WE ARE MORE THAN A CIRCLE!
MAVERICK CIRCLE
Step Out and Be Bold
United Methodist Women
Church of the Resurrection
WE ARE A CONNECTION!
WORLDWIDE CONNECTION
Not only is UMW connected through the local church, districts,
conferences (annual, jurisdictional and global), but through
organizations worldwide that address the condition of women,
children and youth, including:
• Church Women United
• Church World Service
• The Commission on the Status of
Women (CSW)
• Ecumenical Women
• Justpeace Center for Mediation
and Conflict Transformation
• National Council on Churches and
World Council of Churches
• National Justice for our Neighbors
• United Methodist Committee on
Relief
• United Methodist Global AIDS
Fund
• World Day of Prayer
• United Federation of Methodist
and United Church Women
THE 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.
• To expand concepts of mission through
participation in the global ministries of the
church.
THE MISSION
Fostering spiritual growth,
Developing leaders and
Advocating for justice
United Methodist Women is the largest
denominational faith organization for women
with approximately 800,000 members
THE VISION
Turning
faith, hope and love
into action on behalf of
women, children and youth
around the world!
THE VISION, cont.
• Provide opportunities and resources to grow
spiritually
• Organized for growth and flexible structures
leading to effective witness and action
• Equip women and girls around the world to be
leaders in communities, agencies, workplaces,
governments and churches
• Work for justice through compassionate service
and advocacy to change unfair policies and systems
• Provide educational experiences that lead to
personal change in order to transform the world
PRINCIPLES & VALUES
Principles and values of UMW and The United
Methodist Church include promoting:
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The empowerment of women, children & youth
Anti-racism and multiculturalism
Inclusion and equity
Fair labor practices
Economic and environmental stewardship and
sustainability
SCOPE OF THE WORK
The work of United Methodist women is MISSION.
ADVOCACY AND SERVICE
This has been the driving force since UMW began
in 1869 when eight (8) women met to learn about
women’s health and education needs in India.
They raised funds and sent an educator and
physician to work on behalf of women and
children who were considered “chattel.”
ADVOCACY & SERVICE
“He has told you, O mortal, what is good:
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
and to walk humbly with your God?”
Micah 6:8
The United Methodist Book of Discipline specifically
charges United Methodist Women to “support ministry
with and advocate for the oppressed and disposed with
special attention to the needs of women, children and
youth.”
MISSION INITIATIVES
UMW’s entire program focuses on mission. The
mission initiatives include:
• Providing opportunities to grow spiritually
• Equipping women and girls to be leaders
• Providing transformative educational experiences
• Organizing for growth and flexibility
• Working for justice through service and advocacy
MEMBERS GET INVOLVED
As a member of United Methodist Women,
you can be a part of a growing, supportive
community and contribute to its continual
growth when you:
SUPPORT
ACT
PARTICIPATE
SUPPORT
• Develop spiritually by prayer and
Bible study
• Support Financially with a Pledge
to Mission and other donations
• Intellectually through education
about mission and mission projects
ACT
• Get involved in both charity and
justice issues
• Be intentional about the use of the
world’s resources
• Strengthen the supportive
community by joining UMWOnline
PARTICIPATE
• Learn about the changing needs in
mission
• Live a life of praise and thanksgiving
• Develop a relationship with
missionaries
• Partner with our institutions or
projects at home and around the
world
WHAT MEMBERS DO
• Members engage in the work of UMW at every
level of the organization around all the different
topics and issues we care about.
• Members – Organize Events
• Members – Serve their Communities
• Members – Act for Justice
• Members – Get Involved
Members Organize Events
• Organize vigils and legislative events around justice
issues
• Host potlucks, bake sales, rummage sales and socials at
their churches to raise funds for mission work
• Attend and organize Schools of Mission in their
conferences or panel discussions on important issues
• Attend Assembly, the quadrennial celebration of women
in mission
• Start Reading Program book clubs and circles for quilting
and knitting
• Plan service and advocacy opportunities in their
communities
Members Serve
Their Communities
• Local units, districts and conferences keep thirty
percent of all raised funds for mission work to
encourage support for local communities. With
these funds, members . . .
