Hello sisters,

I am writing to see if you can help encourage one to three families in your congregation to join a 6-week Zoom group to learn about emotions using the UMW Mission u 2020 children’s study called Managing Our Emotions. 

The conference committee on Children’s Ministries chaired by Pastor Cathy Morris contacted UMW to see if we would help recruit a diverse group of families for this pilot study. It is a 6-week program, one hour each week beginning in September and it will be on Zoom.

The goal of the program is to help parents and their children learn about the different emotions and how to manage them using Biblical resources and recent knowledge about our brains and emotions. Get more info in the full description. 

Would you pray about this and see which families in your congregations may find this helpful and personally talk to them?  The vision of the Children’s Ministries Committee is to create more opportunities to reach the children of the CANV conference. I am grateful that they are using the Mission u children’s curriculum.  This is another step to bring our children and parents closer to Christ. UMW can partner in this effort to bring Mission u children’s studies into the conference.

Interested persons will need to contact the facilitator, Joni Cisowski at joni@firstumcmodesto.org by July 31.  Would you help with this recruitment?  Thank you so much!  Please also help pass the word along. 

Blessings,
Mary W. Cheng
Graduate Theological Union

Mission u, hosted by our California-Nevada United Women in Faith, educates 20,000 United Methodists each year through the Mission Studies and local Mission u events, sponsored by United Methodist Women:

• Learn about mission opportunities
• Develop ideas for spiritual growth
• Bring social action to your home church

Four studies (with some variations) are available this year, all via Zoom online meetings.  Adults and youth of all genders are welcome to participate.

Come join us!  ALL are welcome.

“Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools”

This study calls for critical examination of self and systems, mission engagement, advocacy and action by the faith community.  

• Two weekends from 2-4pm PDT:  July 31, August 1, August 7, August 8.  
  
  

“Bearing Witness in the Kin-dom”

The focus of this study is to help the church and its members discern our call and bear witness to the will of God for a more just world. This study is offered as a weekend event in 3 languages. 

• Korean: July 22 (7-8pm PDT in English), August 7
• English: July 22, July 23, July 24
• Spanish: July 22, July 23, July 24

“Finding Peace in an Anxious World”

Using “The Serenity Prayer” as a scaffold, Finding Peace in an Anxious World explores ways to discover peace through scriptural and spiritual disciplines so that we can be rooted in God and energized to live fully as disciples of Christ.  This study is offered as a weekend event.

• August 12 (7-8pm PDT), August 13 (10am-noon, 1-3pm PDT), August 14 (10am-noon, 1-4pm PDT)

Youth study: Becoming Peacemakers in a Culture of Violence

Youth participants (entering grades 7-12) explore together the roots of violence, and understand that “peace,” as Martin Luther King, Jr. says, “is not merely the absence of tension but the presence of justice.” Activities include interactive Bible studies and exercises to stimulate frank discussions about current issues and proactive steps you can take to develop your capacity as a peacemaker. This study is held the same weekend as the adult study “Finding Peace in an Anxious World.”

• Originally scheduled for August 13, 14, and 15, this event has been postponed due to leadership illness.  It will be rescheduled, so check back soon.