The Clarion. August 2015

The Clarion August 2015 Inside this issue: Page 2 Calendar 2015 Page 3 Message from our President Page 4 Letter from our vice president Page 5 Info on Annual Day Page 6 Nominating committee report Page 8 Annual Day Registration Page 9 Budget 2016 Page 10 MOR information Page 13 Registration MOR Page 15 Registration Social Action 1

Memphis Conference United Methodist Women Calendar of Events 2015 Month/Date Name District/Church Time TBA Mission u Leader Training Event May 31-June 3 Memphis Annual Conference Jackson June 30 Mission Studies Report due to E & I Coordinator July 17-18 Mission u Brownsville/Milan First July 18 Conference Mission Team 12:15 PM August 8 Membership Committee Jackson/Conference Office 10:30 AM Finance Committee 10:30 AM Program Committee 10:30 AM Nominations Committee 10:30 AM Conference Mission Team 11:45 AM And Lunch August 8 Clarion Deadline August 22 Social Action Day Brownsville/Medina First 9:00 AM August 29 Candleburning Report due to E & I Coordinator August 29 Mission Today Report due to E & I Coordinator August 29 Reading Program Report due to Secretary of Program Resources September 26 Conference Annual Meeting Jackson/Jackson First 11:00 AM Speaker-TBD November TBD Leadership Training St Louis, MO November 14-15 Mission Outreach Retreat (MOR) Lakeshore November 22 Clarion Deadline Women at work for you Sandra Burnett, Lana Solomon, and Karen Freeman (clockwise) 2

From your President: Greetings, United Methodist Women, 2015 is going fast. Mission u was a great success. We have around 15 youth participating and their enthusiasm carried us all home on a spiritual high. Thanks to Lana Solomon and the committee for great work. The Nominations Committee has been working hard to put together a great Mission Team for 2016. Please make sure you look over the report in this addition of the Clarion. We will be voting on this slate officers at our Annual Day in September. And speaking of Annual Day, Donna Moore and the Program Committee has a great day lined up for us. Dr. Cynthia Hopson will be our speaker. She will be bringing some of her books, so you might want to pick one up if you haven t had a chance to read them. We will also have other shopping available as well as a photo op booth. Check out the information in this addition. Online registration is available. Come and enjoy All Things Jackson. I hope you have heard about some new ways to live into the 150 year legacy of United Methodist Women. I know many units have begun looking at ways to participate in this celebration. We are entering the 146 th year since those strong women met in Boston. Many changes have taken place since then and many more are on the way. As we prepare for the changes ahead, we want to strengthen our connection with each other. An organization is only as strong as its weakest link. Let s make sure we have no weak links. We share a 146 year legacy of strong women, women who were not afraid to dream big dreams. Can you dream big? How big? It is time to be turning in your mission giving for the 3 rd quarter. We have had good response to date but we are a long way from our pledge. Keep giving! Change is definitely in the air. Please support your district mission teams as we celebrate our current seven districts and work toward becoming four districts. The District Presidents and District Mission Teams have worked hard to put together great Mission Teams for the four districts in 2016. I want to thank all of them for the work they have done. 2016 promises to be an awesome year! Make sure you have the MOR event on your calendar. That committee is putting together a great program and some great mission opportunities. November 7-8 at Lakeshore. Don t let it pass you by! Our Southeastern Jurisdictional Meeting is fast approaching. It is June 3-5, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina. We will have some bus information for you at Annual Day. Save the date! Until we meet again, go share Faith, Hope and Love in Action. Delores 3

