LOVE IN ACTION. Iroquois River District UMW Fall Meeting Registration

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1 I R O Q U O I S R I V E R D I S T R I C T U M W V O L U M E 9 I S S U E 3 A u g u s t 2014 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: The Fox Den 2 Goings with Towne Conference Annual Meeting Treasury Notes & Program Resources Spiritual Growth & Lessie Bates Davis NH MNO & Social Action LOVE IN ACTION Fall Meeting of Iroquois River District United Methodist Women at Tuscola UMC 901 N. Prairie Street, Tuscola Saturday, September 20, :00 am Dr. Kim Whitaker, Guest Speaker When My Word Goes Out Dr. Whitaker s biography appears on page 2 Cunningham & Communications Slate of 2015 District Officers Calendar of Events Love gifts to bring: Cunningham Children s Home: Men s body wash, gift cards and school supplies as listed on page 7 and Box Tops For Education Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House: Adult diapers (men & women), lotion (hand or body), combs and brushes Seeds for Liberia (see page 6) Iroquois River District UMW Fall Meeting Registration Local Unit Name: # Attending: # of Lunch $10 Amount Enclosed: $ Contact Person: Phone: Child Care Needed (infant through elementary ages) Yes No # of Children (Child care provided by donation. Each child should bring a sack lunch but please no peanut butter or other nut products.) Please send this form with checks payable to Tuscola UMW and send by September 13 to Susan Patterson, Tuscola UMC, 901 N. Prairie Street, Tuscola, IL

2 Page 2 From the Fox Den This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 United Methodist Women Bible What's Happening? Come and join us for three days of celebrating, worshipping, sharing and fulfilling our Purpose. On September 20, 2014 at the Tuscola United Methodist Church in Tuscola, Il, we have our Fall/Annual Meeting of the Iroquois River District United Methodist Women. On October 18, 2014 we are having the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference United Methodist Women at Savoy United Methodist Church. November 1, 2014 is the date for our Personal Growth Seminar at Countryside United Methodist Church.. Plans are underway for our day in Tuscola. Dr. Kim Whitaker will be speaking on our mission work in Honduras. Marge Stout, Conference United Methodist Women s President, will install the officers for The units in Iroquois River District will be sharing Love in Action. We are doing creative connections and our Mission to Make It Happen. Let us share our Purpose by displays, videos, pictures, handi-crafts, artwork, scrapbooks, Easter Eggs and Christmas In July. What is your Make It Happen? An Annual Celebration for the Illinois Great River Conference of United Methodist Women will be at the Savoy United Methodist Church in Savoy, Illinois. Harriett Olson, CEO and General Secretary of United Methodist Women will be speaking. Bishop Keaton and the District Superintendents will be serving Holy Communion. Joy and sharing will be part of our day, too. Our District, Iroquois River District, is hosting so you know what that means for us. Let us have a good representation from our units. Countryside United Methodist Women are getting ready for us on November 1, Diane Goff, the Conference Spiritual Growth Coordinator, will lead us in a Personal Growth Seminar. entitled Raising Awareness of the Dangers of Prescription Drugs: A Call to Action. On this day 9:00 am 9:30 am will be Fellowship Time, 9:30 11:30 will be our time with Diane. A lunch will be at 11:30 am on a donation basis and a very short officer up-date during the lunch hour. Come and join us and learn more about the fastest growing drug problems in the nation. We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 United Methodist Women Bible Becky Fox, President 203 Misty Cove Savoy, Illinois Telephone: fox_rebecca@att.net Dr. Kim Whitaker, Guest Speaker Dr. Kim Whitaker has been a family physician since 2003, having practiced in the Appalachians of Tennessee, New Mexico, and the Yu pik community of Bethel, Alaska. Currently, she is in family practice at Frances Nelson Health Service in Champaign, IL. Dr. Whitaker has served on 19 mission trips that include tours in Afghanistan, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, and several places in the United States. She is a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Champaign and an active participant in the contemporary praise team as a keyboardist at Monticello UMC. Recently Kim became engaged and is planning a January wedding. Kim lives in Champaign with her faithful companion, Timber, a huskie/german shepherd mix.

