Mite Goal Met! Mites at Work

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1 Women On a Mission Minnesota South District Summer, 2014 Events and Deadlines Mite Goal Met! The $255,000 MISSION GRANT GOAL (MITE GOAL) has been met and we have gone beyond! In this Biennium we raised $247, and along with the carry-over from the last biennium, we have a total of $259, Thank you to everyone for your donations and prayers. Mites at Work The Dwelling Place Thank-you from a recent graduate, who used to live in fear, who discovered through the Dwelling Place program (which incorporates Bible Study time) to trust in God. Friends: You set the stage for this woman to hear God, receive His healing and move into His future! Student Financial Aid Full-time Professional Church Workers, On behalf of the students, our sincere thanks to all who contributed for the support of the young people that are training for full-time church careers. May God bless you for your gift and may our gift be a special blessing. Concordia Theological Seminary (Food & Clothing Co-op) at Fort Wayne, IN - Rev. Brian Crane (Advancement Officer) says, Thank you very much for your recent gift to support our Food and Clothing Co-op at Concordia Theological Seminary. Your gifts are a wonderful blessing to our students and their families. As a former CTS student, I know how important and appreciated these gifts are. May God bless you as you continue to serve His Church. Financial Assistance to MNS District Lutheran High Schools, Thank you for your past and present support of our schools. Without you we would not be here. There have been many This issue of the WOM was printed in May, 2014 Continued on page 3 June 19, 2014 District Board of Directors Meeting, Best Western Plus, North Mankato June 20-22, 2014 District Convention, Best Western Plus, North Mankato August 15, 2014 National Mission Grants Deadline for 2015 Convention August 16, 2014 District Board of Directors Meeting, Good Shepherd, North Mankato October 4 & 11 Women s Inspirational Leadership Conference, Mankato Inside This Issue Mission Grants Page 2 Wild Website Wonders Page 2 Christian Life News Page 3 Mite News Pages 3, 5 Pastor s Greetings Page 4 Servant Resources Page 4 President s Greetings Page 5 Thrivent Choice Dollars Page 6 Parliamentary Pause Page 6 Quarterly News Page 6 Joyful Response Page 6 Memorials Page 6 Human Care News Pages 7 Board of Directors Page 8 Next WOM Deadline: August 9, 2014 $40, in mites collected this quarter! Submit articles for the Women On a Mission to: comm@mnslwml.org

2 Page 2 Minnesota South District Women On A Mission Summer, 2014 Issue PRINTED: May, Gospel Outreach Name of Grant Beginning Balance Previously Paid Paid This Quarter Paid to Date Unpaid Balance Dwelling Place $10, $8, $1, $10, $0.00 Full-Time Professional Church Worker Students Financial Aid Concordia Seminary, Fort Wayne, Food & Clothing Co-op Scholarships for Lutheran High Schools in the MN South District $50, $40, $9, $50, $0.00 $10, $9, $ $10, $0.00 $50, $42, $7, $50, $0.00 Audio Bible Study - LBM $4, $3, $80.00 $4, $0.00 Mission Central, Iowa $20, $20, $0.00 $20, $0.00 Lutheran Indian Ministries $15, $12, $2, $15, $0.00 China Town Diner, Camp Omega $10, $10, $0.00 $10, $0.00 Trinity/HOPE, Haiti $5, $4, $ $5, $0.00 Special Education Services Lutheran Schools $7, $6, $1, $7, $0.00 Summer Bridge to Success $8, $7, $1, $8, $0.00 Hmong Pastor, St. Paul (partial) $1, $ $ $1, $0.00 Total Mission Grants Projects $191, $166, $24, $191, $0.00 National LWML $63, $51, $12, $63, $0.00 Total Mites $255, $218, $36, $255, $0.00 Remember to visit the LWML GIFTS OF LOVE booth at the convention in June. Learn how you can share your faith, minimize taxes, bless your family and make a lasting impact on ministry with your estate. And help yourself to a little CHOCOLATE! Editor: Assistant Editor: Circulation Manager: The WOMEN ON A MISSION (WOM) Is published four times a year by the LWML Minnesota South District, an auxiliary organization of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Joann Rosenfeld Diane Frauendienst Carolyn Wagner Did you know? MN South LWML has a Facebook page! Have you liked it yet? We have 98 likes only 2 more to go to get to 100! Our Vice President of Servant Resources, Joy Anderson, posts daily on this page - news about LWML, upcoming events, the newest products, lots of great stuff! Like the page to keep up to date on the latest news! Don t have a Facebook account? That s OK - you can see it anyway all Facebook pages are public! Visit the address to above to visit. No need to sign in.

