FROM YOUR PRESIDENT Becky Ullom

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1 Upcoming Dates FROM YOUR PRESIDENT Becky Ullom Dec 1 The Link District UMW Newsletter online at Iowa Conference UMW Newsletters Webpage Jan 1 Local Unit Membership Report to Donna Flint, District Membership Nurture & Outreach Jan 11 Human Trafficking Awareness Day Advocacy Day, Des Moines Feb 18 NE District Leadership Team, 9:30 a.m. Strawberry Point UMC Mar 23 Mission Study Day - Shell Rock UMC with Greene UMW 9 am registration. Connie Dicks presents Finances and the 150 th Anniversary of UMW will be observed. Greetings All! As I write this just two days before Thanksgiving I am looking out the window at a winter wonderland way up here on the northern border of Iowa. It s pretty and white but I know that it can be treacherous for travelers. So I keep you all in my prayers as you go about you busy days. Our 2018 Annual Meeting in Janesville was a success. We hosted a wonderful group of United Methodist Women and enjoyed fellowship, training and an excellent speaker. We now look forward to an earlier 2019 Annual Meeting that will held in early September. That will be a change for all of us. As this has been my first year as your president I am still learning but I have a wonderful board of executive leaders to help. I am very grateful to all of them. Sadly, our leadership team is suffering some very difficult health problems. Our dear friend, Judy Porter, past away last month. Our prayers are with her family. Other members to keep in your prayers are Norma Orum, Ruth Tucker, Donna Copper and Jackie Reams. Please pray for improved health and recovery for each of them. We will be planning our special events for 2019 in February at our next executive meeting. I encourage all of you to take one more look at your UMW papers and forms. Be sure all your forms are sent to the proper person by the scheduled date. You will find the 2019 Bible verses in this issue of The Link. If you have questions of any kind please feel free to call or me. If I can t answer them I will find someone who can. The 2019 shepherdess list is also in this issue. You may call your shepherdess with questions as well. You are all in my prayers everyday. I pray that you will continue to do the wonderful mission work of the United Methodist Women. I pray that you will encourage each other to participate in any way you can. I wish you all a very blessed and Christ filled Christmas season! Becky Ullom. Pres. rullom@outlook.com FROM YOUR VICE PRESIDENT Cleo Farris Notice change in location for 2019 Annual NE District meeting. I've talked to the President of the Strawberry Point UMW and she said yes to our request to host the Annual Meeting Fri., Sept. 6th. She also said they would host our executive meeting on Feb. 18th, Monday and the meeting on the 5th of Sept. to get the packets put together. I'll be talking to her again once I know all of the details. Their basement as rooms but we would need to use the stairs so that's the only thing that may be a bit of a problem. Thanks all for your help and hard work as executive team. God bless, Cleo Farris cleoafarris@q.com