3 Page 3 Goings with Towne Illinois Great Rivers Conference Annual Meeting Please join United Methodist Women from our conference as we hear and meet the General Secretary of United Methodist Women, Harriett Jane Olson, when she speaks about Changing the World Leading From the Heart: Love in Action on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Savoy United Methodist Church, 3002 W. Old Church Road, Champaign, Illinois (Telephone: ) Fellowship and Registration: 8:30 am 9:30 am. Program: 9:30 am 3:00 pm. Conference fee: $15.00 including lunch. Please make reservations by October 10, 2014 with checks payable to IGRC UMW. Tickets are available from MaryBess Gordon, Treasurer IRD UMW 300 S. Jacobsen Drive, Thomasboro, Illinois or Mary Ann Harvey, Treasurer IGRC, th Street, Rock Island, Illinois MaryBess will have tickets available at the IRD district meeting on September 20 in Tuscola. Please submit the tear-off slip on page when obtaining your tickets. (Directions to Savoy UMC appear at the end of this article.) Pertinent Biography Harriett Jane Olson, New York, New York Member Morristown United Methodist Church, Morristown, New Jersey; Affiliate Member McKendree United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee; Bachelor s Degree Houghton College, Houghton, New York; Law Degree Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Law Partner, Pitney, Hardin, Kipp and Szuch Law Firm Morristown, New Jersey; Specialized Attorney, Real Estate and Environmental Law; Senior Vice-President, Publisher/Editor United Methodist Publishing House Director United Methodist General Board of Discipleship; Delegate General Conferences of the Denomination Committee Member Northern New Jersey Conference; Committee Member Task Force Sexual Harassment Policy Committee Member Commission Status and Role of Women; Speaker and Teacher Words That Hurt, That Heal; Board of Trustees Houghton University, Houghton, New York; Deputy General Secretary Women s Division General Board of Ministries, Chief Executive Officer of the Women s Division, the national administrative and policy making arm of the United Methodist Women. Harriett Jane Olson s Statement Harriett Jane Olson wrote, Critical to United Methodist Women is the combination of spiritual formation, leadership development, personal engagement in mission work and social advocacy. In the spirit of John Wesley and in accordance with our United Methodist self-understanding, these are interdependent approaches. References: 1. Harriett Jane Olson, UMW Staff; gbgm-umc.org/umw/ 2. Olson Directed to Lead Church s Women s Division; gbgm-umc.org/umw/ Cheryl Towne, Vice President 1109 Lake Ridge Road Danville, Illinois cheryl.luann.towne@gmail.com (home) Directions to District and Conference Meetings September 20 Tuscola UMC, 901 N. Prairie Street From I-57 take Tuscola exit 212 and head west (toward town) on Route 36. From Route 36 turn north between the BP/Lambo station and the cemetery. This is Prairie Street. Continue a mile on Prairie Street to the 4 way stop sign. Tuscola UMC is the brick building to the northeast. Drive around the church to the parking areas on the north and east. The church is handicap accessible. From Route 45 turn east at the north edge of town (intersection has a flashing light). You are on Northline Road and immediately will cross the railroad tracks. Proceed a mile to the second stop sign (4 way stop). Tuscola UMC is the brick building to the northeast. Parking areas are on the north and east of the building. Church phone: October 18 Savoy UMC, 3002 Old Church Road From I-57 take the Curtis Road exit south of Champaign, turn east toward the stoplight. At the stoplight turn right. The church is about 1/2 mile on the right. From Route 45 turn west at the stoplight at Church Street in Savoy and the church is 2 miles ahead at the corner of Duncan and Old Church Roads. Church phone: The church is handicap accessible.

