United Women in Faith: response

United Women in Faith’s new president, elected in July, is a retired registered nurse, a mother, a wife, and a dedicated member of United Women in Faith with a long list of service on all levels, including the Reading Program committee. From the Nov./Dec. 2024 issue of response.

United Women in Faith’s Reading Program (uwfaith.org/read) is designed to help women of faith achieve five key goals: lean into our spiritual growth, strengthen our leadership skills, equip ourselves for local and global mission, take faithful action for the common good, and build community in ways large and small. The books are current and cover a wide variety of topics. Participating in one of t...

As this issue of response reaches you, you may be setting your tables for Thanksgiving and decorating your homes for Christmas. You may be shopping, wrapping gifts, planning menus, and making travel plans. And I hope that come December, you will be filled with the wonderful joy and anticipation of this Advent season, preparing your hearts and minds for the coming of Jesus. From the Nov./Dec. 2024...

Kelly G. Loeb thought it was in God’s plan to graciously donate her special home as a planned gift to The Legacy Endowment Fund so that Mai Gray’s legacy, and her own, will live on. From the Nov./Dec. 2024 issue of response.

On February 24, 2024, the North Texas Conference United Women in Faith held their fifth annual Charter for Racial Justice event at Hamilton Park UMC in Dallas. From the Sept./Oct. 2024 issue of response.

 From the Sept./Oct. 2024 issue of response.

Mother and daughter members serve together as General Conference delegates. From the Sept./Oct. 2024 issue of response.

United Women in Faith submitted 19 petitions at General Conference. These included calls to action on racial and climate justice, gender equity, protecting the girl child, and supporting deaconesses and home missioners. Eighteen of our petitions passed. From the Sept./Oct. 2024 issue of response.

The World Methodist Council has awarded Deaconess Norma Dollaga the World Methodist Peace Award. From the July/August 2024 issue of response.

A United Women in Faith regional missionary helps empower young Japan. From the July/August 2024 issue of response.

The Responsively Yours column from United Women in Faith CEO Sally Vonner. From the July/August 2024 issue of response.

The United Women in Faith CEO reflects on her first year in office. From the July/August 2024 issue of response.

More than 50,000 are expected to attend the parade and festival at Northcott Neighborhood House in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Killingsworth NMI offers hope for recovery.

Can you think of anything more elusive in many United Women in Faith units than women under the age of 39? Younger women are hard to find, hard to attract once we found them, and even more difficult to keep as integral parts of the work we do around the world.

From the May/June 2024 issue of response.

From the March/April 2024 issue of response.

Native American United Methodists share their art and faith with the 2024 General Conference. From the March/April 2024 issue of response.

United Women in Faith brings four new petitions to General Conference and 11 resolution readoptions that call on the church to prioritize women, children, and youth. From the March/April 2024 issue of response.

What does it mean to step “faithfully forward”? Is it blindly moving ahead without planning or purpose? Of course not. Is it just expecting God to take over and do it all? No. We know that God doesn’t work that way. Well, the Bible tells us in Hebrew’s 11:1 (NIV), “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” And Philippians 3:14 reads, “I press on toward the goa...

On September 17, 2023, United Women in Faith and the Office of Economic and Environmental Justice joined the March to End Fossil Fuels.

Welcome to a new year and to a new look for response !

The United Methodist General Conference takes place April 2024 in Charlotte. United Women in Faith will be there.

Sally Vonner's responsively Yours column from the Jan/Feb 2024 issue of response.

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