Featured September 2018 — LUTHERAN WOMEN IN MISSION

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:10).

Icebreaker idea: Why LWML? – What prompted you to become a Lutheran Woman in Mission and to serve the Lord with gladness?

Devotion — Opening: Deborah – Encourager
Devotion — Closing: Dorcas – A Woman of Charity
Devotion — New: You Look Like Your Father

Bible Study — Select from the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly, Fall 2018. If copies of the printed Quarterly do not arrive in time for the group's meeting, consult the LWML website to download the online version of one of the Bible studies from that corresponding Quarterly magazine.

Sketch — New: Serve the Lord with Gladness

Mission Servants Project: ENCOURAGE the volunteers in your congregation with thank you notes. Consider making an extra mite donation in their names (e.g., The Volunteers at Peace Lutheran Church).

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured August 2018 — HEAR, LEARN, GROW

Let the wise hear and increase in learning (Proverbs 1:5a).

Icebreaker idea: Remembering School — Did you have a favorite teacher as a child? Share why he/she was your favorite.

Devotion — Opening: God Knows Me
Devotion — Closing: Forever a Student

Bible Study — Select from the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly, Summer 2018.

Sketch — New: Ready, Set, Grow!

Mission Servants Project: EQUIP preschoolers and pre-readers in your community to hear, learn, and grow in the knowledge of God by planning a story hour on a Saturday before the school year begins. Read out loud several stories from Arch Books or other Concordia Publishing House Bible story resources. Serve a light snack and perhaps plan a craft project that coordinates with the Bible story.

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured July 2018 — FREE INDEED!

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36). 

Icebreaker idea: Freedom — When did you first realize how blessed you are to live with the freedom to share Jesus? 

Devotion — Opening: Joy in Christian Freedom
Devotion — Closing: Living in the Spirit … Means Freedom 

Bible Study — Select from the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly, Summer 2018.

Mission Servants Project: ENJOY the freedom from sin we have through faith in Jesus by assisting in a neighborhood or community clean-up project. As you work, make the most of opportunities to share with others the joy of the clean hearts we have through faith in Jesus and the freedom we have to live for Him because He has freed us from sin, death, and Satan.

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured June 2018 — OUR FATHER'S CARE

You open Your hand; You satisfy the desire of every living thing (Psalm 145:16).

Icebreaker idea: Your Hands — Look at your hands. What do you see? Strong hands, aging hands, or the hands of a servant? Share a time when your hands cared for another.

Devotion — Opening: The Always-Open Hand
Devotion — Closing: God is in Control
Devotion — New: Our Father’s Care

Bible Study — Select from the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly, Summer 2018. If copies of the printed Quarterly do not arrive in time for the society's meeting, consult the LWML website to download the online version of one of the Bible studies from that corresponding Quarterly magazine.

Mission Servants Project: ENGAGE your congregation in a collection of food items for a local food pantry. In the summer months pantry supplies often run low. As God uses our hands here on earth, your collection will help satisfy the physical needs of those in your community.

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured May 2018 — BE FAITHFUL 

Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life (Revelation 2:10b).

Icebreaker idea: Faithful – What does “faithful” look like to you?

Devotion — Opening (New): Be Faithful
Devotion — Closing: Living in the Spirit … I Receive Direction

Bible Study — Select from the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly, Spring 2018.

Mission Servants Project: EQUIP the widows and widowers in your congregation with a visit on the anniversary of their spouse’s birthday. Bring a small treat to enjoy, reminisce about the loved one, especially concerning the faithfulness of the individual to Jesus. Pray together and ask for God’s continued comfort and strength until they are united with their loved one in heaven.

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

Featured April 2018 — HE LIVES/WE LIVE

“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another” (Job 19:25–27a).

Icebreaker idea: Face to Face – How do you imagine you will act and feel when you see Jesus face to face?

Devotion — Opening: I Know That My Redeemer Lives
Devotion — Closing: Faith Is … Living Life as a Procession of Triumph
Devotion — New: He Lives/We Live

Bible Study — Select from the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly, Spring 2018.

Mission Servants Project: ENJOY the glorious resurrection victory we have in Jesus with “victory ribbons.” Cut 1-inch by 8-inch lengths of smooth white ribbon. Use a permanent gold metallic marker to write “VICTORY” on each one. Hand out the ribbons as people arrive for Easter services to remind them we have victory over sin, death, and Satan because of Jesus’ death and resurrection for us.

Mission Grant Resources: A different grant will be featured each month, downloadable for your use. www.lwml.org/mission-grant-resources

This is excerpted from the 2-year planner, reSOURCEs for Planning Programs, found here.
Browse program helps by type here.

2017–2019 reSOURCEs for Planning Programs

This “grab and go” resource provides two years of thematic monthly meeting plans. You can print as many copies as you need of any of the resources which include Icebreakers, Devotions, Bible Studies, Sketches, Mission Servants Projects, and Mission Grant References.

No longer available for purchase in printed form (237 pages, 3‐hole punched, in plastic sleeve) 

or FREE as a download: reSOURCEs for Planning Programs