UMW Events
- UMW meetings 7:00 pm First Monday of Month
- May 2 - 10am May Friendship Day
- May 2 - 5:00-8:00 pm Thrift Sale
- May 3 - 10am-1pm Thrift Sale
It's Spring! It's Thrift Sale time. May 2, 5pm-8pm and May 3, 10am-1pm We'll need cashiers, floor help, kitchen help and TONS of clean-up help (Saturday out by 3pm) Set up is after church on April 27 (tables). No junk or construction materials. If you donate a large item, please pick it up after 1pm on Saturday if it wasn't sold. Please help! The Thrift Sale is for everyone.
May Friendship Day
May Friendship Day will be held at St. Pauls United Methodist Church, Castleton at 10:am. Least Coin offering will be received during the service. Our church is responsible for a main dish (enough to feed 8) for lunch. A Memorial service will be held in the afternoon for all women who have died since May 1, 2007.
UMW Meeting on Alzheimer's
On April 7th the UMW had an excellent program from Bill Friers, founder of House of Light at Pond View. This is a day program for Alzheimer and dementia patients. He said he is in need for volunteers and the brochures are in the foyer.
May 5th, Dr Violeta Dulay spoke on the medical side of Alzheimer's, and Holly Gray, director of programs for the Alzheimer's Association. Alzheimer is being diagnosed earlier now and there is help for loved ones and care givers.
United Methodist Women
The United Methodist Women of East Greenbush United Methodist Church is the organized unit of United Methodist Women. The United Methodist Women are 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 shall be open to all the women of the church who indicates her desire to belong and to participate in the global mission of the church through United Methodist Women.
The East Greenbush United Methodist Women support local missions, as well as, global missions.
Global Missions:
- Church Women United (an organization of ecumenical women)
- Church World Services - Blanket Sunday ($5.00 buys a blanket for disaster areas of the world)
- World Thank Offering and Prayer and Self-Denial are global programs that the Women's Division support.
Local missions:
- Albany United Methodist Society - outreach mission in Albany
- Nursing home services
- Prayer Tower
- Sunshine Cards (Prayer cards for the member of the church who need a lift)
- our Memorial Library
- United Methodist Reading Program (Reads 4 books in 4 different categories)
The United Methodist Women mission is to reach out to women, children and youth. Our unit has helped Girls Scouts, youth members to special spiritual events, and delegates to Summer Learning Fellowship,( a mission school sponsored by the Conference, the three areas of study are regional, Bible Study and social issue related). This unit has also supported different areas in our church family. The women meet once a month for fun and fellowship and growth as women.