MISSION COORDINATOR EDUCATION & INTERPRETATION

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2 MISSION COORDINATOR EDUCATION & INTERPRETATION Come join us on Saturday, May 17, 2014 for the district Mission Study. It will be at Messiah United Methodist Church, 4102 West NC Highway 27, Lincolnton, NC Our study this year is the Roma of Europe and will be led by Sherry Sink. Registration will begin at 8:30. Coffee, juice and water will be available when you arrive. The study will begin at 9 A.M. and end at 1 P.M. The resource room will open at 8:30. There will be a break around 11:00 A.M. when we will have fruit, veggies, half sandwiches and zucchini and banana bread. The cost for the study is $3.00. Please send your registration form and money to District Treasurer Gaye Dagenhart by May 3 rd. The Hands On Mission for this event will be for Crisis Pregnancy Center of Lincoln County. Items needed are baby lotion, baby powder, baby wash, baby shampoo and bibs. Participating in the mission study will help your unit meet requirement #4 on the Mission Today list. Make your plans today to attend. Mary Ann Detter These directions are not the full directions to Messiah UMC. Tried to get just the main highways for you to follow. If you need more complete directions, please me at gcarpenter003@carolina.rr.com or call me at Directions to Messiah United Methodist Church, 4102 West NC Hwy 27, Lincolnton. NC From Morganton area: Take S. Sterling St./Hwy 18 out of Morganton. Then turn left onto Hwy 27. The church will be on the left. From Denver area: Take Hwy 73 until you come to Hwy 27. Turn right onto Hwy 27. The church will be on the right. From Shelby area: Take Hwy 150 out of Shelby to Hwy 18. Stay on 18 until you come to Hwy 27 then turn right onto Hwy 27. The church will be on the left. From Gastonia area: Take Hwy 321N into Lincolnton. Exit on the ramp for Hwy 27 and turn right onto Hwy 27. Stay on 27 and the church will be on the right. MISSION STUDY REGRISTRATION DEADLINE MAY 3, 2014 Mail to: Gaye Dagenhart, th Street Court NE, Hickory, NC Name of Church County Contact Person Phone Number of Persons Attending X $3.00 = $ enclosed. Make checks payable to: Catawba Valley District UMW Treasurer

3 PRESIDENT Wow!! Awesome!! Wonderful!! Thankful!! These are the words that I would use to describe our District Prayer Breakfast last month. The ladies at First UMC in Gastonia did so much to make us feel right at home. We had around 475 in attendance. Thank you so much for the support you gave to our first District event for Our next district event will be our District Mission Study and the front page of this newsletter has much information on this study. Be sure to read Mary Ann s article too and make plans to attend. I look forward to being with you on May 17 th. Nurturing Partners do you know what this is??? We have divided the churches in the Catawba Valley District between all the district officers. Each district officer has committed to visit their units. These are called LUV visit, Local Unit Visitation visits. We want you to know we are here for the women of our local units. If you have any questions, or if we can help in anyway, please do not hesitate to call on us. Please or call your nurturing partner and ask them to come and give a program, speak at your United Methodist Women s Sunday, ask for their help with a Children s Sabbath or just ask them to come for a visit. If you can t reach your nurturing partner just give me a call and I will get them connected with you. Thank you so much for all you do to promote the work of the United Methodist Women, here in the Catawba Valley District. Because of your dedication and the dedication of other women, the United Methodist Women will be celebrating our 145 th year in mission. You are the ones who make mission possible. In His Service, Karen VICE PRESIDENT Our Spiritual Growth Committee did a great job with our Prayer Breakfast in March. If you missed it, our Historian has posted pictures on Facebook under Catawba Valley United Methodist Women. Go on line and like us, so you can have access to all our events. I hope all of you are striving to become a Mission Today Unit. It s not at all complicated, but if you have any questions, please contact your Nurturing Partner. She will be glad to visit your group and talk with you about each of the criteria or about the Reading Program, Gifts in Mission, Action Network, or on whatever you need more details. Don t know who your Nurturing Partner is? Any of the District Officers can give you this information. You should be getting a letter from your Nurturing Partner. Nancy Luckey MISSION COORDINATOR SOCIAL ACTION Greetings Ladies, I hope you are enjoying this wonderful spring season. May the longer and warmer days bless your heart. Let me first remind you that our social action priorities for 2014 remain as for 2013: 1. To continue education and advocacy about Human Trafficking 2. To continue education and advocacy about Domestic Violence 3. To continue education and advocacy about Immigration Reform For those wanting to do a presentation on Human Trafficking, the link to the program manual is prod.umwomen.org:88/ht/packet. Please go to our website ( to keep abreast of what we are doing in these three areas and others needing our voice. And let s not forget that racial justice continues to be a priority for United Methodist Women. I hope your units are incorporating the Charter in your meetings and working toward becoming a UMW Justice Today unit. Lastly, please take a few minutes to visit the General Board of Church and Society website to read the initiative to boycott Soda Stream: Please let me know if I can assist you with programs, via pleatherman1949@gmail.com, or phone Yours in Christ, Phyllis Leatherman

