United Women in Faith: response

Colorado women’s ministry with Native Americans features beadwork.

"… As you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me." (Matthew 25:40)

The season of Advent is not about waiting for the joy of Christ—it is about preparing for it.

One member's story of joining the 1869 Society. Read the story at https://uwfaith.org/news/latest-news/

Transformation and change do not happen without intention. The intention of the strategic plan was to establish priorities to maximize impact and engagement with members and create pathways for new women coming in the present and future.

United Women in Faith celebrates consecration and the Office of Deaconess and Home Missioner.

With the help of United Women in Faith scholarhsips, nursing scholars embark upon inspiring and compassionate journeys.

Meet the new general secretary and CEO of United Women in Faith. Our response question-and-answer session with Sally Vonner covers topics including Scripture, social justice, discernment, inspiration, and the future of United Women in Faith.

As a member of United Women in Faith and a faithful Christian, I believe that giving is an important part of the ministries in which I participate. Part of ministry and faith is putting money in the places it will do what I cannot. United Women in Faith’s 154-year legacy began with eight bold women determined to change the world for the better. This organization stands ready not only to continue o...

Joy, Joy, Joy! I have joy down in my heart! This best describes how excited and honored I am to be the next General Secretary/CEO of United Women in Faith. The reality is still sinking in for me as I write my first Responsively Yours feature. By now you may have heard that I was elected by the board of directors to lead United Women in Faith into the amazing future God has for us. I am also joyful...

Something very special happens in Austin, Texas, the last weekend of January every year. For the last 35 years United Women in Faith have been coming together to learn about issues concerning women, children, and youth of Texas and how to address those issues to help bring about “the beloved community” that God intends for all of us.

It’s a cold, rainy morning at Crossroads Urban Center in downtown Salt Lake City, and unhoused people are gathering on the steps of the old Victorian building that serves as an emergency food pantry. When the door opens, they file inside, pausing at an entry desk to let the woman behind it know what they need—shoes for a child, rent and utility assistance, a new ID, food, a rain jacket, a blanket....

Your gift to the Legacy Endowment Fund is joined together with the generous gifts of others for the future work of United Women in Faith. Your mission giving combines to do the current work of United Women in Faith. When you make your pledge to mission or you give at your monthly meeting or you add an additional fundraiser for your unit’s pledge, you make a gift that reaches women, youth, and chil...

Friends, our calling is strong, and the need is great. Giving is one of many ways we respond, and it is as important now as it has ever been. Thank you for all the ways you offer yourselves to this work! Visit https://uwfaith.org/latest-news/2023/may-june-response-responsively-yours-gifts/ to read this story on our website.

Dignity in Schools campaign is committed to ending school pushout. Visit https://uwfaith.org/latest-news/2023/march-april-response-mississippi-leaders-calling-for-end-to-corporal-punishment/ to read this story on our website.

National Mission Institution Scott’s Run celebrates 100 years of service.

As we think about this new year, about our responsibilities and the possibilities of what may come, even through pain in our society and in our denomination, I pray that we will look for signs of abundance, signs of blessing, signs of new life—even messy, jumbled, unsorted new life that might surprise us with a glimpse of God’s good pleasure. Visit https://uwfaith.org/latest-news/2023/jan-feb-resp...

Bizzy Feekes brings her whole self to the work of climate justice. Visit https://uwfaith.org/latest-news/2023/jan-feb-response-creating-hope/ to read this story on our website.

Zoom conversations offer “window to the world.” Visit https://uwfaith.org/latest-news/2023/jan-feb-response-voices-from-the-field/ to read this story on our website.

For many of us, Advent and Christmas are full of traditions. We have traditions about decorations, holiday visits, Christmas carols and songs, who hosts the celebrations, the time of the Christmas Eve service and more. It’s lovely for those who share the traditions and natural enough for a holiday that is so profoundly meaningful to be surrounded in meaning. But it’s also odd, in a way. After all,...

The Legacy Endowment Fund helps ensure United Women in Faith can put love into action for years to come. Visit https://uwfaith.org/latest-news/2022/nov-dec-response-a-world-weve-never-seen/ to read this story on our website.

David and Margaret Youth and Family Services helps young people in its community get the support they need for thriving futures. Visit https://uwfaith.org/latest-news/2022/nov-dec-response-finding-home/ to read this story on our website.

Our launch continues, and we’re all part of it. United Women in Faith can be fresh, inspirational, hopeful, inclusive, inviting and life-changing. Our faith is what calls us, roots us and encourages us as we say: Yes, we’re going to do the next thing. United Women in Faith helps us experience God’s love and build an integrated, bountiful, thriving community that experiences God’s love together and...