3 Page 3 Minnesota South District Women On A Mission Summer, 2014 Issue PRINTED: May, 2014 Up the Creek Without a Paddle This saying originated at the time of World War II, meaning you were in deep trouble and unable to do anything about it UNLESS you were RESCUED! Consider the following examples and perhaps for one moment they may have felt they were Up the Creek Without a Paddle. Joseph: Gen. 37:22 NIV Don t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the desert but don t lay a hand on him. Rueben, said this to RESCUE him from them and take him back to his father. Talk about not being able to do anything! Daniel: Daniel 6:16 NIV So the King gave the order and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lion s den. The king said to Daniel may your God whom you serve continually, RESCUE you. Dan.6:22 NIV My God sent His angel and He shut the mouths of the lions. RESCUED! Apostle Paul had been preaching in the Sanhedrin, the Jews became so angry, we are told in Acts 23:27 NIV This man [Paul] was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, but I [Claudius Lysias] came with my troops and RESCUED him. Paul, perhaps, thought God still had work for him to do. What about each and every one of us? Eph. 2:1a NIV As for you, you were dead in transgressions and sins. We are just plain dead and can t do anything about it! WAIT! 2 Tim. 4:18 has a message just for us. The Lord will RES- CUE me from every deed and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen The Christian Life Committee is ready and excited to share Christian Life day, June 20 th of the District LWML Convention, with you. The theme is PREPARE - INSPIRE - NOURISH - GO. YOU ALL COME! Vice President of Christian Life Joan Proehl Continued from page 1 inspiring stories of how the Lord has blessed our schools, changed lives, and fulfilled its mission to extend the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, our Savior. Thanks for your support! Audio Bible Study Lutheran Blind Mission, Rev. Dr. Phil Pledger, president of LBM/LBW says, Thank you for your generous gifts that offer people hope through Jesus. God does not exact retribution for sins from us. Jesus willingly paid the high cost for every sin and freely gives us forgiveness, hope and life. Thank you for your prayers and generous support for this project. Mission Central Support of Missionaries Worldwide, from Rev. Arthur Rickman, this past month I have had the privilege of installing two new shepherds to serve in Latin America and the Caribbean. Rev. Bob Luinstra was installed to serve as the pastor of Safe Harbor Lutheran Church, an International Lutheran congregation in Grand Cayman. Rev. Carlos Catalan was installed and is serving an independent Lutheran congregation in Guadalajara, Mexico. Please pray for these pastors as they faithfully serve these congregations that have been entrusted to their care. Lutheran Indian Ministries, Rev. Dr. Don Johnson, I speak for every member of our staff when I say that we greatly value your partnership in mission. None of us wants to think about where we d be without your prayer support. With your financial giving, we are able to put ministry into action. From remote communities in Alaska to our campus ministry at Haskell Indian Nations University, men and women are hearing the Good News of salvation through Jesus Christ. Trinity/HOPE (Haiti), Denise Gudlin states, In a country where education historically has not been a priority (literacy rate of approximately 50%), it is exciting to see attendance in the schools we feed increase, a couple more than 200%. This year we have added three schools to our feeding program. We know God will lead us with the directions we take to accomplish His plan. Thank you for your support helping us feed over 17,500 meals a day. Special Education Services in Lutheran Schools, While our programs and services have changed throughout the years, one thing has always remained constant the importance of the children we serve! This school year ( ), we have served over 1,200 children; compared to last year of 900 children. Thank you for your continued support and prayers to God s call to support these children with learning needs. Community Outreach through Summer Bridge to Success (Minneapolis), Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your donations to our Summer Bridge to Success program and to Trinity First School. Your generosity and thoughtfulness is such a wonder to witness and we are blessed because of it. Continued on page 5

