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United Methodist Women is a part of The United Methodist Church. Membership is open to any women who commits to its emphasis of spiritual growth, supportive fellowship, and global ministries to women, children, and youth; church membership is not a requirement. East Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church consists of ten districts ranging in a diagonal line across northeast Ohio from the Sandusky to Marietta areas. The region includes over 15,000 United Methodist Women in more than 500 churches.
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East Ohio United Methodist Women’s - Annual Meeting and Leader Training
Saturday - October 7, 2006 -
Wadsworth
United Methodist Church,
9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Annual Meeting, District Leader Training - (Registration, Gathering – 8:45 am)
Details to Follow!!
Key Speaker: Delaine McGhee, Grafton UMC Pastor
Mark Your Calendar! Save the Date!
Annual Meeting. District Officer Training will be held in 2006 during the afternoon at Annual Meeting from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Another activity will be planned for those not attending the officer training. Your District Presidents received this word from Martha Wason, Conference UMW President recently. The important issue here is that District Mission Team TRAINING will happen during the afternoon session and should be calendarized NOW by the current Team members – keep in mind that officers newly elected (or nominated) to serve in 2007 will need to be made aware of the opportunity/date for training.
Assembly. The deadline for registering is March 1. Currently we have 72 going from East Ohio. When you are actually working on your Spring newsletter you may want to check for an update on that number and include it in any article you may use on Assembly. I think I forwarded a piece from the Women’s Division on Assembly – an may do it again today – just to be sure you got it! It is way too much information to use, but I’m sure you can pull together some interesting program data to share – so our women know what they will be missing! And if you aren’t yet registered... and need details, let me know, or contact your District President or Martha Wason!
Lenora Jefferson is our new representative to the North Central Jurisdictional School of Missions Committee. Lenora serves East Ohio as Conference UMW Social Action Mission Coordinator. She is an active member of Centenary UMC in Youngstown.
Jurisdictional Scholarship to Assembly. Gloria Brown, President of the Unit at Shaffer Memorial UMC in the North Coast District is one of six women from within the 12 Conferences of the North Central Jurisdiction to receive a grant to attend Assembly. Questions on the application included age group, ethnicity, and how recipients would report back to their Conference about their Assembly experience.
Units Who Want to Participate In the Assembly Experience Can:
a) Send Health Kits and School Kits to Assembly to go to the Sager Brown UMCOR Depot
b) Send a variety of bulk items, including: Terry cloth hand towels (15'"x 25" or 16" x 27"); toothpaste (4.5 oz or larger with an expiration date of At LEAST Nov. '06); metal nail files or fingernail clippers (NO emery boards, or toenail clippers); children's blunt scissors; pencil sharpeners (plain, small, no emblems); baby sweaters (open in front); cloth diapers - NO DISPOSABLES ; ruled paper (pad, spiral, or loose leaf); baby gowns or sleepers; School Bags (finished size 14" x 16"). c) Contribute to the Assembly Offering by sending it by April 15th to Lillie Merrill, Conference. Treasurer (25924 Crocker Rd, Columbia Station, OH 44028). This offering has been designated to fund organizations and projects that address issues of and access to nutrition, tansportation, and safe homes through education, advocacy and direct services on behalf of women, children and youth.
Contact Martha Wason (Email m440wason@yahoo.com) for more information.
Prayer Shawls - Another Opportunity to Give. Prayer Shawls are being requested for needy persons in the Los Angeles area. If your church participates in the shawl ministry, please have the shawls blessed in a service at your church and send them to: Linda Douglas, Women's Division, 475 Riverside Drive, Room 1504, New York, NY 10115 by MARCH 1ST. Include name of Conference, District, Local Unit, a contact person's name, address, phone number and e-mail address. Contact Martha Wason (Email m440wason@yahoo.com) for more information.