Knoxville Notes. Knoxville District UMW November/December 2016 Faith Hope Love in Ac on

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1 Knoxville Notes Knoxville District UMW November/December 2016 Faith Hope Love in Ac on MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANKS TO ALL Christmas is a very sacred day to our faith. The miracle of Jesus s birth is revisited by Christians every year. How deeply amazing is this event! May your Christmas be surrounded with love from God and your family and hearts full of thanks for the baby Jesus!! Our annual meeting, Saturday, Nov 12 at Washington Pike UMC was UNIQUE this year, since we started with a PRAYER BREAKFAST that I will always remember. Reverend Rebekah Fetzer and the musical signing group Radical Remnant helped all of us realize how special our prayer relationship is with God. It is my prayer that each prayer card you took home will be used regularly for your time alone with God daily. Our two speakers, Rev. Fetzer with Susannah s House updates and Elaine Streno, with stories of changed lives from food offerings to all through Second Harvest Food Bank, supported our theme for the day, Maternal and Child Health. We were all blessed by the two speakers and Leslie Cutshaw, our soloist. May we be moved to continue to act to support these local ministries! THANK YOU to all who attended the annual meeting. We begin a new chapter in 2017 District UMW. Conference UMW webmaster and 2017 Membership Nurture and Outreach Coordinator Lori Sluder installed our 2017 slate of officers. Thank you for serving, new team members!!!! You will be blessed with this experience! God is granting you growth in mission! It has been an enlightening experience being your District President for the past four years. My eyes are opened to the bigger district and world mission opportunities through this experience. More places in Knoxville to roll up our sleeves and get to work! I am very involved in a food ministry at my own church in Corryton where we served 335 families last week with volunteers from about 10 churches assisting us. Our pledges to mission reach into ministry in the vast world s needs!! Wanting to get younger women involved in United Methodist Women? Set a three meeting schedule for next year to meet during the Sunday School hour (Pledge service (Oct), World Thank (Nov) and Call to Prayer and Self-Denial (during Lent) and provide materials and leaders for the meeting. Offer the opportunity to meet as a circle during the Sunday School hour every other month. Meet at a restaurant that has a meeting area after church one Sunday! Christmas Joy is wished for all of you!!! Your servant leader, ~ Sue Clapp As your new incoming district president, I want to wish each of you a holiday season full of peace, love, joy and hope. I am thrilled to be leading this wonderful group known as United Methodist Women, and I ask for your support and prayers as we strive to be an example for others. I know that together we can accomplish anything, and I look forward to walking beside you and being in mission together. We will continue to be united in our faith and in our call to mission. May this holiest of seasons be full of blessings for you and your family. ~ Pat Bellingrath President 2017 Hello Women of God! I hope you were blessed at our annual meeting. Washington Pike UMW and all our volunteers, speakers, singers, and musicians were much appreciated. I hope you also enjoyed the breakfast. We are already thinking about our annual meeting for Could your church host the meeting? Are you or someone you know a great soloist? Do you have ideas you want to share with the Knoxville District? Don t hesitate to get in touch with me. The annual meeting is for everyone and new ideas and new participation is what makes it unique each year. United Methodist Women are life changers here locally and around the world. Let s continue to think boldly and move forward as Women of God! Thank you again to everyone who helped and participated in our District Annual Meeting. We had 117 unit attendees and with our musicians and guests we had around 125 people at Washington Pike. The Radical Remnant(interpretive music group) was an uplifting part of the prayer breakfast. We were grateful to have Elaine Streno and Rev. Rebekah Fetzer speak to us. Brenda Martin, the pianist at Washington Pike helped us prepare our hearts for the plenary. Leslie Cutshaw and Carolyn Harsell blessed us with music during the plenary. It was a day of learning, fellowship, prayer, and rejoicing in being a part of United Methodist Women. If you missed it, we missed you, and hope to see you next year. Blessings at Thanksgiving and Always, ~ Danielle Meyers Vice President I hope everyone will enjoy a special Christmas this year. May we all celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, and ReJoice in the Lord. Love to all from, ~ Sharon Grigsby Co-Chair, Program Resources

