Detroit Conference United Methodist Women

DETROIT CONFERENCE
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

This site was updated on 28 September 2008.

The Detroit Conference is made up of seven districts,
including the Upper Peninsula
and the eastern side of the state of Michigan.
US 127 going down the middle of the state
is the approximate western boundary
in the Lower Peninsula.
Other boundaries include four Great Lakes.

Conference Annual Celebration
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Sault Ste. Marie: Central UMC
Directions and Registration Form in PDF Form

Annual Meeting Bus Trip to Sault Ste. Marie
Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25, 2008
starting from Auburn Hills with three other stops.
Information and Registration Form in PDF Form

Public Education Workshops coming up in the fall.
Racial Justice Issues in Public Education, October 25 in Dallas TX
Community Organizing in Public Education, November 1 in Chicago IL
If interested, download the registration form.

Conference and District Mission Teams
Local Units Links and Information

Michigan Mission Workers and Projects
Distribution Centers

PURPOSE:
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.

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.

Mission Giving

Quad Meeting Logo

MISSION GIVING is the new name for giving.
New Name, Same Opportunity. Click here to find out more.

Michigan Mission Workers and Projects

Joy-Southfield Clinic in Southfield MI
Church and Community Worker and Health Care Director Charissa Shawcross
and Church and Community Worker Alex Oatley

Looking Glass Ministries in Laingsburg MI
Church and Community Worker Andrew Highland

God's Country Cooperative Parish in the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula,
Church and Community Worker Katie Peterson

United Methodist Community House in Grand Rapids
Executive Director Sharon Killibrew

Distribution Centers

Midwest Distribution Center
Information about the Center in Chatham IL
and the Kits and other materials that they receive and distribute.

The UMCOR Sager Brown Depot
A Place of Mission for United Methodists in Baldwin LA.

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