UNITED METHODIST WOMEN YADKIN VALLEY DISTRICT Newsletter Fourth Quarter 2017, Volume 5, Issue 4 Officer Training/Leadership Development November 4, 2017 Main Street UMC - Kernersville
PRESIDENT: Darlene Gardner Happy Fall Y all! As I write this, I am getting ready to leave for Annual Celebration at Lake Junaluska. This special meeting is a time to celebrate everything our district and the other seven districts have done during 2016. I am so proud of this district we have grown together and really taken on the identity of the Yadkin Valley. United Methodist Women in the Yadkin Valley is alive and doing well! This will be the last newsletter article I will pen as your president. Amazing how four years can fly by in just what seems like a moment. Thank you for the opportunity to represent you in our Conference. This has been an amazing journey for me and one I am so proud to have taken. God is using you in this district to be the hands and feet of Jesus. We have helped food pantries, packed meals for the hungry, put together UMCOR kits for everything from flood buckets to layettes, supported the homeless with our pocketbook ministry, tutored in schools, provided food for backpack programs, volunteered at Open Arms Ministry, donated hours and dollars to many worthy causes and done it all to the glory of God the Father. There are still some major events our district will undertake in the remaining months of 2017. Ubuntu Day of Service will be on October 14. It is a chance for us to serve our national mission institutions right here in our conference. The Bethlehem Community Center in Winston-Salem could use your time, or the other sites would welcome your support too. And on November 4th, leadership training will be held at Main Street UMC in Kernersville. Even if you are continuing in an office you have held for years, it is imperative that you come and see what changes have taken place, plus it is a wonderful time of fellowship with your UMW sisters from around the district. I would be remiss to not thank all the members of the Yadkin Valley Executive team. Truly you are such wonderful women. Our success as a district is because of your dedication to your positions and your faith in what UMW does. You will always hold a special place in my heart. In this age of division and unrest, it is reassuring to know that United Methodist Women are still putting faith, hope and love in action. Our foremothers would be so proud. And the Legacy will continue... Love, Darlene 2
Leadership Development: Mary Jo Brewer Greetings to all as we enjoy the autumn season. Autumn means that it is time for our Officer Training/Leadership Development event. It will be Saturday, November 4, 2017 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m., at Main Street UMC in Kernersville. The theme is Smile! Sparkle! Shine! Our speaker will be Marty Driver who is with the new Yadkin County Hospice Home and our Hands-On Project will be items for the Hospice Home. Mrs. Driver said that they would like to be prepared for infants and toddlers who may be at the Hospice Home. Items requested are: baby blankets, crib sheets, crib toys and any baby shower type gifts. I m sure that monetary donations would be appreciated also. We will also take up a love offering for Undesignated Giving. Please come and bring other UMW members. We will have sessions for all officers and program area coordinators, as well as circle leaders. If you don t fit into one of these categories, come anyway for the fellowship and program you might attend sessions for officers or program area coordinators or circle leaders who can t attend. Many thanks to the ladies at Main Street UMC for hosting our event. Directions to Main Street UMC are below. We look forward to seeing you Saturday, November 4, 9:00 noon, at Main Street UMC in Kernersville. Smile! Sparkle! Shine! Mary Jo Spiritual Growth Coordinator: Barbara Crotts Good day, United Methodist Sisters This year is winding down, and so we are already making plans for next years district events. I have already seen the plans for our Mission Study for 2018. I have a speaker for our Day Apart/Prayer Breakfast in 2018. She is Julie Taylor, author of the programs in our new program book for 2017-2018. You can read about her on page 10 of the program book. She is available to speak to us on the first Saturday in May. Now, all I have to do is find a host church that can accommodate our attendance for this event. I would like to use a church that has not hosted an event. I think it is important to include as many churches as possible for our events. It is always good to go to new places and see our beautiful sanctuaries and fellowship halls. I have actually considered only having coffee and juices, and a sweet roll or fruit, and focus mostly on the program. We have a lot of churches that can hold 250 or so, but those same churches just do not have the facilities to host a set down breakfast. The main purpose is to remember our deceased ladies, hear some special music and sing songs of praise, hear a good speaker, and end the event with communion. Keep the date open for this event, and the host church will be in our first newsletter in 2018. We all enjoy the fellowship with our UMW sisters, no matter where the place or what we eat. Please remember to get those names in on your end of year reports. Barbara 3