4 Page 4 Minnesota South District Women On A Mission Summer, 2014 Issue PRINTED: May, 2014 Everlasting Rescue: What the Past Means For Our Future Rev. Lowell Sorenson, Pastoral Counselor The 25th Biennial LWML Convention of the Minnesota South District is coming up! We will gather under the theme: Everlasting Rescue. We thank God for the promise in His Holy Word: The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen (2 Timothy 4:18, ESV). The Scriptures sometimes talk about our rescue as being in the future. Such is certainly the case with our theme verse. True, we haven t reached our final destination yet. The Last Day has not yet arrived and with it the opening of all the graves. But did you know that in the past the Lord planned for your eternal rescue? Did you know that the Lord, even before He created Adam and Eve, looked upon you in love and set out to deliver you from your sins? Even more, in Christ Jesus you were chosen to be an heir of heaven. It is true! Consider what the Blessed Apostle wrote in his letter to the Ephesians: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace, with which He has blessed us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight (1:3 8, ESV). In Christ Jesus, we can be confident that the everlasting rescue that is ours today and tomorrow is ours because of what God has done in the past. As we trust in Christ Jesus for our salvation, we also thank God for His electing grace. Lutherans sometimes shy away from talking about predestination. But when one appreciates this doctrine rightly, it is nothing but sheer grace and comfort and joy for us! We can do nothing to earn God s favor. There is nothing we can do to merit forgiveness of sins. It is a gift of God. It is a gift God prepared for us before we were even born. But after we were born, God was at work to bring us the gifts He so determined to give us. In Baptism we are clothed with Christ. In God s Word we are built up in faith. We feed on the true body and blood of the Lord Jesus for the nourishing of our hope. And today, yes, today, we say in faith: I have eternal life. Jesus says: Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears My Word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life (John 5:24, ESV). Everlasting salvation isn t just about the future. It s present. In Christ we have passed through the judgment unto eternal life! And we have everlasting rescue today because of what God has done for us in the past. Two millennia ago, Jesus died and rose again for us. To secure our forgiveness and deliverance. And even before the foundation of the world blessed thought God chose you and me in Christ to be His people. That s grace! That s everlasting rescue! 2014 LWML Prayer Service This Is What We Are Baptized For 2013 was an interesting year in our church body. The Youth Gathering and the Lutheran Women s Missionary League (LWML) Convention and The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) Convention were all held in one summer. If you paid attention you could look at the themes and see your baptism in the background. This prayer service is designed to help us find out what we are baptized for and to ask for the strength and grace to do it. It includes an original hymn by the author, Rev. Bernhard Seter, based on the words of the LWML Pledge. Seter said, I am convinced when I read the LWML pledge that works of mercy and service in support of Gospel proclamation is what all of us were baptized for. [That sentence] may be bad grammar but it is great theology. Author Rev. Bernhard Seter serves three North Dakota congregations: Zion English Lutheran in Grafton, Trinity Lutheran in Drayton, and St. John Lutheran in Crystal. He also serves as the Chaplain at the Life Skills and Transition Center in Grafton, and as the Chair for the Board for International Missions. He has traveled to Africa and works with Project 24, a group of five laymen who are trying to build rescue centers for orphans in Kenya. He visited India, Southeast Asia, and the Dominican Republic to see firsthand the missions and ministries supported by the LWML. Seter is married to Faye, a former parochial school teacher and former Christian Growth Director in the local LWML. You ll find the 2014 LWML Prayer Service, hymn and music at prayer-service.php. If you are unable to download the service please contact the LWML Office at lwml@lwml.org or call to obtain a paper copy.

