United Methodist Women
United Methodist Women are "Called By Name"
United Methodist Women is an organization of approximately one million members nation wide whose purpose is to foster spiritual growth, develop leaders and advocate for justice. Members raise nearly $25 million each year for programs and projects related to women, children and youth in the United States and in more than 100 countries around the world.
The Purpose of United Methodist Women
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.
UMW Tel-A-Woman
Click here to download the 2013 Winter Tel-A-Woman, the quarterly publication of the South Georgia Conference United Methodist Women.
2013 Missiou u
July 18-21, 2013
Epworth By The Sea
St. Simons Island, GA
Mission u, formerly known as the School of Christian Mission, is set for July 18-21, 2013, at Epworth By The Sea on St. Simons Island. Meeting under the theme "Learning Together for the Transformation of the World," this mission event provides opportunities to prepare for leadership in mission study and personal enrichment. It challenges individuals to fulfill their mission calling. Many return to teach the studies in their local church. There is also a youth component of Mission u. Click on the brochures below for additional information.
The Call: Living Sacramentally, Walking Justly:
This study is a “how-to-manual” for anyone interested in deepening their spirituality and engagement in mission. The study explores spiritual personhood which is inseparable from engagement in social action and being in community.
This study is about spiritual formation and the culture of calling in light of John Wesley’s two-fold thrust on “personal holiness” and “spiritual holiness.” “For Wesley, there is no religion but social religion, no holiness but social holiness… We proclaim no personal gospel that fails to express itself in relevant social concerns. We proclaim no social gospel that does not include the personal transformation of sinners” “Our Theological Task” #101.1. Book of Discipline 2008-2012.
This study, also, looks at Baptism and Communion and the sacramental understandings relating to these, using key passages from the Bible and the United Methodist Book of Discipline:
Matthew 3:13-17
Mark 1:9-12
John 17: 21
I Corinthians 11:17-34
I Corinthians 10: 12-17
The study offers practical guidance about how to live one’s baptism, how to enrich one’s prayer life, how to read the Scripture faithfully, and how to pray for Christian conferencing.
The study also lifts up models of individuals who have responded to God’s call through a variety of ministries. There are stories of call and response from a wide array of persons, from different walks of life. The study offers tools to deepen one’s spiritual identity, and engagement in community, and involvement in mission. Being and doing are seen as two sides of the same coin.
The study is an invitation to being open to God’s call and being perceptive to God’s break-through moments in our midst here and in the world. Choosing to respond to God sets us on a path of faith, where we can become active participants in the full realization of God’s kin-dom, already here and not yet.
The ROMA OF EUROPE: AN OVERVIEW
Sastipe! Or “Hello!” in the traditional language of the Romani people.
The Roma (sometimes spelled Rroma.) are often called “gypsies” by others. Many people who live in the United States know little or nothing about the Roma. In Europe, and especially in Eastern Europe, it is a different story.
Over the years, the Roma have been enslaved, shut out, shunned, and even shot. Their women have been involuntarily sterilized and their children forcibly removed from them “for the children’s own good.” Up to two and a half million of them were exterminated during Hitler’s reign of terror. People in other ethnic groups have seen the Roma as thieves, beggars, and fortune tellers.
The Roma are the single largest minority group in Europe. They deserve our attention.
This study will introduce us to the Roma, with an emphasis on Eastern Europe. The first chapter will explore their history up to and including the twentieth century. Succeeding chapters will delve into the ways they are treated in contemporary European culture, introduce their lifestyle and spirituality, and investigate ways the church and other organizations are working alongside them. It will be an eye-opening journey that will, hopefully, offer a greater understanding of the Roma and opportunities for response and advocacy.
(Adapted from Prologue of the mission study text written by Larry Beman)
Poverty Issue Study Overview
Participants in the study will engage in deepening their understanding of the realities of poverty and be invited to commit to solidarity with the poor through accompaniment and advocacy.
Our Christian faith invites us to become agents of God’s compassion and healing in a wounded world. Poverty is a human rights issue with grave impact on women and children. This mission study on poverty is designed to help participants recognize and claim for themselves the connections between Scripture, church tradition, compassion for the poor, social outreach and social justice.
Biblical passages remind Christians of their responsibility for poverty. The Wesleyan movement embraced this concern by creating community centers where people could access education, medical care or employment, and members of United Methodist Women and its predecessor organizations have continued this heritage and responded to the poor where they exist.
Other chapters address the themes of:
- Avoiding or encountering the poor.
- Biblical witness and our United Methodist Heritage.
- Global poverty.
- Support fair trade and microfinance and advocating for global policies that help eliminate poverty.
- Consumerism and spiritual poverty.
- Charity versus justice and advocacy
Participants in the study will engage in deepening their understanding of the realities of poverty and be invited to commit to solidarity with the poor through accompaniment and advocacy.
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