1 INVITE! INVITE! INVITE! In This Issue: Nevada Vetter 2 Gloria Sharp Jewell Swinney 3 Rhonda Templing Kathy Regehr 4 Lois Viebrock 5 Alice Burnett 6 Triennial Information 7 Mid-Missouri Cluster Beth Rockelman 8 Officers and Board 9 Cluster Coordinators 10 Mary Kern Subscription Form 11 NINTH TRIENNIAL GATHERING Thursday, July 24, 2014 - Sunday, July 27, 2014 It's an inspiring weekend for mothers, daughters, sisters and best friends you call sisters! Volume 24, Issue 4 December 2013 GREETINGS FROM LISA YOUNGQUIST, President, Central States Women of the ELCA Do you want to keep Women of the ELCA alive? Do you want to help W/ELCA grow? It is up to you. INVITE! INVITE! INVITE! What are some things within our synod you can do? INVITE your sisters “of many generations” to the annual synod convention September 19-21, 2014. The Resort at Port Arrowhead in Lake Ozark, MO will host us for a wonderful time of fellowship and learning opportunities. In January, I will be meeting with Gloria Sharp and her team of busy bees, also known as the planning committee, at the Resort to work out details and brainstorm. INVITE your sisters “of many generations” to the Triennial Gathering in Charlotte, NC, July 24-27, 2014. The Triennial Gathering is another wonderful opportunity for fellowship, bonding and learning opportunities. I would ask that you keep the six delegates and me in prayer as we move forward into our duties representing each of you at the Triennial Convention (the business portion prior to the gathering). What are some things within your own congregations you can do? INVITE your sisters “of many generations” to: your unit meetings, your circles, monthly Bible studies and special events. It isn’t too late to INVITE someone to attend the Triennial Gathering. Registrations are open for quite a while. Early bird registration deadline is January 6, 2014. Experience enriching workshops, stirring worship, engaging Bible studies and much more! Enjoy a variety of optional tours to learn about Charlotte and the surrounding area as well. Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in. Isaiah 58:12 Walking in the Word Official Newsletter of the Central States Women of the ELCA
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I N V I T E ! I N V I T E ! I N V I T E !
In This Issue:
Nevada Vetter 2
Gloria Sharp
Jewell Swinney 3
Rhonda Templing
Kathy Regehr 4
Lois Viebrock 5
Alice Burnett 6
Triennial Information 7
Mid-Missouri Cluster
Beth Rockelman 8
Officers and Board 9
Cluster Coordinators 10
Mary Kern
Subscription Form 11
NINTH TRIENNIAL GATHERING
Thursday, July 24, 2014 - Sunday, July 27, 2014
It's an inspiring
weekend for
mothers, daughters,
sisters and best friends
you call sisters!
Volume 24, Issue 4 December 2013
GREETINGS FROM
LISA YOUNGQUIST,
President, Central States
Women of the ELCA
Do you want to keep Women of the ELCA alive?
Do you want to help W/ELCA grow? It is up to you.
INVITE! INVITE! INVITE!
What are some things within our synod you can do? INVITE your sisters “of many generations” to the annual synod
convention September 19-21, 2014. The Resort at Port Arrowhead
in Lake Ozark, MO will host us for a wonderful time of fellowship and
learning opportunities. In January, I will be meeting with Gloria Sharp
and her team of busy bees, also known as the planning committee, at
the Resort to work out details and brainstorm.
INVITE your sisters “of many generations” to the Triennial Gathering
in Charlotte, NC, July 24-27, 2014. The Triennial Gathering is
another wonderful opportunity for fellowship, bonding and learning
opportunities. I would ask that you keep the six delegates and me in
prayer as we move forward into our duties representing each of you at
the Triennial Convention (the business portion prior to the gathering).
What are some things within your own congregations you
can do? INVITE your sisters “of many generations” to: your unit meetings,
your circles, monthly Bible studies and special events.
It isn’t too late to INVITE someone to attend the Triennial
Gathering. Registrations are open for quite a while.
Early bird registration deadline is January 6, 2014.
Experience enriching
workshops, stirring
worship, engaging
Bible studies and much
more! Enjoy a variety
of optional tours to
learn about Charlotte
and the surrounding
area as well.
Your ancient ruins
shall be rebuilt; you
shall raise up the
foundations of
many generations;
you shall be called
the repairer of the
breach, the restorer
of streets to live in.
Isaiah 58:12
Walking in the Word Official Newsletter of the Central States Women of the ELCA
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TEN GOOD REASONS
A MESSAGE FROM:
Nevada Vetter
(Board Member)
I am a new member of the
CSS board and a member of
Zion Lutheran Church in
Beloit, KS. I am active in the
women's organization,
serving as President many
years, Cluster Coordinator,
and have attended most CSS
Conventions, serving on
various committees. I am
looking forward to serving
on the board, and as
Cluster Coordinator
Liaison, I will be in charge
of the Cluster Coordinator
meeting at Garnett, KS
on February 7 and 8,
2014.
