Synodical Women’s Organization SWO

Women Called to Discipleship in Jesus Christ

Many congregations within the Metropolitan Chicago Synod have thriving Women’s Ministries. We seek to support and enable these groups to connect and gather, and to carry out God’s work in their communities.

Women of the ELCA Purpose Statement

As a community of women created in the image of God called to discipleship in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, We commit ourselves to grow in faith, affirm our gifts, support one another in our callings, engage in ministry and action, and promote healing and wholeness in the church, the society, and the world.

Our Foundation – Grasped in Grace

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

– Ephesians 3:14-21, NRSV

Examples of Projects Supported by Ministry Groups of the Synodical Women’s Organization

Below are some photographs of projects supported by Ministry Groups of the Synodical Women’s Organization, including: Lutheran World Relief projects, baby kits, health kits, and quilts. Also included is an example of a storage/work area. The quilt and sign are courtesy of Bethany Lutheran Church, Batavia.

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