For your Monday prayers at noon: global ed seminar in India,
Feb. 15–26
by Valora Starr

Lutheran women have been praying on Mondays at noon for a long time. Have you ever asked what they pray for? Everything! Many have used this appointed time to help center and discipline their own personal prayer life. Some groups began as a way to practice and experience the power of corporate prayer.

The Women Building Global Community International Seminar to India—a joint effort of the Women of the ELCA Global Education program and the ELCA Global Mission Companion Synod program—will host nine young ELCA women and six young women from their companion churches in India, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. These women ages 21–35 will need your prayers not only on the Mondays of their journey but each day as they meet with young women in India to focus on the HIV/AIDS pandemic, education of young women, and the roles of young women in the church and society. They will work to discover what impact they can make together to make a difference first where each young women lives and then in the world.

The young women called to make the journey are:
Louise A. Brooks, Harvest, Alabama
Rev. Mary M. Finklea, Florence, South Carolina
Vicki Foss, Pine City, Minnesota
Elizabeth Froehlig, Goleta, California
Ralecia L. Hamm, Athens, Georgia
Susan Haukaas, Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Bridget Horan, Los Angeles, California
Karen Morehouse, Spearfish, South Dakota
Sandy Seffrood, South Wayne, Wisconsin

Valora Starr is an associate for programs in the areas of evangelism, discipleship, stewardship, and global education, Women of the ELCA.