254 women from across the Virginia Conference attended the 2008 Southeastern Jurisdiction Quadrennial Meeting, held April 4-6, 2008 in Hampton, Virginia.
The Virginia Conference United Methodist Women (VAUMW) is a community of women comprised of over 30,000 women of all ages and life stages whose PURPOSE is:
To know God and to experience freedom as
whole persons through Jesus Christ;
to develop a creative, supportive fellowship;
and to expand concepts of mission through participation
in the global ministries of the church.
VAUMW Elected Officers
2007-2008
VAUMW Goals 2007-2008
Membership Information
United Methodist Women is an integral part of the United Methodist Church. "In
every local church there shall be an organized unit of United Methodist Women."
(The
Book of Discipline 2000)
With approximately 1 million members, United Methodist Women is the largest lay women's organization of a major Protestant denomination in the U.S.A. The Virginia Conference United Methodist Women has over 30,000 members in almost 900 local units throughout Virginia. Chances are very likely that there is a unit in a United Methodist Church near you.
Women actively choose to become involved in this inclusive mission organization.
Membership shall be open to any woman who indicates her desire to belong.
Membership is for the woman who finds meaning in her church and is drawn to its fellowship, who wants to combine fellowship with study, worship and outreach opportunities, who feels she has gifts that are to be shared with others, who seeks a supportive community to affirm her own sense of purpose and commitment to God through Jesus Christ.
We welcome new members, and new local units, and are always excited to share about the many ways that United Methodist Women are involved in mission, making a difference, every day, in the lives of women, children and youth, around the world, and in our own communities.
If you would like more information about United Methodist Women in the Virginia Conference, contact any of the conference officers, or the district president from your area. Each of those officers is willing to help!
The people of The United Methodist Church are teaming
with Sports Illustrated, NBA Cares and the U.N. Foundation to eradicate the
deadly disease, malaria. Together, we have launched the Nothing But Nets
campaign.
Malaria kills more than 1 million children each year. These deaths can be
prevented by providing bed nets to protect families from disease-carrying
mosquitoes. Only $10 is needed to purchase a net and save a life.
Think of the lives that could be saved if all families in the Virginia
Conference bought a net for NBN. So, the challenge is to do just that. Local
congregations are asked to promote this challenge and collect money for NBN. [
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Fundraising Ideas
Start a fundraising team
Nothing But Nets can guide you in forming a team to raise money for
the campaign.
Buy a t-shirt. Save a life
Purchase a NBN t-shirt for $20. Half the purchase price buys a bed
net for someone in Africa.
Donate online through the Advance
The General Board of Global Ministries has established Advance # 982015 for
United Methodist contributions to Nothing But Nets. You may donation to: VA Conf UMW
Treasurer, 5005 Young St. Virginia Beach VA 23455-3933 and designate your gifts
to #982015 "Nothing But Nets."
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General Conference 2004 Adopts
Resolution
of Support for Women's Division
The following resolution was adopted by the 2004 General Conference:
The Book of Resolutions of The United Methodist Church
APPROVED BY GENERAL CONFERENCE 2004
Support for Women’s Division
WHEREAS: the Women's Division of the General Board of Global Ministries is charged by the Discipline to "be an advocate for the oppressed and dispossessed with special attention to the needs of women and children; (to) work to build a supportive community among women; and (to) engage in activities that foster growth in the Christian faith, mission education, and Christian social involvement" (paragraph 1317); and
WHEREAS: the Women's Division continues its educational ministries, its outreach in the name of Christ, its work for justice, peace, human community, and its compassionate service with women, children and youth; and
WHEREAS: for over 135 years, the Women's Division has never wavered from its total commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and serving women, youth and children with mission education, opportunities for spiritual growth, opportunities for Christian social involvement and financial support for mission at home and around the world; and
WHEREAS: the Women's Division continues to stand in solidarity with women, youth and children by addressing issues such as violence, rape, incest, terrorism, exploitation and all levels of discrimination and work with other Christian groups to address and eliminate poverty and hunger as the Gospel of Jesus Christ requires; and
WHEREAS: the Women's Division continues to be at the heart of the denomination's missionary movement by working with Bible women, missionaries and deaconesses and to function as an integral structure and administrative entity with the General Board of Global Ministries;
Therefore, be it resolved, that the General Conference affirms the powerful witness of the Women's Division in our church and our world, 135 years of faithful service to Christ and the church, its current commitment to mission, and its dedication to work within the General Board of Global Ministries;
Be it further resolved, that the General Conference upholds the current structure of the Women's Division and the organization of United Methodist Women.
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