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Western North Carolina Conference
July 27, 2015
Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting 2015 

Images of Mission...through the
camera lense of Paul Jeffrey 

September 11-13, 2015
Lake Junaluska

Are you making plans to attend YOUR Annual Meeting?

Join us as we celebrate our theme...IMAGES OF MISSION...and welcome Paul Jeffrey, United Methodist Missionary, photojournalist, and Senior Correspondent for RESPONSE, as our special guest for the weekend.

Online discount registration ($15.00) continues through August 31, 2015.

 

Contact Lake Junaluska separately for housing reservations at 1-800-222-4930

 

Read more about Paul Jeffrey, visit his blog, and view some of his incredible photography.

Paul Jeffrey - Photographer's Ministry with the Poor


Annual Meeting
Hands On Mission
Our hands on project for ANNUAL MEETING is UMCOR Health Kits & Gift to Mission CardsAs is always the case, we will be glad to accept all of the different UMCOR Relief Kits, and they will be delivered to the Mission Response Center.

Important Note:  Please be sure to carefully follow the directions for assembling any of the kits that you are preparing for our hands on projects. And, be sure to include in an envelope (on the outside of the box) the requested money for each kit for shipping & handling, and for health kits, the additional $1 for toothpaste.
UMCOR Health Kits

Get complete details about assembling an

Be sure to follow all directions exactly as shown, and do not include extra items.

On the outside of the box, include an envelope with at least $2.00 per kit to cover the cost of toothpaste and the cost of shipping and handling.
Mission U Videos Available

Videos of Spiritual Growth Sessions for:
Created for Happiness: Understanding your Life in God

Study Leader: Rev. Ellen Robison
Minister of Worship and the Arts, Myers Park United Methodist Church

Recorded at Henry Pfeiffer Chapel, on the campus of Pfeiffer University
Misenheimer, North Carolina
July 18, 19 & 20, 2015

Videos of each of Ellen's four sessions are available now on our website at:
The videos are also available on our UMW at Pfeiffer UStream channel:

And, Ellen has shared her four PowerPoint presentation files. They are also available for download on our website.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO:

Rev. Ellen Robison for leading our Spiritual Growth Study. We were blessed by her many gifts, and the generous way that she shares them to build up the body of Christ! 

The Village Church and Pfeiffer University for allowing us to use their equipment and their UStream capability to make these possible!
Ubuntu Day of Service 2015
United Methodist Women volunteer at Pfeiffer University at Ubuntu Day of Service 2014
Ubuntu Day of Service 2015
October 17, 2015
Multiple Sites Across the Conference

In 2014, 175 United Methodist Women put Faith, Hope and Love into Action by serving at sites across our conference!

Make plans to join us in 2015 for our 3rd Annual
Ubuntu Day of Service!

Online registration (free) is OPEN!


Registration is free, but we need to know who is coming in order to be prepared for your volunteer service. Register online by October 1, 2015.
Volunteer Sites this year include:
  • Bethlehem Center - Charlotte
  • Bethlehem Center - Winston-Salem
  • Brooks-Howell Home
  • Pfeiffer University
  • Bennett College
  • UMAR Homes in Charlotte & Gastonia
Get more information on our website at www.wnccumw.org
Mission u Youth Camp 2015
Learn about and BE about Mission! 
Shared by Rev. Sherri Barnes, 
University and Church Relations, Pfeiffer University:

Turning faith, hope and love into action on behalf of
women, children and youth around the world . . . .

According to the WNCC UMW web site, "Each year, United Methodist Women gather at locations all over the United States to learn more about missions and about being in mission. In a United Methodist News Service commentary...Schools of Christian Mission...now MISSION U, were described as some of the very best lay faith education being offered in The United Methodist Church. In our Western North Carolina Conference Mission u, three courses of study are offered, along with a variety of other opportunities."

Each July, Pfeiffer looks forward to welcoming the UMW from around our annual conference. This year, we had approximately 300 women who took part in the school. Approximately 150 were residential students, and the other half came for one day overviews. Offerings included a spiritual growth study focusing on the Beatitudes, a geographical study on Latin America and a social issue study of the Church and people with disabilities.

Last year, the UMW and Mission u committee, took a large leap of faith and extended the reach and impact of the event to include a residential camp for youth. This year 15 youth from the across the conference took part in a study on Latin America, and as part of that study, traveled to Mission Adonai in Asheboro to deliver VBS to approximately 100 children from the community! Beach Party, Surfing the Word was the theme, and through crafts, music, recreation and story, they shared the good news that we can "Trust in the Lord," and that trust allows us to "Get out of the Boat and Walk on the Water!" The youth camp delivered on the UMW promise to LEARN ABOUT and BE ABOUT mission!

Next year's Mission u will be held at Pfeiffer University from July 21-24. There will once again be a youth residential camp. Registration will begin in May 2016, but you can contact your local UMW unit to learn more about it and become a part. The youth camp is limited to 20 participants, so mark your calendars now for next summer.

A special thanks to Pastor Ana Morrison for allowing us to come and be a part of her community, and to the UMW for allowing us to extend their love and care of children and families . . .

Until next year . . .

See more photos from Mission u Youth Camp 2015 on our website at: 

Rev. Sherri Barnes and Sherry Sink served as study leaders for Mission u Youth Camp 2015. Thank you to everyone who helped support Youth Camp 2015!

From the United Methodist Women National Office website:

National Seminar 2015
July 29-August 2, 2015
Chicago, Illinois 
National Seminar Webinars

United Methodist Women National Office is offering three prerecorded webinars as basic information for three of our 2016-2020 priority areas: Mass Incarceration, Maternal and Child Health, and Climate Justice

Conference & District News & Events
Visit our website for the latest United Methodist Women news, district newsletters, and individual district calendars of events. You can also find links to the individual district Facebook pages!


Brooks-Howell Home Serendipitor - Read the latest issue of the Serendipitor, the newsletter of Brooks-Howell Home. Brooks-Howell is a retirement community of deaconesses, home missionaries, missionaries and others who have answered God's call to mission service here and throughout the world. Visit the Brooks-Howell Home website at: www.brooks-howell.org

Most recent issues:  NEW ISSUE! July-August 2015May-June 2015

Other United Methodist Women National Office News
Breaking the Chain of Maternal Health Risk in Haiti
Lack of proper healthcare has tragic consequences for a mother and her unborn child.
United Methodist Women Helping Women in
Cote d'Ivoire

Theressa Hoover Community Service & Global Citizenship Award
Applicants must be laywomen between 21 and 35, and applications are due by November 2, 2015.
Learn more!
Other United Methodist Church News

News about the upcoming General Conference 2016 - umc.org


Psalm 121: A Prayer for Travelers - umc.org:  Whether traveling overseas or around the corner, starting a new job or a new family, we embark on all kinds of journeys. Life itself can be a long and winding road, but as Christians, a life dedicated to God is not one defined by standing still, and our faith assures us that we will never travel that road alone.


 

Click to visit these pages of our website:
The LEGACY FUND
Celebrate United Methodist Women!
150 Years and Counting... 

Celebrate the dedication and foresight of our foremothers in mission as we lead up to our 150th anniversary in 2019!

Our Western North Carolina Every Member Legacy Fund Goal: That every member of United Methodist Women make a gift to The Legacy Fund of at least $18.69 per year, over and above her Pledge to Mission, for five years (2015-2019). We have added a Legacy Fund / 150th Anniversary page to our website...where we will continue to add and share information as we move toward our 150th anniversary in 2019...check it out!
     
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