5 Page 5 Minnesota South District Women On A Mission Summer, 2014 Issue PRINTED: May, 2014 Change Happens Take the Lord with You Do you ever try to get things done and suddenly wonder why you aren t moving any faster? Or jobs aren t getting done more quickly? Or maybe not getting done at all? What is your priority and where is your focus? As it says in Proverbs 21:5, The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. We keep at our jobs, our responsibilities and eventually things seem to get done. Maybe we have forgotten to first take it to the Lord in prayer. Many times as you look back you can recall when you took it to the Lord in prayer and you later think how smoothly it went. Or maybe even with some bumps in the road knowing that the Lord was walking right beside you, it got done. Another time you might have taken it to the Lord in prayer, but then proceeded to try to cut corners and it didn t work out. This also applies to us in LWML; Take it to the Lord in prayer. Wait for an answer, then proceed. As we truly praise the Lord that this past biennium all of you faithful LWMLers and friends at your churches filled those mite boxes and the mite goal was met. Hallelujah. Let us look at five points or reasons as to how things might happen. First is the right thought, that we had a goal to meet. We would be diligent in prayer as we put in our mites and the goal would be met. Second is the right people. That is those who believed in what LWML is and stands for. Remembering our objects of Mission Inspiration (based on the Word), Mission Education(Bible Study), and Mission Service (service to the Lord both in the church and wherever you are). Third is the right environment. In LWML thinking is valued, ideas flow freely, fresh eyes and ideas are welcome, changes are expected, questions are encouraged, egos are checked, one idea leads to another idea, and teamwork is generated. DOES this sound like the district these past four years following restructuring? I think it does. Fourth is the right time. Plan for what needs to be done; while waiting as the planning moves along, be ready to change if need be. Then it will get done. This was evident again with the mite goal being met. Fifth and final have the right reason to do something. It needs to be an idea which fulfills God s purposes and shows His love for others through all that we do. That is what has been the goal of LWML. One of the ways we all show this is through our Bible studies, mite giving, and fellowship with each other. With the upcoming convention we will have another opportunity to show all of these reasons. Blessings to each of you. Hope to see many of you at the convention. If you can not be there, support us in prayer that in all that is said and done it may be done to God s glory. Darleen A. Harens, LWML Minnesota South District President continued from page 3 Through God s gifts to this program, we are able to ensure that no family will be turned away from hearing the Good News of Jesus Christ because of an inability to pay. (Carrie Butcher, Program Director.) Our Mites at Work, with God become Mighty Mites at Work for God s Kingdom! Thanks be to God for His inexpressible gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15 Debi Ylitalo, Vice President of Gospel Outreach Mite Minute We have met our goal! See the front page for the totals. All monies received now will go to the goal which will be decided at the District Convention. Send all donations to Darlene Fretham, 209 West Central Street, Springfield, MN until August. A new Financial Secretary will be elected at the District Convention in June and will be taking over my position in August. Check the next WOM and the information you receive from your Zone Treasurer for the new Financial Secretary s name and address.