4 SECRETARY OF PROGRAM RESOURCES Greetings UMW Sisters, It was wonderful seeing all of you at the Prayer Breakfast. I hope you found plenty of good books to read. I hope you have not forgotten about children s books. This is a great way to not only complete the reading program for yourself but also for future UMW or UMM members and you both get a certificate. Two new ones to get you started are: Sheila Says We re Weird (Social Action) and Traveler (Spiritual Growth). If you have not participated in the children s reading program, I hope you will give it prayerful consideration. I look forward to seeing you at the Mission Study at Messiah UMC. The Resource Room will open at 8:30. If your unit needs anything, please feel free to contact me. Brenda White or bww405@gmail.com Historian Let's Meet in facebook! Are you a facebooker? Do you have any fellow United Methodist Women who are? Did you know Catawba Valley United Methodist Women has a facebook account? If you facebook and would like to be kept up to date on what's coming up and a recap with pictures of our past events, look us up as "Catawba Valley United Methodist Women" then like the page and that will put our updates on your wall so you can see when we have added information. The next step is when you are on the page, invite your friends who might be interested in seeing our page, especially other women in your unit; and ask them to like the page as well, so they will be kept up to date. It's a great way to see pictures of events, brochures of upcoming events, and comments from your fellow United Methodist Women sisters. I'll see you on facebook! Belinda Worsham NURTURING PARTNERS LIST 2014 BURKE COUNTY JANET BJORK-COLTON: ABERNETHY MEMORIAL// BOLLINGER S CHAPEL// FIRST-HILDEBRAN// FRIENDSHIP- CONNELLY SPRINGS// MOUNT HARMONY// SHADY GROVE// WARLICK S CHAPEL PATSY MCNEELY & ELINORA MILLER: ARNEY S CHAPEL// BETHEL-MORGANTON// CHRIST-DREXEL// FAIRVIEW// LINVILLE// MOUNTAIN GROVE// MOUNT PLEASANT-MORGANTON// SALEM-MORGANTON// MORGANTON// ST MATTHEWS// GLEN ALPINE BARBARA GOINES: BETHEL-DYSARTSVILLE//DENTON S CHAPEL// NORTH MORGANTON// OAK HILL// ZION MEMORIAL KAREN WILKERSON: FIRST-MORGANTON// BURKE CHAPEL/ FIRST--VALDESE CATAWBA COUNTY GAYE DAGENHART: BETHEL// HARTZELL MEMORIAL// WESTVIEW/ WESLEY CHAPEL NANCY FULBRIGHT: BROWN S CHAPEL// CONCORD-CATAWBA// CATAWBA// PISGHA-CATAWBA// PROVIDENCE// ST PAULS-MAIDEN PHYLLIS LEATHERMAN; HIGHLAND// FIRST-HICKORY// ST PAUL S-NEWTON// ST LUKE S BRENDA WHITE: EBENEZER-VALE// PLATEAU PEGGY WILKERSON: BETHLEHEM-CLAREMONT// CATAWBA// CENTER// FIRST-CONOVER// MT VIEW-CLAREMONT BELINDA WORSHAM: : FIRST-MAIDEN// FRIENDSHIP-NEWTON// NEWTON// HOPEWELL// MAYS CHAPEL// MT BEU- LAH KAREN WILKERSON: : MT PLEASANT