o Support local National Mission Institutions and
other local community centers
o Volunteer at community centers and schools
o Serve as leaders on their school boards and
churches
Members Act for Justice
UMW members believe that charity is a gift, but
social action helps change systems that keep people
oppressed and dispossessed. To fulfill God’s call to
bring heaven on earth, members
• Sign up for Action Alerts through the Social Action
Network
• Contact their representatives to vote for legislation
aiding women, children and youth
• Serve their communities through partnership with
UMW community centers and institutions
ACTION ISSUES
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Human Trafficking
Domestic Violence
Women’s Rights
Immigration
Health Care
Environment
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Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Public Education
Child Advocacy
Global Justice
. . . and more
LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
Leadership Development Days 2013-2014
The Leadership Development Days (LDD) is a
week-end filled with practical, hands-on
experiences, moving worship services,
workshops, networking and more for UMW
members newly elected to leadership positions
of the organization and anyone who wants to
participate
April 24 - 27
Pre-conference Events
Ubuntu Day of Service 8 am – 4 pm
READING PROGRAM
The Reading Program is a study opportunity
that promotes action. Books are organized
into the following five categories.
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Education for Mission
Leadership Development
Social Action
Nurturing for Community
Spiritual Growth
New Resources
for Social Action
Resources for Racial Justice 2013 update of
the Racial Justice Manual. Workshops,
programs, action steps and more to prepare
us to live the Charter for Racial Justice.
Hope and Hospitality This manual equips
us to advocate for migrants' rights: Bible
studies, programs, worship resources,
policy, issues and social action steps.
umwmissionresources.org
RESOURCES
Response Magazine
Monthly Bible studies, stories of
faith, and mission opportunities
are just part of what you'll find in
Response. This magazine will
touch your heart, stir your soul,
and challenge your mind.
RESOURCES
UMW News
United Methodist Women News is a free 8-page newspaper
highlighting recent events and issues happening within the
organization and its members.
UMWonline
Enter Chat" and see who else is online and what they are talking
about. Enter an existing Chat Room or start your own.
Action Alerts
Action Alerts on key congressional legislation and public
policies are sent to individuals participating in the Action
Network.
UBUNTU JOURNEYS
Ubuntu is an African word and proverb meaning
"I am human because you are human.“
Ubuntu Journeys are unique, short-term mission service
opportunities for UMW to interact with the world through
mission partners. Ubuntu Journeys are about women of faith
coming together though shared mission to address social issues
and discover new ways of working together, supporting one
another, and growing spiritually. United Methodist Women
Ubuntu participants will expand their understanding of issues
that impact the world and their community through mutual
learning with women from other cultures.
UBUNTU JOURNEYS
Each Ubuntu Journey connects women to women for a
faith and mission opportunity that will:
• Witness love and struggle; share challenges and
opportunities.
• Enhance cultural awareness; exchange ideas and skills.
• Learn where the UMW’s Mission Giving goes to
support more than 200 programs in 75 countries.
• Understand daily life with Methodist and United
Methodist, grassroots and ecumenical sisters around
the world.
AND MORE . . .
What we didn’t talk about . . .
• Structure of the organization (within
Resurrection, district, conference, jurisdiction,
national, global)
• Opportunities to become involved beyond
• Funding the Mission and Mission Giving
• Details about the Reading Program, Equipping
for Leadership, and other opportunities
STEP OUT AND BE BOLD
So what does all this information mean
for us . . . UMW Mavericks who want to
step out and be bold?
We are the newest Resurrection UMW
group and we have yet to find our
“personality” within the Mission, Vision
and Values of United Methodist Women!
STEP OUT AND BE BOLD
The great thing about this group is that
we can determine how we care for one
another, reach out to others, provide
opportunities for learning and spiritual
development, and how we “support, act
and participate” within the connectional
system. How exciting is that!
Information taken from:
United Methodist Women’s Website
(or Google United Methodist Women)
Http:Gbgm-umc.org/umw
Kansas East Conference Website
www.kecumw.org
(Downloads include the handbook and other information)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/umw
WHAT’S NEXT?
Putting
Faith, Hope and Love
Into
Action
Wherever it leads!
WHAT’S
HAPPENED
SINCE?
MAVERICK CIRCLE
• Four members of the Mavericks are on the
Board of United Methodist Women, including
the President. (Three were new to UMW.)
• Eight people went to Assembly, all NEW to
UMW
• Four members started the Difference Makers
with St. James United Methodist Church
DIFFERENCE MAKERS
Resurrection and St. James United Methodist
Church partnership – acting on National
Initiatives (with metro relationships &
understanding)
• Sexual Trafficking – around Super Bowl
• Maternal Health (national event)
• Developmental Disabilities (future)
• Get Your Spirit On – Women’s Evening of
Praise and Celebration
UMW – RESURRECTION
• New Board President, Vice President and
Journey Leaders (shared leadership with
great, experienced, wise board members)
• Board changes (National and Great Plains)
• New by-laws being written
• Dynamic and Strategic thinking – how can
UMW be the best it can be at Resurrection
and how can it best relate to all REZ women
UMW BOARD, cont.
