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The Mission Giving of United Methodist Women

supports mission projects and mission personnel around the world.

with your Mission Giving, you help to relieve suffering,

and to make the world a better place for women, children and youth.

There are five channels of Mission Giving:

Pledge to Mission

Special Mission recognition

Gift to Mission

Gift in Memory

World Thank Offering

plus

Candleburning

Amounts for 2008  (as of November 2007)

One day = $52,991.89

One hour = $2,207.99

One minute = $36.79

One second = $.61

 
Every Mission Dollar Makes a Difference!

The things, good Lord, that we pray for. Give us the grace to labor for.

Amen

Thomas Moore, England

16^th Century

 

Giving Totals for 2007

Pledge to Mission        $740,991.23

Call to Prayer               $57,323.75

Supplemental Giving    $61,300.60

VA Projects                 $133,272.81 + $45,000.00 from Budget items + Healing the Hurts Grants + Ferrum College

 

 

SMR Price Increase Maintains Margin for Mission

Beginning Jan 1, 2007, the price of the basic SMR pin increased from $35 to $40 and the price of the sapphire SMR pin from $50 to $60. Prices of other pins - pearl, $100; emerald, $200; ruby, $500; diamond, $100, and double diamond, $2000 - will remain the same. The cost to acquire the metal for the pins has increased.

 

Special Mission Recognitions are given to honor individuals’ work for and commitment to mission. They are given to members of UMW and beyond to others in churches and society. They recognize the important roles individuals play in mission in their local and global communities. Special Mission Recognitions can be given by groups, like UMW units, or by individuals:

    ♥    acknowledge a church member who has served as a missionary;

    ♥    honor a UMW member for her service to the organization;

    ♥    show appreciation to a young woman who is a tutor in the church’s after-school program;

    ♥    thank the director of the local food pantry for her or his work in the community;

    ♥    recognize a pastor who shows dedication to mission.

 

Jean Frances Craig Mission Fund established in 1998.

    ♥    It is stipulated that the income shall be used for missionary projects at home and abroad.

    ♥    Written applications for grants must be submitted to the Treasurer by March first and shall include the following information:

                name and nature of the project,    

                amount requested and how it shall be used,

                name of person or institution requesting the grant, and

                complete contact information.

    ♥    Recommendations shall be submitted by the Finance Committee to the Executive Committee for approval.

 

A Call to Prayer and Self- Denial 2008  “Learning for a Lifetime” 

Keep on doing the things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:9)

The 2008 A Call to Prayer and Self-Denial offering will fund programs at mission institutions related to the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church.  United States institutions include community center, women’s residences, schools, colleges, and residential treatment centers. International institutions include hostels and residences, hospitals and clinics, schools, and community or daycare centers.  The total offering will be divided equally between U.S. and international mission institutions.

AT OUR 2007 CONFERENCE ANNUAL MEETING

The Katharine Kyle Memorial Scholarship Fund was awarded to Rose Henshaw, Richmond District, to be used for a mission trip to Honduras to work in homes for rescued street boys and Samantha Spencer, Roanoke District, a student at Radford University studying Early Childhood Special Education.

The Carroll Palmer Estate Fund was awarded to Joan Wasserott, Charlottesville District, for her mission work in the maternity ward, Chicuque Hospital, Mozambique and to Women’s Division Mission Giving.

Jean F. Craig Mission Fund grant recipients were Chicuque Volunteer Program Association Mozambique, Wesley Memorial UMC Club Sandwich, Red Bird Mission School, Agape Christian Children’s Community Center Summer Camp, Rising Hope United Methodist Mission Church and Mission Giving Women’s Division

Nothing But Nets Offering

A special offering was taken to help the Ferrum Christian Fellowship Group and Praise Band raise funds for “Nothing But Nets.” This is a program sponsored by the United Nations Foundation and others, including the United Methodist Church, to provide mosquito netting and other health benefits to children in Africa. The goal is to eliminate malaria on the entire continent. The offering totaled $925.00.

 

Thank You from Mozambique

(October 30, 2007) An email was received from Rosalia Muricio Queface, UMW Secretary in Maputo, Mozambique, thanking the UMW Unit that provided $380.00 to buy uniforms for school children.

(November 5, 2007) An email was received from Ilda Suzana thanking the Conference UMW for $800.00 she received. This money is for a scholarship for Ilda and her husband Naftal to study at Africa University, where Naftal is in seminary and Ilda is getting a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.

Blessings

Pat Owens

Conference Treasurer

patowens2@cox.net

It is in telling the stories of mission that we pass on to others how important Mission giving is. If you want to know where your money goes, all you have to do is read Response Magazine .

Watch for this symbol of interlocking circles. You will be reading about a program and/or person supported by your Mission giving.

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