Knoxville District UMW March 2017 Faith Hope Love in Ac on

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1 K N Knoxville District UMW March 2017 Faith Hope Love in Ac on In the latest UMW News, Harriet Jane Olson, General Secretary and CEO of United Methodist Women, writes that our history of courageous leadership is the backdrop of our work. As we steep ourselves in the gospel of Christ we are equipped to respond anew to the call of God. In the 21st century, women still need to organize for mission. United Methodist Women, we are the people and now is the time. Amen to those words and much gratitude for women like you who are brave and bold and always ready to engage in mission and to raise your voices. There is much work to do, and I know you are up to the task. We, as United Methodist Women, are always ready to study and to learn. There are so many great and informative books on our UMW reading list, and I encourage you to choose several this year and read, read, read! United Methodist Women are engaged in missions all over the world, and I ask that you help others learn about these wonderful missions and to share the stories of others. As is the case with many districts, we are losing members and units each year, and I urge you to work on your membership. Invite women in your church or community to a UMW gathering. Talk to them about who we are and what we do. Reach out and make it personal. And most of all, nurture one another. The spiritual part of our UMW is truly what defi nes us. You inspire me with your strong faith, and I encourage you to fi nd ways to grow spiritually and to promote spiritual growth in your units. We cannot be the women we intend to be without God at the center of all that we do. We have several upcoming events in our district and conference, and my hope is that you will make an effort to attend these if at all possible. These opportunities allow us to learn, to be together in fellowship and to understand more fully the concept of being in mission. Information about these events can be found in this newsletter. Thank you for being courageous and brave and bold. I believe our actions have far reaching effects and an impact that is lasting and meaningful. We are United Methodist Women, and we are ready. Faith, Hope and Love in Action ~ Pat Bellingrath March 1, 2017 March 11-12: Sisters In Service at The ConneXion in Pigeon Forge March 25: Poverty Awareness Trinity UMC in Knoxville April 1 : Time Apart - Rejoice in the Lord Always at Lennon Seney UMC in Knoxville Dear UMW: Could you survive a month in poverty? Millions of Americans live in poverty in the U.S., 384,065 children under the age of 18, live in poverty every day in Tennessee.(2014 U.S. Census Bureau Survey) Many more have incomes above the poverty line, but their incomes are still low enough to qualify for programs like Food Stamps and Medicaid. The recent economic downturn has seen unemployment rates rise and the use of emergency food pantries increase. It is difficult for those of us who have enough to truly understand the situations that families living in poverty experience every day the decisions they have to make, and the fears and frustrations they feel. That is why we are inviting you to walk a mile in the shoes of those facing poverty by participating in the Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS). The CAPS provides participants with the opportunity to assume the role of a low-income family member living on a limited budget. The experience is divided into four 15- minute sessions, each of which represents one week in which you must provide for your family and maintain your home. As one participant commented, "This poverty simulation dramatically demonstrates how much time and energy many families have to give just to survive from day to day. It quickly dispels the myth "that people would do fine if they would only go out and get a job!" The simulation will be held from 9a.m. to 12:30p.m. on March 25, 2017 at Trinity UMC in Knoxville. Please RSVP by March 13th by mailing your registration to Nanette Rouse. We look forward to your participation. Sincerely, Knoxville and Oak Ridge District UMW

2 Knoxville and Oak Ridge District UMW Social Action Event March 25, a.m - 12:30 p.m. Trinity UMC 5613 Western Ave. Knoxville, TN Cost: $10.00 Please make checks payable to Knoxville District UMW and send to: Nanette Rouse, KN District Treasurer 3301 Wilderness Rd., Knoxville, TN n.rouse@pembertontrucklines.com Registration is limited, please register by March 13th. The poverty simulation experience is designed to help participants begin to understand what it might be like to live as a typical low-income family, trying to survive from month to month. It is a simulation, not a game. The object is to sensitize participants to the realities faced by low-income people. Name: Address: Home Church: Phone: Oak Ridge District Home Church: *Childcare available (Ages: infant through 9 years) with registration: Child Name: Child Name: Child Name: Child Name: Poverty Awareness Registration Age: Age: Age: Age: Knoxville District The United Methodist Book of Discipline As a church, we are called to support the poor and challenge the rich... Poverty most often has systemic causes, and therefore we do not hold poor people morally responsible for their economic state. (Social Principles, 163 E) Poverty unemployment, homelessness, hunger, malnutrition, illiteracy, infant mortality, slums There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we now have the resources to get rid of it. The time has come for an all-out world war against poverty The well off and the secure have too often become indifferent and oblivious to the poverty and deprivation in their midst. Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for the least of these. ( Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.