Officer Training/Leadership Development All new and returning unit officers November 4, 2017 Main Street UMC - Kernersville 9:00 am to 12:00 noon Light continental breakfast GUEST SPEAKER: Marty Driver - Yadkin County Hospice House SMILE! SPARKLE! SHINE! HANDS ON PROJECT For the new Yadkin County Hospice Home. Items requested are: baby blankets, crib sheets, crib toys and any baby shower type gifts to prepare for infants and toddlers. Undesignated Giving: Write checks out to YVD UMW LEADERSHIP Directions to Main Street UMC, 306 S. Main St, Kernersville, (336) 993-3411 From Business I-40, Take exit 14 for S. Main St. toward Kernersville Use left 2 lanes to turn left onto S. Main St (signs for downtown) Go approximately 1.1 miles. Main Street UMC is on left. For the parking lot, turn left at the next street, Oakhurst St across from Paul J. Ciener Botanical Gardens. 4
Vice President: Martha Isenberg Our District Annual Meeting in August was attended by about 160 members. It was a special time to celebrate each unit s accomplishments during the past year, to conduct district business and to elect and install officers for next year and to share together in worship. Most people rated the afternoon as excellent. Rev. Marilyn Weiler, pastor at Pine Grove UMC in Winston-Salem, was our guest speaker for the worship program. Her inspirational message on Our Community Calls challenged us to do even more to reach out to our community to help those in need. A special thank you goes to the ladies from New Hope UMW as they made us feel welcome with their hospitality. Joining them in providing delicious refreshments were members from Antioch, Faith, Hickory Ridge, Kingswood, Pleasant Hill and Tabernacle. The hands on project for this meeting was to bring supplies for Bethlehem Center. This included paper to be used in the office, but most were supplies that would be used directly by the students in crafts and instructional activities. The center director was so surprised and delighted to see us arrive with two car loads of supplies. Thanks to all who brought supplies! I have enjoyed serving as your vice president for the past two years and feel honored that you elected me to be your president for next year. With God s help and yours, I will do my best to make it an outstanding year for United Methodist Women! Peace Martha Secretary: Cathy Smith Welcome to autumn. The leaves are beginning to show the Glory of God with their many beautiful colors. This is a time for reflection on what we ve accomplished throughout 2017 in our units. It is also a time to ponder plans for 2018. Leadership training will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Main Street United Methodist Church in Kernersville, NC. We will be sharing best practices and tips for unit secretaries and communications coordinators. Please bring the tips for success you practice within your unit to share with other unit secretaries and communications coordinators. Our goal is to share and learn all we can to make our jobs easier and more productive in 2018. See you at Leadership Training! Cathy 5
Education & Interpretation: Valerie Prim Change is in the air and God is in control!" That's what I kept telling myself as I watched the hurricanes cause so much destruction and leave devastation along their paths. Then the earthquake; Then the fire; What could I do? What could anybody do? There were so many people and places in need of help! I just sat frozen in the chair not sure where to start. Then I remembered the story of a little boy who was trying to save the large amount of Starfish that had washed up on the beach, when a man approached the boy and asked him what he was doing. The little boy applied, "I am saving the Starfish sir." Which the man replied, "you can't possibly save all of them.?" To which the boy replied, "No, but I just saved that one." Finally I turned the TV off and prayed. It was then and only then that I excepted that I couldn't help everyone, and needed to focus my mission on helping someone. Are you overwhelmed with what to do? This FALL, may I challenge you to "be still", pray and then go be in mission for Christ, one person/project at a time. Valerie MISSION STUDY Missionary Conferences MARCH 10, 2018 MT PLEASANT UMC THOMASVILLE Guest Speaker: Daphne L Strickland 6