6 Page 6 Minnesota South District Women On A Mission Summer, 2014 Issue PRINTED: May, 2014 Thrivent Choice Dollars Are you a Thrivent Financial member? Do you have THRIVENT CHOICE DOLLARS to distribute? Please consider donating your Thrivent Choice Dollars to LUTHERAN WOMEN S MISSIONARY LEAGUE MN SOUTH DISTRICT. If you donate between April 1 and May 31, 2014, Thrivent Financial will give an extra $20 to our organization if we are the first organization you give your Thrivent Choice Dollars during this period. All the money received goes to our Mite (Mission Grant) Goal. If you have any questions, contact Darlene Fretham, PARLIAMENTARY PAUSE Quarterly News Watch this space in the WOM for a brief note about the LWML magazine The Quarterly. Your subscription runs from Summer to Spring. New orders are due by March 1 of each year. Society treasurers should be made aware of this at the beginning of each year. Barbara Fellersen MNSO District LWML Quarterly Manager Joyful Response You can now donate your LWML mites electronically! Joyful Response is a free electronic mite giving opportunity for individuals and societies of the LWML. You can transfer your personal or society s mites directly from your bank or LCEF Steward Account safely and conveniently. If you are interested in this giving opportunity, fill out the Joyful Response form and send it to Darlene Fretham. If you would like a form, please let me know. When writing dates, spell out all months and days of the week. When writing a month, day, and year, place a comma after both the day and the year. (The zone rally was held on October 23, 2008, in the sanctuary.) When writing only a month and a year, do not separate with commas. (The convention will be in June 2014.) When writing a weekday and date, use commas after both. (Bring donations by Sunday, March 12, in order to meet the deadline.) DO NOT use ordinal numbers (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th) in dates. An ordinal number indicates the position in a series, its order, or the way it may be pronounced. (As an example April 22, 2014, may or will be pronounced as April twenty second two thousand fourteen, but never written with the nd after the number twenty-two.) Myrna Behrens, Parliamentarian Memorials Received February, April, 2014 Adrein Schwartz Yvonne Schaver Evelyn Bremer (2) Janet Ambrose LaVonne Harris Imo Arlene Overlie Marie Boeder (2) Florence Flo Donahoe Alice Storm Carmen Klatt (4) Leonard Lenny Kahn Jr. Ella Trippel Kenneth Sturges Lucille Hamann Arthur Fuchs Roy Sexton David Beguhn George Rhinehart Pearl Loustad Betty Wittenberg Lucille Zabel Carmen Johnson Loyce Braband Dorothy Mathwig Robert Bob Oehlke Margaret Peg Sanderson Kronzicka Vogt Sally Cowger Doris Heidorn (8) Loretta Tiedt Donald Fellersen (2) Art Alsleben Victor Harens Alma Voges Donald DeYoung Merle Matzke I have envelopes for the LWML MN South District Memorials. Please contact me if you would like some. Darlene Fretham, Financial Secretary

7 Page 7 Minnesota South District Women On A Mission Summer, 2014 Issue PRINTED: May, 2014 Smiles for Infants and Little Girls LWML District Convention Ingathering Alleluia! Christ is Risen Indeed! As we prepared our hearts for Easter, let us indeed remember Christ died and rose for all people. Let us especially remember the children abroad who will benefit from the Gifts from the Heart Ingathering at the District Convention. If you call the distribution centers in Rochester, Fairmont, St. Paul, or Mayer in advance, the dresses and layettes can be dropped off and will be packed in apple boxes. Or perhaps one could pick up some boxes, pack the dresses and layettes, and return the boxes to the distribution center. If this is not a workable situation, you may bring the boxes to the convention although please make this a last resort. PLEASE, we need an accurate count of the dresses and layettes. Give that number to Jan Pfeiffer either at the convention or her with that number at clet.pfeiffer@charter.net. Thank you! Following is the contact information for packing and distribution of the pillow case dresses and the layettes. John Henke (Rochester) Would prefer to have donations boxed in apple boxes, but can receive some unboxed items. People may drop off their donations between 7 am and 8 am each Wednesday morning, or they may also bring their items to Redeemer Lutheran Church in Rochester. They will have a gathering spot for collections. If in need of another option, please give John a call. Home phone: Cell phone: Arno Norman (Fairmont) Please call ahead before you bring donations. Prefers that you pack in apple boxes. He has some boxes available. Home phone: Cell phone: Louie Honebrink (Mayer) Please call ahead and he will give you directions on boxing items and when and where to drop off items. He currently still has boxes. Home phone: Cell phone: Bill Rogers (Eastern Heights/St. Paul) Prefers to have items boxed. Call him to arrange for drop off times. Home phone: Cell phone: FINALLY, I understand that the Orphan Grain Train does not have a truck for