Kansas LFL

	Lutherans For Life of Kansas PO Box 19302 Lenexa, KS 66285 (913) 894-0940 Fax (913) 859-9225 E-mail Jeanne D. Mackay (LCMS) is president of Lutherans For Life of Kansas, Inc. Since 1980 she has been involved in starting local LFL chapters wherever she and her family have lived: Perryville, Springfield and Kansas City, Missouri, and Johnson County, Kansas. In 1985 she founded Lutherans For Life of Missouri and served as president from 1985-1994. In 1996 she worked alongside Dr. Jean Garton and Jean Heise in organizing the Women of Hope Conference held in Kansas City. Before her work with LFL started, and before she was married, she worked as a parish worker in two churches, and worked with Lutheran Youth Encounter for seven years as team scheduler, music director, and music performer. Jeanne has a parish work diploma from the Lutheran Bible Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Travel and Tourism from Maple Woods Community College, Kansas City, Missouri. She continues to take college courses in business and journalism. She is married to Jay Mackay. They live in Lenexa, Kansas, and have six children and eight grandchildren.
Kansas LFL State Federation Formed! Lutherans For Life of Kansas has become LFL’s 16th state federation—receiving official approval by National LFL Board of Directors on November 11, 2004. The group began its efforts with a dinner meeting between Jeanne Mackay (now Presidents) and Shari Weber (now Vice-President) in November of 2003. These two highly motivated women attended a Tri-Circuit pastors’ conference in Junction City to speak about LFL. From there an informational letter with an invitation to become involved was sent to people on the mailing lists of National LFL, Johnson County LFL, and LFL of Kansas City. The organization’s first official meeting was held May 22 in Topeka, in combination with the LFL National Training Seminar. The group set up displays at the state Lutheran Women Missionary League Convention (April 2004), the Kansas District (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) Pastor’s Conference (October 2004), and at churches in Topeka, Emporia, Ottawa, Wichita (where Ed Szeto, National LFL Director of Outreach was present to give presentations on LFL and/or Bio-technologies). The group plans to publish a state newsletter, set up a speaker’s bureau, encourage local chapter start-ups, sponsor regional life issue conferences, set ups displays at state-wide or regional events, and support national efforts. Financial support to help the federation is welcome!

LFL of Kansas State Board: Back (l-r): Michelle Walters, board member; Ed Szeto, National LFL Director of Outreach LFL; Fran Szarejko, Treasurer; Kent Meyerhoff, board member; Rev. Ervin A. Daugherty Jr., Pastoral Advisor. Seated (l-r): Shari Weber, Vice President; Patricia Barrett, board member; Marsha Szarejko, Secretary; Jeanne Mackay, President. (Not pictured: Viv Massaglia, board member.)