• Events
– Rummage Sale – successful ongoing event
– Lenten Luncheon
– Clergy/staff care through lunch and plans for
other events in the future
– St. Paul School of Theology – how can we fulfill
our mission (faith/hope/love in action) with them
– Strangers No More – interfaith dialogue with
Jewish community
UNITED METHODIST
WOMEN
PROGRAMS
UMW BOARD EVENTS
WHY AND WHAT NEXT?
This event is being held as a result of conversations between United Methodist
Women President (UMW) Sharon Ritter and Social Action Chair Nancy Brown
from The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection who were moved to action
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STRANGERS
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The United Methodist
Church of the Resurrection
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
6:30-8:30 pm
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Location of the Event
‘Strangers No More’
Honoring sacred worth of all in confronting hate
by Nancy Brown and Sharon Ritter on August 25, 2014
Women and girls have sacred worth. This passionate belief inspired us to become Ambassadors
for Healthy Families, Healthy Planet, a program of the United Methodist General Board of
Church & Society. This same mindset also inspired us to become involved in United Methodist
Women, currently serving as President and Social Action Chair at The United Methodist Church
of the Resurrection, Leawood, Kan.
We don’t limit the value we place on human life to just women and girls.
We don’t limit the value we place on human life to just women and girls, however. So when a
tragedy occurred in our community on April 13, we joined Jewish leaders to convene a forum
called “Strangers No More” at our congregation.
The tragedy involved an act of hate by a lone gunman who entered the Overland Park Jewish
Community Center and started shooting, killing three persons. Two of the victims, a 14-year-old
boy and his grandfather, were members of Church of the Resurrection. Another victim, a woman,
was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church.
None of these victims was Jewish, but rather belonged to “us,” as many would say. But in
reality, they belonged to us all, the Christian and Jewish Communities, and the family of God.
Strangers to one another
After the murders, Rabbi Mark Levin of Congregation Beth Torah in Overland Park wrote a
letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who was coming to speak about the tragedies. “Jews
are seen on a continuum between outsider and beloved friend,” Levin wrote. “But few of our
neighbors truly understand us or our religion, neither do they desire to. We are largely strangers
to one another.”
Few of our neighbors truly understand us or our religion, neither do they
desire to.
These words spoke to our hearts. It was time for the two communities to come together to
become better acquainted, share their stories, culture, traditions and history, and learn from one
another. Out of this came the “Strangers No More” forum.
During the event, Rabbi Rebecca Reice of Congregation Beth Torah and the Rev. Karen Lampe, executive pastor of
the Church of the Resurrection, addressed the interfaith audience, made up equally of Christians and Jews. They
talked about the fundamental precepts and practices of their faiths and religions. They addressed a number of
topics, including the role of prayer, holidays, concept of after-life and view of Christ within their communities.
Foremost, they discussed the similarities and the differences of their faiths without apology, but with great
understanding and desire to hear and learn from one another.
Genuine interest
It was wonderful to witness the genuine interest in the dialogue among participants, seated in groups around small
tables. Even after adjournment, most of the attendees stayed longer to continue their conversations and make plans
to get together for more dialogue and to attend one another’s religious services.
The evaluations we received were overwhelmingly positive, requesting that future events be planned.
As Ambassadors of the Healthy Families, Healthy Planet project, we have experienced the dynamic and sometimes
surprising intersections of the many things ambassadors do in serving God in their church and community. In all
ministry areas we have taken to heart the question: “What would the Church look like if women and girls were seen
as children of God with sacred worth?”
In the case of the shootings, we understood our response to include reaching out to those of the Jewish faith, many
of whom feel as if they are strangers in their midst.
Expand basic idea
While we as Healthy Families, Healthy Planet Ambassadors focus on women and girls, we can expand this basic
idea in so many ways, to those who are marginalized, poor, abused, downtrodden, viewed as “less-than,” chattel,
property, etc.
We now have a wonderful opportunity with our new Jewish friends to discover ways and find commonalities on
how to focus on our shared identity as children of God. Our next event will focus on prejudice and anti-Semitism.
This is on the rise throughout the world, where demonstrators have marched in major cities chanting: "Death to the
Jews," "Hitler was right," "Jews to the gas chambers," and "Reopen Auschwitz."
