Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Planning for 2009

The Missouri Conference United Methodist Women held our Fall Planning Meeting and District Officer Training on the 7th and 8th of November. Our host church was Fairview UMC in Columbia, and as usual with the meetings we have held there, the pastor Nick Campbell, really treated us royally. It was good to come in after driving from all parts of the state to hot coffee and a warm meeting room.
Our theme this year was DOZENS OF D.O.T.S and we carried out the theme in creative ways. Our 12 Districts (x) 12 Officers gave us plenty of opportunities to DOT our t's and CROSS our eyes. We had a great time.
The Conference Mission Team will start off the year with our Legislative Event, in early March. Missouri's Legislative Event is the oldest UMW Event of it's kind in the U.S. Now, that's not to say that we are the oldest UMWs in the U.S. However, the Rev. Ron Graham did call me an old lady once! I should have challenged him to a Smack Down. He's older than dirt!
Then in May, we will host our Spiritual Growth Retreats. June is Missouri Annual Conference and we we again hold our Annual Walk for Mission Giving. Head's up...we'll all be in RED.
July is our Cooperative School of Christian Mission. That event is sponsored by the General Church and UMW. We always have marines there........a few really good men! But, of course we would always welcome more, as we learn and celebrate the Mission work of the United Methodist Church. CSOCM is held at our own Central Methodist College in Fayette.
In September, we will travel to Poplar Bluff for our Annual Meeting. October will be District Meetings and then it will be time to plan for 2009.
Check out our Web Pages on the moumethodist.org web site, for the exact dates of our events.
United Methodist Women is SOOOOO alive and well in the state of Missouri.

1 comment:

Terri Mayeaux said...

Amen!

District officers will now be ready to train local unit officers. Amazing how organization, creativity, and fun can all be part of the day; while at the same time, we're all very serious about our Purpose and our commitment to mission.

Can't wait to see the "red"...