2 December 2018 The Link Page 2 FROM YOUR SECRETARY Karen Page Be sure to send your 2019 officer list to me as soon a possible even if your officers remain the same for We need this to keep current with , phone #s, etc. You can send it via or postal service. Karen Page, Secretary 119 Iris Drive, Cedar Falls, Iowa kp224@cfu.net. ************** MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING - September 21, 2018 NORTHEAST IOWA DISTRICT UNITED METHODIST WOMEN The 2018 annual meeting of the Northeast Iowa District of United Methodist Women was held at the Janesville United Methodist Church on September 21, Registration began at 9:00 a.m. with coffee and delicious baked items provided by the United Methodist Women of Janesville UMC. Attendees gathered in the sanctuary at 9:30 for singing of favorite hymns led by Emily Pearce and organist, Sue Stapleton. NE District UMW President, Becky Ullom, opened the meeting at 10:05 and introduced the president of Janesville UMW, Cindy Spencer who welcomed the group. Emily Pearce, substituting for Jackie Reams, led the devotions. Barb Collins, Secretary for Education and Interpretation, gave the roll call of units. There were 75 women in attendance representing 31 units. Conference officers were recognized as special guests: June Klinefelter and Chris Werling. President Becky Ullom called the business meeting to order. Karen Page reviewed the minutes of the 2017 annual meeting of NE Iowa District UMW. They were approved as printed. A member of the committee on nominations, Joann Lambertson, presented the slate of officers for Becky Ullom read the list of officers to be elected and reaffirmed and asked for nominations from the floor. There being none, a motion was made by Joann Lambertson that the slate of officers be accepted. Bev Kester gave the second. The motion was carried by unanimous voice vote. Treasurer, Kris Stewart, gave the treasurer s report. She reported an August 1, 2018 balance of $ Receipts for August were $5,677.01, expenses were $5, for a balance on August 31 of $3, The 2018 pledge from NE District to the conference was $62,000. The district has paid $35,899 with $26,101 of the pledge remaining to be paid. The NE District board voted to reduce the pledge to the Iowa conference to $55,000 for At the national level, Iowa conference pledged $475,000. Of that $210,962 has been paid leaving an unpaid balance of $264,038. A candle was lit at 10:20 to burn for 5 hours in honor of and memory of UMW members from the NE District who have passed away during the past year. See the attached list of those honored and remembered. The burning of this candle illustrates how long we have been sharing the light of Christ. Joyce Anderson, president of Nashua UMW, invited the group to come to Nashua for the 2019 NE UMW District Annual Meeting. The business meeting was adjourned. Becky Ullom introduced the speaker, Kip Ladage, a local naturalist, who presented a slide program of his photographs of nature around us, including many from nearby Sweet s Marsh. It was announced that the silent auction would be closed after lunch. The dollars raised will be divided between the three Iowa UMW missions: Bidwell Riverside in Des Moines, Hawthorn Hill and Shesler Hall. The quilts that were brought by NE units and displayed on backs of the pews will be given to Friends of the Family (choice of Janesville UMW). The group broke for a salad lunch with sandwiches as well as a variety of desserts provided by the ladies of Janesville UMW. DOTE groups met after lunch followed by group singing in the sanctuary led by Emily Pearce. Kris Stewart announced that the silent auction netted $349 from 30 items. Kris Stewart announced that the Date certificates were placed in the president s packets. Kris also noted that 47 units were recognized as 5-STAR units. Penny Morse, Coordinator for Program Resources, reported the units that received awards for reading. Instead of certificates, Penny placed bookmarks in the president s packet for the awards. She also noted a form to use for reporting readers next year- this should be in the president s packet as well. Barb Collins announced the recipients of Mission Study Today awards. There were 9 platinum, 6 gold, 1 silver and 1 special recognition certificates given. Look for the Mission Study Today Report page that is in the president s packet for listing of

3 December 2018 The Link Page 3 those units. Barb Collins, coordinator for education and interpretation, also reported on the summer session of Mission U. Out-going officers were recognized for their years of service to the NE District. Kris Stewart presented pins to Donna Copper, vice president; Donna Hoffman, Coordinator for Social Action; and Penney Morse, Program Resource chair. The officers were then installed by June Klinefelter, Iowa Conference officer of the nominations committee. Pastor Linda Thompson from Dysart United Methodist Church served communion followed by the singing of the UMW Purpose song and 149 years of UMW. Becky Ullom, NE District President, expressed thanks to our hosts, Janesville UMW, for their gracious hospitality. Annual meeting was dismissed at 2:30 p.m. Karen Page NE District Secretary Minutes of the Leadership Team of UMW NE District meeting St Mark s UMC Evansdale - 12 November, 2018 President Becky Ullom called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. after the group was served coffee and cinnamon rolls by the ladies of St. Mark s UMW. Those present were Becky Ullom, Pat Huxsol, Donna Copper, Kris Stewart, Karen Page, Barb Collins, Donna Flint, Norma Orum, Joann Lambertson and Cleo Farris. Names of our team needing prayers for healing were lifted up: Norma Orum for health issues, Judy Porter who is under hospice care, Jackie Reams who was being treated at Rochester and has now been sent home, Ruth Tucker who is recovering from surgery at home, Donna Copper who still recovering from shoulder surgery, and Bev Kester who may be having back surgery in the future. Becky shared a story about her uncle and led us in prayer before we began the business meeting. The evaluations from the annual meeting were discussed briefly. Concerns mentioned were lack of space in general for all the activities, stairs to get to the dining room downstairs were difficult to use for many, and rooms for DOTE were small and other areas designated for groups were crowded together. The minutes of the annual meeting were read and approved as printed. Donna Flint is still searching for the list of attendees that signed in at the registration table. Kris Stewart gave the treasurer s report. Beginning balance on October 1, 2018 was $ Receipts during the month totaled $6, and disbursements were $5, leaving an ending balance on October 31, 2018 of $4, At the time of this report there were 64 active units. An active unit is one that pays a pledge amount or contributes any amount to the NE UMW District. The NE District pledge for 2018 was $62, Pledges paid to date total $44, leaving an unpaid balance of $17, Out of 64 active units, 58 have reported with pledges so far. Units that have not reported are Beaman, Earlville, Gladbrook Chapel, Grundy Center, LaPorte City, Manchester (they have dropped), Rudd and Shell Rock. It was noted that a LOVE gift was not requested nor collected at the annual meeting. Nor was an offering collected during the afternoon session. Kris emphasized during her report that we do have a larger balance than usual because expenses have been low. If the money is not spent, it will be returned to the conference. Board members were advised to submit vouchers for mileage and other expenses they may have such as paper and ink cartridges. Mileage used for shepherdess visits should be requested. Vouchers should be received by Kris before December 10. The shepherdess list was reviewed and changes made. Donna Flint will re-write the list with changes and send it to Ruth Tucker for publication in the LINK. Donna Copper showed samples of designs for pins to be worn by a shepherdess when she visits. The samples were passed around for review. District Calendar events for 2019: Leadership meeting Feb 18 - Strawberry Point with coffee at 9:30, meeting at 10:00 Mission Study Day March 23 - Shell Rock with Greene helping 9:00 registration, 9:30 beginning. Connie Dicks will present Finances and the 150 th Anniversary of UMW will be observed. Leadership meeting April 8 - Grundy Center with coffee at 9:30; meeting at 10:00 Day Apart May 11 - location TBA, Registration at 9:00; meeting at 9:30 Leadership meeting July 15 - (maybe at Edgewood) coffee at 9:30; meeting at 10:00

