My husband and I enjoy the challenge of jigsaw puzzles. We’ll spend an afternoon sorting and putting the pieces together to complete a beautiful picture. Occasionally, a piece is missing and the puzzle isn’t complete. It’s so frustrating to not have the whole puzzle come together.

Sometimes a Lutheran Women in Mission group is kind of like a puzzle with all the different pieces. You have someone who leads the meeting and someone who takes notes. You have faithful members who contribute their mite offerings and pray for the mission projects. Your service projects have been a blessing to many, but maybe you’re missing a piece or two. Do you need someone to send cards to shut-ins? How about someone to update the mission grant posters on the bulletin board? Maybe you need a team of three or four to manage the Mailbox Member program?

If your group isn’t complete, look to the women in your congregation to see if they can be the missing piece. They may have a skill that is just what you need or a desire to serve and just need to be asked. When you have all the pieces you need, your group of Lutheran Women in Mission is a beautiful thing.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:12).

2023–2025 Group Development Committee
Julie Hatesohl,
Cinda Poppe,
Jennifer Gierke, Chairman
Arlene Naasz, Vice President of Organizational Resources