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Circle Meetings

Circle 1, 10:30 am
Third Monday
Church Parlor
Chairman:
Clarice Thompson
Co-Chairman:
DeLeslyn Fleming
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Circle 5, 10 am
Second Tuesday
Church Parlor
Chairman:
Faye Barner
Co-Chairman:
Weda Pickett
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Circle 7, 6 pm
First Monday
Fellowship Hall
Chairman:
Janis Cook
Co-Chairman:
Sadie Mims
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Circle 8, 2 pm
Third Monday
Chairman:
Annie Lou Wells
Co-Chairman:
Christine Baker

United Methodist Women is an organization created for missions. Through their Pledge to Missions, UMW is the second largest source of income for the General Board of Global Ministries. GBGM is the United Methodist agency that sends and supports missionaries and mission projects throughout the world. The UMW unit of First Church pledged $400 to Pledge to Missions for 2007. Local missions also receive significant financial support from the unit and circles.

The General Meeting of the Unit is the first Monday of each month at 3 pm in the Chapel or Fellowship Hall. First Church has four "circles," which are smaller groups within the unit who study and work together to fulfill the Purpose of the organization. Unit officers are elected in the fall and usually serve two years. The Executive Committee consists of Unit officers and Circle Chairmen.

2007 Unit Officers

President: Pat Verhage
Vice President: Christine Baker
Recording Secretary: Miriam Roberts
Treasurer: Kathryn Ambrose
Membership, Nurture,
and Outreach: Janie Dale
Secretary of Programs: Barbara Miles

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A.W. and Kathy Jones, Missionaries to Mexico,
with Vice President Mary Askew and Rev. Seefeld

"Hats on" for a favorite UMW event, the Spring Picnic, hosted by Circle 7, shown here in their hats.

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.

United Methodist Women in Mission

From United Methodist Women Website, Women's Division

United Methodist Women is a nearly 1 million member-strong organization of women who seek to know God and to make life better for women, children, youth and marginalized neighbors in the ever-expanding global village of today's world. United Methodist Women members meet in their local churches, during their lunch break at work, after classes on their college campuses and even online. However they choose to gather, members create a supportive community that nurtures their spiritual growth journeys and provides opportunities for:

	Leadership development
	Study of issues impacting their neighborhoods, nation and world;
	Participation in informed advocacy and actions
	Financial support of institutions and projects empowering women, children and youth in the United States and around the world.