The Lantern SONYA S. BENJAMIN. Lake Junalaska Source: Daniel Hass

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1 The Lantern FROM THE PRESIDENT SONYA S. BENJAMIN Lake Junalaska Source: Daniel Hass

2 From the Chair of the Committee on Nominations FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT

3 From the Secretary of Program Resources FROM THE SECRETARY'S DESK FROM THE FORMER SECRETARY

4 Orangeburg District United Methodist Women Local Unit Officers for 2018 Name of Unit City President: Phone: Vice President: Phone: Secretary: Phone: Treasurer: Phone: Sec. Program Resources: Phone: Officers Form Page 1 of 2

5 Spiritual Growth: Phone: Social Action: Phone: Education & Interpretation: Phone: Membership, Nurture & Outreach: Phone: Officers Form Page 2 of 2

6 MEMBERSHIP, NURTURE AND OUTREACH TREASURER'S REPORT Through the testing of this ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ and by the generosity of your sharing with them and with all others, while they long for you and pray for you because of the surpassing grace of God that he has given you. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! 2 Corinthians 9:13-15

7 Local Unit Name: Unit President: District Name: Orangeburg Conference Name: South Carolina Reported by: Phone: Address: City: State/Zip: Phone: Number of Members as of 01-Jan-2017 New Members added Numbers Lost by Death or other Reasons Total Members 31-Dec-2017 Unit Type Are you a: Local, Cluster/Charge, District, or Online Unit

8 Local Unit Pledge Gift to Gift in Rainbow Call to Brighter Future Wallace Q3 3rd Quarter-2017 To Mission SMR Mission Memory WTO Woman Prayer World ComBC(C) Fam Life BC(Sp) KW RM Total Barnwell 0.00 Bethel (Bowman/Rowesville) 0.00 Bethel (Jackson) 0.00 Rock Bethel Park Bethlehem Beulah Bethel (Bamberg) Branchville 0.00 Calvary (Swansea) Canaan , Cedar Grove Charles Wesley 0.00 Ebenezer (Bowman) Ebenezer (North) 0.00 Edisto Fork Elloree Eutawville Forest Chapel 0.00 Franklin Gerizim 0.00 Holly Hill Jericho Lebanon Livingston Mays Chapel 0.00 Mt. Carmel Mt. Nebo Mt. Zion 0.00 New Beginning New Covenant New Light North North Orangeburg Orange Grove Pelion 0.00 Pine Hill Pineville 0.00 Pleasant Hill Prospect 0.00 Providence Shady Grove 0.00 Silas 0.00 St. Andrews St. John's (Aiken) 0.00 St. John's (Norway) 0.00 St. John (Orangeburg St. John (Edisto Chg) St. Mark St. Paul (New Ellenton) St. Pauls(O'burg) 0.00 St. Stephen (Bowman) 0.00 St. Stephen (O'burg) Swansea 0.00 Target Trinity (Aiken) Trinity (Bamberg) Trinity (O'burg) Union Wagener Wesley 0.00 Wesley Chapel(Jackson) 0.00 Wesley Grove 0.00 White House Williston District Q3Total 7, , , , , Treasurer's Report Page 1 of 1

9 COMMUNICATIONS CORNER EDUCATION & INTERPRETATION May your Holidays be filled with JOY, LOVE and PEACE!!

10 MISSION TODAY ACTION FORM Unit President Date Unit Name Number of members in unit Units, which include all circles, must complete at least 10 of the following items. All units must complete #1. Your unit 1. Made and met its Pledge to Mission. 2. Used the Prayer Calendar at each General Membership Meeting of the unit to pray for people in mission and for our mission work with women, children and youth. 3. Added at least one or more members to its roll. 4. Had at least one member who subscribes to Response Magazine. 5. Had at least one member (other than a conference or district officer) attend Mission u and/or a district or local mission study. 6. Had at least one member (other than a conference or district officer) attend the District Annual Meeting. 7. Had at least one member (other than a conference or district officer) attend the Conference Annual Meeting. 8. Had at least two members who wrote to at least five people listed in the Prayer Calendar at least once during the year. 9. Participated in the Campaign for Children. 10. Is a Five Star Unit, contributing to all five channels of Mission Giving. 11. Had at least one person complete one of the plans in the Reading Program. 12. Invited a district or conference officer, other than a member of the unit, to one unit meeting during the year. Your unit, circle, or subgroup 13. Included a Response Moment where an article from Response Magazine was lifted up as a way to tell the mission story in at least three meetings 14. Had at least two programs from the Program Book. 15. Implemented the Charter for Racial Justice Policies in at least two ways. Patricia G. Walker: gordorose@yahoo.com

