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The 59th Annual Council of Lutheran Women’s Luncheon was on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at Burton Manor located at 27777 Schoolcraft Road, Southfield, MI. The Women of the Year were honored. The speaker was Ida Hall who serviced as a local president, zone president, and LWML Louisiana Mississippi District President, 1972-1976. She also served as ILWML Public Relations Director and Planner before being elected president in 1991.

Pictures of the ordinations in 2022.

The Council of Lutheran Women’s Fall Spring Meeting was on Monday, September 27, 2021 at Faith Lutheran Church, 37635 Dequindre Road, Troy, Michigan. The Fall meeting followed the Mission Focus Event. The theme this year will be Mission Focus and will feature our local missions in the Detroit area. The missions will have exhibits and brief presentations.

The Council of Lutheran Women’s Spring Meeting was held on Monday, April 25, 2022 at the Shadow of the Cross Lutheran Church, 20805 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48330. The speaker was Megan Schultz, Family Life Minister-at-large for the Michigan District serving with the Act 2 Enterprise Detroit Ministry. Megan partners with Detroit Lutheran churches to teach discipleship to families in new ways that tap into the strengths of urban churches. The business meeting included the elections of officers and provided the inter-congregational organizations an opportunity to update guests on their needs and news. Ingathering of requested items were collected for our mission partners. Lunch was served following the meeting.

The 58th Annual Council of Lutheran Women’s Luncheon was on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at the Macomb Sports & Export Center located at 14500 E. 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI. The Women of the Year were honored and the Women of the Year from 2020 and 2021 were recognized due to the cancellation of the 2020 luncheon and the all-virtual luncheon of 2021. The speaker was Rev. Dr. Gregory Seltz, Director for the Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty.

Pictures of the ordinations in 2021

The Council of Lutheran Women’s Spring Meeting was on Monday, April 19, 2021 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 22915 Greater Mack Avenue, St. Clair Shores, Michigan. The meeting was also be available via Zoom. Registration begins at 9:15 a.m. followed by opening devotions at 9:45 a.m. Rev. Larry Wright and Mrs. Laura Thomas will share important updates and insight into seminary life.

The Council of Lutheran Women’s Fall Meeting was held on Monday, September 28, 2020 at Mt. Calvary (Camp Restore) located at 17100 Chalmers, Street, Detroit, Michigan. Member could participate in person or via ZOOM. The theme of Mission Focus has been moved to the Fall 2021 meeting because we are not sure of how many people will attend this Fall. Camp Restore gave a presentation about the camp.

The 2019 Council of Lutheran Women President's Tea was held at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Warren. The Lutheran High School North's Instrumental Flute Ensemble entertained the attendees.

The 2019 Council of Lutheran Women was held at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Macomb Michigan on Monday, September 23, 2019 located at 17051 24 Mile Road, Macomb, MI 48042.

Pictures of the ordinations in 2019

The April 29, 2019 Spring Meeting was held at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Westland, MI

The 2019 55th Annual Luncheon was held on Tuesday, March 19 at Burton Manor

The 2018 President's Tea was held on October 15th at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church. The Westland Lutheran High School Chamber Singers entertained the members who attended the tea.

The 2018 Council of Lutheran Women's Fall Meeting was held on Monday, September 24 at Our Shepherd Lutheran Church located at 1658 E. Lincoln Street, Birmingham, Michigan

The 2018 Council of Lutheran Women's Spring meeting was held on Monday, April 30 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Farmington Hills, Michigan

2018 Women of the Year Luncheon on March 20, 2018.

The 2017 Presidents Tea was held on Monday, October 16 at the new Concordia University School of Nursing in Ann Arbor. A tour of the nursing center was given by several of the students at Concordia.

The Council of Lutheran Women's Fall Meeting was held on September 25 at East Bethlehem Lutheran Church located at 3510 Outer Drive, Detroit, MI.

Seminarians supported by the CLW

28 Layettes were assembled at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Royal Oak, Michigan on May 18, 2017. The Layettes were donated to Image Clear Mobile Ultrasound.

The Council of Lutheran Women will be having their 2017 Spring Meeting on April 24, 2017 at Grace Lutheran Church located at 25630 Grand River Ave, Redford, MI 48240.

The 2017 Women of the Year Luncheon was held on March 21, 2016 at Wyndham Garden in Sterling Heights. The luncheon was attended by more than 900 guests. 56 Women were honored from various Lutheran congregations and inter-congregational organizations.

The 2016 Presidents Tea was held on October 17, 2016 at St. Paul, Saint Clair Shores. The featured entertainment was the Puppets for Christ from St. Lorenz, Frankenmuth.

The 2016 Fall meeting was held on September 26, 2016 at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Eastpointe. Anneke Burke-Kooistra shared "A Story or Hope" about how her parents helped Jews during World War 11. Anneke was 2 years old when the Nazis invaded her home in the Netherlands. Her parents hid 8 Jews in their home from 1942 to 1945.

5 & 6 Graders from St. Peter Lutheran Church Eastpointe.

The 2016 CLW Spring meeting was held on April 25 at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Clinton Township. Stacy Hoeft, the CEO for Lutheran Special Education Ministries (LSEM) was the guest speaker. Newly elected officers are Wilma Wagner as treasurer, Barb Collins as president and Barbara Hoffmeier as vice-president for Human Care. The attendees were treated to breakfast treats and lunch by the ladies of St. Luke.

The 2016 Women of the Year Luncheon was held on March 15, 2016 at Wyndham Garden in Sterling Heights.

The 2015 Presidents Tea was held on October 17, 2015 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Northville.