Just as in Overland Park, locations have been targeted simply because they are Jewish sites.
Sept. 25 marks the beginning of Yamim Noraim, or the High Holy Days, this year. We are using this occasion to
call on our Christian brothers and sisters to pray for Jews throughout the world who are facing anti-Semitic hatred
and violence.
Let’s focus on this question: “What would the community look like if all people were seen as children of God with
sacred worth?”
Editor's note: Nancy Brown and Sharon Ritter are Ambassadors of the Healthy Families, Healthy Planet project.
Funded by a grant from the United Nations Foundation and housed at the General Board of Church & Society,
DIFFERENCE
MAKERS
METRO-PROGRAMS
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
INTERCEPT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
January 11, 2014
9:30 am – Noon
The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection –
Downtown Campus
1522 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO
1522
PROGRAM AGENDA
9:30-10:00 am
Get-Acquainted Gathering with Fellowship and Food
10:00-10:30 am
Welcome – Nancy Brown, Board member, General Commission on the Status
and Role of Women, and Member, United Methodist Women
Insight and Information
 Carolyn Celestine, President, United Methodist Women, St. James
United Methodist Church
 Michelle Lentell, President of Maverick Circle, United Methodist
Women, The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection
Prayer – Rev. Cheryl Bell, The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection
10:30-11:45 am
Panel – Opening and Discussion moderated by Alice Ellison, Kansas City Metro
Community Advocate Women
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star Reporter and co-author of a five part
series on Human Trafficking
Kristy Childs, Founder and Executive Director of Veronica’s Voice whose
mission is to end commercial sexual exploitation
Jeff Lanza, an FBI Special Agent for over 20 years who investigated
human trafficking among other crimes
Rachel Bachenberg, member, United Methodist Women’s National
Human Trafficking Team
11:45 pm
Next Steps and Wrap-up – Nancy Brown and Alice Ellison
Noon
Photo Opportunity highlighting I-70 Corridor
Please write your questions on the index card which will be presented to the panelists.
For more information, see other side. Thank you for your interest and attendance.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
“YOU MAY CHOSE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY,
BUT YOU CAN NEVER AGAIN SAY ‘I DID NOT KNOW.’”
. . . William Wilberforce
If you suspect human trafficking or want to learn more, call
The Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-915-0045, or
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center, 1-888-373-7888
For more ways to help, visit
United Methodist Women: www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/act
Faith House of Acadiana: faithhouseacadiana.com
Metropolitan Center for Women and Children: www.mcwcgno.org
Trafficking Hope: www.traffickinghope.org
The Haven: www.havenhelps.org
Eden House: www.edenhousenola.org
Veronica’s Voice (local): www.veronicasvoice.org
PO Box 172472, Kansas City, MO 66117
Office: 816-483-7101 – Crisis Line: 816-728-0004
Safecenter@veronicasvoice.org
Exodus Cry (local): www.exoduscry.org
714 Main Street, Grandview, MO 64030
816-398-7490
info@exoduscry.com
Upcoming Events
January 13, 9:30 am-Noon: Human Trafficking – Next Steps, United Methodist Women’s Maverick Circle, The United
Methodist Church of the Resurrection, 13720 Roe Avenue, Leawood, KS 66224. Room 221
January 15, 2:00 pm: Webinar: Hope Through Healing: Addressing the Reproductive Health Needs of Human
Trafficking Survivors, sponsored by the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society and The Healthy Families,
Health Planet Project. Each year, millions of women and children are trafficked into sexual exploitation. While these
survivors of human trafficking face significantly high risk of STI transmission and severe damage to their reproductive
health, they often lack access to life-saving reproductive health services. As communities of faith, we are called to
respond to the injustices of human trafficking and inadequate access to health care through mission and advocacy. We
invite you to join us as we explore the intersections of reproductive health and human trafficking and learn how our
communities can take action. Register at: www.umchealthyfamilies.org
January 17, 7:00-9:30 pm: Film Nefarious: Merchant of Souls, at Church of the Resurrection, produced by Exodus Cry.
A hard-hitting documentary that exposes the disturbing trends in modern sex slavery, you will be ushered into the
nightmare of sex slavery that hundreds of thousands experience daily. You’ll see where slaves are sold (often in
developed, affluent countries, where they work, and where they are confined. You’ll hear firsthand interviews with real
victims and traffickers, along with expert analysis from international humanitarian leaders. From initial recruitment to
victim liberation – and everything in between – the previously veiled underworld of sex slavery is uncovered in the
groundbreaking, tell-all Nefarious: Merchant of Souls. For a free ticket, register: www.cor.org. (Search MLK in Missions.)