us to use at the convention to transport to Rochester the gifts collected at the convention. If you know of anyone who can help us out, please contact Jan Pfeiffer. Layette Kits Layette kits include: Diaper(s) - cloth or disposable, please include pins if including cloth diapers Baby wipes Pacifier - new Bottle - new Sleeper Onesie (1-piece underwear) Receiving Blanket Blanket No baby powder or lotions can be in the layette kit (due to Customs restrictions). Clothing and blankets can be new or gently used. Secure all items together in a 2 gallon zip-lock bag. Layette kits will be distributed by the Orphan Grain Train, Inc. You may pack them in apple boxes and take them to an Orphan Grain Train distribution site or bring them to the convention in June. Be sure to get accurate counts of all layettes taken to the Orphan Grain Train to Jan Pfeiffer, Vice President of Human Care. Her contact information is 507/ or clet.pfeiffer@charter.net. Serving the Lord with Gladness, Jan Pfeiffer, Vice President for Human Care

8 President Counselors ZONE PRESIDENTS Darleen Harens Ph Rev. Russell Allan Reed Ph (home) Capitol Conference NE Suburban: Marilyn Akerman Page 8 Minnesota South District Ph Women On A Mission (church) Summer, 2014 Issue presnesuburbanz@mnslwml.org PRINTED: May, 2014 Ph (cell) St. Paul Metro: Beth Schuster pastoralcounselor@mnslwml.org presstpaulmetroz@mnslwml.org Vice President of Christian Life Joan Proehl Ph christianlifevp@mnslwml.org Vice President of Communication Ruth Badciong Ph communicationvp@mnslwml.org Vice President of Gospel Outreach Debi Ylitalo Ph gospeloutreachvp@mnslwml.org Vice President of Human Care Janice Pfeiffer Ph humancarevp@mnslwml.org Vice President of Servant Resources Joy Anderson Ph servantresourcesvp@mnslwml.org Recording Secretary Joyce Lanie Ph recordingsec@mnslwml.org Financial Secretary & Equalization Darlene Fretham 209 W. Central St., Springfield, MN Ph financialsec@mnslwml.org Treasurer & Memorials & Bequests Marilyn Coleman Ph treasurer@mnslwml.org memorials@mnslwml.org Chairman of the Nominating Committee Carol Zemke Ph nominations@mnslwml.org Nominating Committee Members: Beveryly Gorr, Caroline Witt, Eunice Bremer, Doreen Hoffman Parliamentarian Myrna Behrens Ph parliamentarian@mnslwml.org Archivist-Historian Lois Marquardt Ph archivist-historian@mnslwml.org Quarterly Manager Barbara Fellersen Ph quarterlymanager@mnslwml.org Rev. Dale Kohrs Ph (church) pastoralcounselor@mnslwml.org Rev. Lowell Sorenson Ph (church) pastoralcounselor@mnslwml.org Rev. Robert Mundahl Ph (church) pastoralcounselor@mnslwml.org Meeting Managers Joan Luedtke Ph meetingmanager@mnslwml.org Margaret Hesemann Ph meetingmanager@mnslwml.org LWML Store Manager Juliene Klaustermeier Ph lwmlstoremanager@mnslwml.org Webmaster Wendy Greiner Ph webmaster@mnslwml.org Committee on Young Women Mary Kay Mages Ph COYW@mnslwml.org May Lee Ph COYW@mnslwml.org WOM Editor Joann Rosenfeld Phone: editor@mnslwml.org WOM Circulation Manager Carolyn Wagner Phone: circulationmanager@mnslwml.org Heart to Heart Representative Shing Vang Phone: heart2heartsisters@mnslwml.org Crow River Conference Arlington: Vivian Grisham presarlingtonz@mnslwml.org Litchfield: Joanne Jarvis preslitchfieldz@mnslwml.org Mankato: Kay Stewart presmankatoz@mnslwml.org McLeod: Maureen Krumrey presmcleodz@mnslwml.org Lyndale Conference St. Croix River: Mary Torno presstcroixriverz@mnslwml.org SE Suburban: Mary Mulfinger pressesuburbanz@mnslwml.org Minneapolis Conference Minneapolis Metro: Bea Haagenson presminneapolismetroz@mnslwml.org NW Suburban: Julie Hollister presnwsuburbanz@mnslwml.org SW Suburban: Pamela Hunter presswsuburbanz@mnslwml.org Minnetonka Conference Lake Minnetonka: Carmen Melendez preslakeminnetonkaz@mnslwml.org North Carver: Majel Wendorf presnocarverz@mnslwml.org South Carver: Juliene Klaustermeier presscarverz@mnslwml.org Owatonna Conference Austin: Chyeral Stohlmann presaustinz@mnslwml.org Faribault: Gloria Kenow presfaribaultz@mnslwml.org Waseca: Judie Waters preswasecaz@mnslwml.org Southwest Conference Blue Earth: Kay Groth presblueearthz@mnslwml.org Pipestone: Patti Pierson prespipestonez@mnslwml.org Sherburn: Karen Brolsma pressherburnz@mnslwml.org Worthington: Myleen Swanson presworthingtonz@mnslwml.org Whitewater Conference Lake Pepin: Doreen Hoffman preslakepepinz@mnslwml.org Rochester: Sandy Weiden presrochesterz@mnslwml.org Winona: Michelle Prigge preswinonaz@mnslwml.org