"SPRING DAY APART". March 21, :00 am to 2:00pm Breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Bring a bag lunch, drinks and dessert will be provided.

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1 "The Florida Conference of United Methodist Women lost a dedicated woman of faith, Mrs. Aggie Reed, February 26, Aggie was serving as the Conference President when she was called home to be with our Lord. At the Conference level, Aggie served as Secretary of Program Resources, and as the Conference Treasurer. Aggie displayed a calmness and quiet charm which made her a most beloved person. She will be missed and our organization has lost a remarkable "foot soldier". We are all richer for having had her as part of our lives. Rest in Peace, dear sister and friend" "SPRING DAY APART". March 21, :00 am to 2:00pm Breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Bring a bag lunch, drinks and dessert will be provided. At Riverview United Methodist Church in Ormond-by-the-Sea John Anderson Dr Speaker Deaconess Mary Melvin Theme "Seeking God in the Silence" Psalms 62:1. PLEASE RSVP AND INDICATE NEED FOR CHILDCARE BY SATURDAY MARCH 14TH. UNIT LEADERS CAN REGISTER FOR YOUR ENTIRE GROUP. WE JUST NEED THE NUMBERS OF THOSE ATTENDING, NOT NAMES. FOR CHILDCARE, WE DO NEED THE AGE OF THE CHILDREN. There is no charge for this event, but we would love to help our host church with their can food drive. Along with your bag lunch bring a can of food for the drive. CALL OR SUZY NAGY SNagy0464@gmail.com

2 MARK YOUR CALENDARS SO YOU DON T MISS THESE IMPORTANT DATES: March 21, 2015 Spring Day Apart (Riverview UMC) PLEASE RSVP!!! May 23, 2015 President s Tea/Lunch (Grace UMC Lake Mary) July 9 12, 2015 Mission U (Bethune Cookman Daytona Beach) September 19, 2015 Mission Sampler (1 st Pine Hills) October 17, 2015 District Annual Meeting (Orange City UMC) UNIT PRESIDENTS! Please mark your calendars for the President s Tea Saturday, May 23 rd from 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Grace United Methodist Church in Lake Mary. Each unit is required to send their president or representative (only one person from each unit) Join the ECD United Methodist Women Mission Team for a day to refresh your soul. The Church and People with Disabilities: Awareness, Accessibility, and Advocacy is the subject of the Mission Study five United Methodist Women units are conducting Monday, March 16, 2015, at the Palm Coast United Methodist Church. Each of the five units: Bunnell, Flagler Beach, Palm Coast, Riverview in Ormond by the Sea, and Tomoka in Ormond Beach, will present a session of the 4-hour study time. The Study will begin at 9 a.m. with Palm Coast unit as the host. Included in the study: a person with a disability will talk about her reception by people without a disability, and Rev. Joseph Kim of Riverview will talk about integrating persons with disabilities into the life of the church. All are invited to attend but please let Drucilla Singleton, president of Palm Coast unit, know you are coming drucie79@bellsouth.net. Lunch will be provided. An offering will be taken and sent to United Methodist Women supplementary giving, Disabilities Projects # The study will end by 2:30 p.m.

3 A Gesture of Gratitude The Lunch Bunch Circle of First United Methodist Church, Clermont, Florida, carried the 2015 Call to Prayer and Self Denial Theme, A Gesture of Gratitude, to a most practical and loving level! Members gathered their many china tea cups, saucers, sugar dishes, creamers, china plates, along with tea bags, scones, cookies, grapes, cheese, jams, and a delicious recipe of clotted cream and traveled to the nearby African Inland Mission (AIM) residence for retired missionaries. Prior arrangements were made concerning time, number and table arrangements for this very special teatime (that day 78 enjoying tea!). Each table in their dining area had a red floral centerpiece. Plates of cheese, cookies, scones, grapes, dishes of jams and cream were placed on the tables. And, of course tea pots of many kinds of tea. Their missionary guests were seated and served and additional Lunch Bunch members sat with them to learn about their service in Africa in such countries as Kenya, South Yemen, Ethiopia and lots more. Africa Inland Mission is an Evangelical Christian mission agency working toward Christ- Centered Churches among all African people. And another day back at their home church, Lunch Bunch Circle did the United Methodist Women Call to Prayer and Self Denial program and their offering went toward the pensions and health care of our retired deaconesses and missionaries covered under the General Board of Global Ministries. Children's Week will be hosting the "Storybook Village" at the State Capitol on Tuesday, April 14 from 9:30 to 2 p.m. Florida's Children's Week - a special annual celebration filled with joyful singing voices of young children, the colorful "Hanging of Hands", and the dedication of thousands of child advocates across Florida, captures the true spirit and commitment Florida has made to our children and youth. For more information, please visit: On Saturday, April 25th, the global health community will recognize World Malaria Day. Churches across Florida are hosting pancake breakfasts to raise money and awareness for Imagine No Malaria. Join the fun! Visit for more information. Have an exciting event going on in your church that you want other churches to know about? You can now advertise or check out local church events on the FLUMC website. There are spiritual retreats, musicals, 5K's, seminars, fund raisers, classical music, contemporary music, dramas, old fashioned church revivals and much more going on in United Methodist Churches throughout the Florida Conference. Visit to access events or post your local church events, you might find something interesting to you!

