Welcome Weekend Archive

“Come and See” Weekend

By Joan Wolf

“Come and See” Welcome Women’s Weekend 2025 Thank you to the attendees for coming, 2025 Welcome Team members for their leadership and presentations, Welcome Continuation Committee for their time to…

Sharing your Faith, together as friends

By Marilee Poulter

Theresa Brown — Welcome weekend brought me to an awareness that I needed to get involved more fully in church activities that draw me closer to God through the fellowship…

Time just for you — Oct. 18 & 19

By Marilee Poulter

COME AND SEE — Welcome Weekend 2025 Karen Fritzjunker — As a newcomer to the Lake of the Ozarks and Our Lady of the Lake Church, I was thrilled to…

Inviting all women of our parish to Come and See…. October 18 & 19

By Marilee Poulter

Join us for this incredible experience! Call the church office 573.365.2241 Ext 5 for information and to register. WELCOME — It is the perfect name for the weekend. From the…

Women’s Welcome Oct. 18-19

By Marilee Poulter

Participating in welcome weekend was the best experience for me spiritually. I believe God chose me to participate in the weekend because I was looking to become more involved in…

This is About You!

By Linda Adams

Calling all women of Our Lady of the Lake parish! The light has been lit, the furniture arranged, the decorations put up, the meals prepared, the invitations sent. We just…

Come and See… Welcome Weekend

By Marilee Poulter

Would you like to – Here is your opportunity! Our Welcome is a journey of faith and friendship for ALL women of our parish, not just those who are new…

Save the date… October 18 – 19

By Marilee Poulter

An invitation ** Una invitación

By Marilee Poulter

Our Lady of the Lake invitation — 10/19/24

Spreading Welcome 2024

By Joan Wolf

Our Lady of the Lake Welcome Seed Team spent the April 20-21, 2024 weekend in Kirksville with Mary Immaculate and St. Rose of Lima starting their Welcome Ministry. It was…

Ladies Weekend 2023

By Joan Wolf

We wish to thank all who gave so generously of their time, talents, andtreasure to help bring together a wonderful gathering of our lady parishioners for the WELCOME retreat weekend.…

Community…

By Judy Hejilik

Welcome weekend gave me the opportunity to meet many wonderful women whom I probably would have never met. Read more on our website: WELCOME and please join us this year.…

Sisterhood

By Patty McNally

I realized during my Welcome Weekend how comforting it is to feel our Catholic sisterhood which I didn’t realize was missing in my faith. Read more on our website: WELCOME…

New Friendships

By Judy Corwin

My Welcome Weekend was an opportunity for meeting other women in our parish and finding multiple new friendships! Read more on our website: WELCOME and please join us this year.…

Sharing Friends and Faith!

By Kay Boyd

Welcome weekend was a positive program that gave me life long friends and a deeper faith and better understanding of Catholicism Read more on our website: WELCOME and please join…

There is more to Life

By Marlene Matyshak

My Welcome Weekend enriched my faith and gave me an opportunity to share my love of God with so many wonderful women of the parish. Read more on our website:…

Experience Joy in Jesus

By Dianne Koehnecke

I appreciated the fellowship of the entire group at the Welcome Weekend. Everyone came together in a truly positive encounter and experienced joy in Jesus! Read more on our website:…

Connecting to Community

By Joy Corwin

After Welcome weekend I feel more connected to my parish.  Now, every Sunday I see many faces of people I know at Mass.  It was a truly blessed experience. Read…

Ignite your faith…

By Joan Woods

At my Welcome Weekend I learned how inclusive and wonderfully faith-filled women are at Our Lady of the Lake.  I learned how a fun and exciting few days could ignite…

Rest, reconnect and renew your spirit…

By Marilee Poulter

Would you like to —- Discover what’s missing in your life and what to do about it. Find clarity and purpose by reflecting on some of life’s biggest questions:Who am…

Welcome Weekend 2022

By Kathy Cotter

Ladies Weekend 2022 We wish to thank all who gave so generously of their time, talents, and treasure to help bring together a wonderful gathering of our lady parishioners for…

Need a Jumpstart?

By Lynne Greene

When it comes to my faith, I always want more.  That’s why I went to the Welcome retreat last year. I wanted a deeper love for Jesus, my desire to…

In God’s Hands…

By Beverly Meyerpeter

I am a cradle Catholic and really did not understand my faith. Throughout the years, I started to find what I had been missing. Bible studies improved by faith and…

Don’t put it off!

By Sara Barlett

I saw the notice for the Welcome Weekend my first few months at this parish. Of course I made many excuses and chickened out of signing up. I didn’t know…

Time for yourself

By Mary Gordon

My experience at Welcome Weekend 2021 was amazing.  I was able to spend a great two days learning about my faith, praying and meeting some awesome ladies!  It was also…

Signing up… Welcome weekend

By Lynne Greene

October 22-23 is the Welcome weekend for women of our parish. Check out the web page for more info and talk to the team members listed there —- WELCOME WEB…

In This Place

By Pam Scherer

I was curious!!! And I am always searching for what GOD is calling me to do…..SO, I signed up for the WELCOME RETREAT 2021….ANCHORED IN CHRIST. I have been a registered…

Time for the Lord

By Marilyn Margiotta

Each year when the time for Our Lady Of the Lake Welcome Retreat for Women came around, I thought that I would like to go. Somehow, time would pass and…

Listen and you will hear me…

By Diane Elia

As I recall, last August I was reading the Bulletin about the Welcome Weekend and I immediately dismissed it. I was troubled and feeling down. I was missing my sister…

New faces, new friends

By Kathy Fleming

I moved to Our Lady of the Lake parish in November 2020 from St Louis where I belonged to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque parish in south county for over 20 years. While…