United Methodist Women: After much discussion and prayer it has been decided to break our United Methodist Women affiliation. Any money collected will be passed on to local missions. The women will continue to visit the missions we support and gather together monthly for devotions, fellowship and other missions projects as we start a new missions program entitled "WIM" (Women in Missions.) All women of the church are invited to join us.
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The Women In Missions group of St. Elmo UMC is dedicated to reaching others for Christ by giving themselves in service. They have pledged themselves to be the hands and feet of Christ as they boldly spread His love to others. This mission team is devoted to hands-on mission projects that aid others and help them know of the wonderful message of a sacrificial savior that has life-changing effects on the lives of all people. The "WIM" is a ministry of care to a world that badly needs to know that God loves everyone.
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At the WIM meeting in October, the women worked on Chrismon ornaments for the Christmas Tree at the new church. They did a beautiful job. Thank you so much for your hard work. The pictures above show all of the ornaments that you made.
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Focus of WIM:
The focus of this group is to serve our
community and church with Hands-on mission
projects.
WIM meetings:
The WIM group is a new organization.
We meet the second Thursday of every month. The meetings will alternate between
day meetings and night meetings.
Our next meeting is March 8th.
The time is 11am. Meeting place will be posted soon.
Mission help needed:
*Bring us your can soup/box labels for the RedBird Mission.
*Cut out any stamp that you have. Trim it well and give it
to a member of this group. These stamps help the Church
Women United in South America.
*We need some "thinking of you cards" to send to others.
*We are asking everyone to recycle your used cards such as:
Birthday, Valentine's, Christmas, Thank You, etc. to help
St. Jude Children's Hospital. Cut off the front page of
the card and give it to Carol Drinnon.The only
stipulation is that the front of the card cannot have
writing on it. The WIM would appreciate your support.
President: Phyllis McPeak
Recording Secretary: Gail Warren
Corresponding Secretary: Janet King
Spiritual Growth: Sue Lamb
Treasurer: Betty Ann Case
Program/Missions Directors: Carol Drinnon & Margaret Parks
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Upcoming Events for our Women in Missions:
Ongoing Ministries:
*Our Birthday Celebration ministry shows our young people how important they are to God and to our spiritual family. This hands-on project takes place on the last Wednesday of every month during the school year and the last Sunday of every month during the summer. For more information go to this link, Birthday Ministry.
*We will have a continued ministry to Shepherd's Arms helping them wherever we can. Come to the meetings to find out what items to bring for this ministry. We collect items every meeting and give them to Shepherd's Arms.
Other Mission Projects in the making:
*On February 14th -We are planning a Bingo Party for the St. Elmo Court for seniors. Don't forget to bring some prizes to this event.The time of the activity is 1pm-3pm.
*On February 28th - The women will be cooking dinner for the Interfaith Homeless program.
*On May 4th- The women and some of the men will be teaching life skill classes to the children of our church who are in the age group of 8-11.
*On June 9th- The women will go shopping for towels and men's shoes to be taken to Nicaragua for a mission trip in July.
*In the summer, we are collecting school supplies for the children in our church to help reduce the cost of educational expenses for families.
*In October, we will be making Chrimon Ornaments for our new church.
*In December, we will be giving stockings to inner-city children/youth of our church and those at Shepherd's Arms.
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