WELCA: Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Women of the ELCA host a monthly Bible Study to which all women of the congregation and their friends are invited to attend. The study is published in GATHER, the bimonthly magazine of WELCA. The Bible Study is a series of 4 or 5 sessions on a specific topic. We meet on the second Monday of each month from 9:30-11:00 am in Fellowship Hall and do Zoom for those up North. 

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This Winter (January and February)  WELCA will start the series: "Embodied Prayer" by the Rev. Liv Larson Andrews.

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Monday, January 12, at 9:30 am we will study Session One: "Praying with Our Bodies"

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Monday, February 9, at 9:30 am, we will study Session Two: "Praying with the Body of the Earth."

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This Spring (March, April, May 2026) WELCA will start the series: "I AM: God's Holy Name and Promise" a three-part Bible study by the Rev. Dr. Hannah Hawkinson. The issue also includes a bonus intergenerational Bible study/devotional, "Paul's Letters and Yours," by the Rev. Angela Shannon. 

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Monday, March 9, at 9:30 am, we will study Session One: "Bread, Vine, and Light: Abiding with Us (John 6, 8, and 15)."

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Monday, April 13, at 9:30 am, we will study Session Two: "Gate and Shepherd: Guiding and Protecting Us (John 10)."

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Monday, May 11, at 9:30 am, we will study Session Three: "Resurrection and Life: Leading Us Into Abundance Life (John 11 and 14)." ​​

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Copies of Gather's study are provided; please find them on one of the shelves in Fellowship Hall. To subscribe to GATHER magazine (which contains the study), please call 884-409-0576 or email: gather@cambewest.com

• Bazaar. We collect donations from the congregation and sell cleaned, used items from jewelry to linens. We also sell crafts made by our own sewing ladies. Our Bazaar is held in the winter and the monies collected go one half to St. Mark's needs and the other half to our local charities. 

• Day of Service. Women gather to sew, cut, and put together various handmade items that are useful. In the past we have made abdominal pillows, walker pouches, large bibs for nursing homes, mastectomy pillows, chemo seatbelt pillows, Advent Health drawstring bags, and tissue holders and caps for cancer patients.

• Fashion Show. Ladies from our congregation model outfits from local boutiques or shops with a luncheon provided. Our next Fashion Show is held in the spring with tickets available several weeks prior.

• Ladies Social. A gathering of the congregation women that is usually held in the fall. Everyone who attends gets a chance to meet someone new. We learn fun facts about each other -- skills, experiences, and unusual stuff we stash in our purses! 

• Christmas Craft Sale. Quilted items, plus all other crafts by the women of the congregation, are sold at a Craft Sale usually held in early December.