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5 Page 5 Treasury Notes Greetings ladies! I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer; hopefully you get a chance to relax, recharge and take in some sunshine. It s hard to believe we re over half way through Time flies when you re having fun! As the year marches on I was hoping we d be closer to completing our pledge. As of June 30 we are still $45, 000 away from meeting our pledge so keep your remittances coming. Remember, money remitted is money in mission. We are looking forward to seeing many of you at our fall district meeting in Tuscola on September 20th. At that meeting we will be selling tickets to the Conference Annual Meeting ($15/ticket) that will be held on Saturday, October 18 at Savoy UMC. We ll also have a great selection of Gift in Mission cards alongside our usual Program Resource spread, so bring your checkbooks! NOTE TO TREASURERS: We will have a short pledge service at the fall meeting. Please bring a slip of paper listing your pledge for 2015 or if you cannot attend send with someone from your unit. These will be collected during the pledge service. It will be a great time to celebrate all the wonderful work you treasurers do! MaryBess Gordon 300 S. Jacobsen Drive Thomasboro, IL marybessgordon@gmail.com This summer is not over by a long shot. There are plenty of long days ahead to kick back and indulge in another book or two. Choosing a bonus book to read, will chalk up two for the reading of one. Keep reading and recording so that you will be on that coveted list of UMW Reading Program participants for 2014 at our fall meeting in Tuscola. Remember that this year we are receiving credit for books from But more than that, read to satisfy you on subjects of fracking, human trafficking, and recycling. We can look forward to studies in Climate Justice at Mission u in the near future. better perspective. This picture is a sign at the beginning of the chow line in the cafeteria at Henderson Settlement. Surely we all remember what our mothers told us about only putting on your plate what you will eat? If you are still hungry when you finish that, you can have more. It s that more that catches most of us. I belong to the clean plate club. I have never met a calorie that I didn t like. Now if I can replace my eating habits with reading ones on how to put food on other plates that would really be a catch! Program Resources Some of you know that my relax time is generally when I am sleeping. Hearing others talk about relaxing with a good book just makes me jealous since I fall asleep if I try to read to relax. Reading is still pretty much a chore unless the subject is animals, or our mother earth. Find a subject that keeps you awake and learn about it so you can share your insight with the rest of us. Barb Rascher rascher@illinois.edu 802 E. Larmon St. Tolono, IL (home) Reading is not just about books, magazines, and newspapers. Reading is something we do every day. And when we actually absorb what we read, it helps us navigate through life with a

6 Page 6 Spiritual Growth Yikes!! I am the spiritual growth coordinator for my unit for next year. What am I supposed to do!?! First of all RE- LAX, take a deep breath, and give a prayer of thanks for this opportunity to serve your unit in this way. Each local UMW has different expectations for various jobs and this may be the first place to ask. Another source is the UMW Handbook for which can be downloaded for free from the National UMW website. On page 44 here are some bullet points with my own additional suggestions in brackets: -Use the meditations and other resources on (also search meditation books like Upper Room, in Learn section of Response magazine for Bible Study, start a folder of brief articles that can be a starting point for a devotion) -Pray using the Prayer Calendar (use this at your executive board meetings, every circle gathering, have your members commit to communicating with one or more of the missionaries/deacons by sending birthday cards) -Plan programs that encourage spiritual growth among the group (plan a mini retreat to learn various ways to meditate and read the Bible, start a Bible study on a particular book or themes such as the parables or women of the Bible) -Have your prayers and study groups connect with issues to be addressed like immigration, needs of children, or ecology) -Create prayer partners both within your group and with other groups in your church. Be creative and think outside of the box. Try new things. Don t always do what has been done, but make this job suit your personality, interests and talents. Be willing to grow personally as you serve God and your local UMW in this special service opportunity. Pat Davis Spiritual Growth Coordinator 3204 Ridge Park Rd. Urbana, IL pat@bnpdavis.com Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House Dear Sisters in Christ, As you plan to attend our District Fall Meeting in Tuscola, please bring the following items for Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House: adult diapers (men and women), lotion (hand or body), combs and brushes. As always, LBDNH appreciates all that you do for the children and families they serve. LBDNH was funded for a Summer Community Youth Employment Program and are currently assisting over 130 youth between the ages of 16 and 24 in finding jobs in the surrounding communities. The Back to School Giveaway this year is on August 9th. November 8th is their 105th Annual Celebration which will be a luncheon this year at the Gateway Convention Center. Tickets are $45. We hope many of you will come out for this event. This is when we have the basket auction. Celebration theme is 105: Mission Alive! If you are donating a basket for the auction we have a few guidelines. 1 Choose a theme 2 All basket items need to be nonperishable and check use by dates 3 Wrap basket in clear cellophane or put it in clear cellophane bag 4 Attach a list of items and approximate value firmly to outside of basket LBDNH is asking for only 5 baskets from each district to be auctioned off at their celebration. Therefore, we were thinking that each unit that wants to participate in helping fund LBDNH with a basket could make up a themed basket and bring them to the Fall Meeting where we will have a silent auction. We will then give the money raised to LBDNH. Donations in lieu of baskets can be sent directly to Lisa Graves at 1200 North 13th St., E. St. Louis or brought to meeting. Please mark donation check accordingly. Linda Grose 1189 Country Club Road Sullivan, IL mikelindagrose@gmail.com Susan Connor 1431 CR 800N Sullivan, IL radtech @yahoo.com

