From the Treasurer

Pledge to Mission Special Mission Recognition Gift to Mission Gift in Memory World Thank Offering
Think Undesignated Mission Giving...It Makes Mission Possible!

Thank You!!
2009 Conference Giving News
Click to read Exciting News about YOUR Giving!

Western North Carolina FIRST IN NATION for 2009!
Thank you! Every Mission Dollar makes a difference!

UPDATED: Financial Handbook 2009-2012
Click here to download the updated financial pages for the 2009-2012 United Methodist Women Handbook

New! Mission Giving Video!
Check it out!  The Women's Division has produced a new online video about YOUR Mission Giving.  It is now available on our website.

New Gift to Mission Card Designs

New Gift in Memory Card Designs

Calling all United Methodist Women to...Prayer and Self Denial!

Has your unit made plans to celebrate Call to Prayer and Self Denial this year? This special observance is usually held the first few months of each new year. The theme for 2010 is “Property Makes Mission Possible". 

The 2010 Call to Prayer and Self-Denial offering fund will provide for capital expenditures at mission institutions related to the Women’s Division of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Women’s national policy-making arm. In the United States, these institutions include community centers, women’s residences, schools, colleges and residential treatment centers. Internationally, these institutions include hostels, residences, hospitals, clinics, schools, and community and day-care centers. The offering will be divided between U.S. and international projects. Funds from this observance will be used to expand facilities for new and emerging programs, as well as for repairs and renovations to maintain and enhance established ministries with women, children and youth.

The Quiet Day service for Call to Prayer & Self Denial and a Prayer Card that you could use in your local unit are available for download here on our website.  Click here for more information.

World Thank Offering
One of the Five Channels of Mission Giving...that makes a difference, every day, in the lives of women, children, and youth around the world

World Thank Offering CalendarShare in an "attitude of gratitude", by making gifts out of gratitude for God's abundance, and in celebration of the joys of life. What are some of the things you are most grateful for this year? Do you have a World Thank Box, or jar, or other container?  If not, make yourself one, and put it in a place where you will see it often. Make contributions throughout the year as you experience God's abundance in your life.  Most local units collect the World Thank Offering during November.

Make your own World Thank Container.  Download World Thank Offering Graphic   And, here's another idea...cut out some pictures from Response Magazine and paste them to your container!

A Month of Giving...An Attitude of Gratitude:  World Thank Offering Calendar that you could use or adapt in your local unit...Click here to download  [Word file] [PDF file]

Western North Carolina...
FIRST IN THE NATION IN 2009!

Mission Giving in Western North Carolina...
Western North Carolina leads the Nation in giving in 2009!

The United Methodist women of the Western North Carolina Conference continue to be NUMBER ONE...for the 9th consecutive year! We have received confirmation from Women's Division that the Western North Carolina Conference was FIRST IN THE NATION for 2009 in the following channels of giving through United Methodist Women:
  • Special Mission Recognition
  • Gift to Mission
  • Gift in Memory
  • World Thank Offering
  • TOTAL UNDESIGNATED MISSION GIVING
  • TOTAL GIVING!!

The United Methodist Women of our conference...YOU...have led the nation in Mission Giving for the last NINE years. Wow!  It is an incredible thing to witness the generosity of United Methodist Women in this conference.  It is always fun to celebrate being first...but the real cause for celebration is in the mission made possible by your giving.  Because of YOU...sharing the love of Jesus Christ will be made possible in places across the country and around the world.  Here are just a few of the ways that you are making that possible...many times in places where these things would not otherwise be available:

  • By providing medical care, including joining the fight against the scourge of HIV/AIDS in Africa, and caring for HIV/AIDS orphans
  • By providing scholarships, and education & enrichment opportunities for children and youth
  • By supporting the Bible Women program...which provides training in basic healthcare and Bible study for women from rural communities in some of the poorest countries in the world.  These women return home to share their faith and their knowledge with other women in their communities.
  • By providing opportunities for at-risk youth to stay off of the streets, and away from drugs & violence
  • By helping to meet basic needs, like clean water, food, and housing
  • By providing support for national and international mission institutions and programs
  • By working against injustice
  • And, more....these are just a few...YOU are in mission around the world

We led the nation in giving again in 2009, and as a conference, we met and exceeded our $815,000 Pledge to Mission.  giving a total in undesignated Mission Giving of $844,618.

We need to continue to tell the story of the mission made possible by our giving...at every opportunity! Our support for mission projects and personnel around the world makes mission possible...sharing the love of Christ, and touching the lives of women, children and youth.

Our nation and our world are experiencing very challenging economic times. It is a time when women, children & youth need the work of mission institutions and their programs the most. As we plan events and projects for 2010...in local units, districts, and as a conference...telling the story of Mission Giving needs to be a priority. It is not about being #1...it is about making mission possible, and knowing that women, children and youth around the world are being helped by our giving.

If you want to know more about where your money goes, check out the pages of each issue of Response Magazine!

Through your giving...YOU make mission possible, and YOU make a difference, every day, in the lives of women, children and youth around the world.

 
Thank you!
 
Watch for this symbol of interlocking circles. You will be reading about a program and/or person supported by your Mission Giving.
 
Sharing - The Symbol for Undesignated Giving
 

Special Mission Recognition

Special Mission Recognition is one of the five channels of Mission Giving.  A Special Mission Recognition is a gift to mission in honor of someone...which is symbolized by a small gold pin and a certificate, with various minimum gift amounts for different pins as follows:

What a wonderful way to honor someone special in your life, in the life of your church, or in the life of your community!  Honor someone for their mission service...a friend, a dedicated volunteer, a pastor, a leader of a program or project, a committed United Methodist Woman, a committed United Methodist Man....the possibilities are only limited by your imagination. 
 
It is also a great way to make an alternative gift…by making a special gift to mission in someone’s honor…for a birthday, Christmas, anniversary, graduation, etc. 
 
Both individuals and local units of United Methodist Women can decide to honor someone with a Special Mission Recognition.  You may make your gift and order a special mission recognition pin through your local unit treasurer.
 
Your gifts through Mission Giving form the broad base of mission support that makes a difference, every day, in the lives of women, children, and youth...around the world. Thank You!

 

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Gift to Mission Cards

2010 Conference Love Offering
A Gift to Undesignated Mission Giving...
In Honor of Children Experiencing God's Love in Action

2010 Conference Financial Goal
To Increase the number of local units giving in ALL Five Channels of Mission Giving

2010 Hands On Mission Opportunities
 School of Christian Mission
Annual Meeting

 

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