By Bonnie Home, Almaden Hills UMW

Dear UMW people ~ I’ve just finished reading the September/October 2021 issue of the UMW magazine, “Response,” which I always enjoy.  The article that grabbed my attention is “New Wineskins for Growth” (on pages 36-39).  It was written by Yvette Moore, director of public relations and marketing for United Methodist Women.  In some other way you may have already received the information that she included in her article, but this was all new to me.  I thought you would be interested in a summary of the article, below. You can read the entire article at https://www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/news/new-wineskins-for-growth. 

If you don’t already subscribe to “Response” you can do so at https://www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/response. 

NEW WINESKINS FOR GROWTH

Exciting new programs are coming to United Methodist Women!  Here’s why.

Original article by Yvette Moore
Summary by Bonnie Home, Almaden Hills UMW

Tonya Lanier once thought United Methodist Women was only for older women. Now she’s a longtime leader in the organization. Photo by Kristina Krug, United Methodist Women.

Beginning the year of our 150th UMW anniversary, research was begun using surveys, focus groups and interviews with 24,000 UMW members and other Christian women respondents.   They were asked what they knew about UMW and what they thought about the organization.  They were asked what they were looking for in a faith-based organization, what appealed to them, how they preferred to gather, and how they preferred to give. Continue reading →

Almaden Hills United Methodist Church, Cambrian Park United Methodist Church, and Willow Glen United Methodist Church are joining together in a Holiday Faire, November 20, 2021, 1-4pm, at Cambrian Park UMC.

Bring the whole family for an afternoon of festive fun, music, culinary delights and holiday gifts including homemade baked delights, homemade crafts, and potted plants. Get your picture taken at the holiday photo booth.  Rev. Mariellen Yoshino will offer an Advent prayer.

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Annual Celebration 2021: “Knitted Together and Darning the Holes”

by K Stone, President

We are looking forward to gathering together to celebrate another year as United Methodist Women in mission and ministry together, at our Annual Celebration, October 23, 2021.  Our theme, “Knitted Together and Darning the Holes,” represents the challenges we have had over the last year and a half remaining in community, and our anticipation of it getting a lot easier soon.

During this event, we will celebrate the mission and ministry of our District United Methodist Women. There will be a brief business meeting during which we will approve the 2022 budget and elect District UMW team officers for 2022.

Our guest speakers include Bishop Minerva Carcaño; District Superintendent Rev. Dr. Samuel Hong; and National UMW President Ainise Isama’U. They will address new ways we can make a difference in our communities, renew our faith, and recommit to justice for our earth and women, children, and youth.

The Event Program is here – includes agenda and all reports

Rev. Dr. Linda Holbrook welcomes and installs the incoming ECR District UMW team members.

Incoming and outgoing ECR District UMW team members demonstrate how they remain linked together.

Annual Celebration Event Details

• Date & time: Saturday, October 23, 2021, 10am-noon.  Doors open for check-in at 9:30am.
• Location:  The United Methodist Church of Gilroy, with in-person attendance limited to 50 people (masks required). For those who prefer to attend virtually, there is an online streaming option.

An offering will be taken, designated to the UMW Legacy Fund Endowment

• Give by check: Checks may be given by in-person attendees at the event. Make checks payable to “United Methodist Women,” and note “Legacy  Fund Endowment Campaign” in the memo line. 
• Text to Give:  Text “41444” on your cell phone and enter “Legacy 150” in the message area.
• Give online: At the UMW website.
• Get more info about the Legacy Fund Endowment here.

by Bonnie Home, Almaden Hills UMW

It isn’t often that the author of our Mission u’s “Leaders Guide” comes to lead that very study for us!  So when we gathered on Zoom for our July 23-24 class, we were thrilled that Amanda Meisenheimer, author of the guide for “Bearing Witness in the Kin-dom: Living Into the Church’s Moral Witness Through Radical Discipleship,” would be leading us from New York City!  

Gathering Mission u leaders and participants from all over the country on Zoom has been one of the happier unintended consequences of our pandemic lockdown.  Class members joined us from all over California and Nevada, and even from Washington state and Missouri. Continue reading →