A fabulous, amazing, very blessed birthday meeting was held on Wednesday 11 September, 2019. Just a few of the words that were used by our ladies and guest speaker, Ruby Stodard. There were almost 50 of us including 16 visitors and two men, with lots of laughing, singing, listening, chatting, asking questions and eating, we sang Happy Birthday and we cut the cake. Pastor’s devotion focused on the women and young girls in the Bible …
Theme: Life is Like a Box of Chocolates – Hosts: Bethania A beautiful day – plenty of sunshine – much fellowship. (The floral displays incorporated chocolates in amongst the flowers.) After morning tea in the foyer of Bethania Lutheran Church, we moved into the church with seating around tables. President of Bethania Ladies Fellowship, Chris McDermott, welcomed everyone. Fifty ladies from the BS&GC Zone and ladies from LWQ plus 4 gentlemen gathered. Zone President, Naomi …
… meets regularly and would love to welcome new members – not so easy these days. I thought I would tell you about a couple of interesting things, one a ‘one-off’ and the other is ongoing. Recently, a long-time member, Ros Hartwig and her daughter, Karla, participated in the “Walk My Way” April project for ALWS. Ros began training earlier, doing many walks around Temora to get her body ready for the 26km walk in …
Elaine Pfitzner, a lifetime servant of her Lord, passed away on 20 July 2019 after a ten-year-long illness which baffled doctors for many years. It was eventually diagnosed as Sezary Syndrome, a T Cell Lymphoma. This full body, itchy skin condition was an ongoing challenge which she dealt with stoically and, in typical fashion, without complaint. Elaine and Peter, her husband of 52 years, spent much of those ten years travelling to and staying in …
Last year marked the 50th Lutheran Women of NSW (LWNSW) Retreat, which brought back memories of retreats in the past. Since the NSW District Warrambui Retreat and Conference Centre added motel style accommodation in 2008, we no longer had retreats in the Dome. In the new village, it was exciting to be in a room with an ensuite with only four women. The Dome is a round building with dormitory rooms with six bunk beds …
With a room full of laughter and happy faces, the Guild ladies and the Men’s fellowship of Trinity Lutheran Church, Warrnambool, held a combined annual breakup function on December 7th – a dinner and Dutch Auction. Pre-dinner drinks and nibbles preceded barbecued sausages and hamburgers with yummy salads. Dessert was the ever-popular fruit salad and ice cream. A decorated Christmas tree stood against the wall with brightly wrapped gifts that everyone had brought, piled around …
10, or so, regular members meet on the first Thursday of the month. A typical meeting is held at St John’s Hall always starting with a devotion and Bible study. We belong to the Naracoorte combined Guilds and take part in 2 events per year: The World Day of Prayer and the Christmas Social. Each year we prepare and pack 50 birthing kits for PNG. When possible, an annual sewing bee is held to make …
Meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the month with 16 members present. The yearly program has had a facelift thanks to pastor’s wife, Tracey. Members act as hostesses for meetings by providing afternoon tea, having opening devotion and lead with project prayer. Some meetings are held in homes, others in the church hall when we sometimes have a guest speaker and a shared lunch. Pastor Murray Smith leads in Bible study from the …
We are a small group of six members who meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month. We start the meeting with the devotion from the Lutheran Women magazine. Our Bible study, also from the Lutheran Women, is led by Pastor Joshua Muller or Mrs Coral Jenke. We have been supporting the LWA/LWSA-NT projects and Gifts of Grace. We have also baked honey biscuits for Christmas cheer. We have a varied program from swapping recipes …
9 April, 2019 Hosts for the day, Immanuel Buderim, welcomed ladies and gentlemen with morning tea on Fellowship Terrace. A fitting start to the day, enjoying the beautiful sunshine after much needed rain. Zone President, Judith Smyth welcomed 60 members and friends with our Theme: We are God’s Show and Tell. Hebrews 10:24-25 … and let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up …
Murbko Ladies Guild continue to meet on the third Tuesday afternoon of each month. Bible Study from the Lutheran Womenis led by Pastor Peter Traeger and is the highlight of our meetings. Many and varied discussions usually result – sometimes questions asked are not related to the Bible study of the day. Despite a membership of only seven, we are able to continue to support LWSA-NT projects with monetary donations. A trading table is held at each meeting to help boost funds. In …
2018 began when the Women’s Fellowship Committee met in January to organise our program for the year. The program was given out to all members at our first Fellowship Meeting in February. Our Women’s’ Fellowship is a small group of around 10 – 16 members with most of us retired. We meet every second Wednesday of the month. We welcomed a new member and with God’s Blessings, two of our members Val Grau and Elva …