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Hoping for spring and new life
Sometimes it seems as if winter and life's rough patches will go on forever. Yet there always is the hope, the expectation even, of spring and new life. The Rev. Lynn C. Ramshaw writes about our longing for renewal and new life in the season of Lent in "A Winter's Prayer," a March Lutheran Woman Today magazine feature story.
Monthly offering devotions
You’ll find one every month in the Interchange newsletter as well
as on our Web site.
Is your synodical women's organization on the Web?
The Women of the ELCA Web site now has a page with links to the Web pages of synodical women's organizations that have them. Find your SWO's Web site here. Your SWO doesn't have a Web site? Encourage your leadership to develop one; the churchwide office can advise on how to get started.
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Being Good Stewards of Water
 In time for Earth Day (April 22), we have a new, short resource that helps us better understand the water cycle and how water is consumed both at home and around the world.
Learn what “virtual water consumption” is, how North Americans compare to others around the world on water use, and easy ways to conserve and recycle water—which is good not only for the local and global environment but for your wallet, too.
Among the Triennial Gathering speakers will be Leymah Gbowee, a Lutheran from Liberia who headed up the interfaith, female-led efforts that brought peace to Liberia after years of civil war. She is currently director of Women and Peace Security Network Africa and was recently in the U.S. to speak to members of Congress about the prevention of violence against women and girls.
We're also hard at work assembling workshop topics and presenters. Is there a topic you would like to see explored in a workshop at the Gathering? Drop us a line: women.elca@elca.org
Rachel's Day
Since 1996, Women of the ELCA has observed the first Sunday in May as Rachel's Day. The purpose of the day is to broaden awareness of the violence suffered by children and to encourage taking action to address it. Rachel's Day gets its name from Jeremiah 31:15-17, wherein Rachel grieved for her children.
 See our Web site for more on the history and background of Rachel's Day, ideas for planning an observance in your congregation, and other resources, including a storybook project.
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