3 TIME APART APRIL 1, 2017 LENNON-SENEY 9:00 A. M. - 12:00 P.M. Holston Conference UMW Sisters in Service Retreat March 11-12, 2017 The ConneXion, Sevierville, TN (Located off red light 4.5 on Veteran s Blvd) Guest Speaker: Deaconess Selena Ruth Smith Guest Speaker: Debra Watson Lifelong Methodist and United Methodist Woman. Member of Christ United Methodist for 17 years. Previously on staff as the Director of Video Ministries. Previous UMW Unit President and Vice-President. Past member of the Knoxville District Team as Communications and on the Nominations Committee. Currently serving the Unit as Mission Coordinator for Spiritual Growth and Circle chair for the G.i.F.T.S. Circle, a weekly Bible Study group. Have conducted women's Bible Study's for over 10 years at CUMC. Currently teaching an Adult Sunday School class and am a member of one other Unit Circle. desktop-meditation-a-lenten-journey Desktop Meditation: A Lenten Journey (Provided by UMC) A video mini retreat offers viewers a personal chance to reflect on the 40 days of Lent through photos and singing of Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown. We are in for a blessing with Deaconess Selena Ruth Smith! Selena Ruth is employed by the City of Sumter as a ire ighter & EMT. She was commissioned as Deaconess for the United Methodist Church April, 29th 2012 at General Conference in Tampa, Florida. Her ministry is Fire Safety in places of Worship. She s a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church (Mayesville, SC). Guest Musicians: The Lin Sisters We are so exited to have the Lin Sisters with us for Sisters in Service. Emily, Abby and Katie Lin, from Concord UMC, Oak Ridge District, will lead the music for the weekend Weekend Schedule Saturday, March 11 Register 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Session I 3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Dinner 6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. UMW Conversation 6:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Session II 7:15 p.m. Sunday, March 12 Session III 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

4 N O Dear Sisters in Christ, 1 John 3:2 notes What we shall BE has not yet been revealed. We grow, and we become as we engage. And, we grow spiritually with God and with our sisters as we get involved in things such as reading and studying the Word, through participating in praise and worship, promoting membership, nurture and outreach, and engaging in lifelong learning experiences that promote servanthood. This is who we are: servants. When we connect, we never stop learning to show the face and heart of God. Remember we have been chosen to invest our lives in His eternal glory. I see my role and yours, local Spiritual Growth Coordinators, as ENCOURAGERS we must generate enthusiasm for involvement in everything United Methodist Women do on all levels (local, district, conference and international). Such involvement builds character that is reflected in the faces we show as we serve, advocate and educate. As you develop a plan for growth, you will be become more involved. Here are some strategies to consider: I invite you to: 1. Contact the District Nominations team and learn how the team works. 2. Then, consider shadowing one of the officers where you learn more about what she does. 3. Ask prayer partners, shepherding your church for dates when the district team might conduct a spiritual growth program, e.g. Call to Prayer and Self-Denial, Charter for Racial Justice, or to be your UMW Women s Day program. 4. Exchange birthday cards with missionary names in the prayer calendar or bless a missionary by sending a gift to mission card. 5. Keep a list of your deceased members and forward a report to me, due on Dec. 31, Encourage your members to attend: March Sisters in Service Retreat March 25 Social Action Workshop April 1 Time Apart April 8 Wesley House Tablescapes May SEE at Lake Junaluska 7. Don t forget to use resources online for other ideas 8. Follow messages from your district officers in your Knoxville Notes. 9. Share who we are and what we do with young women by modeling, inviting them to our activities and involving them whenever possible. Paul tells the Romans not only to figure out their gifts but to concentrate on using them. (Romans 12: 6) Grow where you are planted. Be joyful, be united and be in prayer. Shirley Napier, Coordinator for Spiritual Growth A Call to Prayer and Self-Denial 2017 Exodus 1:6 2:10 In 2017, the offering received from the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial will support partners that provide programs and advocate for the health of mothers and their children. Programs may include prenatal and postpartum care, mental health, family planning, cancer screening and access to feminine hygiene products. In your call to prayer programs, remember to recognize and reflect on the women in our country and around the world who do not have access to even basic health care and services. For more info, look online on the UMW website and in the current UMW program book. I 2017, : V M L 4125 W P ; B-4 K TN vmbmhas@gmail.com (I, ) HELLO Please help ensure that individual members fill out the myumw membership log at: myumw This is a new endeavor from the national office to collect accurate information and find out about our social media preferences. What better way for all of us to be reached by many different avenues to feed our mission hearts. Also we (unit members, your church, etc.) can help those without or smart technology. Members of United Methodist Women are invited to complete the following information fields; when finished you will be able to print a personalized membership card.

