Volunteers Run the Show—and Save the Budget—for Lutheran Women’s Missionary League

Peoria, Ill., hosted its largest convention ever in June when nearly 5,000 attendees of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League's biennial convention flocked to the city, generating more than $2 million in economic impact for the area. Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., LWML is the official women's auxiliary of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.