THIRTY-THIRD CONVENTION
The Thirty-third Convention of the Southeastern Synod Women of the ELCA will be a virtual meeting held on Zoom on Saturday, September 18, 2021. It will include a worship service, workshops, Cluster Muster, and a business session which will include the election of a president, treasurer and three board members.
Our theme is “Jars of Clay” based on Corinthians 4: 7. The Churchwide Representative will be Raeann Purcell from Wilbur-by-the-Sea, Florida and the chaplain is Pastor Karen Boda.
Our Love Offering will go to churchwide organization of the Women of the ELCA and the In-Kind Gifts to Must Ministries in Marietta, Georgia.
So mark your calendars for September 18 and watch for more details on the website as they become available and the next issue of the Weaver. This will be a new experience for all of us so please be patient as we work out the details.
Our theme is “Jars of Clay” based on Corinthians 4: 7. The Churchwide Representative will be Raeann Purcell from Wilbur-by-the-Sea, Florida and the chaplain is Pastor Karen Boda.
Our Love Offering will go to churchwide organization of the Women of the ELCA and the In-Kind Gifts to Must Ministries in Marietta, Georgia.
So mark your calendars for September 18 and watch for more details on the website as they become available and the next issue of the Weaver. This will be a new experience for all of us so please be patient as we work out the details.
Pictures from our 2019 convention can be found on the Photos page under News & Events above
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INGATHERING SITES
Friday, August 27 and Saturday, August 28
2021 LWR Key Leader: Janice Hawkins Email: jchawkin@bellsouth.net Phone: 770-712-6090
THE 2021 LWR REPORTING FORM IS ATTACHED BELOW
ALABAMA - Coast
Friday and Saturday: 9 am - 12 noon
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Church Phone: 251-621-2968 (call coordinator))
8271 Whispering Pines, Daphne 36526
Site Coordinators: Tommie Morgan Phone: 251-591-1019 or 251-342-9337
Eileen Becker Phone: (cell) 251-454-5912 or (home) 251-666-1896
ALABAMA - Central - Call coordinator to drop off at church Aug 23-26 for truck loading on Friday (27th)
Shades Valley Lutheran Church Church Phone: 205-871-3512 (call coordinator)
720 Shades Creek Parkway, Birmingham 35209
Site Coordinators: Anne Scholl Phone: 770-403-0023
Kathryn Waters Phone: 205-967-8101 or 205-243-8038
ALABAMA - Northeast
Saturday: 9 am - 12 noon NO FRIDAY DROP-OFF
Messiah Lutheran Church Church Phone: 256-721-0041 (call coordinator)
7740 Hwy 72 West, Madison 35758
Site Coordinator: Rhonda Gaede Phone: 256-679-2931
GEORGIA - Atlanta Area
Friday 8:30am – 1 pm and Saturday 8:30am-noon
Trinity Lutheran Church Church Phone: 770-972-4418 (call coordinator)
1826 Killian Hill Road, Lilburn 30047
Site Coordinator: Janice Hawkins Phone: 770-712-6090
GEORGIA - Coast
Friday: 1 pm - 5 pm Saturday: Drop-off by appointment/Sandy Gibson, 912-658-0868
St. Johns Lutheran Church Church Phone: 912-826-5411 (call coordinator)
Highway 21 & 7th Street, Rincon 31326 Address for GPS is: 301 N. Columbia Ave
Site Coordinators: Sandy Gibson Phone: (cell) 912-658-0868 or (home) 912-826-5005
Marty Hendrix Phone: (cell) 912-661-4122 or (home) 912-754-4860
TENNESSEE-Nashville Area
Friday: 9 am - 1 pm Saturday: Drop-off by appointment/Joni, 615-584-9309
Saint Andrew Lutheran Church Church Phone: 615-794-1624 or 615-714-2928-
908 Murfreesboro Rd, Franklin 37064 call Jolene Richardson to arrange time and place for truck
Site Coordinator: Joni Donegan Phone: 615-584-9309
TENNESSEE—East/Central
Friday: 4-8 pm Saturday: 8:30 am – 11
Reformation Lutheran Church Church Phone: 423-638-4627 (call coordinator)
400 West Main St., Greeneville 37743
Site Coordinators: Mary Jane Gray Phone: (cell) 423-525-2177 or (home) 423-422-4828
Barbara Richards Phone: 423-525-3254
ALL SITES WILL BE FOLLOWING CDC AND STATE COVID-19 GUIDELINES. EXTRA TIME WILL
BE NECESSARY WHEN DROPPING OFF DONATIONS TO ALLOW FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.
