MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING ZONE EVENTS
2026 SPRING EVENTS
Greater Egypt Zone:
Lower Kaskaskia Zone:
Metro Central Zone:
April 25th-Comfort to Share 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 at St. Paul Lutheran Church-Doors Open at 8:30. The Speaker is Joy Ryan President and CEO of Dakota Boys & Girls Ranch. Save and collect colored copy paper, paper scraps, washi tape, stickers, colored pencils and markers. We are going to be making some simple things to share God's peace and joy! Registration due by April 15.
Metro North Zone:
Metro South Zone:
April 25th at Immanuel in Waterloo. Speaker to be confirmed shortly
Mid-State Zone:
February 15, 2026-2 to 4 pm Christian Growth Day-Speaker will be Amanda from Eve's Restoration.
Spring Rally: Wednesday April 8, 2026.
Upper Kaskaskia Zone:
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.