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1. Gather 20 women for Bible study with Lutheran Woman Today magazine.

2. Encourage 20 young women from your church to subscribe to Café, our free online publication: www.boldcafe.org

3. Surprise 20 women you know with subscriptions to Lutheran Woman Today magazine or the Interchange/Intercambio newsletter.

4. Organize a fundraiser at your church and sell items for $20 each. Donate the proceeds to the anniversary projects.

5. Prepare an anniversary offering collection container and place it in public view on 20 occasions. Create a brief overview of what the offering will be used for, or give a brief presentation on each occasion.

6. Get 20 people to commit 20 hours of time to one of your unit's projects.

7. Recruit 220 women to interview other women and write stories about their bold actions. Publish them in your congregational or synodical newsletter and send them to the churchwide women's organization office.

8. Spend 20 minutes a day in Bible reading and prayer. (Use the daily Bible reading on www.womenoftheelca.org — see "Monday Prayer at Noon" for prayer concerns.)

9. Invite 20 women to join you in 20 minutes of exercise twice a week for 10 weeks at a time. (This could be a great intergenerational project.)

10. Save $20 a week in 2007 and you will have more than enough money to take part in the 2008 Triennial Gathering in Salt Lake City, Utah.

11. Encourage 20 women to register for the 2008 Triennial Gathering in Salt Lake City.

12. Form a book club and select 20 new books to read throughout the year.

13. Organize a mentor program for 20 young women in your congregation or community.

14. Invite 20 women you know to write letters to your representatives in Congress endorsing or protesting a new bill.

15. Collect 20 gently worn suits for donation to your local women's shelter. Women need proper clothing for interviews and daily attire for work.

16. Encourage 20 women to invite one new woman to your church for worship or for a special event.

17. Plan 20 activities: 20 teddy bears for children's hospitals or police departments, 20 visits to a hospital or nursing home, 20 Braille children's books for your public library, 20 ... you get the idea. Be sure what you want to offer is needed in your area; find out what the needs are.

18. Surprise 20 friends or family who haven't heard from you in a while with greeting cards.

19. Plan a getaway for 20 women in your group, community, or congregation. Come together for a Women of the ELCA event, or have an event of your own.

20. Get 20 women working on a water need or project in your community.