Nominations Chair: Sharon Reid Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart Psalm 111:11 I want to thank our Heavenly Father for another wonderful year. We have been so blessed with a generous and loving community of women who have felt God s call to serve. Now that we have elected our new district officers, and our new conference officers, we need to also remember to pray for our local unit officers. As we learned at our 2015 Leadership Development gathering,,, May God bless you. In one body, we have many members do not have same function having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us Romans 12:4 6 So let us pray for Christ s Church Body for the small parts as well as for the larger parts of His Holy Body. Let us pray that we all work together for good. Romans 8:28 And I want to thank everyone for their help and patience in guiding me through my term as Nominations Chair. Your Sister in Christ Sharon Hello Special UMW Ladies, Program Resources: Debra Lawson It is with sadness I write today. My tenure as your Secretary of Program Resources will end this year. It has been a blessing to serve, meet, and create new friendships with the ladies of our district. Thank you for the privilege and opportunity to serve you. We also are about to end the period for completing the Reading Program. You have two more months to complete reading the books required. I hope you all will try to complete the reading program requirements. You must read at least one book from the five selections. They are Leadership Development, Social Action, Spiritual Growth, Nurturing Community, and Education for Mission. Remember that reading an eligible children s book to children also counts. United Methodist Women mission studies can be read for credit in the following categories: Spiritual Growth Study to Spiritual Growth Geographic study for Education for Mission Again thank you for the opportunity you gave me to serve you for the last four years. Blessings in Christ, Debra 7
Membership, Nurture & Outreach: Rhita Newcomb This has been a great year for the Yadkin Valley United Methodist Women!! THANK YOU!! Ubuntu Day I am human because you are human will be October 14 th there are several locations where you may volunteer. Visit wnccumw.org to register for Ubuntu Day of Service. Please continue to invite your LUV partner to one of your meetings and invite a friend to attend the meetings with you. Your LUV partner would be happy to provide a program, fellowship and answer any questions you may have about United Methodist Women. We have all seen the great things we can do together as United Methodist Women, I know you feel the same as I do about continuing our mission of helping women, youth, and children around the world, please think about how you can contribute to our Legacy Fund! Love and Prayers, Rhita For info on membership and LUV visitation, check out wnccumw.org/membership-nurture-outreach Parlimentarian: FOR YOUR INFORMATION Did you know that Robert s Rules of Order was written by General Henry Martyn Robert, a U.S. Army engineer and published in 1876? He adapted the rules and practice of Congress to the needs of non-legislative societies. His work is still regarded as the basic authority on the subject of parliamentary procedure. Since 1876 there have been 11 subsequent editions. The 11 th and current edition was published in 2011. Do you have a copy of the current edition that has been re-edited, expanded, and updated? Brenda 8
Fall Greetings my UMW sisters! Treasurer: Jamie Smith Information regarding our District Leader Development day has been included in this Newsletter. I hope ALL local unit officers will mark your calendars and plan to attend! I m sure we can learn from each other sharing our ways of doing our jobs might be different, new and better for some of us. The treasurer s training is designed for new and returning treasurers. We will have handouts, forms and brochures in folders for each treasurer attending. There is always something new to discuss, and we will emphasize our roles in promoting missions across our country and throughout the world. As treasurers we are serving in the mission field by guiding our UMW members to give for the benefit of women, youth and children worldwide. At the end of our officer break-out time at Leader Development, we will