5 N O. Please bring your commodities for Partners for Children, Susannah's House and Wesley House to Time Apart at Lennon-Seney on April 1, Try to find healthy snacks and 100% fruit juice. If possible find sturdy paper rather than plastic bowls, plates, and cups. Diapers (all sizes) means size newborn to 5 and pull-ups (2T to 5T). If you have questions or will not be able to bring the listed items, call me at (865) or me at olen3434@gmail.com. It is a blessing to be able to make a difference in children's lives through these fine agencies. Thank you and God bless. Ruby Coffman-Jones, Education & Interpretation Asbury Bearden Bethel, Amherst Bookwalter Beulah Central Christ Church Street Cokesbury Plastic forks and spoons, paper or plastic bowls, garbage bags (30-gal) Juice boxes, copy paper (8-1/2 x 11), forever stamps Paper or plastic plates (9" or larger) and bowls, napkins Baby wipes (name brands) and diapers and pull-ups (all sizes) 12 oz. plastic or paper cups, napkins, band aids, and forever stamps Paper towels, snacks (individual packages), batteries (AA) and (9-Volt) Trash bags (30-gal) and (13-gal), batteries (AA), (AAA), and (9-Volt) Snacks (individual packages), diapers and pull-ups (all sizes) Band aids and first aid supplies, batteries (AA), (AAA), (C) and (9 Volt) Colonial Heights Baby wipes (name brands), paper towels, and copy paper (8-1/2 x 11) Ebenezer Emerald Avenue First Fountain City Hillcrest Lennon-Seney Lonsdale Toilet paper (Scott's brand only), trash bags (13 and 40 gal) & forever stamps Disinfecting spray, diapers (all baby sizes),and laundry detergent Children's snacks (prepackaged), 100% juice boxes/pouches Student calculators and 55 gal. trash bags (drum liners) Medical gloves and first aid supplies, disinfecting wipes Baby wipes (name brands), and household cleaning gloves, tissues Plates 9" or larger, and plastic spoons and forks Martin Chapel Tissues, paper towels, and copy paper (8-1/2 x 11) Mascot Middlebrook Pike Norwood Oakwood Pleasant Hill Powell Solid air fresheners and antibacterial hand soap Student calculators, laundry detergent Toilet paper (Scott's brand), baby diapers (all sizes) Medical gloves and household cleaning gloves and antibacterial soap Juice boxes/pouches, healthy prepackaged snacks Toilet paper (Scott's brand), baby diapers and pull-ups (all sizes) Rutherford Memorial Paper or plastic plates (9") and bowls, and plastic spoons and forks Second St. Mark St. Paul, East Trinity Washington Pike 100% juice boxes, 55 gal. and 13 gal. trash bags and tissues 12-oz. paper or plastic cups, baby wipes (name brand), and laundry detergent Disinfecting wipes, 30 gal. trash bags, and forever stamps 13 gal. and 40 gal. trash bags, napkins, paper towels 30 gal. and 13 gal. trash bags, disinfecting spray and solid air fresheners

6 NĊĜĘ ċėĕē ĞĔĚė OċċĎĈĊėĘ ĈĔēę. Ćēĉ NĊĜĘ UĕĉĆęĊĘ FėĔĒ ĔĚė UēĎęĘ Taken straight from the UMW website: The Reading Program encourages members to think critically about current issues through an annual selection of member-reviewed books. It offers an excellent opportunity to deepen your spirituality and to broaden your understanding of our mission work. Each block on the website leads to a reading program category Also, we encourage members to be part of the Mission Work Area each month by bringing different items or gifts. One was providing funds for a water filtration system in Guatemala, when our mission team goes annually. There is support for Wesley House with a lunch for the children readingprogram. in the summer and the ladies in December at our church. We have NORWOOD UMW gifts for the ladies and give items to the B OX E M U P AND children's store where S TACK E M U P! they turn in their Bucks for 5 F EBRUARY 2017 Wesley something fun! There are 24 members and we continue to Fountain City UMW galore. Our UMW posted a grow slowly. Some Bulletin Board for Human has been BUSY! of our members have Trafficking Awareness to In December, our Ex. been faithful workers encourage the church's Board welcomed Christ for many years and prayers. Finally, the UMC s Line Dancers for must take a back seat Ex. Board had a new Christ to our final 2016 now. Our gifts may seem small but we meeting! Members danced president, Betty Dougherty POWELL UMW and began with a lovely know when they join along to Christmas songs prayer station reminding he Laura Groner all of the district and with a rollicking beat! Circle is part of us all to carry the light in the units all over, we Many thanks to Christ Powell UMC, UMW, become a mighty force Looking forward for joining us. Circles which was begun in to Rejoicing Always with for the scripture we gathered to celebrate In our yearbook found in John. Knoxville District in the Christmas together and we have this scripture coming year!! bagged personal goodies (Laura Groner circle : "Jesus tells his which is one of 3 for Ftn. City Ministry disciples, "The one circles making up a Center. Many volunteered who believes in me to deliver poinsettias to our will do the works that membership of 57 members at Powell shut-ins. Both day circles I do, in fact, will do enjoyed eating and sharing greater works." John UMW. All Circles are involved in similar together! The evening circle 14:12 programs and mission enjoyed painting festive We happily use the work.) canvases hosted by Circle UMW Program Book Chairs Vicky Ferguson for our monthly and Becky Ripley. Circles meetings, except met for Pledge to Mission when we host the unit in January and the Wesley meeting in March Circle entertained the where we will hear ladies of Wesley House from Brooke Hartman with Dinner and Bingo for who is directing the Valentine's Day! Guests Recovery program at PUMC. went home with prizes FOUNTAIN CITY UMW T