Well, it s one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now, go cat go, but don t you step on my blue suede shoes... Memphis Conference United Methodist Women are you ready for All Things Jackson? Well, it is right around the corner on Saturday, September 26, at Jackson First United Methodist Church. Now some of you may not be as familiar with Jackson as others, but they have been known as the Hub City for many, many years because of their proximity to Memphis, Nashville, and lots of other places. Thus, we will be having lunch diner-style in the Hub City Café! Since the early 1940 s, dozens of outstanding young women travel to Jackson to participate in the Miss Tennessee pageant. And if you ve ever been involved, you know that it is about so much more than just beauty. These women are go-getters and have a wonderful heart for service. So... be sure and bring a few dollars for Mission Giving to get your photo taken in the Miss UMW Photo Booth with an amazing crown and scepter! Have you ever heard of the Cannonball Express? Well, that was the train run by the famous railroader named Casey Jones. He became a hero for his heroic efforts to save lives during a train wreck one dark rainy night. To honor him, you will have the opportunity to shop the Old Depot Boutique this year. (Remember units, we need lots of goodies canned goods, craft items, etc. to sell.) All proceeds will go to Mission Giving so bring your pocketbook! Now, I know it will be almost impossible for you to keep your feet still when you hear the rockabilly tunes cranked out by Mr. Bill Kelley. He is the musician at the Ripley FUMC, has played Carnegie Hall and numerous event all over the place. Mr. Bill will be playing all during our event. Last, but certainly not least, our speaker for the day will be Dr. Cynthia Bond Hopson, Ph.D. Dr. Hopson is a well known educator, mentor, best-selling author and champion of United Methodist Women. We look forward to the insights that she will bring. Please register early it makes it a little bit trying to prepare the meal when we don t know how many are coming until late. Thanks! Look inside this issue of the Clarion for the Registration form and flyer for the event. See you there!!! Donna E. Moore, Memphis Conference 4

Slip on a crown and become Miss Tennessee UMW at our QUEEN S PHOTO BOOTH, enjoy Rockabilly Tunes by BILL KELLY, dine in the HUB CITY CAFE, shop in the OLD DEPOT BOUTIQUE! Memphis Conference Annual Day Saturday, September 26, 2015 Jackson First United Methodist Church Registration - 9:30 Meal-11:00 5

THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE OF THE MEMPHIS CONFERENCE UNITED METHODIST WOMEN PRESENT THE SLATE OF OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 2016 AND 2017 FOR ELECTION AT CONFERENCE ANNUAL MEETING, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2015. CANDIDATES TO BE ELECTED: MEMBERSHIP PHYLLIS GAY EDUCATION & INTERPRETATION MARILYN RAMSEY MEMBER OF NOMINATIONS ANGIE TERRY (CLASS OF 2017) MEMBER OF NOMINATIONS TERESA CUFF (CLASS OF 2018) MEMBER OF NOMINATIONS SONIA A. SCOTT (CLASS OF 2020) MEMBER OF NONINATIONS NANCY UPCHURCH (CLASS OF 2020) JURISDICTION DELEGATES DELORIS SMITH DONNA MOORE MARTHA CAMPBELL NOMINEES FOR NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP FRANCES WILLIAMS BARBARA BODEN LYNNE AYERS (ALTERNATE) NOMINEES FOR PROGRAM ADVISORY ANGIE TERRY EBORAH POOLE VIRGINIA MUHUNDRO TO BE RE-ELECTED: VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER SOCIAL ACTION SECRETARY OF PROGRAM RESOURCES DONNA MOORE MARIE LAMON BARBARA BODEN ROBIN MATTHEWS RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, MOZELL STARKS, CHAIRPERSON OF NOMINATIONS 6

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REGISTRATION FORM All Things Jackson Memphis Conference United Methodist Women 43 nd Annual Meeting Saturday, September 26, 2015 Jackson First United Methodist Church Registration 9:30 AM Meal & Program 11:00 AM Registration Fee: $15.00 One person per registration form, please. Registration Deadline: September 18, 2015 Make checks payable to: Memphis Conference UMW Send check and form to: Meredith Bingham Telephone: 901-747-4432 267 River Commons Cr. W email: mbingha@bellsouth.net Memphis, TN 38120 District Print/Type Name Phone Address City, State Zip Church City Emergency Contact Phone Please check appropriate space(s): UMW Member District Elected Officer Conference Elected Officer Local President Guest Alternate Voting Delegate Voting Delegates: The local unit President is the official voting delegate from her unit. An alternate shall be appointed in the event that the President cannot attend or is also an elected District or Conference Officer. The elected Conference Executive Committee and the elected District Executive Committee are voting delegates to the Annual Meeting. Note: Child care can be arranged if we are notified via this form. We need; Names of Children: Ages: 8