For more information about local UMW Women, contact:
Carolyn Celestine
816-820-6015
President, United Methodist Women
St. James United Methodist Church
Sharon Ritter
913-522-2318
President, United Methodist Women
The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection
HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
WOMEN & GIRLS OF SACRED WORTH
A program on maternal health and abundant life
presented by the Difference Makers*
May 3, 2014
9:30 am – Noon
St. James United Methodist Church
5540 Wayne Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64110
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1, 2014
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Carolyn Celestine
President, United Methodist Women
St. James United Methodist Church
PROGRAM AGENDA
816-820-6015
Sharon Ritter
913-522-2318
President, United Methodist Women
The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection
9:30-10:00 am
Get-Acquainted Gathering with Fellowship and Food
10:00-10:30 am
Welcome – Yvette Richards, President, National Board of Directors, United
Methodist Women
Insight and Information
 Carolyn Celestine, President, United Methodist Women, St. James
United Methodist Church
 Sharon Ritter, President of United Methodist Women, The United
Methodist Church of the Resurrection
WOMEN AND GIRLS OF SACRED WORTH – MAY 3, 2014
The public is invited to join United Methodist Women from the Kansas City Metro Area on May 3, 9:30 a.m.-Noon to learn more
about maternal health on a local and global scale. Every two minutes a woman or girl somewhere in the world dies from
complications during pregnancy or childbirth. Nearly all of these women live in places where poverty exists and healthcare is
Prayer – Rev. Kathy Williams, St. James United Methodist Church
inaccessible. Learn how we can work together to help create a world where this moral tragedy is dealt with through education,
empowerment and mobilization.
10:30-11:45 am
Opening
 Michelle Lentell, M.D. , United Methodist Women Maverick Circle
Leader, and member of the Difference Makers
Keynote
 Katey Zeh, Executive Director, Healthy Families, Healthy Planet
Panel Discussion
 Dianne Cleaver, Executive Director, Urban Neighborhood Initiative
 Jeff Baker, Director, Mission, Service and Justice Ministries, Missouri
Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
 Dr. Michelle Lentell and Katey Zeh
11:45 pm
Next Steps and Wrap-up
The May 3 program will be held at St. James United Methodist Church, 5540 Wayne, Kansas City, MO. The Difference Makers,
United Methodist Women from St. James United Methodist Church and The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, are
hosting this event for persons of all faiths. Join us for coffee and a light breakfast during gathering time from 9:30-10:00 pm. The
featured speaker is Katey Zeh, Executive Director of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society Healthy Families,
Healthy Planet initiative. Katey was recently included among the top fourteen faith leaders to watch by the Faith & Progressive
Policy Initiative of the Center for American Progress (CAP). According to CAP, Katey is an “emerging thinker and organizer around
global maternal health and issues of reproductive justice in a faith-based context . . . using her theological training and policy
expertise to decry unfair policies that hurt women and to life up the stories of those affected.”
Included in the program is an informal panel discussion and dialogue, which will begin at 10:00 a.m., followed by action steps and
sharing of resources that will focus on ways to change systems and remove barriers that prevent women from achieving healthy
pregnancies and birth. The prominent panelists include Dianne Cleaver, Executive Director, Urban Neighborhood initiative, Jeff
Baker, Director of Mission, Service and Justice Ministries, Missouri Annual Conference, United Methodist Church, and Michelle
Lentell, M.D., Obstetrician/Gynecologist, and United Methodist Women Maverick Circle Leader of the United Methodist Church of
the Resurrection. The panel facilitator will be Yvette Richards, National President, United Methodist Women.
Registration is not necessary but preferred. To register go to www.cor.org/women. For more information, contact Carolyn
Celestine, United Methodist Women President, St. James United Methodist Church, 816-820-6015, or Sharon Ritter, United
Methodist Women President, The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, 913-522-2318.
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* The Difference Makers are United Methodist women of action from St. James United Methodist Church and The United Methodist
Church of the Resurrection networking together for change. UMW turning faith, hope and love into action on behalf of women, children
and youth around the world.
Please write your questions on the index card which will be presented to the panelists.
For more information, see other side. Thank you for your interest and attendance.
CELEBRATION EVENT
WHAT’S NEXT?
Putting
Faith, Hope and Love
Into
Action
Wherever it leads!