NELHS Ladies Auxiliary
Did you know that Women Serving Christ is a member of Nebraska Evangelical Lutheran High School (NELHS) Ladies Auxiliary? Here are some things that can be done to aide NELHS:
- Help and support their fall Silent Auction on Oct 18th
- Utilize the Scrip Program (prepaid cards for many Omaha businesses who donate a percentage to NELHS)
- Support Go-NELHS generated fundraisers
- Pray for the staff, students and their parents
- Click here for more ideas
September 5, 2009
LWMS: It’s not just your grandmother’s organization
There is a place for all women in the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society.
Author: Sarah Malchow
It’s not just your grandmother’s organization.
I find myself using this phrase when speaking to my contemporaries about the LWMS, our mission, and our membership. It is a common misperception that the LWMS is intended only for those in Ladies Aid on Tuesday afternoons.
As women of WELS, we all have a privilege and responsibility to participate in the great commission despite our age. The fact that we may be busy with children, home, or work does not let us off the hook. Forty-two years ago, those now-grandmothers were women just like us, and they recognized this call to action and set off to do something about it. The Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society was, in it’s early days, a pretty progressive organization by WELS standards. A group dedicated to supporting and promoting missions—a group for women, led by women. As a “younger woman” I am thankful for the wisdom of ages that these ladies, these grandmothers and great-grandmothers, share with me today. Their experiences, their knowledge, and, most important, their faith are things that I can learn from. All of us can.
We can also learn from the examples of women of faith in the Bible. Women have been supporting and promoting missions for a very long time in many different ways. The women who traveled with Jesus and the disciples, making arrangements for food and shelter, were supporting mission work. Click here to continue reading>>
September 5, 2009
My Soul will be Satisfied
O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
Psalm 63:1-8
September 2, 2009
Women of Faith: Deborah
Author: Philip L. Kieselhorst
An important component of faith is courage—trusting God’s strength when we have none. It takes faith with courage to hand over the controls to God. It takes faith with courage to trust God’s promises when all seems lost.
When all seemed lost for Israel, God awakened a woman with exceptional courage. Her name was Deborah.
Courageous faith trusts God when all seems lost
The situation could not have been much worse. After the glory days of Ehud, “the Israelites once again did evil in the eyes of the Lord” (Judges 4:1). They “chose new gods” (5:8). Morality and any semblance of civilized society crumbled to the point that “village life in Israel ceased” (5:7).
This provided Israel’s enemies with an opportunity. A Canaanite army led by Sisera attacked and soundly defeated Israel. Israel lost faith, lost the war, and lost heart.
Then the Lord told Deborah to do the impossible…
August 23, 2009
Jesus Calls Us Over the Tumult
Jesus calls us o’er the tumult of our life’s wild, restless sea,
Day by day His sweet voice soundeth, saying, “Christian, follow Me.”
Jesus calls us from the worship of the vain world’s golden store.
From each idol that would keep us, saying, “Christian, love Me more.”
In our joys and in our sorrows, days of toll and hours of ease,
Still He calls, in cares and pleasures, “Christian, love Me more than these.”
Jesus calls us; by Thy mercies, Savior, make us hear Thy call,
Give our hearts to Thine obedience, serve and love Thee best of all.
~ Cecil F. Alexander, 1823-1895
August 6, 2009
Hymn: On My Heart Imprint Your Image
On my heart imprint your image,
Blessed Jesus, King of grace,
That life’s riches, cares, and pleasures
Have no power to hide your face.
This the superscription be:
Jesus crucified for me,
Is my life, my hope’s foundation,
And my glory and salvation.
by Thomas H. Kingo
July 16, 2009