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Greetings, Our MOR Retreat plans are almost complete. We are really excited about this year s Retreat. Mission projects will be our goal; we will have inside and outside projects. MOR Retreat will be held at Lakeshore on November 7-8, 2015. The theme for this year is Hands In Mission Our scripture is Isaiah 1:17 We will have three (2) speakers. When registering for our Retreat please circle on your registration form inside or outside. If you are planning to work outside please bring gloves, black garbage bags, yard rake and wear your work clothes. Ladies please bring any mission projects that you would like for us to work on (if you have a sewing machine please bring it). If you have school kits, health kits, cleaning buckets or sewing kits that need to be packed and shipped to UMCOR please bring them and we will get them ready to be sent to UMCOR. We are also in need of more cancer caps and pew babies. We are asking each district to bring a display of Mission work that you have done in your district this year. We will worship with Eva UM Church on Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. The MNO committee is encouraging each local unit to sponsor 1-2 young women to attend. Please make a point to encourage all ages to attend. Remember there are district and conference scholarships for first timers. Please contact your unit president. We are very excited about our MOR Retreat and pray that you will share this excitement with us! Ladies if you are under 40 United Methodist Women need your creativity, if you are over 40 United Methodist Women need your wisdom and God can use all of us! Grace & Peace, Melba Mitchell 10

Inside Schedule November 8, 2014 9:00-10:00 Registration 10:00-10:30 Welcome Devotion and Prayer 10:30-11:00 SMORE with Joyce Wiggins 11:00-12:00 Work on Projects 12-1:00 LUNCH 1:00-1:20 SMORE with Mary Lou Wurth 1:20-3:30 Work on Projects 3:30-3:50 SMORE with Pat Calhoun 3:50-4:00 Break 4:00-4:30 SMORE Today 4:30-5:00 Clean up Time 5:00-6:00 Dinner 6:00-6:30 Prep for Skits 6:30-7:30 Offering/Skits 7:30 SMORE S Outside Schedule November 8, 2014 8:00-9:00 Outside Team Register 9:00 Devotion and Prayer 9:15 Leave for Outside SMORE 12-1:00 LUNCH BREAK 1:00 Return to work 3:15 Return to Lakeshore Sunday Schedule November 9, 2014 8:00-9:00 Breakfast 9:00 Depart for Morning Worship/Communion with Eva UMC After Worship Service we will return to Lakeshore for departure home 11

2015 UMW Conference Committees Administrative Committee President, Delores Smith Vice President, Donna Moore Secretary, Martha Campbell Treasurer, Marie Lamon President of Presidents, TBA Annual Report Directory Committee Chair, Secretary, Martha Campbell 7 District Secretaries Committee on Spiritual Growth Chair, Spiritual Growth Coordinator, Barbara Christopher Paris District President, Donna Whitfield 7 District Spiritual Growth Coordinators Communications Committee Chair, Communications Coordinator, Lynne Ayers Asbury District President, Lisa Archer 7 District Communications Coordinators Archives Committee Chair, Historian, Communications Coordinator, Lynne Ayers McKendree District President, Deborah Poole 7 District Historians Charter for Racial Justice Policies Committee President, Delores Smith Nominations Chair, Mozell Starks McKendree District President, Deborah Poole Robin Matthews Edna Bonner Helen Bond Myra Cleaver Program Committee Chair, Vice President, Donna Moore Jackson District President, Carla Cruit 7 District Vice Presidents Mission u Committee Dean, Lana Solomon Assistant Dean, Kendra Capps Secretary, Joycelyn Wilson Media/Tech, Karen Freeman President, Delores Smith Treasurer, Marie Lamon Brownsville District President, Karen Freeman Conference E & I, Meredith Bingham Communications Coordinator, Lynne Ayers Committee on Finance Chair, Treasurer, Marie Lamon President, Delores Smith Secretary, Meredith Bingham Dyersburg District President, Angie Terry 7 District Treasurers Committee on Membership Chair, MNO Coordinator, Melba Mitchell Paducah District President, Sandra Burnett 7 District MNO Coordinators 12 Scholarship Committee Chair, TBA 7 District Presidents Standing Rules and Policies Committee President, Delores Smith Vice President, Donna Moore Secretary, Martha Campbell Treasurer, Marie Lamon Parliamentarian, Pat Dunker President of Presidents, TBA

