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Presidents’
Message
Greetings!
We
have finally made it through another winter and this one was actually bad.
We held our three-day board meeting in
Galveston
, which should have been fun just being there, on the coldest weekend of the
year. In 50 years.
Well, I don’t know the actual year when
Galveston
had recorded such freezing temps but it was cold this year. But we are women
and we do act boldly so we stayed in close to the fire and enjoyed
fellowship. We really had a
productive meeting also. We
learned of the promotional campaign for the Triennial Convention and
Gathering to be held in
Spokane
in 2011. Peg Swavely has been visiting your Cluster Events with her Coin
Can. This is a fun thing and you
have all been very receptive. You
will find more information regarding the Triennial a little further in this
issue. I can, You can,
Let’s go to
Spokane
!
I know a lot of you heard me moaning and groaning about getting on an
airplane and going to
Chicago
in February and I apologize for that. I
am truly a ‘white-knuckle flyer’ and flying into snow and ice is not my
idea of a good time. Anyway, as
you can tell, I made it there and back just fine.
The reason for the trip was the Conference of Presidents and it is 4
days of intensive information. We
learned of some new and exciting things coming up for us from CWO.
In fact, I received a box of some of the items in time to bring to
two Cluster Events, Brazos and
San Jacinto
. These resources will be very
helpful to us and a couple are just plain fun.
We will have a full display at the convention in September.
In
March, we had a service retreat at Lutherhill camp and we sure had a great
time. If you were there, you
know what I mean. If you missed
it – you really missed it. We
planted, spread, painted and scraped and went to bed tired but happy
campers. It was a great way to
help our children and grandchildren experience camping and communing with
God. I don’t have to remind
you that our children are our future and we want to be their influence
rather than leave it to outside forces. Another WORKING service retreat is
being talked about for the very near future.
I’ll keep you posted.
Another
good thing to come out of the retreat were the 66 bookmarks that I took to
St. Lukes’ Episcopal Hospital along with 19 heart pillows from the
convention last year. They were
very happy to receive them and you can read the letter we received in this
issue. The gifts just keep
happening. God is good!
The
convention will be at Peace Lutheran,
Pasadena
on September 25, 2011. The theme
of “Ignite your Spirits with your Gifts” is exciting and there will be
gifts galore. Gifts come in many
sizes, shapes and forms. You
don’t know what to expect but it is thrilling.
That’s how it is with Gods’ Gift of Love and the Gift of Grace.
It just keeps on keeping on. The
ladies of Peace are planning good food and a great time.
Again, expect gifts. Keep
reading for more information regarding the convention. Convention co-chairs,
Peg Swavely and Mavis Greif are busy, busy.
Well, you’ll see.
And
I’ll see. You.
At
Peace
Lutheran
Church
in
Pasadena
on September 25 and at House of Prayer on the night before.
Then.
Love
and Blessings!
Ann
Nicholson
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