Making Our
PURPOSE
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Through Mission Today!!!
United Methodist Women is a community of women,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.
To Experience Freedom As Whole Persons Through Jesus Christ..........
To Develop A Creative Supportive Fellowship..............
Share the joys of membership with the other women in your church. Each one invite one. Be intentional about inviting others to join.
Attend UMW Day at Ferrum the first Saturday of June
Download Action Network Registration Form (WORD)
Download Action Network Registration Form (PDF)
Invite your district officers to come and give a program to your unit. This is part of the LUV (Local Unit Visitation) Program.
Help sponsor a Children’s Sabbath in your local church. Have children involved in the service and be sure to highlight the issues and needs that children are facing today.
To Expand Concepts Of Mission Through Participation In The Global Ministries
Of The Church..............
Become a Rainbow Giver
The Conference School of Christian Mission is a great way to learn about mission opportunities all over the world. There is always a Geographical Study and a General Issue Study .
Help the unit to make a Pledge To Mission and to meet it . This is one channel of the six channels of Mission Giving .
Help unit to contribute to all Six Channels of Mission Giving . Have your unit honor some with a Special Mission Recognition pin each year. Honor and remember someone by sending a Gift To Mission card and a Gift In Memory card during the year. Also, help your unit be involved in the World Thank Offering . Remember Mission Giving helps make mission possible around the world.
Use a Response Moment at all unit meetings to help tell the mission story. Use the articles that are followed by the mission giving symbol to help members know where mission giving is helping.
Use the
Reading Program
to learn about all aspects of the mission. There are books on spiritual
growth, mission education, social action and membership in the United
Methodist Women. Have the unit to purchase one book from each category and
share the books with members in the unit.
You can order all of these mission resources from the
Mission Resource Center
.