About the Convention Section
- Welcome message from the District President or Planning Committee
- Theme explanation and verse meaning
- Purpose: fellowship, inspiration, and mission focus of the event
- Event Details
- Dates: full schedule range
- Location: venue name, address, map link
- Host Zone or Committee: recognition and short intro
- Who Should Attend: members, guests, pastors, YWRs, etc.
Schedule Overview
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Servant Activities: Ingathering and In-Service Projects
One of the most meaningful parts of our LWML CNH Convention is coming together in Christ’s love to serve others. This year, we will participate in two Ingathering and In-Service projects that support our unhoused neighbors in the Sacramento area. Through these efforts, we have the opportunity to meet both physical needs and spiritual needs, offering dignity, compassion, and hope. We invite every attendee, group, and zone to prayerfully consider how they can participate by donating items and helping us prepare these gifts of care.
Mercy Holistic Ministry (Shower Ministry)
Mercy Holistic Ministry serves our unhoused neighbors by affirming their dignity and restoring lives through compassionate, Christ-centered care. Their outreach meets people where they are, offering practical services alongside spiritual support. Through showers, meals, clothing, medical assistance, counseling, and social services, this ministry works toward a vision of a healthy, hopeful community free from hunger and homelessness.
At the convention, we will assemble Mercy Holistic Ministry care bags that provide essential hygiene and comfort items for those they serve.
Blessing Bags for the Homeless
Our second Ingathering focuses on creating Blessing Bags—portable care bags that can be kept in a car and shared when an opportunity arises to help someone in need. These bags offer nourishment, small comforts, and a reminder that they are seen and valued.
Following the Ingathering Litany on Sunday morning, attendees will be invited to take a few Blessing Bags with them to share beyond the convention, extending the impact of this servant activity into our everyday lives.
Helpful Notes
- Many of these items are available in bulk from online retailers or local dollar stores.
- Start collecting early and consider working together as a society or zone.
- All Ingathering items will be brought forward during the Sunday Ingathering Litany, and Blessing Bags will be available afterward to take and share.
Bring items for one or both Ingathering projects as we serve our unhoused neighbors in the Sacramento area with Christ’s love.
Keynote Speaker: Dorothy Glenn
Deaconess Dorothy Glenn is the head of the faith department at Sierra Lutheran High School, Carson city NV. Dorothy graduated from Concordia University Chicago with a major in Theology and a minor in Psychology with Deaconess certification. She holds additional training in one unit of clinical pastoral education. She is currently finishing up her M.A. in Practical Theology with an emphasis on education through Concordia Seminary St Louis. In her spare time, Dorothy enjoys creating resources for spiritual and mental health through her own publishing brand, Doron Theo Books, LLC.
- Keynote speaker(s)
- Bible study leader(s)
- Music leader(s)
- Short bios and photos
- Exhibits and Vendors
- Overview of exhibitors
- Application link or info for vendor registration
- Exhibit hours
- Young Women / Heart to Heart Sisters
- Info for YWR participants and mentoring program
- Application or nomination link
- Highlights of past experiences
- Offerings and Mites
- Information on where offerings will go
- How to give during or before the convention
- Resources and Downloads
- Convention logo and theme materials
- Bulletin inserts, flyers, PowerPoints, etc.
- Promotional graphics for zones and societies
- What to bring, dress code, meals, accessibility, etc.
- Contact and Updates
- Planning committee or registrar contact
- Email sign-up or newsletter subscription for updates
- Social media links or event hashtag
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