4 December 2018 The Link Page 4 Summer Mission U July Marshalltown Community College Leadership team September 5 - Strawberry Point to fill packets and folders. NE District annual meeting September 6 - Strawberry Point? Leadership meeting November 11 - Waterloo First UMC 9:30 coffee; meeting at 10:00. Discussion centered on the DATE AND DATE PLUS certificates. Joann Lambertson moved that the board drop the use of these certificates. Karen Page seconded and the motion passed. Norma Orum, Nominations chair, reported that the Committee on Nominations (CON) had successfully filled 3 positions for 2019 terms: Pat Huxsol will serve on Nominations, Donna Copper will serve as Social Actions chair, and Cleo Farris will serve as Vice President. The committee still needs a replacement for Penney Morse whose term has expired. Barb Collins has volunteered to help Penney and to be trained for that office with the expectation of being elected next year. The nominations committee met several times this past summer, but did not request payment for mileage. Karen Page moved that members of the CON may submit vouchers for mileage when meeting to discuss nominations. The motion was seconded by Donna Flint. Motion carried. Donna Copper, out-going VP, reported on the annual meeting. She said the Janesville unit was great to work with and that the meeting went well. There were 75 in attendance. The speaker, Kip Ladage, showed slides of wildlife in Northeast Iowa along with commentary. His program was enjoyed by all. Barb Collins, Education and Interpretation chair, has contacted a speaker for Mission Study Day, Connie Dicks, who will give a program on Finances. Perhaps a skit will be given to recognize the 150 th anniversary of UMW. Barb has platinum certificates for Janesville and Independence and will mail them. She will also send the list of all certificate recipients for publication in the LINK. The Bible verses selected for 2019 will also be published in the LINK. Donna Flint, membership chair, will re-write the shepherdess assignments and send to the LINK, and DATE AND DATE PLUS certificates will no longer be a responsibility for this chair. Cleo Farris, newly elected vice president, will get information from Donna Copper on duties of the office. After review of the options for pins to be worn by a shepherdess, one of the designs was chosen and some discussion led to a vote. Karen Page moved that 10 pins be purchased at $10 each. There was a second and the motion carried. President Becky closed the meeting with a prayer for safe travel and healing for our friends. Respectfully submitted, Karen Page, District Secretary ***************** sent to you. Fill it out now, but we cannot enter it MEMBERSHIP NURTURE & OUTREACH until after Jan. 1 st. Donna Flint I m assuming the site looks about the same as last year. Just remember to scroll all the way to the Fall Greetings to All, end of the questionnaire & answer the last question Our Shepherdesses have been busy with their before hitting the Submit key. Perhaps you re visits. Their reports tell of your projects & how going South for the Winter or have no one to enter much they enjoy visiting your units. this information for you - then send the complete Our next important thing to get done, - is the form to me and I ll do it after Jan. 1 st. annual census. All Presidents received the form in Please check a slightly revised Shepherdess list the Pres. Packet at Fall Annual meeting or it was in this newsletter too. Have a Merry Christmas FROM YOUR TREASURER Kris Stewart Fall Greetings! Thank you to all who have pledged. As of October 31, we have reached $44, toward our Mission Giving Pledge of $62,000 for 2018; leaving $17, remaining to pledge. To any units who have extra money at the end of 2018: your extra money would be appreciated to help with our Mission Giving Pledge. You can report the money on the Remittance Form under Mission Giving: Pledge Other Line 3 - Misc. Pledge. Unit giving reports will be ed/mailed out by Nov. 20 th showing activity through October 31.

