BAYOU
CLUSTER
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Janice Matherne,
sjmatherne@yahoo.com
The Bayou Cluster meeting was held April 5, 2008 at Peace
Lutheran in Slidell, Louisiana. Fourteen of our sisters in the
Lord traveled from Texas to visit and tour the New Orleans area
as part of their pilgrimage. With these friends, we also had
ladies from four churches in our area in attendance, totaling
33. It was a grand day. Pastor Barb Simmers, from Peace,
presented Plants of the Bible and Spirituality. There were some
hands on exercises and beautiful floral displays were created.
Peace Lutheran has lovely, peaceful gardened areas surrounding
their church and we went on an identifying search for some
listed flowers and plants. Our
next meeting will be next spring, the place to be announced at a
later time
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BRAZOS CLUSTER
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Peggy Schwarze, 979-836-1616,
pschwarz@blinn.edu
The Brazos Cluster met April 28th at St. Paul Lutheran
Church in Brenham. The theme for the gathering was “How Does God
Need You?” led by Linda Mosley. President Peggy Schwarz opening
the meeting and introduced the speaker. After the presentation,
Peggy called the business session to order. The cluster board
recommended that the offering be divided equally between
Lutherhill and Mission Endowment Fund. Reports from the
secretary, financial secretary, and Mission chairs were given.
The nominating committee presented nominees for Vice Coordinator,
Financial Secretary, and Mission Growth Chair. Anna Breddin and
Anita Kramer were elected as co-vice coordinators, Gail Timm as
financial secretary and Benita Schramme as mission growth. Linda
Mosley installed the new officers. The next cluster gathering
will be announced at a later date.
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COASTAL
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Elouise Lawrence
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GOLDEN TRIANGLE
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Deborah Hall,
Dhall11@houston.rr.com
The Cluster meeting will probably be held in conjunction with a
board tour of the churches in area of Port Arthur, Beaumont and
Orange for hurricane damages similar to the trip to LA but a small
group. Watch for details.
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RICE BELT
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JoAnn Fuchs,
djfuchs@embarqmail.com
Rice Belt Cluster met in February at Hope Lutheran
Church in Beasley with 8 churches represented and 48 people in
attendance. The Rev. Laura Olson, pastor at St. Paul in
Wharton, gave a presentation on love. The offering collected
was split between the International Bible Society (Bibles for
our troops) and LSSS (Port Arthur Project). The women of Hope
treated the attendees to a barbequed chicken lunch. The women
of Christ Lutheran in El Campo will host the next cluster
meeting on August 2.
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SAN JACINTO
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Peg Swavely, 281-225-4296,
MSwavely@aol.com
Spring Gathering was held March 15, 2008 at Kinsmen Lutheran
Church in Houston with a St. Patrick’s Day theme. Program was
presented by Peg Swavely on “Tai Chi As Moving Meditation”.
Those gathered chose to send the “Love Offering” to assist in
fuel costs for the April Prayer Pilgrimage to New Orleans .
Canned goods were collected for Kinsmen’s Food Bank. Next
meeting will be Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:15 – 11:30 am at
Hosanna Lutheran Church 16526 Ella Blvd , Houston , TX .
Program TBA. We will be again collecting canned goods for
local food bank.
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SOUTHEAST HOUSTON
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Dorothy Johnston,
dorjohn55@verizon.net
Southeast Houston Cluster meet on February 16, 2008 at Peace
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pasadena with President, Becky
White, welcoming all that were present. Announcements were made
regarding the upcoming Triennial Gathering, the one day
convention on September 18th, and the Parish
Pilgrimage tour to LA. DeAnna Gerber from New Life in Pearland
volunteered to be secretary, replacing Debbie Adams.
Speaker was Mary Cole Cook, member of Peace Lutheran. She based
her talk on Mark 6:31 “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet
place and get some rest.” She was 42 years old and had given up
on life when God led her to this scripture, and many others,
that saved her. Little did she know that the “quiet place” He
had in mind for her was a Virginia Prison. Mary Cole Cook now is
46 and so full of joy that she loves to share her story of how
she had given up on herself but God never gave up on her. Her
message was one of hope and that nothing is impossible with God.
Her talk was very inspiring to all of us.
Watch the next
scroll for the next meeting in late September or early October.
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WEST HOUSTON
Cluster meeting was held at Peace
Lutheran in Rosenberg on April 19th. JoAnn Fuchs presented a
program on Prayer. No Fall meeting is planned at this time due
to questions about revision of clusters. Officers are needed
for all positions.
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WESTERN
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Laura Schuman,
hschuman@industryinet.com
On April 19, 2008, the Spring Gathering for the
Western Cluster was hosted by St. John Lutheran Church of
Rutersville and by St. John’s Lutheran Church of Warrenton.
Seventy-seven attended the Gathering that was held in the
Fellowship Hall at St. John Lutheran Church in Rutersville. All
the tables were decorated with spring colors and spring flowers.
The theme was “Mission – Caring Response”. Pastor Glenn Hohlt
and Pastor Karl Johnson, who are the pastors of Shared Lutheran
Ministry of Fayette County which includes St. John Lutheran
Church in Rutersville, St. John’s Lutheran Church in Warrenton,
St. John Lutheran Church in Ellinger, and St. Paul Lutheran
Church in Fayetteville, presented a most informative program
about their mission trips. Pastor Johnson, Pastor Hohlt, and
several members of their congregations have made several trips
to Greensburg, Kansas to help with the disaster.
Newly elected board members are Verlyne Aschenbeck, Assistant
Coordinator, and Carolyn Boyd, Mission Community. Jeanette
Schoenst was re-elected Financial Advisor. Synodical Board
Member Linda Mosley installed the new and returning members of
the Board. A special thank you was given to Betty Huebner and
Lynn Schweke for their many talents and contributions to the
board for these past years.
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If you would like to include your cluster
event information email
Bernadette Marsh
at bmarsh759@yahoo.com.
The information will be included on the website. We would
like to update the website daily; therefore, all information
will be appreciated.
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