The Lutheran Women's Missionary Society held its Fall 2009 Rally at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, WELS, in West Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, October 3rd. Barbara Van Haaften, Rose Marie Neumann, Pastor Neumann and Julie Lund attended from Grace Lutheran Church.

The Rally opened at 9:30 AM with a fellowship coffee time, then an opening devotion and bible study led by Pastor Aaron Schultz of Beautiful Savior.

At 10:30 AM,  Pastor Andrew Fix from Lincoln Heights Lutheran spoke about his Sudanese Mission Trip which involved a trip to the continent of Sudan, Africa. Following the presentation, lunch was served, followed by a social time and visiting the displays.

The business meeting was held at 1:00 PM and the day ended with a closing devotion.  Mite box missions were gathered, along with a free will offering for the speaker and for the circuit working fund.

Pastor Neumann leads a Sunday evening Bible Study at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church running from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Currently, the Bible Study group is studying 1st Corinthians and Paul's letter to the young church at Corinth. There are many issues the Paul addresses with the congregation there as they struggle to find their way as Christians.

Background: Paul is the acknowledged author by himself in writing and by the early church fathers. His authorship was attested to by Clement of Rome as early as A.D. 96. The less was written about 55 A.D., toward the close of Paul's three year residency in Ephesus. It is clear from his reference to staying at Ephesus until Pentecost (see 16:8) that Paul intended to remain there somewhat less than a year when he wrote 1 Corinthians.