Word for Women

  Service Project: Sorting clothes for the LSS clothing sale

  Word for Women encourages women in their Christian faith through the study of the Word, along with prayer support, fellowship and service. WFW offers weekly gatherings with women of all ages who are interested in developing their personal faith, supporting each other and serving together. All women, both members and nonmembers, are invited to explore faith through the Bible and other fun and interesting media.  

The format includes large group teaching, followed by small group discussions. Each week, the group celebrates with hospitality time, worship time, highlights of service opportunities or testimony.
 
From a Word for Women member:

“I am so grateful for this wonderful group of women. WFW is a big part of my life. I have learned so much about God, the Bible, relationships and have developed meaningful friendships with beautiful Christian women.”

Word for Women Schedule
Wednesdays, 9:30 to 11 am, or Thursdays 7-8:30 pm
Child care is available.

Spring Schedule
May 9 - Spring Service Project
May 16 - Spring Brunch

Sign up online for Word for Women! For more information, contact Karen Nelson at 763.420.5015, x138 or Pastor Karen at x104.

Prayer Support

The Word for Women prayer group meets at 9 am before each session. We offer prayer support for the staff and members of Word for Women. Everyone is welcome to attend.  During the large group sessions, prayers can be submitted for reading or members can come up and offer them. For more information or to submit a prayer request, contact Nancy Cramer at nrcramer@comcast.net.

2nd Annual LSS Children's Clothing Sale

As you are cleaning out your closets this Spring and shopping end-of-the-season sales, please set aside new or gently used children's fall and winter clothing to donate to the next Lutheran Social Services Children's Clothing Sale, October 12/13, 2012.  Infant - High School sizes are needed.  Word for Women will be collecting your donations when we resume in September.  Questions?  Contact Linda Zwick at lkzwick@comcast.net or 763.509.9975.

Check out the Word For Women Book Reviews for recommendations for gifts, additional reading, or small group studies. 

Word for Women Service Projects
 


Read the story about Lord of Life's own Paula Thomas, Maple Grove Patch's Volunteer of the Week! Paula is a Word for Women member and one of our key volunteers for Hope Lodge.
  Hope Lodge
Hope Lodge is a home away from home, free of charge for adult cancer patients and their caregivers who travel more than 50 miles to receive treatment.  There are 2 locations in MN, one by the U of M Hospital and the other in Rochester. Hope Lodge is sponsored by the American Cancer Society and exists through generous donations from the community. Help stock their shelves! 

Current needs are as follows:  
Donate items for Hope Lodge guests.  There is a bin in Fellowship Hall to place your donated items. 
 

Provide dessert for Hope Lodge. Dessert needs to be delivered to Lord of Life by 3 pm on your selected day. Please include the recipe as some people need to be aware of the ingredients. Contact Michelle Welinski at michellew@lordoflife.org or 763.420.5015 x118 to sign up or for more information.

- Sign up to provide a meal for the guests at Hope Lodge. Do this as a small group or join together with other WFW members. Contact Michelle for more information.

Current Wish List:    
  • Liquid hand soap
  • White bath towels/wash cloths
  • White sheets-twin/full 
  • Toilet paper/Kleenex  
  • Disinfecting wipes
  • Small wrapped candies  
  • Gladware
  • HE Laundry Detergent
  • Bounce sheets
  • Travel size toiletry items  
  • Bingo prizes - small gift items for guests
  • Gift cards for craft stores, Target or Walmart
   

RiverWorks Food Shelf is located at 8230 Cedar Street in Rockford and serves the communities of Rockford and Green field. The food shelf opened its doors on March 8, 2010. That first month it served 99 households and as of September 2010, 855 people (of the 7,000 who live in the community) had been to the food shelf at least once. The need is great.

A special thank you to all who helped with the March Campaign - whether it was through prayer, donating food, paper bags, and/or financial gifts. Riverworks exceeded their goal for the month and collected over 6000 pounds of food and more than $28,000!  

Please check out the list of 
current food items needed and bring your donations to Lord of LIfe.

For more information or to volunteer your time, visit www.riverworksonline.org, or contact Word for Women member Sue Brady at sbrady.mn@gmail.com or 763.350.6953.

Word for Women will be collecting school supplies again this year for Palmer Lake Elementary School. Needed items include 3-inch ring binders, 7-pocket expandable files, backpacks, calculators (TI 30 XIIS), disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizer, Kleenex (large boxes), scissors, quart or gallon size Ziploc bags, school boxes, Elmer's glue, and blue/black pens. See how else you can help at Palmer Lake by visiting  Volunteer Central.    


  Word for Women is collecting Box Tops for Education to benefit Palmer Lake Elementary School. To date, WFW members have collected 1,000 box tops for education for Palmer Lake School. These box tops have a value of $100 for the school. Please support our efforts and place your box tops in the container in Fellowship Hall. Learn more about how you can help...