United Women in Faith - Western North Carolina Conference
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Mission u 2022
Online registration for our VIRTUAL Mission u 2022 is OPEN!
July 14-16, 2022 via ZOOM
Three Full-time classes, and Two One-Day Overview classes
2022 VIRTUAL Mission u Class Options
All classes will be via Zoom.
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2022 Spiritual Growth Mission Study – Who Can We Be Together: A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13You can purchase the study book for $10.00 at the United Women in Faith Mission Resources Store. It is also available for Kindle at Amazon. |
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| July 14-16, 2022 (Full Time) Class #1 |
Who Can We Be Together: A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13 (Full Time Class) Study Leader: Martha Efird Class Sessions: Thursday, July 14 – 6:30 to 8:30pm; Friday, July 15 – 9:00 to 11:00am; 1:00 to 3:00pm; Saturday, July 16 – 9:00 to 11:00am. Class size: Unlimited. Invite your friends! Class Handout: Download PDF |
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| July 14-16, 2022 (Full Time) Class #2 |
Who Can We Be Together: A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13 (Full Time Class) Study Leader: Eloise Moore Class Sessions: Thursday, July 14 – 6:30 to 8:30pm; Friday, July 15 – 9:00 to 11:00am; 1:00 to 3:00pm; Saturday, July 16 – 9:00 to 11:00am. Class size: Unlimited. Invite your friends! Class Handout: Download PDF |
OPEN! |
| July 14-16, 2022 (Full Time) Class #3 |
Who Can We Be Together: A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13 (Full Time Class) Study Leader: Kim Eller Class Sessions: Thursday, July 14 – 6:30 to 8:30pm; Friday, July 15 – 9:00 to 11:00am; 1:00 to 3:00pm; Saturday, July 16 – 9:00 to 11:00am. Class size: Unlimited. Invite your friends! Class Handout: Download PDF |
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| July 15, 2022 FRIDAY (One Day Overview) Class #1 |
Who Can We Be Together: A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13 (One Day Overview) Study Leader: Rev. Lisa Beth Ackerman Class Sessions: Friday, July 15 – 10:00am to 2:30pm (With breaks) Class size: Unlimited. Invite your friends! Class Handout: Download PDF |
OPEN! Click here to Register for Who Can We Be Together One Day Overview Class #1 |
| July 16, 2022 SATURDAY (One Day Overview) Class #2 |
Who Can We Be Together: A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13 (One Day Overview) Study Leader: Rev. Lisa Beth Ackerman Class Sessions: Saturday, July 16 – 3:00pm to 7:30pm (With breaks) Class size: Unlimited. Invite your friends! Class Handout: Download PDF |
OPEN! Click here to Register for Who Can We Be Together One Day Overview Class #2 |
Our 2022 Adult Mission Study
Who Can We Be Together? A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13
Who Can We Be Together? A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13, the 2022 adult curriculum by Candace Simpson brings participants deeper into Jesus’ teachings in this chapter of Luke to explore what it means to be in community. As the author notes, “For followers of Christ 2,000 years later, it’s important for us to sit with the range of emotions we have in response to these words. It’s not easy to build and sustain communities, especially when there are forces that drain us, exhaust us, and even push us to act uncharacteristically. And yet, we are called to act on the most ethical principles of our faith so we can witness the kin-dom of God on earth.”
Our 2022 Mission Study Leaders
Who Can we Be Together? A Biblical Exploration of Luke 13
Martha Efird
Martha Efird is a lifelong Methodist and is active in her church as lay speaker and with United Methodist Women/United Women in Faith. Martha served as Spiritual Growth Coordinator on the WNCC team for four years.
Kim Eller
Kim Eller has served as a study leader and workshop leader several times. She is a lover and supporter of all that is United Methodist Women (now Women in Faith) and served most recently as Chair for the WNCC Committee on Nominations.
Eloise Moore
Eloise Moore is a Deaconess in the Northern Piedmont District, and she looks forward to being consecrated at Assembly 2022. Eloise has served in United Methodist Women at the local and district levels, including on the Northern Piedmont District Committee on Nominations.
The Reverend Lisa Beth Ackerman
Study Leader - One-day Overview Classes
Lisa Beth Ackerman is the founder of Sister of Hope Ministries, a pastor, and a scholar. Sister of Hope Ministries provides training and retreats for volunteers in short-term mission work. She has served as a study leader in previous Mission u events. Lisa Beth will be leading the One-Day Overview classes on Friday and Saturday.
Resources for Children and Youth
The Growing Tree - 2022 Children's Mission Study
The Growing Tree, the children’s curriculum for 2022 by social justice advocate and educator Ilka Vega, is a journey of spiritual growth and community building that helps children recognize the diversity of their capacities, spiritual gifts, and talents as well as their responsibilities to care for one another and for all of God’s creation.
Becoming Peacemakers in a Culture of Violence - 2021 Youth Mission Study
Community in the Midst of Challenging Times, a youth curriculum for 2022 by organizer and minister Kenya Cummings, brings facilitators and participants on a journey through stories that have anchored Christian communities for millennia, through both stability and times of turmoil and tragedy.
Our Love Offering will be a Gift to Mission Giving through United Women in Faith / United Methodist Women.
Each year, United Women in Faith gather 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.
Mission u Virtual Recordings:
Mission u Program Books: