QUEEN ANNE LUTHERAN CHURCH WOMEN
This community of women celebrates relationships, values, learning, and feels called to act boldly on their faith. They host fellowship events and participate in small group Bible studies. They are active participants in Lutheran World Relief Quilt and Kit making and collecting clothing items for St. Joseph’s Baby Corner. Updates and announcements for women’s events and activities can be found here and in the Quill, the church newsletter.
QALC Women’s News
Christmas and New Year’s have come and gone and now it is time for Ash Wednesday, which begins Lent on March 6 this year, followed closely by the Women’s Lenten Brunch on March 8. We are in the initial planning stages for the brunch. Your ideas and input are needed. Program and breakfast ideas are welcome, and your help would be greatly appreciated.
Come join us for our Bible Study Circle. We meet on Zoom, and some of us attend in person, at 7 PM on the third Tuesday of every month (January 21, February 18). Contact Barb Bach or Candy Mathes for details and Zoom links.
Gather Bible Study for Winter/Spring 2025: “Faithfulness”
by Denise Rector.
(January) Session One: Ruth and Naomi
Ruth chooses to remain part of Naomi’s family, even after Naomi has lost everything – including her husband and sons. This intergenerational story of faithfulness during emptiness and sorrow helps us learn how to rely on God in bleak times.
(February) Session Two: Psalm 22
David testifies that God is God, and worthy of praise, even as David is in despair. It’s no wonder that Jesus cried out to God during the crucifixion using these very words. In our worst times, this psalm gives us a way to contemplate God’s holiness.
Quilting: On Wednesdays, Sewing and Service continues to meet in the Fireside Room at 10 AM. PDQ’s meet on each second Monday after 5 PM. We gather for dinner (bring your own) at 6. Come join us as we make quilts for LWR (and some for Compass Housing Alliance).
Needed for Baby Care Kits:
- size 12-months t-shirts
- baby pajamas (no feet)
- size 2-4 socks (not the littlest)
- 12-18 months sweaters or sweatshirts (no fleece).
Your Women’s Board,
Sallie Wilson, Barb Bach, Candy Mathes
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
Daily Grace: Need an on-the-go companion for your faith journey? Daily Grace offers brief reflections every day in which you’ll encounter God’s extravagant, boundless and often surprising grace. Be comforted, challenged, inspired, consoled and confronted. Find it online here.
Come join us at a circle this month! Did you know that not only do our Circles support each other but they study the Bible together? Come join us this month.
Please read the article here about CORE Tanzania’s efforts. With QALCW having been an ongoing supporter of CORE Tanzania, we encourage all QALC women to look into building a pen-pal relationship with a first-grader at Twegashe School, with or without financial sponsorship. Children or youth at QALC may enjoy doing this, too. What an opportunity!
Circles Update:
QALCW Circle now meets on the third Tuesday of each month. We are meeting live in the Conference Room, and also online via Zoom. Contact bbach4751@gmail.com for info.
Northern Lights, our north-end Circle, meets currently on the third Monday of each month via Zoom. Contact Dolly Smith at ohana3@comcast.net for info and locations.
Sewing and Service meets Wednesdays at 10:00 AM at QALC for quilting. We generally have a coffee hour between 10:30 and 11:00.
PDQs is a multigenerational, multigender group which now meets at QALC on the second Monday of each month at 5:30 PM for a simple BYO supper and quilting. Contact Candy Mathes for info and location.
Our Circles pursue Bible study with the guidance of Gather magazine, a WELCA publication. Take a look at the magazine in the church narthex. To obtain your own copy of Gather magazine call (845) 267-3074. Annual rate is $19.95.
Download the app for Gather Magazine and you can get copies of the magazine—including the Bible Studies—for free!
LINKS
WELCA Churchwide Organization
www.womenoftheelca.orgGather Magazine
www.gathermagazine.orgCafé
www.boldcafe.org
