United Methodist Women
October 7, 1:00
p.m. Trinity Circle will meet
in the great room at Gorham
House. Glo Rossetti will be hostess, and
Carolyn Beane is in charge of devotions. The program “Arperillas” will be
presented by Rachel
Brown. Shoe
boxes will be packed for the World Wide Ministry.
October 27,
11:00 a.m. Life Circle Judy Ricker
is hostess and has devotions. The program will be a trip to the Iris Center at
1:30 p.m.
October 27,
11:30 a.m. New Circle
October 13,
11:30 a.m. Church Women
United at Clark Memorial UMC, Program -Myrna
Cook “Prison Ministry for Women”
Trinity
Circle’s November meeting will be held at 1:00
p.m., Tuesday, November 4.
“World Thank Offering”, led by Fran Doucette, will be during the 10:30 a.m. Worship Service on October 26.
Brook
in Newfield. There will be no
September
meeting of Trinity circle. The next meeting will be held at 1:00
p.m. on Tuesday, October 5, in the great room at Gorham House. Glo Rossetti will
be hostess, and Carolyn Beane is in charge of devotions. The program
“Arperillas” will be presented by Rachel Brown. Shoe boxes will be
packed for the World Wide Ministry.
The Mission Work of United Methodist Women . . .
The Rev. R. Randy Day has assumed the leadership of the General Board of Global Ministries. In an interview of the current issue of Mission Today magazine, he talks about what he feels should be the mission of the church in the next 4 years. This magazine is available in the UMW bookcase in the parlor at church.
In the stories of faith column of the same issue is a story of a woman in Lithuania named Jadwyga who started going to the Methodist church in her village. She first went in through the basement getting a hot meal, usually the only meal she had during the day. Her sister started attending services and finally talked Jadwyga into attending the services. Jadwyga became a regular on the back bench in the corner. However she never took communion. The missionary asked her why. Shad said, "I'm too angry. You don't know all I've seen in my life. All this talk of love-it's not as strong as the hurt I feel. I can't forgive and I can't be forgiven. The months went on and Jadwyga continued to attend. At the communion table one Sunday, the missionary felt a squeeze on her shoulder. It was Jawyga with tears streaming down her face. Since then Jadwyga can be seen a two tables in the church-the communion tables where she receives the bread of Life, and the basement table where she shares the food to live with others.
Come to the table. It's long enough for people around the world to gather there. It's a place where "we press on to make (the resurrection) our own, because Christ Jesus has made us His own."(Philippians 3:12).
Don’t
despair! None have stepped forward to chair a fall
rummage sale, but …. the
spring rummage –
perennial sale is planned for the end of April 2004. So find a storage place for
all that rummage that is piling up at your
place and bring it out “come spring” to benefit UMW projects such as
Mechuwana camperships.