margins of the devotion book, or on a piece of paper, summarize the devotion or Scripture reading in one or two sentences. (For example, if you read Matthew 1:22–23 you may write: “God fulfilled His promise of a Savior as prophesied in Isaiah.”)
Next, narrow it even further, using fewer words to summarize what it says to you. Write those words inside a space on the template. (Based on the sentence above I may say, “God keeps His promises!”)
Any word pictures or images that come to mind, can be incorporated with, or instead of, words.
As you reflect and respond to each reading, you can look back and review previous responses. What is God revealing on your Advent journey?
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Everyday-Themed Bookmarks and Notecards to color
FREE Printables for you to color!
They come as one-sided notecards 4/page for you to print on paper or cardstock, color, and cut apart. Then use them as notes or to include in care packages or meals to brighten someone’s day.
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Bookmarks — Everyday-themed assortment
Notecards — Everyday-themed assortment
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