Education and Interpretation

a. promote and interpret the work of the General Board of Global Ministries that the Women's Division supports, including interpretation of the changing concepts of mission and changing roles of mission personnel;

b. promote mission education opportunities: mission studies, local mission opportunities, Schools of Christian Mission, United Methodist Seminars on National and International Affairs, mission encounters, and supplying material resources for mission programs and projects;

c. promote and utilize printed and audiovisual resources of the General Board of Global Ministries to tell the mission story;

d. promote and interpret the need for undesignated giving to undergird the program of mission outreach of the General Board of Global Ministries that is supported by the Women's Division, with special emphasis on women, children and youth;

e. serve as the contact person for local unit mission coordinators for education and interpretation, provide resources, and conduct training at least annually, as determined by the Executive Committee;

f. work with the Executive Committee to urge local and district units to become Mission Today Units, using the criteria received from the conference; receive reports from local units that fulfill the Mission Today criteria; send a yearly report regarding district participation to the conference mission coordinator for education and interpretation;

g. serve on the Executive Committee and, where they exist, the Committees on Program, Finance, and Membership Nurture and Outreach.

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