What is YWR?
YWR stands for Young Women Representative. They are special young women chosen to represent zones at conventions. They are typically around 22-35 (ish) years old and should be a member of your zone’s LCMS congregation and a YWR is . They may be consider asking the wife of those pastors located in your zone. Since there are many new pastors and wives serving in our district, being a YWR at the convention would be a great experience to learn about LWML. A zone YWR is chosen by your zone around the time of your spring rally and you may have more than one young woman serving from your zone.
Guidelines for Selecting and Serving as an LWML Young Woman Representative
Supporting Your YWRs (before, during, and after convention)..
Want to learn more about what a Young Women’s Representative is? Check out these great resources from LWML National.
Iowa East District Convention 2026
A friendly reminder about Young Women Representatives (YWRs). The Iowa East District Convention is planned for June 12-13, 2026.
We are so excited to spend time with these young ladies from IED and share about LWML– we have 7 Ywr’s this convention. Davenport Zone has Katie and Vanessa, Cedar Rapids Zone has Kim and Mihoby, Waterloo Zone has Lacey and Westgate Zone has Madison and Rachel. The Member Development Committee will be collecting appreciation gifts for these young ladies– from all you who feel so moved. Ideas- anything purple, candy, gum, treats, kleenex pkt, LCMS/LWML materials, toiletries, handi wipes, bottle of hand sanitizer, homemade items, jewelry, keychain, journal, hand written thank you notes to give appreciation to them, gift cards, money, etc.. If any of you would like to have me shop for you – I will gladly do that. Gift items may be brought along for our May 2 meeting –also, you may bring items to me Thursday afternoon/evening June 11 at the hotel. Our generosity is always appreciated by the ladies! Contact me if you have any questions please. By Karen Boehme
Applications for 2026 Iowa East District Convention in Iowa City are now closed
Contact: Karen Boehme at memberdev@lwml-ied.org.
2025 Young Women Representatives
Congratulations to the Young Women Representatives (YWRs) from Iowa East District at the LWML convention in Omaha in 2025!
Anna from the Cedar Rapids Zone
Hello! I am Anna Davis and am participating in the YWR Program with Iowa East. I am a born and raised Iowan and currently reside in Marion, IA with my husband, Doug, and mini poodle, Lola. I currently work at Collins Aerospace as a Quality Engineer. While I’m not working I love to; read, bake, crochet, and craft. At my home
church, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, I serve as the committee chairman of the Board of Evangelism and Outreach as well as teach Sunday School for the elementary children in our congregation. Very excited to be attending my first LWML Convention. God Bless and look forward to seeing you all soon!
Mary from the Waterloo Zone
Mary Dubke is a K-12 music teacher working at Valley Lutheran School. She is married to Benjamin Dubke, a math teacher. At her home church, College Hill Lutheran Church, Mary directs the children’s choir and handbell choir, as well as participates in the LWML. Her favorite memories growing up in LWML were doing service projects with the ladies in her church. In her free time, Mary likes to read, hike and play board games.
God’s blessings to each of them!
Dear Lord, Thank you for bringing these young women to us to represent our district at the LWML convention. May this experience strengthen their bond with You and help them to build relationships with other LWML sisters. Guide them during their time at the convention and use it to make a positive impact on them as they grow in faith and service. Allow this experience to be encouraging to them as they see how You have used this organization to spread the gospel around the world. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen
Past Convention Pictures
Judy Westergren 1999 District president and Karen Denison 1999 YWR
2023 Milwaukee Convention
2022 IED District Convention