4 Nominations Corner Mission Possible! This mission, should you decide to accept, will: Expand your perspectives! Encourage vitality! Expand your growth and knowledge! Offer growth in spirituality, in your understanding of what God wants you to be! This mission speaks to women who have: A personal commitment to Jesus Christ; A sense of values; Previous involvement in leadership roles; Need to have personal goals met; Taken ownership of the goals of United Methodist Women. We are looking to recruit: Women committed to mission with women, children and youth. Women with varied experiences with United Methodist Women; Women with talents and skills e.g. technology, hospitality, organizational; Women who are open, growing and learning; Women of various racial and ethnic backgrounds; Women whose first language is not English; Women of diverse cultures. After prayerfully considering this awesome mission, please contact any member of the Committee on Nominations forthwith! (That s right away, please and thank you!!) ZOE Ministry ( shares the Love of Christ and gives hope to vulnerable children in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, and Rwanda. The purpose of the ZOE Race is to raise and provide needed funding for the ZOE Orphan Empowerment Project. This project provides training in farming, animal husbandry, vocational skills, income-generating activities, HIV/AIDS education, health and hygiene to orphans. The training frees orphans from poverty and dependency within 2-3 years in the program.

5 Circle of Hope at First UMC Orlando (downtown) will be having their General Meeting Wednesday, April 15 th. Women's Luncheon of Encouragement and Blessing 11:00am - 1:00pm. Tickets are $5.00 for the Luncheon and Advance Sales Only-Deadline Sunday April 12. Speaker: Carolyn Scully - Apopka, FL. "Inspiring us to Celebrate our Relationship with God." First United Methodist Church of Orlando, 142 East Jackson Street, Downtown Orlando Underground parking garage. For Info, please call: Linda Palmer OR Darby Turnipseed We want to hear about what your unit is doing. Presidents, please send articles and pictures to Suzy Nagy at SNagy0464@gmail.com 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.

6 East Central District United Methodist Women Mission Team * 2015 President Lynn Campbell (H), (M) 2450 Rector Ave. lzdcamp1951@gmail.com Orlando, FL FUMC Pine Hills Vice President Linda Gustafson Hyde Park Circle linda65@cfl.rr.com Winter Garden, FL FUMC Winter Garden Secretary Drucilla Singleton Casuarine Circle Drucie79@bellsouth.com St. Augustine, FL Palm Coast UMC Treasurer Veronica Aiken Timberwolf Trail roniaik@aol.com Apopka, FL Bear Lake UMC Apopka Membership, Nurture Jean Gritman & Outreach 4 Crossbarway jeangritman@aol.com Palm Coast, FL Palm Coast UMC Sec of Program Resources Ladye Cox (H), (M) 744 Pond View Court Ladyebug625@yahoo.com Lake Mary, FL Grace UMC Lake Mary Communications Suzy Nagy Burland Circle SNagy0464@gmail.com Winter Garden, FL FUMC Winter Garden Chair of Committee on Joyce Waldon Bright , Nominations 3491 Colwyn Court ec.umwvp@yahoo.com Orlando, FL Conway UMC Orlando Committee on Nominations Lana Siak Rocking A Run fcsiak@aol.com Orlando, FL Faith Orlando Melissa Fuller Cumberland Road Fuller_b@bellsouth.net Deland, FL Trinity UMC Deland Celeste Hicks , (M) 3548 Capland Avenue c3jrh57@gmail.com Clermont, FL First UMC Clermont Diane Abresky , (W) Center Lake Dr #2310 dabresky@gmail.com Windermere, FL Community of Faith UMC Davenport Christine Whinstanley Barkwood Lane cawhin@yahoo.com Palm Coast, FL Palm Coast UMC Education and Interpretation Ellen Wolking FUMC Apopka PO Box Orlando, FL ewolking_twin1@webtv.net District Superintendent Rev. Annette Pendergrass ds ec@flumc.org Page 1 of 1