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LWML SD DISTRICT CONVENTION

63rd Convention
June 7–8, 2024

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Best Western Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center
Aberdeen, South Dakota

"Inexpressible Joy ✟ Matchless Savior" 

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (1 Peter 1:8-9 )

 

Goal

   To celebrate the extraordinary gift of salvation given to us by Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

Objectives

  • Be blessed by the love of God through studying the Word and receiving forgiveness of sins through the Word and the Sacrament of the Altar.

  • Be blessed by the Holy Spirit by sharing our treasures and learning how they are used by mission grant recipients .

  • Be blessed by Jesus as His love is shared by Lutheran Women in Mission. 

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Special Guests

  • Keynote Speaker Kay Kreklau, LWML North Dakota District and Past LWML President.

  • Bible Study Leader Donna Snow, author, LWML Texas District.

  • LWML Representative Arlene Naasz, LWML Vice President of Organizational Resources 2023–2027, South Dakota District.

  • Gifts of Love Presentation, Katy Gifford, LWML Minnesota North District.

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Newly-elected Officers
President — Mary Jo Stier
Vice President of Christian Life — Kristy Ring
Vice President of Gospel Outreach — Cathy VandeBraak
Treasurer — Vonda Sturzenbecher

Pastoral Counselor — Rev. Christopher McCarthy

Nominating Committee — Lori Hoffman, chairman; Lurene Mogler Denke, and Jan Larson

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Delegates selected 15 mission grants totaling $65,000, to be funded during the 2024–2026 biennium:

  1. Main Street Living Ministry Outreach TV Program SD — $4,998

  2. Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat, RSO — $5,000

  3. Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch, Chapel Furnishings, Bismark, ND, RSO — $3,000

  4. Lighthouse Preschool, Aberdeen, SD — $5,000

  5. Critical Tools for Body and Soul, MOST Ministries — $5,000

  6. Proclaiming Christ to the Nations: Concordia Seminary International Student Support  — $5,000

  7. Mt. Calvary Learning Center, Security Upgrade, Huron, SD — $5,000

  8. Faith Lutheran Preschool, Pierre, SD — $2,500

  9. New Shepherds for South Sudan, LHF — $5,000

  10. Faith Lutheran Motor Coach Improvements, Pierre, SD — $5,000

  11. Servants of the Gospel Through Dots of Love, LBW, RSO — $3,000

  12. Faith Health and Wellbeing and Community Outreach, Sioux Falls, SD — $4,600

  13. Theological Libraries and Resources, Africa, LCMS Africa Region — $5,000

  14. Haitian Seminaries, Ministry in Mission, RSO — $4,000

  15. Proclaim the Gospel, Serve in Mercy, RSO, LCMS — $2,902 (partial)

 

Printable 2024 LWML SD District Convention Flyer

 

Printable 2024 LWML SD District Convention Manual 

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62nd Convention of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League of South Dakota
June 3–4, 2022
St. John's Lutheran Church, Yankton, South Dakota

Newly-elected Officers
Vice President of Communication — Heather Miller
Vice President of Special Focus Ministries — Dianne Hemminger
Secretary — Luann Zuercher
Financial Secretary — Paula Warren
Pastoral Counselor — Rev. Brian Mosemann
Nominating Committee — Susan Swanson, chr.; Nyla Jurrens; and Patti Greenseth

 

Mission Grants

  1. Black Hills Pregnancy Center Earn While you Learn Program, Rapid City, SD — $5,000

  2. Financial Assistance for Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN Food and Clothing Coop — $5,000

  3. Feeding Haitian Children Physically and Spiritually — $5,000

  4. International Students Making Jesus Known to the World, Concordia Seminary — $5,000

  5. Faith Lutheran Daycare and Preschool Playground Area Upgrade — $5,000

  6. Luther's Small Catechism for African Missions, LHF — $5,000

  7. Mozambique Sewing Project, LCMS International Mission Africa Region — $5,000

  8. Faith and Hope Center, Siberia LCMS Office of International Mission Eurasia Region — $5,000

  9. Spanish Braille Bibles for Central and South America, LBW — $5,000

  10. Soldiers of the Cross, LCMS — $5,000

  11. Jesus Door 2 Door — $1,000

  12. Teachers to the World, MOST Ministries — $4,000 (partial)

 

Convention Offerings

  1. 2022–2024 Mission Grant Goal — $3,166.49

  2. The Puppet Place — $2,875.91

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Convention Highlight Photos, courtesy of Don Reichert

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