06/15/2026
Friends of the Table: Ruth Easterling
One of the greatest joys at Luther's Table is seeing community leaders find a place to share their gifts and passions, partnering with others to create spaces where people can grow.
For the past year, Ruth Easterling has partnered with Luther's Table to lead Empowering Women to Lead, a monthly gathering that encourages, equips, and connects women throughout our community. When asked why Luther's Table matters, Ruth shared these words:
"๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ'๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ.
๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ'๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
๐๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ: ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ'๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ'๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ."
Thank you, Ruth, for your partnership, your leadership, and for helping create spaces where people can discover their gifts, find connection, and grow into who they are called to be.
Stories like Ruth's remind us that Luther's Table is more than a building. It is a place where people gather, learn, create, heal, and belong.
Interested in learning more? Ruth's next Empowering Women to Lead gathering is this Thursday, June 18, from 9โ10 AM at Luther's Table. The workshop is free and open to all women who are looking to grow, connect, and be encouraged in their leadership journey. Register here: https://www.rutheasterling.org/event-details/empowering-women-to-lead-2026-06-18-09-00
Join our monthly giving community as a Friend of the Table and help ensure there is always room for more at the table. Your ongoing support creates a place where people can gather, connect, grow, and belong all year long.
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