7 Page 7 Social Action Bunny Wolfe, Illinois Great Rivers Conference Coordinator of Missions and Outreach, is passionate about mission work in the eighth year of our Liberia Partnership. She has made 20 mission trips and arranges many for our conference. In her April 2013 visit she helped identify 10 sites around Monrovia in need of wells and learned of 150 requests through Liberia. Liberia Well Project is an Advance Special. In April 2014 Bunny closely monitored the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. She contacted UMCOR and Priscilla Jaia, missionary and Director of Ganta Mission Station. Even though we have helped build or renovate many schools, churches, wells and parsonages and continue to provide student scholarships and pastor s salary support, Bunny Wolfe stated recently, Our partnership is not about buildings and projects. The projects and God s call get us there. The real story is about changed lives...both in Liberia and in our own conference. We have an opportunity to change lives with our seed collection for Liberia which Bunny will take on her visit in January unless the quantity of seeds received is large enough to be shipped in a barrel from the Midwest Mission Distribution Center. An alternative to purchasing seeds is to make a monetary donation so that seeds can be purchased in the capitol city of Monrovia. Bunny asks that the seeds have a date of 2014 on the package and in some cases you may have to ask a clerk for help as some seeds have already been taken off the shelves. Bring the seeds to the fall district meeting in Tuscola. Let s make it happen as we put faith, hope and love into action! If your unit begins with A L please bring these seeds: okra collards cabbage tomato eggplant onion If your unit begins with M Z please bring these seeds: sweet corn green pepper cucumber pumpkin round seedless watermelon peanuts No squash or bean seeds and no flower seeds please. Patty Russell Social Action Coordinator 215 Forest Glen Tuscola, IL prussell61953@yahoo.com Membership, Nurture & Outreach Happy summer to you all! I hope it isn t too hot and not too wet and just right to get in the mood to go to mission u. Now for the best news to all members of the UMW. Look in your president s packet at the district meeting for the new membership forms for you to fill out and send back to me by December 31st so I can send my report to Caroline. It is a new form so please call or write to me to get help. It is simple now. I hope to see everyone at the fall meeting in Tuscola. Stay cool and remember to meet and greet new friends, inviting them to join your unit. Dicksie Blankenship 999 Route 10 West, Apt. 14 Clinton, IL d.blankenship@mchsi.com See you all! is a publication of the Iroquois River District United Methodist Women. Editor: Kay McCoy, Communications Coordinator, , mccoy18@comcast.net. is published to report and inform UMW of district and conference programs. For more information visit the Iroquois River District web site (

