by Web Admin | May 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Dr. Irish Spencer, President and CEO of Welfare Reform Liaison Project, a Guilford County Community Action Agency, was honored at the White House on Friday, May 1st as one of the President’s Champions for Change. The event is part of the Administration’s Employers of...
by Web Admin | May 5, 2015 | Advocacy, UMW National Office, Women and Children
From the United Methodist Women National Office Website: Each year, 300,000 women die globally during pregnancy or in childbirth. Yet 90 percent of these deaths could be prevented if women had access to low-cost interventions, some costing less than $5.00. Although 99...
by Web Admin | May 4, 2015 | Advocacy, Immigration, UMW National Office
From the United Methodist Women National Office website: In 2014, thousands of children, alone or with families, crossed the U.S./Mexico border seeking safety in the United States. They fled extreme violence and poverty in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. They...
by Web Admin | May 2, 2015 | Conference News
The Western North Carolina Conference blog radio station, Connect, featured our conference president, Tonya Lanier, this week! If you missed the broadcast, you can still listen to the podcast. Just click here! Check Out Christianity Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with...
by Web Admin | Mar 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
On March 23, 1869, eight women gathered at Tremont Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston, Massachusetts, and organized the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, what would become United Methodist Women. Those women raised money to send a doctor, Clara Swain, and a...
by Web Admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Conference Gram! February 2015 Issue Get the latest news and information for Western North Carolina Conference United Methodist Women! Hot off the press! …the February 2015 issue of the Conference Gram. Learn about plans for 2015…and more! Click below to...
by Web Admin | Feb 15, 2015 | Mission Resources, Racial Justice, UMW National Office
From unitedmethodistwomen.org: LENT: Forty Days of Racial Justice Ash Wednesday – by Janis Rosheuvel and Julie Taylor Pray God of quiet and wonder, God of the shallow, babbling brook and the deep, wavy ocean, God of soft snow falling and hard, driving rain, God...
by Web Admin | Feb 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
United Methodist Women have been concerned with immigration rights for nearly 150 years. From Ellis Island to San Francisco, from sweatshops to detention centers, our purpose and mission have compelled us to be in ministry to women, children, and youth both locally...
by Web Admin | Feb 2, 2015 | Advocacy, Racial Justice, UMW National Office
February is Black History Month — a time to reflect on the history of black Americans and to honor the individuals and groups who have worked tirelessly toward racial justice. As outlined in the Racial Justice Charter, United Methodist Women works to eliminate all...
by Web Admin | Jan 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
75th Anniversary Brunch Bethlehem Center – Charlotte Saturday, May 2, 2015 Co-Hosted by the United Methodist Women and Bethlehem Center – Charlotte Click here to download: 75th Anniversary Brunch flyer [PDF] Join us as we celebrate our 75th Anniversary of...