address any questions or concerns you may have. So bring them with you and add you may think of during our time together. Remember, we are now into our 4 th Quarter (September, October, November) as our year is winding down! I will need to have all treasurer s remittances by November 30 for them to be credited to 2017 giving. I will be looking forward to seeing you at Leader Development on November 4 (9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Main Street UMC, Kernersville! Let us Serve with Joy! Jamie So for 2018.. Hello Beautiful UMW Communications Coordinator: Deborah Brooks Thank you for another great year in our Yadkin Valley District. Don t forget to send me an updated officer list this December. It is very important even if the officers did not change. Verify with the officer that her address is correct (yes.,..we have received old addresses on new forms). I will try to have forms at the Leadership Training and send out via email to your unit president or at least an officer with an email address in your unit. Send me pictures of your UMW events. Your UMW sisters really like to see what others are doing in the district. Encourage those with an email address to sign up for the electronic version of the newsletter. Less paper and most of the time, she will receive it before the paper version goes out. Help us use your pledge money wisely. Many blessing to everyone Deb 9
YADKIN VALLEY DISTRICT UMW EXECUTIVE TEAM 2017 President Darlene Gardner 5209 Bridge Pointe Drive Clemmons, NC 27012 H 336-766-1552 C 336 341-9834 gardnerdarlenel@gmail.com Vice President Martha Isenberg 5580 Rozianna Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27106 336-924-9158 mhisenberg@aol.com Secretary Cathy Smith 146 Brencomb Drive Winston Salem NC 27107 H 336-788-9238 C 336-413-1415 mammacat@mindspring.com Treasurer Jamie Smith 738 Key Road Ararat, NC 27007-8339 H 336-374-2794 C 336-830-6583 keysmith@triad.rr.com MEI Valerie Prim 1301 Henry Street Ext Yadkinville, NC 27055 336-408-9693 primswim@yahoo.com Spiritual Growth Barbara Crotts 169 Rag Road Mocksville, NC 27028 H 336-998-8777 C 336-940-8001 imacrotts@yadtel.net Social Action Joyce Irby 1633 Turfwood Drive Pfafftown, NC 27040 336.575.3600 joyce.irby60@hotmail.com MNO Rhita Newcomb 5569 Farm House Trail Winston Salem NC 27103 336-688-0365 rhitakay@yahoo.com Communications Deborah Brooks 598 Shady Grove Church Rd Winston-Salem, NC 27107 H: 336-769-1059 C: 336-812-5826 dlawsonbrooks@aol.com Program Resources Debra Lawson 103 Bracken Lane King, NC 28021 H 336-969-1969 C 336-816-3006 debra_lawson@windstream.net Nominations: Chair (Class 2017) Sharon Reid 1020 Ernas Drive Madison, NC 27025 336-871-2468 Nominations (Class 2017) Ruth Hoyle 135 Sterling Drive Mocksville, NC 27028 H 336-753-6826 C 336-782-5371 rhoyle@yadtel.net Nominations (Class 2017) Sandy Letchworth 721 Dobson St Kernersville NC 27284 Nominations (Class 2018) Donna Ireland 223 Brier Creek Rd Advance NC 27006 Nominations (Class 2018) Sandy Steele 420 E Hemlock St Yadkinville NC 27055 Nominations (Class 2019) Glenda Beachamp 6080 Lura Rd Winston Salem NC 27104 336-813-1168 sjletchworth@gmail.com 336-998-7252 dbireland@bellsouth.net 336-679-6139 survivor528@yahoo.com 336 945-5203 tonyglenda@aol.com Nominations (Class 2019) Debbie Norman 1120 Wellesley Place Drive Lewisville NC 27023 336-945-9559 Nominations (Class 2020) Ginny Martin 3728 Crestbrook Ln Pfafftown NC 27040 H 336-924-1861 C 336-409-1893 glm3728@yahoo.com Parliamentarian 8580 Waterford Village Ct Clemmons NC 27012 H 336-768-1042 C 919-271-2638 politicalsciencemajor@gmail.com Historian Polly Caudle 2797 Harper Rd Clemmons NC 27012 336-766-6836 pcaudle@bellsouth.net Leadership Development Mary Jo Brewer 1120 Martin Street Winston-Salem, NC 27103 H 336-723-5566 C 336-403-1871 mbrewer9@triad.rr.com Call or email us we love to hear from you! 10
Missional Network UMW Representatives ADVANCE DAVIDSON COUNTY FORSYTH NORTHEAST FORSYTH NORTHWEST Donna Ireland Florence Greene Arlyn Wilson Brenda Tuttle 223 Brier Creek Rd 190 College Lane 4701 New Walkertown Rd 129 Hickory Lane Advance NC 27006-7152 Lexington NC 27295 Walkertown NC 27051 King NC 27021 336-998-7252 336-787-5630 336-595-8520 336-406-3314 dbireland@bellsouth.net arlyn7711@yahoo.com akirkman416@gmail.com FORSYTH-WEST KERNERSVILLE MOCKSVILLE SOUTHERN REGION MNC Polly Caudle Sandy Letchworth Patsy Veach Cathy Smith 797 Harper Rd 721 Dobson St 111 Veach Lane 146 Brencomb Drive Clemmons NC 27012 Kernersville NC 27284 Mocksville NC 27028 Winston Salem NC 27107 336-766-6836 336-813-1168 336-284-2869 336-413-1415 pcaudle@bellsouth.net sjletchworth@gmail.com mammacat@mindspring.com STOKES