Iowa District West

LWML MISSION STATEMENT

The mission statement of Iowa West District Lutheran Women’s Missionary League is to assist all women in discovering and using their God-given gifts through LWML in thanksgiving and service to our Lord.

MOTTO OF LWML
"Serve the Lord with gladness." Psalm 100:2

About the LWML

The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) with a membership of nearly 200,000 is the official women’s auxiliary of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. For more than 60 years, the LWML has been encouraging and equipping women to live out their Christian lives in active mission ministries and to financially support global mission projects.

The Iowa West District LWML, organized in May 1946, includes societies from congregations in the western one-half of Iowa with a membership of 6,000 women.

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Save The Date: LWML Iowa West District Convention June 16-18, 2022

Speaker’s Bureau List | 2020-2022

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LWML Mites

Send in MITES as much as possible in March to meet the end of the National LWML fiscal year at the end of March and then for the District also in April which is the last month of their fiscal year. Let's support our MITE grants with money and prayers.

Light That Endures Fund

The LWML IWD has established the Light That Endures Fund for the purpose of receiving gifts and bequests and to use them to support the mission of the LWML Iowa West District. Please click the view button for more information.

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Pray With Us

Join with your fellow LWML sisters each Monday at noon to pray for your district and national mission grant recipients, our LCMS missionaries, the LWML and the joy we have in serving our Lord together.

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LWML Mission Grants Offered For 2020-2022

Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Iowa West District is proud to announce the grant goal for 2020-2022 totaling $214,000.00.

01. Orphan Grain Train, Central Iowa Branch - $10,000

Helping with operating expenses, packaging supplies, and shipping costs to carry out the mercy work of the Lord Jesus by getting needed items to the poorest of the poor in the world.

Paid $5,500

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02. Financial Aid For Iowa District West Students Pursuing Full-time Church Work - $25,000

Aid for Iowa West LCMS seminary students studying for a career in full-time church work.

Paid $12,500

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03. Concordia Seminary Food Bank, St. Louis - $12,000

For the purchase of perishable items for the Co-op, which seeks to reduce the financial burden for seminary students and their families.

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