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CLUSTER
COORDINATORS
GET TOGETHER
The nine Synod Board
members and nineteen
Cluster Coordinators or
contact persons are invited
to the Cluster Coordinator
"Get Together" in Garnett,
Kansas, on Friday evening
and Saturday morning,
February 7 and 8, 2014. It
will be a fun filled,
informational meeting with
good food and fellowship.
Ten Good Reasons to Attend the Ninth Triennial Gathering
10. “Halle, Halle, Halle” (or any other
song, for that matter) will never be the
same after you’ve sung it with thousands of
Lutheran sisters.
9. You’ll return home with lots of ideas for study, service,
support, advocacy and giving…enough ideas to last for the next
three years, until we gather again in Minneapolis in 2017.
8. Where else can you dance and sing with abandon, praising
God and not worry about how you’re dressed or who’s
watching?
7. You need the time away for rest and renewal, time with other
women of bold faith and courage.
6. With the addition of the prayer shawl you knit or the one you
bring from a sister at home, we will blanket with North Carolina
Synod territory with fiber prayers.
5. Dynamic and Spirit-filled preaching will send you soaring.
4. Susan Sparks and Becca Stevens, featured speakers, can write
a personal note in your copy of their books.
3. Your offering will be joined with the offerings of all your
Lutheran sisters, and together we’ll support the ministries of
Women of the ELCA. Together we’ll make a difference!
2. You’ll make friends and build connections that will span
Charlotte to Minneapolis and beyond.
1. You will celebrate being a woman of God among women of
many generations!
Early Bird Registration ($325) began Sept 16 and will go until Jan
6, 2014. Registration materials are available online at
www.welcatg.org or contact Lisa Youngquist at 785-342-4877.
Discipleship is a lifelong journey of living out and spreading the good news of Jesus Christ.
In doing this we will meet many, many different people. Do we always really stop to look at
that individual? The following story about Clay Balls may open up your eyes to see the true
individual.
A man was exploring a cave by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with
a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in
the sun to bake.
They didn’t look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave
with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out
into the ocean as far as he could.
He thought little about it until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a
rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone.
Excited the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar
treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left.
Then it struck him. He had thrown away thousands of dollars in treasures that he could
have taken home, but he had just thrown it away!
It’s like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the
external clay vessel. It doesn’t look like much from the outside. It isn’t always beautiful or
sparkling so we discount it.
We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known
or wealthy. But, we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person.
There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that
person and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay
begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth.
May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune
in friendships and opportunities to bring someone to Christ because the gems were hidden
in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them.
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A MESSAGE FROM: A l ice Burnett —Board Member
stew·ard·ship noun [ˈstü-ərdˈship]
stewardship is careful and responsible management of the money, property, and
resources that God has entrusted us.
stewardship is providing for the ministries that God has entrusted to our care
It was my parents who taught me stewardship. My father, who was a farmer, cared for the
land. He was careful to conserve the water he used in irrigation, rotating crops, controlling
weeds and tilling the soil so that that there was as little loss of top soil as possible. He gave
the first fruits after the harvest.
It was my mother who had the passion for giving. Her heart was with Lutheran World
Relief. She was always thinking of the hungry and giving to those who took her passion
beyond her borders. She taught me how to put together a quilt for LWR, how to physically
use a thank-offering box and the importance of participating in Bible Study and serving on
church boards.
Then I married a man who is much more benevolent than I. He faithfully tithes our
earnings and gives extra to ministries that touch his heart. God has blessed me with these
wonderful people who have witnessed the value of stewardship.
I encourage you to consider your responsibility in caring for what God has given you. Study
God’s Word and pray about what He has given you. Gather with your community of faith
and see how you can help God work in our world.
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And let us consider how to provoke
one another to love and good deeds,
not neglecting to meet together,
as is the habit of some,
but encouraging one another,
and all the more as you see the day approaching.
Hebrews 10:24–25
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A MESSAGE FROM: Kathy Regehr—Triennial Gathering Promoter
Triennial Gathering
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Kathy Regehr (Triennal Gathering Promotor) TGP.
My job is to help promote, answer questions, and provide hotel information, and any tips
or ideas. Early-bird registration http://www.welcatg.org/registration ends January 6, 2014. The
following link will help you choose a hotel. http://www.welcatg.org/hotels Please let me know if you
have any problems with registration.
Bus Information: Please contact me if you are interested in traveling by bus.
Bus stops Salina, Topeka, Kansas City, Columbia, and St. Louis. (Round trip will cost around $250 to
$300) Trip starts July 22 and returns on late July 28. I'm starting to arrange optional hotel stops and fun activities during the trip. Please contact me for information at [email protected], mail