5 VONNIE BENTON: BOILING SPRINGS CLEVELAND COUNTY CONNIE CHAMBERS: BEULAH// HOYLE MEMORIAL// LAFAYETTE STREET// SHARON BETTY JACOBSEN: EL BETHEL// FRIENDSHIP SALLIE LEACH: OAK GROVE// PALM-LAWNDALE// LAWNDALE// PHILADELPHIA// PINE GROVE// PLEASANT HILL// ST PAUL S-KINGS MOUNTAIN// CENTRAL-KINGS MOUNTAIN JANET QUINN: GALILEE// POLKVILLE// REHOBETH-SHELBY// SULPHUR SPRINGS// CENTRAL--SHELBY SHARON VOIGT: ALDERGATE// CASAR// CLOVER HILL// GRACE// KADESH// KNOB S CREEK// ST PE- TERS// MT MORIAH// NEW HOME KAREN WILKERSON: DOUBLE SHOALS// KISTLER S // LAFAYETTE STREET// LAWNDALE// MARY S GROVE// BROOK S CHAPEL // DURHAM// ST PAUL S-SHELBY SHELBY GASTON COUNTY VONNIE BENTON: BETHEA// FAITH// FIRST-STANLEY// STANLEY// HIGH SHOALS// MAYLO LINDA CARPENTER: BESS CHAPEL// BRADLEY MEMORIAL// CONCORD-BESSEMER CITY// COVENANT// FIRST-CHERRYVILLE// LANDERS CHAPEL// TRINITY DOROTHY HARRIS: BURGE MEMORIAL// EBENEZER-BELMONT// BELMONT// MCADENVILLE// MOUNT PLEASANT- STANLEY// MYRTLE// NEW COVENANT// SALEM-DENVER BETTY JACOBSEN: CHRIST-GASTONIA// EPWORTH// FIRST-DALLAS// FIRST-MT HOLLY// MYER S ME- MORIAL KAREN WILKERSON: CRAMER MEMORIAL// FIRST-BELMONT// FIRST-BESSEMER CITY// PARK STREET// SOUTH POINT// ST MARK S LINCOLN COUNTY MARY ANN DETTER: BETHEDSA// FIRST-GASTONIA// LOWELL-SMRYE// MARVIN// PUETT// ROCK HILL MARTHA HOUSER: BOGER CITY// CROUSE// FIRST-LINCOLNTON// HINTON MEMORIAL// IRON STA- TION// IVEY MEMORIAL// LABORATORY NANCY LUCKEY: BETHEL// DENVER// EBENEZER-DENVER// FAIRFIELD// LEBANON//ST JAMES LEE ANN PEACOCK: BREVARD S CHAPEL// HILLS CHAPEL// WEBBS CHAPEL LINDA REEP: BETHLEHEM// CROWELL MEMORIAL// PALM TREE-VALE// PLEASANT GROVE// RHYNE HEIGHTS// TUCKER S GROVE SONIA RICHARDS: ASBURY// LAUREL HILL// MCKENDREE// NEW HOPE// PISGAH-LINCOLNTON BRENDA WHITE: DAVID S CHAPEL// HEBRON// MACEDONIA// MESSIAH// REEPS GROVE

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8 First United Methodist Church 217 North Main Street Stanley, NC NON-PROFIT US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT 1 STANLEY, NC RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED 2014 DATES TO REMEMBER May 17, 2014 District Mission Study Messiah UMC Lincolnton, NC June 13-14, 2014 Spiritual Growth Retreat Lake Junaluska July 17-20, 2014 Mission u Pfeiffer University August 23, 2014 District Annual Meeting FUMC Hickory, NC September 5-7, 2014 Conference Annual Meeting Lake Junaluska November 1, 2014 CVD Leadership Training Salem UMW Denver, NC