Registration Information Here Women from across the Southwest California Synod are invited to join together and attend SoCal SWO’s 2022 Autumn Renewal. Enjoy an inspiring program, music, fellowship and more–either online or at the beautiful Episcopal Retreat Center at St. Paul’s Commons in the Echo Park District of Los Angeles.
Continue readingOn January 27, following a SWCA Synod Women of the ELCA Winter Gathering that focused on issues vital to those who care for seniors, California Lutheran Homes and Community Services hosted a reception to introduce the CLH Aging Resources Library, which is hosted by the Lutheran Center in Glendale. Curated by
Continue readingAt the 2014 and the 2017 Women of the ELCA Triennial Conventions, members voted to bring awareness to and prevent human trafficking. Below are ways that WELCA is working to end human trafficking. What is your WELCA group doing? Resources about Human Trafficking from the WELCA website that can be
Continue readingby Sharon Heck heck37@verizon.net The following article appeared in the Bread for the World newsletter. It shows the urgent need for our activism with elected officials in Washington D.C. Thanks to you and other members, Bread for the World (BFW) has been able to address the alarming rise in global
Continue readingThe Southwest CA Synodical Women of the ELCA Organization met at California Lutheran University from October 20 to 22, 2017 for the 11th Annual Autumn Renewal. This year’s theme was “Dream Anew,” based on Ephesians 3:20, combining the themes of the “Dream Big” 2017 Youth Gathering and the “All Anew” 2017
Continue readingThis was all new to me. It was my first time at Triennial, it was my first time as a voting board member, and it was my first time serving as a chair at the convention. The days were very long but also very rewarding. Because it was my first
Continue readingThe event sponsored by the Foothill cluster in August did not feature a famous speaker, but instead highlighted stories of the women who came and expressed their love through the needlework they did in response to the message of Mark 12:31 – “Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no
Continue readingThe speakers at July’s 2017 Women of the ELCA Triennial Gathering in Minnesota all spoke to JUSTICE. The theme was ALL ANEW, and Leymah Gbowee, a Nobel Peace Prize winner from Liberia, stated that Anew is not an event, it is a process. The word All means you can’t act
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