2026 Eldora Zone Spring Rally
On April 18 the Zone held its Spring Rally at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora. The Theme was Psalm 40:3–:He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord”. The speaker was Rev. Nathan Grewe from Lutheran Family Service who talked about Anxiety–the “Good” and the “Bad” anxieties. The Ingathering was a monetary donation to Lutheran Family Service. The Zone has held some servant events for the Orphan Grain Train. a Lutheran High School, and for a missionary. We did servant projects and had games, fun, and fellowship.
Eldora Zone Attends 2025 LWML Convention
Great photo of the women who were able to attend the 2025 LWML National Convention in Omaha. Pictured from left – right. Front row: Lora Duncan, Barbara Winter. 2nd row: Joy Reinert, Brenda Young, Clarissa Spiehs. 3rd row: Nancy Teske, Carole Spiehs. Back row: Linda Allen, Deb England, Brittany Hampton. Not pictured: Marilyn Fahrmann.
2025 Eldora Zone Fall Rally
The Fall Rally was held on Oct. 4 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Wellsburg. The theme was based on Psalm 98:1 “Sing to the Lord a New Song”. Kolleen Hosford from the College Hill Music Conservatory was the speaker. The Conservatory offers private lessons on a variety of instruments seeking “to assist in raising up the next generation of church musicians to give God the glory”. Another goal “is to promote the rich heritage of Christian music especially of the Lutheran church”. The grant money that they received was used to purchase Lutheran Hymns and liturgies. The Ingathering will be used to purchase more
music. St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hubbard celebrated 100+years of Ladies Aid with a Ladies Social on Oct. 4.
2025 Eldora 100 Year Celebration
Place: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Latimer
Theme: Lutheran Education based on Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way to go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Speakers: Cody Collier, principal of St. Paul’s Lutheran School and Pastor Peter Wagner. St. Paul’s Lutheran School will celebrate 100 years in August.
St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Latimer is celebrating 100 years this year. There aren’t many church schools that have existed that long. Recently the Lord blessed the school by enabling them to add the high school. On August 3, 2025 the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church is going to celebrate its 130 year anniversary with a special service. Congratulations to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School at Latimer!
2025 Eldora Zone Spring Rally
Date: May 10, 2025
Place: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Latimer
Theme: Lutheran Education based on Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way to go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Speakers: Cody Collier, principal of St. Paul’s Lutheran School and Pastor Peter Wagner. St. Paul’s Lutheran School will celebrate 100 years in August.
2024 Eldora Zone Fun Night Report
On July 24th, 2024, the Eldora Zone hosted a Fun Night for the Zone’s LWML ladies at St. John Lutheran Church in Hubbard.. Our speaker was a faculty and dorm counselor for St. Paul Lutheran Boarding High School in Concordia, Missouri. We played a rousing game of Family Feud ,LWML style. Then we did a short servant activity for the dorm students at St. Paul Lutheran High School.
2024 Eldore Zone Fall Rally Report
Our Fall Rally was held at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Iowa Falls on Page 9 of 16 – 11/9/24 Oct. 5. The theme was Harvest of Blessings based on Galatians 6:9-10. The speaker was Davey Doering from the Lighthouse of Hope in Iowa Falls. She spoke about all the activities that they do for young single women having babies. Besides providing clothing, diapers, wipes, and toys, they provide social and Christian support. The Ingathering of $407 was for the Lighthouse of Hope.
2023 Eldora Zone Fun Night Report
On July 12 St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hubbard and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Eldora hosted a fun Eldora Zone event at Hubbard that was attended by 30 ladies. Clarissa Spiehs, a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Eldora and one of the Young Women Reps at the Milwaukee Convention told about her duties and experiences at the Convention. After her presentation, Clarissa showed everyone how to correctly roll underwear that goes into the Orphan Grain Train hygiene kits. She and the ladies from the Eldora Zone had learned how to do that at the Convention. They rolled 286 pairs of underwear that night and donated 72 bars of soap, 88 washcloths, and over 300 pairs of underwear! . The Zone hopes to complete 80 kits by October.