5 December 2018 The Link Page 5 Only 3 weeks left to get remaining funds sent in! Continue to submit the following if you have not done so yet: $1/unit for magazine fund. $1.00/member for Bidwell Riverside, Hawthorn Hill and Shesler Hall and Mission u. REMINDER: To be a 5 Star giving unit, you must give in the following categories: Pledge to Mission, Special Mission Recognition, Gift to Mission, Gift in Memory and World Thank Offering. Please refer to your 2018 Treasurer s Reference Calendar to see what is due. REPORT FROM ANNUAL MEETING: Money collected from the Silent Auction was $ This amount was divided equally for our 3 Iowa Projects: Bidwell, Shesler and Hawthorn. They each received $ ALL MONIES FOR 2018 SHOULD BE SENT TO ME BY DECEMBER 10 TH! Any money received after that date will be deposited in January, Treasurer s packets were handed out at the Annual Meeting in Janesville. Packets not picked up were mailed. If you have any questions, don t hesitate to contact me. Don t be anxious about anything; rather, bring up all of your requests to God in your prayers and petitions, along with giving thanks. Then the peace of God that exceeds all understanding will keep your hearts and minds safe in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 God Bless! Happy Thanksgiving! Kristin Stewart, NE Dist. Treasurer 7840 Beaver Hills Lane, Cedar Falls, IA kris@the-stewarts.com EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION Barbara Collins Now that the Annual Meeting is done and the mission today forms are in, it is time for me to look towards the Mission Study Day. Mission Study Day will be March 23, 2019, at Shell Rock United Methodist Church. The study will be on Economic Inequality and the study What about our money?: A Faith Response. Following is the final Northeast District Mission Today Report. Northeast District Mission Today Report Special Recognition St. Ansgar Silver Certificate Garwin Plymouth Gold Certificate Fayette Lamont New Hampton Osage Sumner West Union Platinum Alice Cedar Falls- First Chester Cresco Zion Greene Hazleton Independence Janesville Marble Rock McGregor Toledo Congratulations to these units. Once again I urge all 65 active NE units to turn in a Mission Today Form next year. You will be surprised by how many criteria you have actually met.

6 December 2018 The Link Page 6 Northeast District UMW Calendar of Events January 11 Human Trafficking Awareness Day Advocacy Day, Des Moines February 18 NE District Leadership Team, 9:30 a.m. Strawberry Point UMC 22 DEADLINE for February The Link NE Dist Newsletter. Send items to Ruth Tucker rmftucker@gmail.com March April 1 World Day of Prayer 1 The Link District Newsletter online at Iowa Conference UMW Newsletters webpage. 8 International Bell Ringing for Women s Rights 23 Mission Study Day, NE Dist UMW 9 a.m. - Shell Rock UMC th Anniversary of United Methodist Women 30 DEADLINE for Unit Membership Census Report. Complete on website or,mail to Donna Flint, Membership Nurture Outreach Coordinator Laity Day with Bishop Laurie Haller 8 NE Dist Leadership Team 9:30 a.m. Grundy Center UMC 21 DEADLINE for May The Link, NE District Newsletter. Send items to Ruth MF Tucker rmftucker@gmail.com May 3 Friendship Day - Church Women United 6 The Link District Newsletter online at Iowa Conference UMW Newsletters webpage. 11 Day Apart, NE District UMW, 9 a.m. - TBA June 8-11 IA Annual Conference of United Methodist Church Des Moines 9 UMW Gathering at Annual Conference 30 Mission Today Report and Mission Studies Report due July July August 15 NE District Leadership Team TBA 21 District Officer Training (DOTE) Iowa Valley Conference Center, Marshalltown Summer Mission u, Iowa Valley Conference Center, Marshalltown 30 DEADLINE for August The Link, District Newsletter. Send items to Ruth MF Tucker rmftucker@gmail.com 31 DISTRICT REPORT Reading Program Report to Penney Morse, Secretary of Program Resources 4 The Link District Newsletter online at Iowa Conference UMW Newsletters webpage 30 Final Day to add names to In Memory and in Honor for World Thanks Offering Candle Burning September 6 Human Relations Day, CWU 5 NE District Leadership Team Workday Strawberry Point UMC 6 NE District Annual Meeting, Strawberry Point UMC October 4 IA Conference UMW Ubuntu Day, Des Moines 5 Iowa Conference UMW Annual Meeting, Des Moines Staves Fall Mission U, Iowa Valley Conference Center, Marshalltown November 1 World Community Day, CWU 11 NE DISTRICT Leadership Team, 9:30 am., Waterloo First UMC 19 DEADLINE for December The Link District Newsletter. Send items to Ruth MF Tucker rmftucker@gmail.com December 1 The Link District Newsletter online at Iowa Conference UMW Newsletters webpage

