Get Ready for Assembly 2010! April 30-May 2
With pre-conference events April 29St. Louis, MO
America's Center 2010 Assembly Theme and Vision Statement"Faith. Hope. Love in Action" is the Assembly 2010 theme and includes avision statement, scripture and an offering statement.   Assembly 2010 Theme is AnnouncedThe theme, “Faith. Hope. Love in Action” was announced by the Women’sDivision Directors during their Spring Board Meeting in Stamford, Conn.  United Methodist Women Directors and Staff Meet to Plan 2010 AssemblyIn preparation for United Methodist Women’s Assembly, leaders met Nov.19-20 in St. Louis, Mo., to plan the quadrennial event. 

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Elmira Sellu Discusses Food and Faith in Sudan Ugandan regional missionary Elmira Sellu explains the food situation in Southern Sudan and how the war affects food security for refugees. For more information on Elmira Sellu's work in East Africa, click here.

United Methodist Women & the Discipline


 According to the Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, "In every local church there shall be an organized unit of United Methodist Women.

Membership

"Membership shall be open to any woman who indicates her desire to belong and to participate in the global mission of the Church through United Methodist Women.  The pastor(s) shall be an ex officio member of the local unit and of its executive committee."FundsAccording to the Discipline:  "The organized unit of United Methodist Women shall secure funds for the fulfillment of its purpose.  All funds from whatever source secured by the unit of United Methodist Women belong to the organization and shall be disbursed only in accordance with its constitution and by its order.
The total budget secured and administered by the organized unit in the local church shall include:
  pledges and other money for programs and responsibilities of the Women's Division to be directed through regular channels of finance of United Methodist Women; and
funds to be used in mission locally, which shall include amounts for administration and membership development.
The organized unit in the local church shall make an annual pledge to the total budget of the district or conference organization of United Methodist Women
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World Day of PrayerBy Leigh Rogers*
First initiated by American and Canadian Christian women as a Day of Prayer for World Mission in 1884 to unite women in support of women’s mission projects, the World Day of Prayer has exploded into a global ecumenical movement of women guided by the belief that prayer and action work together to influence the world.

Celebrated the first Friday of March, the World Day of Prayer relates primarily to women’s mission activities, issues, and projects, including concern for women, children and youth and the role of prayer in mission work.

As of 2005, World Day of Prayer incorporates more than 170 participating countries of women from all race, ethnic and faith backgrounds.

The aim of the movement is to unite women of all traditions in a common day of prayer and connect them to each other in closer partnership for action and service.

Every year, the World Day of Prayer worship services focus on a specific country in the world and a theme. For 2009, the country is Papua New Guinea, and the theme is “In Christ, Many Members but One Body.”
*Leigh Rogers is a public relations executive with the Women’s Division of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries.
For more information, go to the World Day of Prayer International Committee Website: http://www.worlddayofprayer.net.

2008 School Of Christian Mission

University of Indianapolis

• President-Tracy Ramsey
  
• Vice Pres.- Mary Duffy-Lewis
  

• Secretary-Karen Waldon
  
• Treasurer- Pam Coleman