LUTHERAN WOMEN'S MISSIONARY LEAGUE

LOUISIANA - MISSISSIPPI DISTRICT

    Lutheran Women in Mission -- Serve the Lord with Gladness! (Psalms 100:2)

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 THE 2008 LA-MS DISTRICT CONVENTION IS FAST APPROACHING ...

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REGISTRATION

An online printable registration form will be available by March 13, 2008.

If you did not receive a registration form or need other information about registration, please contact :

June Thomas, 476 Country Club Road, Leesville, LA  71446, 337/239-2420

Registration fee for the convention is $40.00

Y       If you wish to participate in the servant event by giving blood, please mark the appropriate spot on the registration form or contact Gladys Brown at (504) 866-4452, or gladysbbrown1@bellsouth.net

Y       If you wish to participate in the servant event by going to River Oaks Retirement Manor Nursing Care Center on Friday, please mark the appropriate spot on the registration form

HOTEL REGISTRATION

Hotel reservations can be made by calling Holiday Inn at 337/233-6814 or 1/800/942-4868 or go to www.holidayinn.com/lafayettela. The address is 2032 NE Evangeline Thruway, Lafayette. La. Hotel room rate with two to a room is $85.24 and includes the tax.

Please be aware that there is no elevator. If you cannot climb stairs, be sure to request a room on the bottom floor.

MEALS MENU

Friday Evening Hospitality Room

Meal Package                                                                                                              $70.00

Saturday Traditional Breakfast                                                                                      $13.00

Saturday Lunch- Ham and Cheese with iced tea                                                             $15.00

Saturday Night Banquet- Seafood Stuffed Chicken Breast or Cajun Pork Loin                $34.00

Sunday Breakfast                                                                                                           $12.00

 Total if purchased individually                                                                                         $74.00

CONVENTION INGATHERING

Items to be collected and given to MEN and WOMEN:

Powder, Shampoo, Pull Ups: Small, Medium, and Large, Socks: Low Cut or Ankle Cut, Female and Male Body Spray, Male Caps or Gloves, Female Scarf or Shawls, Female and Male Slippers, Tooth Paste and Toothbrushes, Hair Brushes and Combs, Deodorants, Lotions, and Warm Ups; Large and Medium.

Each congregation is to place a SCRIPTURE with Large print inside your plastic zipper seal bags with your ingathering gifts:

For you are our Rock and our fortress; and for your name’s sake you lead us and guide us.

Y       You will find the servant registration forms in the spring District Newsletter, The Mission Voice, for information regarding the Convention Servant Events. Sign up to serve Ingathering and Servant Events Toiletries for the River Oaks Retirement Manor Nursing Care Center. The Retirement Center service event will be on Friday at 1:00. 

Y       You can also donate blood on Saturday at 10:00.Please complete the forms that will be found in the spring District Newsletter and mail them to Gladys B. Brown, District Mission Service Committee Chairman, 1516 Adams Street, New Orleans, LA 70118. or contact her at (504) 866-4452, or gladysbbrown1@bellsouth.net

A.  Thrivent – Ken McQuirter – Financial Consultant – Focus on Financial Management.    This is a great seminar for all ages. It covers cash, risk management, investments, retirement, tax and estate planning. It includes information on college planning, dollar cost averaging, and retirement distribution. It can be used in almost any setting.

B.  Eloise Kuhlmann – LWML – Vice President of Servant Resources /  Erma Winston – Vice President of Servant Resources – Member Development – “Designing Your LWML” This presentation will give ideas that can enhance any LWML.

C.  Stacie Jackson – District Young Women’s Representative – “Young Christian Women – The Time is Now – New Day – New Way – New Awakening”

D.  Gladys Brown – Vice President Human Care – Mission Service, Betty Roberson– As our spirits “Rest on Christ the King”, come rest your body with a massage and blood pressure screening.

E.   Gladys Brown – Vice President Human Care – Mission Service, Linda M. Turner–  Work It Out Through Word and Deed in Jesus Christ with Arts and Crafts.

F.   Choir– Lynn McPeek, Director

The Friday night offering will go to District 2008-2010 Mission Goal and Sunday’s offering will go to the district Delegate Fund.

PRAISE BAND AT CONVENTION

The Trinity Lutheran Praise Band from Sulphur, La, will be on hand at the LWML convention this year. They will lead the group in songs of Praise before each session and also perform as entertainment at the banquet on Saturday night. The band has been playing together for about seven years. The three members, Butch Tinker, Allen Walker and Carmen Walker are all members of Trinity. All three are active in their congregation, where Allen serves as Elder and Carmen directs the Puppet ministry. They have participated in worship at the LWML Reformation service in the Southwestern Zone. So plan to get to the sessions early and join in singing praise as we serve in mission.

FIDDLERS AT CONVENTION

Ron Yule and Emily Young (daughter of Elizabeth Smith) from Redeemer Lutheran Church, DeRidder, La, will also enrich our lives with their musical talents. They play fiddle with the organ for church services. Emily attends LSU where she is a junior, majoring in biochemistry. She plans to be a physician’s assistant when her schooling is finished. Emily was the state Fiddle Champion of 2006. Ron Yule has been playing for years and years! He has done much research on fiddling and fiddlers and has written several books in an effort to preserve that history.  He has been recognized as the State Fiddle Champion several times.