LFL of Wisconsin

According to the by-laws changes adopted last fall, all LFL of Wisconsin state federation offices are now set at one year terms and will be up for election at our Annual Meeting on October 24 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Portage.

Many of these positions have been held by the same people for several years and so the board is actively seeking nominations for all of them in an effort to give Members At Large a true choice in elections, and as a way to encourage more people to participate in the organization.

Please prayerfully consider donating a few hours a month in service in our fight to protect the sanctity of human life. If you would like more information about the positions listed below or to place a name in nomination (including yourself), contact Diane Chadwick or the person who currently holds the office by August 30, 2009.

President. Currently held by Diane Chadwick. Overall responsibility for the state organization. Attends National LFL functions. Speaks on behalf of the State organization. Diane would like to step down so she can concentrate on speaking engagements and other pro-life activities. You can reach Diane at 920-474-7143 or via e-mail at: dchadwick@netwurx.net

Vice-President. Currently held by Kaye Natzke. Conducts business in president’s absence. Kaye also takes care of the newsletter mailings. You can reach her at 715-257-7108 or via e-mail at: kadunatzke@yahoo.com

Secretary. Currently held by Ida Frizzell. Keeps minutes. Contact Ida at 715-824-3780 or via e-mail at: frizzell@wi-net.com.

Treasurer. Currently held by Bonnie Walter. Receipts donations, pays bills, keeps records. 715-327-8608 or killarney@lakeland.ws

Resource Secretary. Currently held by Ya-Fen Szczesny. Main responsibility is procuring life resources for LFL of Wis. booth displays. Contact Ya-Fen at 920-485-0084 or via e-mail at:
seeyachat@sbcglobal.net

Membership Secretary. VACANT. Updates and coordinates all mailing lists and contact information and sends out e-mails to membership with time sensitive material. Contact Diane Chadwick or Brenda Hansen (see below)

Newsletter Editor. Currently held by Brenda Hansen who would like to step down to pursue speaking and freelance writing. Publishes state newsletter, Heartbeat. Phone: 715-752-3532 or e-mail her at brendahansen@frontiernet.net

Web Manager. Currently being held by Brian Witt. Manages State Federation website. Brian can be reached at 920-730-9488 or via e-mail at: xianfox@xianfox.com

The Board of Directors is also actively pursuing people to serve as spiritual, legal and medical advisors. Please direct inquiries to Diane Chadwick.

In this era, maintaining social connections to our membership and prospective members is more important than it ever has been. For those that may have already joined in the Social Networking arena, Lutherans For Life of Wisconsin can be found there as well. LFL of Wisconsin has a Twitter account at http://twitter.com/lflwi and Facebook--simply search for "LFL of WI".

If you're already on these social networks, or plan to be, join us to be sure you get all the latest information about what LFL of WI is doing. Also, please take time to pass on our messages to your friends to help us build new relationships.

Our country has changed and the next four to eight years will be challenging years for all of us. Please look back and ask how did we get to this place—did we equip and educate enough. Please pray for one another especially as we go out to speak, display, etc. Please continue to build each other up as sometimes this works becomes difficult ---God will lead us all thru. “Consider Him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lost heart.” Hebrews 12:3

On Saturday, April 25th the Board of Directors held a meeting and one of the biggest discussion items was how to provide more ways to equip and educate. Brian Witt is our webmaster he has helped us all to understand Facebook and Twitter (13 slide presentation on how it works). Lutherans For Life of Wisconsin has our own website --Facebook and Twitter are part of LFL of Wisconsin.

According to our by-laws we need to hold an annual meeting each year for the election of officers and updates to all chapters and attendees. Mark you calendars for Saturday, October 24th, at 11:00 a.m. for the annual meeting at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Portage. This meeting should be no longer that an hour. Please prayfully consider serving on the board.

I will be presenting at Circuit 22 on May 12th Renewal For Life to Pastors. This is the direction that Lutherans For Life will be equipping and educating our churches. Grassroots people are still very much needed to assist the Pastor’s in their individual churches. Please help to promote Renewal for Life to your Pastor and have your Pastor contact the state or national LFL office for a presentation.

This year the National Conference (30th Anniversary) will be held in St. Louis on July 24-25 at the Doubletree Westport. Please prayfully consider attending this conference. Wisconsin will be hosting the 2010 National Conference for Lutherans For Life July 23 and 24, 2010 at Concordia University (on the shore of Lake Michigan) in Mequon. More details to follow. Please give me a call to part of the team for this conference.

Serving the Lord of Life

Diane Chadwick

Right to Life, Oneida County, is having a Fundraiser this Friday, May 1, at 4:30 at the Crescent Lake Bible Camp, south of Rhinelander. {Follow white signs off of Hwy. 17}. There will be a salad buffet and a speaker. If everyone can bring a salad or bread to pass, that'd help. The speaker is Bob Atwell, a businessman and father from the WI Right to Life Speaker's Bureau. He will also speak at Catawba (West of Prentice) the next day, May 2, at 9:30 a.m. - a lunch is included, freewill donation requested. Call Paula at 715-362-6425 if questions and feel free to pass this announcement along to others.