2 Holiday Greetings from your Membership, Nurture & Outreach, MNO coordinator, Glenna Hutchison. These next few weeks will become very busy with family, church, work, and friends getting together to celebrate in the birth of Jesus and other Holiday activities. My wish is for a safe and Joyous celebration for everyone! I want to thank all the UMW units for being prompt in sending me your 2016 Membership Census report. I mailed them out in October to all the unit Presidents. If you have not received yours please let me know ( ). Those who are still working on them, please remember November 30, 2016 was your deadline in returning them to me. HAPPY HOLIDAYS KēĔĝěĎđđĊ DĎĘęėĎĈę UēĎęĊĉ MĊęčĔĉĎĘę WĔĒĊē AēēĚĆđ MĊĊęĎēČ 2016 MĆęĊėēĆđ Ćēĉ CčĎđĉ HĊĆđęč Guest Speakers: Rev. Rebekah Fetzer, Susannah s House Elaine Streno, Director of Second Harvest SĆęĚėĉĆĞ, NĔěĊĒćĊė 12, 2016 WĆĘčĎēČęĔē PĎĐĊ UMC

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4 SAVE THE DATES H C U M W 2017 C E January March Leadership Development Days, (LDD), Airport Sheraton Hotel, Charlotte, NC Sisters in Service Retreat, The ConneXion, Sevierville, TN May 19-20, Retreat 1/Retreat 2 Spiritual Enrichment Experience Lake Junaluska, NC May 27 Mujeres en Accion Event, Unicoi UMC, Unicoi, TN June Holston Annual Conference, Lake Junaluska, NC July Holston Conference Mission u, Central UMC, Lenoir City, TN August 12 Social Action Day Fairview UMC, Maryville, TN September 15 Committee Meetings and Conference Executive Committee President/Treasurer Of icer Training, Lake Junaluska, NC September 16 Conference Alumnae Meeting, Terrace Hotel, 5:00 p.m. September Conference UMW Annual Mtg. District Of icer Training, Lake Junaluska, NC October Holston Conference UMW Mission Trip to Rural Mission Inc. Johns Island, SC (near Charleston) United Methodist Women s Day should be observed on a Sunday selected by the local unit in consultation with the church s pastor. KNOXVILLE DISTRICT DATES MARCH 4TH, 2017 SOCIAL ACTION KNOXVILLE AND OAKRIDGE UMW WILL HOST A POVERTY SIMULATION Simulation: Will you start out the month with only the enclosed $10 bill to meet your family s basic needs? Or, will you be one of the unlucky ones? You ll ind out when you participate in a unique opportunity to experience the virtual realities of poverty. This program helps people understand the complexities and frustrations of living in poverty day to day. With a greater awareness of its impact, we can more effectively address the poverty issues in our community. APRIL 1, 2017 TIME APART LENNON SENEY Look for a complete 2017 Calendar for Knoxville District UMW in the next newsletter. Registration forms, commodities listing and your new shepard listing etc. LOCAL MISSIONS FOR THE WILDFIRE AND TORNADO VICTIMS Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church, 217 Rankin Road in Alcoa, is collecting: Gatorade, sports drinks, energy bars, eye drops, towels and washcloths, as well as monetary donations. They are no longer accepting used clothing or bottled water. For Wild ires: Write Wild ires and/or #864 in the memo line or Donate Online at: project-864-holston-wild ires-recovery/ For Tornadoes: Write Tornado in the memo line and/or #865 or Donate Online at: holston-tornado-recovery/ Website for information on how to volunteer is: www. mountaintough.org Current Items needed: Deodorant shaving supplies hair brushes new socks new underwear peanut butter jelly Stage 1 baby foods Stage 3 baby food breast-feeding supplies baby formula baby lotion diaper rash cream diapers sizes: Neworn/1/2/5/6 pull-ups baby shampoo baby wash lashlights infant medicine child medicine kids juice low-dose aspirin portable phone chargers pillows Depends/adult diapers Benadryl (adult and children s) school supplies clear or mesh backpacks paci iers Zyrtec baby bottles Winter coats - children sizes New children s clothes New children s gloves and hats Winter coats of all sizes Warm gloves for all ages New children s tennis shoes Non-perishable food items Laundry detergent Personal hygiene items School supplies Men s boots Shovels and rakes Water hoses Work gloves Mops and brooms Can openers

