Nebraska Synodical Women's Organization

Saved to Serve Provides Varied Opportunities
Saved To Serve provides opportunities for Nebraska Women of the ELCA to do more than sit at meetings.  They are weekend events at which women have painted, hung wallpaper, made curtains, planted gardens, sorted books, made banners, cleaned camp sites, suiting their activities to the needs of the ELCA supported institutions and agencies they are serving.

Instituted in 1998, the Saved to Serve opportunities are structured with three-fold emphasis:

- Bible study (written especially for the event)

- Work project tat benefits one of the Nebraska Synod's Serving Arms

- Opportunity to interact with other ages, cultures, or abilities.

Groups of women have served American Indian communities, Thai residents of South Sioux City, varied cultures in the Omaha area, disadvantaged people at Martin Luther and Mosiac (formerly Bethphage) installations, students at Campus Lutheran centers, and elderly residents of Tabitha Home.

Wherever Saved to Serve project has been planned, the recipients of the service and the women who have serve are equally joyful about the experience.

NSWO Women of the ELCA in partnership with Lutheran Men in Mission will join in projects at Oaks Indian Mission, Oaks, Oklahoma, August 10 - 13.  Plans call for working to renovate an old, historic stone building into a museum and updating and redecorating Seminole Hall where the older boys live.  The possible work projects are cleaning, painting, sewing, gardening, plumbing, wiring, installing sheetrock, playing games, etc.  There will be something for everyone to do.

Watch for more details on both events announced at Spring Gatherings and in Expressions future issues.

Published 2/19/06