Mission Outreach Retreat Hands In Mission Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the orphan. Fight for the rights of widows November 7-8, 2015 Lakeshore Assembly and Retreat Center Eva, TN Registration Deadline October 23, 2015 Registration information: Name Phone Street Email City Church State Zip District Please circle your mission preference: Inside Off Campus List any special needs or accommodations required (diet, medicinal, physical: Roommate Preference (all efforts will be made to accommodate this preference) Emergency Contact Name Relationship Phone I am enclosing (check one) Please make checks payable to: Memphis Conference UMW $65.00 Full-time registration (1 night in lodge + meals + materials $75.00 Full-time registration with semi-private room (in lodge, double occupancy + meals + materials $85.00 Full-time registration with semi-private room (in lodge, single occupancy + meals + materials $30.00 Commuter registration (meals + materials) Send the top portion of this form and check to: Carol Lord, 4654 Shadow Wick Lane, Arlington, TN 38002 (phone 901-388-0541 email: calo4654@att.net) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration on November 7 Opens: OFF CAMPUS: 8:00-9:00 a.m. INSIDE: 9:00-10:00 a.m. 2015 Mission Outreach Reminders The Mission Outreach Retreat is an overnight event at Lakeshore in Eva, TN. Attendees who spend the night will be in cabins which have electricity and running water. Hands-on mission activities will be completed throughout the event. All skill levels are invited to attend help will be provided for those who need it. Mission projects are the focus of MOR. Ladies please bring any mission projects that you would like for us to work on (if you have a sewing machine please bring it). If you have school kits, health kits, cleaning buckets or sewing kits that need to be packed and shipped to UMCOR please bring them and we will get them ready to be sent to UMCOR. If you have extra fabric, crochet hooks, or yarn please bring them for the projects. The retreat begins with check in/registration at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 7, and will conclude after worship on Sunday, November 8. Saturday lunch and dinner as well as Sunday breakfast will be provided. Bring comfortable warm clothing, walking shoes, flashlight, pillow, 13 blanket, sheets for a twin bed (or a sleeping bag), towel, washcloth, and personal items. Also, money for canteen (snacks, t-shirts, sodas) and the UMW bookroom will be open during the event. A love offering will be collected during the retreat. Bottle for water (Lakeshore does not sell bottled water). Registration deadline is October 23 and no refunds will be given after this date. Assignment for cabins and roommates are given as reservations received, so register early.

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Memphis Conference UMW Social Action Day Registration Form Saturday 22, August 2015 9:00 AM Registration, Refreshments 10:00 AM 3:00 PM Workshops Domestic Violence, leader Rev. Cynthia Davis Going Green, How it effects our Environment, leader Lisa Archer End of Life/Long Term Care Issues, leader Judy Eads Cost: $10.00 (Includes box lunch) Registration Deadline August 17, 2015 Make check payable to: Memphis Conference UMW Hosted by Medina United Methodist Church, 500 W. Church Ave. Medina, TN 38355 From Memphis Area: Take exit 80B off I-40 onto Keith Short Bypass (Hwy 45) North. Veer to the right to Milan, Medina UMC will be approx. 15 miles. From the North (Paducah Area) to Milan via Hwy 45, Medina is approx. 10 miles Paris Area go 79 South to Milan, turn onto Hwy 45, Medina is approx. 10 miles, Medina UMC will be on the right. Tear here: Keep top and mail bottom portion to Barbara Boden 610 Jackson St., Paris, TN 38242, E-mail conta boden1926@gmail.com or (731) 642-0671 Name: Address: Tel: (H) (C) District: Email: Special Needs: Choose: Ham Sandwich Coke Diet Coke Turkey Sandwich Sprite Diet Sprite Tea Water 15

Women in Mission Lynne Ayers, Communications Chair 1303 Lake Drive Hornbeak, TN 38232 16

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