8 Page 8 Cunningham Children s Home Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 The staff at Cunningham encourage and build their kids up in many different ways. The children and youth at Cunningham Children s Home are having chances to enjoy the summer with boating, camping, swimming, movies and fishing. One of the counselors talked about seeing the face of a young man named Doug catching his first fish at Crystal Lake Park. She said the fish was not very big but the smile on Doug s face was. Scott came to Cunningham as a youth who had trouble controlling his emotions and always became involved in negative relationships. But with the help of staff, Chaplain Gay and Chaplain Melvin, Scott has grown in faith and emotional stability. Scott is now living in the Boys Group Home where he has more independence and his spiritual journey has been amazing. Scott is currently serving as leader at Chapel services. Doug and Scott are just two of the many stories that speak to building one another up and the Power of Hope. And Cunningham is about Hope. Greetings United Methodist Women! Presidents or Secretaries - Inserted in this newsletter is a form for you to complete listing your new officers for Officers should be chosen by October 1st. In order to get the 2015 district directory completed by December we need to ask you to return this form to me by October 15th. If we New and exciting things are happening at Cunningham. There are additions to the foster care program and a new school will be opening in Rossville for the fall semester. Betty and I would love to come to your unit or church to share stories and catch you up on everything new at Cunningham. Please call us. Love gifts for the fall meeting: Men s body wash, gift cards to Target, Wal Mart, Dairy Queen, KFC, Culver s, Hardees, Burger King, Taco Bell, Wendy s, Pizza Hut and Monicals and Box Tops for Education. Currently there is an adequate supply of gift cards to Subway and McDonalds so these are not needed at this time. It is almost school time again and Cunningham is always in need of help with school supplies. This is a list of the items that they can use. Reusable water bottles Glue sticks Basic calculators Black Bic pens Mechanical pencils Pencils Pencil cases Teen/young adult backpacks do not receive your form you will be receiving a phone call. If your officers stay the same, please just indicate same on the form. You may also me the information but we ask that it be complete. It is important that we have the mailing address so that you receive mailings from the district. addresses are also important. Zippered binders Scissors (6 only) 3-hole pencil pouches Markers and colored pencils 3 x 5 lined index cards Award stickers & fancy pencils USA Atlas & World Atlas Math games One subject spiral notebook Filler paper/college and wide ruled Graphing paper Sugar free gum If you can help with any of these items they will be greatly appreciated. Cunningham Representatives: Betty Kmoch 2908 Springhill Lane Champaign, IL bettylouisek@sbcglobal.net Bobby Walker 406 W. Diller Broadlands, IL bswalker42@gmail.com Communications Thanks for your help! Kay McCoy, Communications Coord. 18 Lange Avenue Savoy, Illinois mccoy18@comcast.net

9 Page 9 SLATE OF NOMINATED IROQUOIS RIVER DISTRICT OFFICERS FOR 2015 PRESIDENT SECRETARY OF PROGRAM RESOURCES ( ) Becky Fox ( ) Terry Benson ( ) ( ) VICE-PRESIDENT COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR ( ) Cheryl Towne ( ) ( ) ( ) SECRETARY CUNNINGHAM CHILDREN S HOME ( ) Mary Ann Matthews REPRESENTATIVES ( ) ( ) Betty Kmoch ( ) Bobby Walker TREASURER ( ) ( ) Mary Bess Gordon ( ) LESSIE BATES DAVIS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES CHAIR OF NOMINATIONS ( ) Susan Connor ( ) Charlotte Pritchard ( ) Linda Grose ( ) ( ) MISSION COORDINATORS SPIRITUAL GROWTH COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 2015 ( ) Carolyn Paullin ( ) Roberta Benschneider ( ) ( ) EDUCATION & INTERPRETATION COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 2016 ( ) Roberta Sterrenberg ( ) Louella Pence ( ) ( ) SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 2017 ( ) Pat Davis ( ) Charlotte Pritchard ( ) ( ) MEMBERSHIP, NURTURE & OUTREACH COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS 2018 ( ) Dicksie Blankenship ( ) Kay McCoy ( ) ( )

10 Iroquois River District UMW Savoy United Methodist Church P. O. Box 65 Savoy, IL NONPROFIT US POSTAGE PAID SAVOY IL PERMIT NO. 48 Address Service Requested Installation Service for District Superintendent for Iroquois River District, Rose Booker Jones Sunday, October 5 at 3:00 pm Faith United Methodist Church, 1719 S. Prospect, Champaign, IL United Methodist Women: Iroquois River District is asking UMW to participate in this event by providing one or two dozen cookies for the reception. Faith UMC is a nut free zone so please no nuts or peanut butter. If someone from your group will be attending the installation service we would welcome your donation. Calendar of Events Date Time Event Location Sat. September 20 9:00 am-2 pm District Fall Meeting Tuscola UMC Sun. October 5 3:00 pm District Superintendent Installation Service Faith UMC Sat. October 18 8:30 am 3 pm Conference Annual Meeting Savoy UMC Sat. November 1 9:00 am District Spiritual Growth Retreat/Officer Update Countryside UMC