7 SAVE THE DATES What: Wesley House Tablescapes Where: Rothchild Catering When: April 8, 2017 Consider sponsoring a table or helping fill one. Ryan Parker, ryan@wesleyhouse.com is working very hard, to increase the attendance of this event, as funds are needed for the summer program which continues to enroll more children. It is going to be a wonderful and fun event this year with some new additions! You will not want to miss it! Please contact Ryan at Wesley House (865) for more info or get those reservations in! Thank you for your continued support of this important and vital mission. SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCE MAY 19-20, LAKE JUNALUSKA, NC Holston Mission u Central UMC Lenoir City, TN July 20-22, 2017 Order yours today! Look at this lovely, crafted tote. Holston Conference UMW theme/logo embroidered! For Ordering information please contact our Holston Conference UMW President: Lynice Broyles, lmbroyles@comcast.net response: the print and digital magazine of women in mission! Subscribe today for yourself or as a gift Check out Pat Bellingrath s article in February 2017 p.16 Next Newsletter Submissions are due by: April 17, 2017 Please send all Newsletter submissions and/or requests to receive the newsletter online to: Marci Villanueva marcivillanueva@holston.org United Methodist News U M W P The organized unit of United Methodist Women shall be a community of women whose Purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church. R UMW,, : A C UMW C, G C M R : B W,! T N UMW : H C U M W 2017 C E March Sisters in Service Retreat, The ConneXion, Sevierville, TN May 19-20, Retreat 1/Retreat 2 Spiritual Enrichment Experience Lake Junaluska, NC June Holston Annual Conference, Lake Junaluska, NC July 1 Deposit Due for Mission Trip July Holston Conference Mission u, Central UMC, Lenoir City, TN August 12 Social Action Day Fairview UMC, Maryville, TN September Conference UMW Annual Mtg. District Of icer Training, Lake Junaluska, NC October 7 Mujeres en Accion Event (location to be determined) October Holston Conference UMW Mission Trip to Rural Mission Inc. Johns Island, SC

8 Knoxville District UMW Verna McLain, Secretary 4125 Woodlawn Pk. #B4. Knoxville, TN Non-Pro it Organization U.S. Postage Paid Knoxville, Tn. Permit No. 582 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED DISTRICT TEAM SHEPHERDING PARTNERS 2017 T P E P C Shirley Napier shirley.napier5@gmail.com Bearden, Church Street Mary Brockett marybrockett@gmail.com and Colonial Heights Sharon Grigsby smtgrigsby@gmail.com First, Trinity and Heather Jones hjones5837@comcast.net Middlebrook Pike Ruby Coffman-Jones olen3434@gmail.com Cokesbury, Second Sue Clapp countrysuekc@gmail.com and Washington Pike Danielle Meyers dmeyers@utk.edu Christ, Ebenezer and Kendall Keller kendallk@outlook.com Martin Chapel Katherine Petco katherinepetko@gmail.com Fountain City, Faith, Norwood Jackie Hill jhill52981@aol.com and Emerald Avenue Wanda Ledford ledford6705@gmail.com Hillcrest, Lennon-Seney Verna McLain vmbmhas@gmail.com and Rutherford Memorial Marci Villanueva marcivillanueva@holston.org Lonsdale, St. Paul East, Nanette Rouse n.rouse@pembertontrucklines.com Oakwood and Bethel, Amherst Pat Collier pat_collier@yahoo.com St. Mark, Pleasant Hill Marie Perelman mperelman@comcast.net and Powell Glenna Hutchison glennahutch@gmail.com Asbury, Beulah, Bookwalter, Krystal Gourley krystal.gourley@hotmail.com Central, Kodak, Magnolia, Mascot Pat Bellingrath patbellingrath@gmail.com St. Luke and St. Paul, Fntn. City