IF POSSIBLE PLEASE BRING SOMEONE ABLE TO UNLOAD YOUR ITEMS FROM YOUR VEHICLE.
11th TRIENNIAL CONVENTION
In a specially called meeting December 23, Women of the ELCA’s executive board decided how and when to hold the organization’s next convention and gathering. The meeting and Just Love Gathering were initially scheduled for July 14-16, 2020. When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the board, in its April 2020 meeting, rescheduled the convention and gathering for early August 2021.
“Since the April board meeting, the coronavirus has spread in ways that few would have imagined,” said Linda Post Bushkofsky, churchwide executive director. As of December 23, more than 323,000 people have died in the United States due to the coronavirus, she said. More than 18.2 million people have been infected to date in the U.S. Leading epidemiologists describe the current trajectory of the virus as a “surge upon surge upon surge.”
Therefore, believing that in-person meetings will be unsafe into 2021, the executive board approved three recommendations:
With no Covid-19 vaccine on the horizon, Women of the ELCA’s executive board met by video on April 25 and voted to postpone the organization’s convention and gathering until August 2021. “We are postponing not canceling,” said Linda Post Bushkofsky, executive director of Women of the ELCA.
Postponing the convention means that the current executive board will serve another year until “replacements are elected and installed,” Bushkofsky said. Then, the board elected in 2021 will serve a two-year term. For the 2023 convention, “we would be back to our three-year cycle. That works best with the churchwide assembly, the youth gathering, and the rostered leaders’ event.”
Please remember the churchwide organization with your prayers and donations. A majority of our members give through Faithful Friends, a way to give automatically through a credit card or checking account. Learn more about Faithful Friends.
“Since the April board meeting, the coronavirus has spread in ways that few would have imagined,” said Linda Post Bushkofsky, churchwide executive director. As of December 23, more than 323,000 people have died in the United States due to the coronavirus, she said. More than 18.2 million people have been infected to date in the U.S. Leading epidemiologists describe the current trajectory of the virus as a “surge upon surge upon surge.”
Therefore, believing that in-person meetings will be unsafe into 2021, the executive board approved three recommendations:
- That the Eleventh Triennial Convention, currently scheduled for August 3-5, 2021, be held virtually (or digitally) on those same dates although it cannot meet virtually until the 2017 voting members amend the constitution to allow for virtual meetings. The churchwide staff will take steps necessary to be in touch with the voting members regarding proposed changes to the constitution. Those proposed changes were made by the executive board at its October 2020 meeting.
- That the Just Love Gathering, currently scheduled for August 5-8, 2021, be postponed and registration refunds be offered. Staff will then find other ways to build community and bring women together virtually in 2021 and 2022.
- That the Twelfth Triennial Convention and a Gathering be held in Phoenix, Arizona, during the week of September 18, 2023.
With no Covid-19 vaccine on the horizon, Women of the ELCA’s executive board met by video on April 25 and voted to postpone the organization’s convention and gathering until August 2021. “We are postponing not canceling,” said Linda Post Bushkofsky, executive director of Women of the ELCA.
Postponing the convention means that the current executive board will serve another year until “replacements are elected and installed,” Bushkofsky said. Then, the board elected in 2021 will serve a two-year term. For the 2023 convention, “we would be back to our three-year cycle. That works best with the churchwide assembly, the youth gathering, and the rostered leaders’ event.”
Please remember the churchwide organization with your prayers and donations. A majority of our members give through Faithful Friends, a way to give automatically through a credit card or checking account. Learn more about Faithful Friends.
Watch for more information in our newsletter and on the website from our synodical board
and our Triennial Gathering Promoter, Margery Kellar, as it becomes available.
and our Triennial Gathering Promoter, Margery Kellar, as it becomes available.
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