New Month/New Theme

This month I asked the Lutheran Ladies to help me out by posting on the verse below:

“…you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”  Acts 1:8

This is the basis for the theme at the Women’s Missionary Federation day on June 13th at the AFLC conference and I will be giving a devotion on the topic. So the ladies will be thinking and writing about witnessing.  What does it mean to be a witness?  To whom do we witness?  How do we witness? Who witnessed to you?  Hopefully this focus will help all of us, writers and readers, to improve in our personal witness of Christ.

That being said, the Lutheran Ladies have also decided that there may be times when we go “off topic.”  We want to allow room for the working of the Holy Spirit.  So when inspiration strikes or we feel a nudging to talk about a particular issue, each writer will be free to follow that leading.

I look forward to seeing how this month works out, and I hope you are, too.  Send us your comments and thoughts, as always, and remember God loves you and so do we!

 

 

 

Study Resources for Ladies

Since we have no set topic this month, I thought I would post about the Bible Study resources available for women through the WMF (Women’s Missionary Federation).  Every year this group publishes a Bible Study written by a woman of the Association of Free Lutheran Churches.  Each study has 11 lessons, intended to be used at monthly women’s meetings within the congregation.  Of course, the studies could be used by other small groups or individuals as well.  Writers are not paid for their work, and proceeds go toward the printing of the studies and the WMF projects — missionaries and education.

Click on “WMF” on the header of our blog to go to the website, then choose resources to see what studies are available.  I was privileged to write this year’s study on the book of Acts.

 

Same or Different?

This post was written by Lynn Wellumsom, our national WMF(Women’s Missionary Federation) president and published in the Fall edition of the Helping Hand Newsletter.  I thought it spoke to our monthly theme of Reformation, and received her permission to share it on the Lutheran Ladies Connection blog.  For more information on the Women’s Missionary Federation, click on WMF on our header.

Katie Von Bora Luther entered a convent around the age of five.  She used a slate and chalk, my darling six-year old Naomi entered Riverside Christian School with an ipad.  Virtually the same size.  Same or different?

Katie met, got acquainted and married Martin Luther through difficult and dangerous circumstances.  Today people go to On-Line dating services and search for a perfect mate.  Same or different?

Katie and Luther, as married adults, lived in tumultuous times.  Today our nation is going through cataclysmic changes.  Same or different?

Martin Luther nailed the 95 thesis to the church door, the bulletin board of its day.  Anyone can post on Facebook today.  Same or different?

Martin translated the Bible from original languages.  Wycliffe Bible translators, in some cases, can speak a language into a computer that translates into another language.  Same or different?

The biblical theology Luther discovered was quickly disseminated through pamphlets and books using Guttenberg’s new invention, the printing press.  Kindle makes it possible to access millions of books in electronic form almost instantly, less trees die.  Same or different?

Times and methods may change but the message remains:  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.