5 KNOXVILLE DISTRICT UMW OFFICERS FOR 2017 President- Pat Bellingrath 801 Bluff Drive Knoxville, TN (865) Vice President-Danielle Meyers 384 Strader Road Powell, TN (865) Secretary- Verna McLain 4125 Woodlawn Pk. B-4 Knoxville, TN (865) Treasurer- Nanette Rouse 3301 Wilderness Rd. Knoxville, TN (865) Communications- Marci Villanueva 7451 Earl Gray Way Corryton, TN (705) Program Resources- Sharon Grigsby 5303 Circle Road Corryton,TN (865) Program Resources- Jackie Hill 8703 Terri Circle Knoxville, TN (865) Spiritual Growth- Shirley Napier 2615 Delrose Drive Knoxville, TN (865) Education and Interpretation- Ruby Coffman-Jones 8504 Cambridge Woods Lane Knoxville, TN (865) Social Action Co-Chairs Krystal Gourley 5273 Brig Lane Knoxville, TN (865) Social Action Co-Chairs Mary Brockett 805 Tully Road Knoxville, TN (865) Membership, Nurture & Outreach Glenna Hutchison 9611 Washington Pike Corryton, TN (865) Nominations Chair- Wanda Ledford 6705 Greer Road Knoxville,TN (865) Nominations-Pat Collier 7924 Eldin Way Powell, TN (865) Nominations- Heather Jones 7024 Wren Creek Lane Knoxville, TN (865) Nominations- Kendall Keller 1225 Woodsboro Road Knoxville, TN (865) Nominations- Katherine Petko 5421 Riverbend Drive Knoxville, TN (865) Nominations- Sue Clapp 6704 Circle Road Corryton, TN (865) Archivist- Marie Perelman 5116 Briarcliff Road Knoxville, TN (865) Webmaster, Lori Sluder P.O. Box 850 Alcoa, TN (865) United Methodist Women Purpose 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. Next Newsletter Submissions are due by: January 3, 2017 Please send all Newsletter Submissions or requests to receive the newsletter online to: Marci Villanueva marcivillanueva@holston.org R UMW,, : ://.. / A C UMW C, G C M R : ://. / B W,! T N UMW : ://.. /

6 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 Shepherding Units 2016 Officer Name Phone Church Church Sue Clapp Christ Ebenezer Danielle Meyers Lonsdale Inskip-Faith* Verna McLain Fountain City Pleasant Hill Colonial Heights Nancy Dayton Powell Bookwalter* Emerald Ave. Marci Villanueva St Paul-Fountain City* Mary Lou Heath Bethel Amherst Rutherford Memorial Sharon Grigsby Mascot St Paul East Nancy Cantrell Church Street First Pat Bellingrath Bearden Martin Chapel Ruby Coffman-Jones Central Norwood Glenna Hutchison Washington Pike St Luke, Kodak* Mary Brockett Trinity Magnolia Avenue* Pat Collier Cokesbury Lennon Seney Jackie Hill St Mark Hillcrest/Hendron s Chapel Shirley Napier Shirley.napier5@gmail.com Asbury Second Wanda Ledford wandaledford1@yahoo.com Middlebrook Pike Knoxville Circuit (Oakwood, Fairview) * Indicates an inactive unit