Utah/Idaho District Convention 2010

The District Convention in Pocatello, Idaho was a weekend to remember! We had a blast listening to mission speakers, visiting a simulated mission island called LaWeMeLu, sampling foods from around the world, studying God's word and catching up with our fellow brothers and sister's in Christ. We laughed, we cried and we laughed some more. Thank you to everyone who helped with this convention and a special thank you to our outgoing District President Melody Rosenwinkel. Here are some photos from the event...

Past Utah/Idaho District President Melody Rosenwinkel and LWML President Jan Wendorf


Sherrie, Ashley and Angelica

President Melody addressing the Convention body

Dinner on Saturday night was so good!! A buffet of foods from around the world, and let me just tell you...we made the rounds!!


Cindy (Grace, Sandy) Sharron (Light of the Valley, Riverton) and Ashley (St. Marks, Provo)

The was the cross that was used to decorate the stage, it was beautiful. Great job Naomi we loved it!

Our sweet LWML President Jan was such a good sport! She doubled on Saturday night as the LaWeMeLu Tribal Queen. She only spoke in LaWeMeLe-eese, so visitors to the "island" had to learn the language in order to share the love of Jesus with her. Thank you President Jan for spending the weekend with us, it was a pleasure!

Dawna-Ray selling us our mats. Not very honestly may I add....

Ahhh, Mary the Custom's Agent. Don't be fooled by that sweet, innocent smile...she had the ability to look at our passports and deny entry to the island. And did she ever!!

Pastor Borcher from Light of the Valley in Riverton asking a poor woman on the street if she knew who Jesus was....

Linda finally got paid for all her "hard work"

The mission team from the Alaska VBS mission trip taken last summer as they shared their adventure with us

Beth (St. Paul's Ogden) and her possy were our comic relief. She is seen here rapping. I'm pretty sure my sides still hurt.

It was a special weekend for the Utah Zone. We saw two grants very near and dear to many of our hearts selected to be funded for the next biennium. Light of the Valley in Riverton's Open Arms daycare program and St. John's Sudanese Ministry. Please keep them and all our grant recipients in your prayers and PRAISE GOD!

Our newly elected Utah/Idaho District President Betty Reimann! Congratulations Betty! Please keep her and all our incoming and outgoing District Board members in your prayers. Thanks everyone for a wonderful weekend! See you all again at Camp Perkins!!

Meet Your New Zone Board

At the Spring Event in Tooele in April the new Utah Zone Board was elected and installed into office. Thank you to the outgoing Zone Board for all your dedication and hard work. Especially Pastor Bror Erickson who faithfully served the LWML and Utah Zone for the past 4 years.





From Left to Right:
Andrea (St. Paul's, Ogden)
Carol (St. John's, SLC)
Pastor Kristian Erickson (Christ Lutheran Church, Murray)
Ashley (St. Marks, Provo)


Thank you for your willingness to serve. Please keep these board members in your prayers along with the Utah/Idaho zone and all our grant recipients!

Convention Update

Here is an update from Linda Larson our District VP of Gospel Outreach. I am headed to a Board meeting this weekend to iron out more details for the convention in Pocatello, Idaho the end of April/first part of May. Have a great weekend, please pray for all the business our District and Zone will be working through in the next few months. Also please watch the blog in the next week or so for info about our Spring Event! The Utah Zone Board has come up with some great ideas and we have some surprises in store for you! It is going to be awesome, you won't want to miss it!



Attention Avid Readers – Upcoming Convention Event

At our Convention, April 30-May 2, a number of breakout sessions will be offered Saturday afternoon. One of them will be a book review. The book we have selected is “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers. This is one of the books used by the Woman to Woman Book Club, which is a part of Lutheran Hour Ministries. You will purchase the book, read it before attending convention and join us for the book review. I purchased my copy through Amazon.com. but you can also order it through your local bookstore. So, if you are looking for a good book to read this winter, here you go. Then you can be part of a fun discussion group at the convention breakout. See you there!!

Linda Larson
VP Gospel Outreach

One Of Our Own...

This image is probably familiar to most of us. There is usually a stack of these little devotional booklets as we walk out of church Sunday morning. When I opened my new booklet (there is a yellow bird on the front) I noticed a familiar name. Our very own Beth from St. Paul's in Ogden has written all the devotions for the month of January! Thanks Beth for sharing your God given gift and talent with us once again. You go girl!

Also, don't forget to check out Beth's articles in the Lutheran Women's Quarterly!

Merry Christmas!

I received this card from a friend and absolutely loved it! Merry Christmas all my fellow sisters in Christ! I hope your Christmas is full of family and friends as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Please take notice of our Janruary planning meeting it is on Saturday Janruary 16th 2010 at 9:30am at Marie Callendars in Holladay (right across from St. Marks' Hopsital) We have lots of stuff to go over so society presidents/congregational reps please plan on attending. If you are not able to make it please send representation from your congregation. Some of the things we need to discuss are listed below. Please bring your theme ideas and suggestions along with you:

*Bylaws
*Spring Events
*Elections: Zone President, Vice President Pastoral Counselor
note: (Nominating Committee Carole, Charlotte, Cindy and Elaine)
*Timberlakes Retreat
*Fall Rally
*Bible Brunches/Mission Activities
*Teen LWML
*Convention Update

Also, check out our new District website http://utahidaholwml.com/
Nice job Julie!

May God bless you and your service to Him in 2010!

St. Paul's Retreat

"Sweet Life Cafe"
Where Women Savor Time With God

At Sweet life Cafe you'll satisfy your cravings for friends, God and spiritual growth. It's a retreat you won't want to miss. Join us as we savor time with God and with girlfriends. Together we'll experience meaningful Bible studies, flavor-filled activities, and scrumptiously delicious Fun!!

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ogden
Saturday November 14th, 9:30-4:00pm
$20.00 per person--lunch included
Pre-registration is required so please email (with questions too)
Jeannie Barrette- wbarrette1@msn.com

There will be a collection of non-perishable food for the local food bank and stuffed teddy bears for the Odgen Police Department. Thank you!

Want to see what we did last year? Check out our "older posts" labeled God's Grace Filled Seasons in October of 2008. You won't want to miss it!

Check this out...

Hey ladies!

Our idea is catching on! Check out this link for a new blog that LWML President Janice Wendorf just launched! We love it President Jan!
http://www.lwml.org/blog/


Have a wonderful weekend!