7 December 2018 The Link Page 7 NE District UMW SHEPHERDESS LIST 2018 Carol Raithel 310 Forestville Rd Strawberry Point IA momdad310@gmail.com Elgin St. Paul Giard - Living Faith Parish Lamont McGregor Living Faith Jackie Reams 1954 Lime Kiln Rd. Osage IA Greene Marble Rock Rudd Penney Morse 615 Pine St. Osage IA ; pjmorse@gmail.com Guttenberg Rockford Arlene Oelberg P.O. Box 468 Elma IA aoelberg@hotmail.com Decorah First Zion (of Cresco) Becky Ullom 2349 Hwy 63 Chester IA rullom@outlook.com Burr Oak St. Ansgar Pat Huxsol rd St Charles City IA phuxsol@mediacombb.net Cedar Falls 1 st Dumont - New Hope Parish Evansdale Osage Waterloo 1 st Hermina Amoroso P.O. Box 313 New Hampton IA Charles City Trinity Elma Fredericka Donna Copper 2550 Gilmore Ave Ionia IA jdl_copper@hotmail.com Randalia Sumner Volga Donna Flint 107 Gay St. Delhi IA canddflint@iowatelecom.net Colesburg Edgewood Trinity Alice - Center Point Hazelton Rowley Silver Creek Cleo Farris 1827 Locke Av Waterloo IA cleoafarris@q.com Delhi Independence First La Porte City - St. Paul Jesup Dysart Emily Pearce 2812 Garden Ave. Cedar Falls IA depearce@cfu.net Janesville Parkersburg Waverly Heritage Waverly Trinity Karen Page 119 Iris Dr. Cedar Falls IA kp224@cfu.net Arlington Grundy Center Reinbeck Strawberry Point Kris Stewart 7840 Beaver Hills Ln Cedar Falls IA kris@the-stewarts.com Conrad - Martha & Mary Gladbrook Gladbrook Chapel Donna Hoffman 6612 Ford Rd. Cedar Falls IA h5dangus@cfu.net Washington Chapel Cedar Falls Joann Lambertsen 1529 Hwy E29 Garwin IA jklmusic@yahoo.com Garwin Toledo Christ Beaman Tam Barb Collins 210 W. Traer St Greene IA brab4@yahoo.com Plymouth Calmar Chester Norma Orum 1925 Westchester Rd #114 Waterloo IA (319) mnorum@aol.com New Hampton 1 st Fayette Monona Shell Rock Bev Kester P.O. Box 308 Greene IA rkester@myomnitel.com Nora Springs Waukon West Union Plainfield TBA - Waterloo - Mt. Hope Waterloo - St. Paul

8 December 2018 The Link Page 8 January I Peter 5: BIBLE VERSES (All verses from the New Revised Standard Version) Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. February Luke 11:28 But he said, Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it! March Micah 6:8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? April Hosea 6:1 Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up. May James 2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead. June Daniel 10:19 He said, Do not fear, greatly beloved, you are safe. Be strong and courageous! When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me. July Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. August II Peter 1:20-21 First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. September I Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing. October Jeremiah 29:11 For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. November Psalm 118:24 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. December Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!

9 December 2018 The Link Page 9 THE LINK UMW Northeast District Newsletter Ruth MF Tucker 339 Lawrence Ave. Evansdale IA Address Correction Requested READ-COPY-SHARE Notice of publication of each issue is sent to all Northeast District UMW officers who have addresses on file. Presidents, Vice Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurers of Units who do not have will receive a printed copy. It is the responsibility of these officers to distribute copies to other officers in their unit, if they are unable to access the issue via the IA Con UMW site The entire newsletter should be shared so that all officers and members will be better informed about UMW beyond the local level. WEBSITES Iowa United Methodist Women United Methodist Women Resource Center United Methodist Women National IN THIS ISSUE Dates of Northeast Iowa District Events p.1 Education and Interpretation - p.5 Membership Nurture & Outreach Coordinator p. 4 President p. 1 Secretary Minutes - p. 2-4 Treasurer p. 4-5 Vice President - p. 1