11 Just A Friendly Reminder SOCIAL ACTION

12 Legislative Advocacy Day 2018 Can t You Hear Their Cry If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered. Proverbs 21:13 Tuesday, February 20, 2018 (Weather make-up day February 27, 2018) Epworth Children s Home 2900 Millwood Ave., Columbia, SC :00 9:30 Registration (no on-site registration) Coffee and fruit available 9:30 Welcome and Greetings 10:00 Invocation 10:10 Children s First of SC Ms. Sue Williams Epworth Update Rev. John E. Holler, Jr, President, Epworth 11:10 12:05 Workshops (Public Education, Poverty, Mass Incarceration, and Domestic Violence) 12:05 1:05 Lunch 1:05 1:50 Guest Speaker (to be confirmed) 2:00 Tours of Epworth Cut and return bottom portion Registration Fee $20 (includes material, lunch, nursery, parking) Postmark deadline Feb. 12, 2018 Late registration $30 space limited to 400 attendees Make checks payable to SCCUMW. Send form and fee to: Rebecca W. Eleazer, 5116 Burke Ave., Columbia, SC Name Phone Address City Zip Please check and complete all that apply to you: UMW Member, Church and District Non-UMW member Special Dietary Needs Childcare needed Child s age (Please bring lunch and snack for your child.) ONLY if you invited your state legislators to attend AND they are attending, please list their name/s below. Senator Representative Please circle ONE Workshop option Public Education Issues Domestic Violence Prevention How Poverty Affects our Children Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice

13 2018 ORANGEBURG DISTRICT UMW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Vice President Secretary Sonya Benjamin Doris Hope Murray Dannie Mays 118 Coventry Rd Coach Rd. 166 Hundley Rd. Summerville, SC Holly Hill, SC Orangeburg, SC Treasurer Sec. Program Resources Communications Coordinator Ginger Risher Linda Huggins Chan Spigner 1091 Huntington Dr Binnicker Bridge Rd. P. O. Box 193 Orangeburg, SC Cope SC Orangeburg, SC Spiritual Growth Social Action Education & Interpretation Dorothy Smoak Ethel Tyler Patricia Walker 170 Old Orchard Way Heritage Hwy. 204 Wheat St. Orangeburg, SC Bamberg, SC Livingston, SC Membership, Nurture Chair Com. Nominations Nom.(2021) Orangeburg & Outreach (Class of 2020) Evelyn Colter-Sims Barbara Jeffcoat Sylvia Robinson 1070 Sims Rd. P. O. Box Woodberry Drive Hopkins, SC North, SC Orangeburg, SC Nom. (2022) Aiken Nom.(2018) Bowman Nom. (2019)Bamberg/Denmark Anne Weathers Eva Manigault 147 Foliage St Charleston-Augusta Rd. Bowman, SC Bamberg, SC Aiken Cluster Leader Bowman Cluster Leader Bamberg/Denmark Cluster Leader Judy Dudley Sharon Wade Mary Rivers 310 Talatha Church Rd Peake St Voorhees Rd. Aiken, SC Holly Hill, SC Denmark, SC Orangeburg Cluster Leader Maud Kissam 6516 Cameron Rd. PO Box 684. Cameron, SC North, SC Springfield Cluster Leader Ann Fairey

14 2018 Orangeburg District UMW Calendar January 13 February February 15 February 20 TBA March 1 April April 7 April May 15 May June 1 June 23 July July August 15 August 19 September September 1 September 15 October November 8 November 10 November 15 December December 1 Officers Training: St. Mark UMC, North District Executive Committee Meeting Special Emphasis Month -- Wallace Family Life Center Deadline for Articles for March Lantern Legislative Advocacy Day: Epworth Children's Home, Columbia "SPRING INTO MISSIONS" Lantern published Special Emphasis Month -- Columbia Bethlehem Center Day Apart: Holly Hill UMC, Holly Hill District Executive Committee Meeting Spiritual Growth Retreat: Lake Junaluska Deadline for Articles for June Lantern National Assembly, Columbus, Ohio Lantern published Come Together/Be Together: Woodland UMC, Rock Hill Special Emphasis Month -- Rural Mission Mission u: Spartanburg Methodist College Deadline for Articles for September Lantern District Executive Committee Meeting: New Light UMC, Orangeburg Special Emphasis Month -- Killingsworth Lantern published District Annual Meeting: New Light UMC, Orangeburg SCCUMW Annual Meeting: Central UMC, Florence Killingsworth Gala SCCUMW Officers' Training (District Officers): Grace UMC, Columbia District Executive Committee Meeting Deadline for Articles for December Lantern Special Emphasis Month -- Spartanburg Bethlehem Center Lantern published

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