WOMEN OF THE ELCA
Morning Circles
Apr
Apr 5 - 9:15 a.m.
Deborah ....... Dar Dykema
Apr 5 - 9:30 a.m.
Mary ............ Margaret Seba
Naomi ......... Kathryn Hinz
Rachel ......... Margaret
Christianson At Church)
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Apr 17 6:30 p.m.
Apr 19 9:15 a.m.
Apr 26 10:00 a.m.
Martha Circle
General Meeting
Visiting Phoebes
Bible Study Leaders
Afternoon Circles
Apr 4 – 1:00 p.m.
Hannah ........ Lorrayne Maki
Apr 11 – 1:00 p.m.
Martha…….Ruby Kroona (at church)
Pastor Karen Presents
“Martin Luther:
The Life, Times, and Idiosyncrasies
of an Unlikely Reformer”
Evening Circle
Apr 3 – 6:30 p.m.
Priscilla…...Robin Nelson (at church)
Piecemakers – 9:00 a.m. Luther Hall
The Piecemakers meet every Thursday morning to
make quilts for Lutheran World Relief and for local
needs. Everyone is invited to join them at 9:00 a.m.
in Luther Hall. There are lots of tasks for people
who don’t sew. If you’d like to be part of a
wonderful fellowship, join us any time.
One does not wake up one morning to proclaim,
“I’m going to change the world.” Whoever would
believe you, or take you seriously? Yet Luther, with
his humble beginnings and will to please God, did
just that. In 2017, we commemorate the 500th
anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Join us
as we walk through the life and times of Martin
Luther in hope of discovering our roots, and our
own idiosyncrasies.
Everyone is invited, including the men!
Sign up at the Women’s Counter
Hostess: Naomi Circle
Women of the ELCA Conference IV Spring Gathering
“Wings of Wisdom: Lifted up—Mentored to Soar”
Saturday, April 22
Holy Cross Lutheran Church Mountain Home
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength: they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they
shall walk, and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31
The Spring Gathering is always a special time for the Women of United.
This year will be especially interesting because it will be the first year that
we will meet as clusters. This year we in Cluster 6, which includes Christ
the King, Eben Ezer-Oaks, Good Shepherd/Canopy, Peace, The
Neighborhood Church and United will meet with Cluster 7 which includes
units in Diamond City, Cherokee Village, Bull Shoals, Mountain Home,
Heber Springs and Jonesboro. We have no idea how many units will respond, but we are looking forward
to this new adventure. Some of us will go to Mountain Home on Friday night while others may come on
Saturday. A sign up sheet is on the Women’s Counter. For more information, call Dorothy Klitzke or
Jane Nelson. Registration material will be available soon at the Women’s Counter. Everyone is invited!
It is possible that United might be the only
Lutheran Church in America where the men do more
cooking in the kitchen than the women do.
AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY!
That’s why we’re continuing in our tradition of having a
“Bake-less” bake sale.
Other churches have bake sales and rummage sales and craft sales. Women spend time and money
cooking and crafting, and then they spend more money buying the things that other women have cooked
and crafted in order to raise money to support programs. Well, at United we bypass all that stuff in the
middle. Instead of all that fuss and bother, we just have you drop your money directly (and prayerfully
and generously) into the “Cake” in the narthex. No fuss, no bother, no calories and no guilt!!
It’s just one of the amazing things the Women of United do!
Every year through our bake-less bake sale and our offerings, we raise enough money to support our
local missions. We are so grateful to all of you who give so generously. Even though our membership
gets smaller every year, with your help we are still meeting our commitments.
Thank you to all of you for your gifts from the heart.
This year we hope to support these worthy programs:
Benton County Women’s Shelter
225.00
Church Women United
60.00
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Helping Hands
125.00
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Lutheran World Relief (Piece Makers) 300.00
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New Beginnings Children’s Home
300.00
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Oaks Indian Center
1200.00
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Phoebe’s—cards and stamps
75.00
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Restoration Village
300.00
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Saving Grace
300.00
Share and Care
125.00
Single Parent Scholarship
600.00
Village House—Bella Vista
350.00
In addition we send half of our offerings to the Synodical Women’s Organization who in turn send
half of that on to the Churchwide Organization. Last year we sent more than $2200 to help carry on the
work of the Women of the ELCA. (And that doesn’t even count your additional support of the
November Thankoffering that goes directly to Churchwide and the Shopping With Single Parents gifts
that we provide locally.) It is through your generous support that we truly can make a difference in the
lives of people here in Benton County and throughout the world. You can get your envelope from your
circle leader, or you can pick it up next to the “Cake” in the narthex.
Please make your checks payable to Women of United Bake Sale.
Please place your contribution in the Cake in the narthex or leave it in the Church Office.
Thank you for your generosity.
TENTH TRIENNIAL
GATHERING
It’s not too late to register for the Tenth Triennial Gathering
July 13-16, 2017, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
There are already 9 women planning the drive to the convention,
and a few more are seriously thinking about it. The Women of
United will pay most of your registration, so your cost would be
the hotel room and the $40 late registration fee. Contact Louise
Wobig or Jane Nelson if you would like to go with us.