SURRY SOUTH THOMASVILLE WINSTON SALEM EAST Carolyn Brown Jamie Smith Greta Stookey Anna Leake 1097 Cherry Lane 738 Key Road 301 Daniel Paul Rd 3628 Northhampton Dr Walnut Cove NC 27052 Ararat, NC 27007-8339 Archdale NC 27263-7748 Winston Salem NC 27105 H 336-591-3560 C 336-813-6636 H 336-374-2794 C 336-830-6583 336-431-8927 H 336-761-1500 C: 336-978-8079 carolynbrown3560@yahoo.com keysmith@triad.rr.com g_stooke@uncg.edu babydollchamp@bellsouth.net WINSTON SALEM YADKIN AREA WEST Sandy Steele 8580 Waterford Village Ct 420 E Hemlock St Clemmons NC 27012 Yadkinville NC 27055 H 336-768-1042 C 919-271-2638 336-679-6139 politicalsciencemajor@gmail.com survivor528@yahoo.com Your Conference Officers from Yadkin Valley District Conference President Conference Historian Conference Nominations Conference Nominations Tonya Lanier 604 Adams St Lexington NC 27292 336-243-1361 sonshiners@lexcominc.net Carolyn Payne 5761 Styers Ferry Rd Clemmons NC 27012 336-766-5568 ReginaldTPayne@bellsouth.net Faye Everhart 1028 Gales Ave Winston Salem NC 27103 336-773-0746 feverhart2@att.net Kathy Chadwell 504 Sullivan Street Thomasville NC 27360 H 336-475-1261 C 336-991-7119 k.sc2008@hotmail.com 11
2017 NURTURING PARTNERS Anitoch Belews Creek Antioch Rural Hall Ardmore Baltimore Bethel King Bethel Thomasville Bethel Winston-Salem Bethesda Bethlehem Boonville Brooks Temple Bunker Hill Canaan Centenary Clemmons Centenary W-S Center Mocksville Center Welcome Center Yadkinville Central Mt. Airy Central Thomasville Central Terrace Cherry Street Chesnut Grove Clemmons Concord Lewisville Concord Mocksville Cooleemee Cornatzer Crews Delta Dobson Dulin East Bend Elbaville Elm Grove Fair Grove Thomasville Fairview Thomasville Fairview Pinnacle Faith Farmington First Mocksville First Pilot Mt First Thomasville Friendship Good Hope Hanes Grove Hardison Harmony Grove Hickory Ridge Johnsontown Kingswood Konnoak Hills Level Cross Lewisville Ginny Martin Martha Isenberg Darlene Gardner Valerie Prim Brenda Tuttle Deb Brooks Mary Jo Brewer Darlene Gardner Donna Ireland Valerie Prim Cathy Smith Sandy Letchworth Cathy Smith Donna Ireland Mary Jo Brewer Darlene Gardner Florence Greene Sandy Letchworth Ginny Martin Faye Everhart/Barbara Crotts Joyce Irby Sandy Letchworth Carolyn Brown Darlene Gardner Polly Caudle Ruth Hoyle Barbara Crotts Barbara Crotts Sandy Letchworth Ginny Martin Jamie Smith Ruth Hoyle Valerie Prim Brenda Tuttle Faye Everhartt Barbara Crotts Carolyn Brown Ruth Hoyle Joyce Irby Joyce Irby Florence Greene Florence Greene Valerie Prim/Sandy Steele Barbara Crotts Rhita Newcomb/Polly Caudle Martha Isenberg Deb Brooks Martha Isenberg Cathy Smith Rhita Newcomb/Polly Caudle Liberty Ruth Hoyle Longtown Valerie Prim Love's Darlene Gardner Main Street Kernersville Sandy Letchworth Maple Springs Darlene Gardner Memorial Kathy Chadwell Midway Cathy Smith Mitchell's Chapel Sandy Steele Mocks Donna Ireland Morris Chapel Carolyn Brown Mt. Carmel Cathy Smith Mt. Pleasant Boonville Valerie Prim/Sandy Steele Mt. Pleasant Thomasville Deb Brooks Mt. Pleasant Tobaccoville Brenda Tuttle Mt. Pleasant Winston Salem Carolyn Brown Mt. Tabor Rhita Newcomb Mt Zion Debra Lawson New Home Hew Hope Joyce Irby New Mt Vernon Deb Brooks Oak Forest Anna Leake Oak Grove Ruth Hoyle Palmyra Debra Lawson Pine Grove Pinnacle Debra Lawson Pine Grove WS Martha Isenber Pine Woods Pinnacle Ginny Martin/Sharon Reid Pisgah Sandy Letchworth Pleasant Grove Thomasville Deb Brooks Pleasant Hill Brenda Tuttle Prospect St James Joyce Irby St Mark Carolyn Brown St Paul Kernersville Sandy Letchworth St Paul WS St Stephen Anna Leake Saint Andrews Joyce Irby Saints Home Carolyn Payne Salem, Mt Airy Jamie Smith Salem, Mocksville Donna Ireland Sedge Garden Sandy Letchworth Shady Grove Deb Brooks Sharon Donna Ireland Shiloh, Germanton Ginny Martin/Sharon Reid Shiloh, Lexington Florence Greene Shoals Jamie Smith Snow Hill Sharon Reid Stokesburg Carolyn Brown Stony Knoll Valerie Prim/Sandy Steele Tabernacle Brenda Tuttle 12
2017 NURTURING PARTNERS Trinity, King Trinity Thomasville Trinity Winston-Salem Union Union Chapel Union Ridge Martha Isenberg Kathy Chadwell Polly Caudle Ginny Martin/Sharon Reid Ruth Hoyle Cathy Smith Wesley Chapel Wesley Memorial Whitaker's Chapel Withers Chapel Yadkin College Yadkinville Donna Ireland Mary Jo Brewer Jamie Smith Joyce Irby Darlene Gardner Ruth Hoyle YADKIN VALLEY UMW ANNUAL MEETING 2017 13
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Yadkin Valley District UMW C/O Deborah Brooks PO Box 342 Wallburg NC 27373 Follow UMW: United Methodist Women Faith. Hope. Love in Action We are women with a 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. 16