MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING ZONE EVENTS
Greater Egypt Zone:
Presentation:
Good Shepherd, Marion invites you to a presentation by our pastor, Rev Mark Surburg, on his recent trip to South Sudan. Pastor Surburg was in South Sudan teaching the book of Galatians at the seminary there. The date of the presentation is
Friday, September 12. The LWML group will have coffee ready at 9 AM. The presentation will start at
9:30 AM and last approximately two hours depending on the number of questions. Good Shepherd’s address is 1800 Westminster, Marion. We invite any and all to attend. (See picture below.)
Lower Kaskaskia Zone:
Fall Fellowship: Friday October 24, 2025-8:30 to noon. St. Mark Lutheran Church, 105 N Garfield, Steelevillle, IL. Theme is Help in Time of Need featuring speakers Roger & Terri Twenhafel on 'Operations BBQ Relief'.
Metro Central Zone:
Fall Rally: October 25th-8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Collinsville. "Faith Comes by Hearing" Pastor Schnare from Lutheran Heritage Foundation will be the speaker. The ingathering will be cash donations to Lutheran Heritage Foundation. Registration by October 15th. Lunch will follow. (See picture below.)
Metro North Zone:
Fall Workshop: October 18, 2025 at Zion Lutheran Church in Bethalto. Theme: It is more Blessed to Give than to Receive (Acts 20:35). No speaker, will be making fleece lap blankets for Group home for adults with Disabilities in Alton, IL.
Metro South Zone:
Fall Gathering:
November 15, 2025-8:40 to after lunch. Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Wartburg. Guest Speaker is Dorothy Krans from LCMS International Center featuring "Phil's Friends". Bring markers, colored pencils etc for making cards. Bring cards if they are made ahead of time to be shipped with ingathering items. Ingathering includes Puzzle books for all ages (including large print), toothpaste (travel size), Women's fuzzy socks, Lotion (travel size, include Jergens Ultra Healing, Curel Daily Healing), Biotene (6 or 8 oz size) and Women's knit or crocheted hats. There will be a free will offering to offset the shipping of items. Please call or text Mike Schmidt-(618) 791-0386 with number of attendees. Please invite your daughters and friends to join as women in mission.
Mid-State Zone:
Fall Rally: Scheduled for October 5, 2025 @ 5:00 pm. It will be a potluck. Details will be soon.
Spring Rally: Wednesday April 8, 2026.
Upper Kaskaskia Zone:
Fall Rally: Saturday October 4, 2025 @9:00 am, Trinity Lutheran Church in Hoyleton, Il.
The theme will be "Comfort Ye My People" 2nd Corinthians 1:3 & 4. There will be a Bible Study, Memory Care Speaker, National Convention report and assembly of laptop fidget blanket kits. (See picture below.)
Zone Rally Memories
GREATER EGYPT ZONE
The Greater Egypt Zone hosted an event at Good Shepherd, Marion on September 12, 2025. The program was a presentation by Rev. Mark Surburg, Good Shepherd's pastor, reviewing his recent trip to South Sudan. While in South Sudan, Rev. Surburg taught the Book of Galatians to 4th year students at the Lutheran Seminary.
LOWER KASKASKIA ZONE PAST EVENTS
METRO SOUTH ZONE
Saturday morning April 15, LWML members from the Metro South Zone met at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church in Freeburg for their Spring Gathering. Pastor Karl Gregory, from Messiah in Lebanon, conducted the service with Christine Keseman the organist .
Linda Wittbrach, from The Orphan Grain Train in St. Louis, was the guest speaker for the service. She explained that all the articles donated are compacted tightly into mailing boxes so that nothing becomes damaged before they arrive in the country they are sent to.
In the picture above, you can see the result of assembling 80 school kits for the children which were taken to the Orphan Grain Train facility Tuesday, April 25.
UPPER KASKASKIA ZONE EVENT OCTOBER 24, 2025
The Upper Kaskaskia Zone held their fall workshop on October 4, 2025, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hoyleton. There were about 22 that attended. The theme for the day was Comfort Ye My People. Kim Burgess, from Comforting Transitions, was the speaker. She shared with the group the four different types of dementia. Kim also shared the identifying symptoms of Alzheimer’s and dementia and what to do when communicating with a patient that has it. Kits were made for fidget blankets to be given to people with memory issues. The group cut out fleece lap blankets to be tied, and then members took them home and added zippers, buttons, shoelaces, and other items for residents to occupy their hands and minds. Zone Pastoral Counselor, Rev. Tim Mueller shared with the ladies a Bible study on comfort and about the Holy Spirit, the Comforter. The host Pastor, Rev. Nate Wollenberg gave us some Bible verses and ideas on how to minister to those who are suffering from Alzheimer’s or Dementia. They are not forgotten by God.
METRO CENTRAL ZONE
Metro Central Zone held their Fall Zone Rally on October 25th, 2025; at Good Shepherd in Collinsville. We began the day with a Worship service. Then on to the Presenter of the day: Pastor Schnare of Lutheran Heritage Foundation as he led us through how LHF supplies people of the world with translation of books to enable them to know the Lord. We were schooled on all of the resources available to churches as well as all in the world.
METRO NORTH ZONE
The Metro North Zone LWML had their prayer service on Saturday, March 13, at St Peter in Prairietown.