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PURPOSE
The organized unit of
the UNITED METHODIST WOMEN shall be a community of women whose PURPOSE is:
- to know God.
- to experience freedom
as whole persons through Jesus Christ.
- to develop a
creative, supportive fellowship.
- to expand concepts of
mission through participation in the
global ministries of
the church.
MEMBERSHIP
All women, including teenagers, in a Methodist
church are
automatically members of UMW if they wish. United Methodist Women is devoted to
furthering both local and global missions of the United
Methodist Church. Members work together both locally and globally and
have developed the largest women’s organization in the world.
MEETINGS
Where:
Regular: Corkwood Restaurant dining room
154 West Main,
Woodland, CA
Special Events: United
Methodist Church
212
Second Street, Woodland, CA
When:
Second Saturday of every month.
Time:
10:00 a.m.
2008 meeting dates:
January 12, February 9, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14, July 12,
August 9, September 13, October 11, November 8,
and December 13.
Contact the church office for more location
details,
(530) 662-6274.
MISSION
The mission of the Women’s Division is:
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to build a supportive community
among women;
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to be an advocate for the
oppressed and dispossessed with special attention to the needs of
women and children;
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to engage in activities that
foster growth in the Christian faith, mission, education, and Christian social
involvement throughout the organization.
DISTRICT AND NATIONAL UMW
The local group, as part of the
larger UMW organization, helps support several
thousand mission projects worldwide and in the nation, such as
the Gum Moon Residence and the Mary Elizabeth Inn in San Francisco, CA.
LINKS
UMW Delta District:
http://cnumw.org/deltacnumw
UMW California/Nevada Conference:
http://cnumw.org
UMW Women’s Division:
http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umw
UMW Mission Resource Center online store
http://missionresourcecenter.org/wdstore
UMW Women’s Division, Resources, Reading Program
http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umw/resources/reading-program
This Month's News
EVENTS:
November 16, 2008
Bake sale / Cookbook sale
November 22, 2008
Next meeting is at
9:00 a.m. in the
Fellowship Hall with
UMM for John Sublett’s
slide show on Greece
December 6, 2008
Christmas tour/donation at 10 am
at Wayfarer
Our UMW Cookbook is on
sale again this year. Stop by our Bake Sale table and buy one for
$5.00. This purchase
is a bargain that is chock full of great recipes of our church women with many
used for our monthly bake sales.
WAYFARER CHRISTMAS TOUR & DONATION
**PLEASE
NOTE: The date of our
Christmas tour
AT the Wayfarer Center
has been
changed to
6th of December
because of the Christmas parade being held on December 13.
This year’s Christmas meeting
is special not only getting a tour of the Wayfarer Center but also we’ll get a
chance to give Christmas gifts
TO the administration
for distribution to the street people who go there. Each gift will consist of
the following items:
1 hand towel (15” x 25” or
17” x 27” inexpensive one)
1 inexpensive washcloth
1 pocket comb
1 bath size bar of soap (3
oz. and up)
1 toothbrush (in original
package)
1 small travel size tube of
toothpaste
Disposable razors
1 packaged roll of toilet
paper
We’ll
assemble these items
and put them in sealable one-gallon plastic bags at the Wayfarer Center.
Wrapping the presents all together in colorful tissue paper will be the
finishing touch.
The congregation is welcome to contribute
the personal health items that are on the above list. Put them in a labeled
container that will be placed under the mail boxes next to the Wayfarer food
box.
Please
donate your good used pots, pans,
and other kitchen items that you no longer need.
Hand can openers are
especially needed. Put these items in the same labeled container next to the
Wayfarer food box. All of these items will then be given to the center for
their kitchen.
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