United Methodist Women/GBGM Women's Division/News Archive for 2004

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144 archived articles posted in 2004 found
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19 articles found for December, 2004

2005 Call to Prayer Grant Opportunity: Women Seeking Justice in the Workplace
In 2005, a Call to Prayer and Self-Denial grants will be open to all applications from national and international groups that fit the theme of "Women Seeking Justice in the Workplace."
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 29, 2004
Creating Peace
A World without Nuclear Weapons
The United States has more nuclear weapons than any other country on the planet. More and more countries possess nuclear weapons or have acquired the technology to make them. The tremendous resources that nations invest in nuclear arms development could be spent on education, health care, and anti-poverty programs.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 20, 2004
Apply NOW for Women's Division Public Education Summit
Applications are now being sought for a Public Education Summit, to be held July 29 -31, 2005 at Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville, Tennessee. This unique event is being planned as part of the Women's Division's ongoing Campaign for Children, Phase III, which is focused on advocacy in Public School Education.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 15, 2004
On Earth Peace! Good Will To All!
Violence! it frightens us? it intrigues us. It is personal? It is political. Media purveys it? soldiers parade it. Our Bible redeems it? Christian history reveals it. How do we turn from violence? Jesus was born into a violent world. When rumors of his birth and power spread, Matthew's account describes a state decree to kill all boy babies in the Bethlehem area.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 09, 2004
Important Message
New Customer Service Number for Response and New World Outlook Magazines
The new customer service number to order the Response and New World Outlook Magazines.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 03, 2004
President's Report: Kyung Za Yim Shares Vision for Future of the Women’s Division
In her opening remarks, Kyung Za Yim, president of the Women's Division, told Women's Division Board members that she was introduced to United Methodist Women through the Women's Division trainings provided to Korean-American women. "In the past 10 years," she said, "I have been to leadership training events, to U.N. seminars, Washington, D.C. seminars, Regional Schools of Christian Mission, Conference Schools of Christian Mission, the Korean Language Coordinator's trainings, and writer's workshops.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
Painting a Portrait of Our Future: An Invitation to Envision Our Life Together
For the next four years, we have an opportunity to paint a portrait of who we want to be—of what we want to hang on the wall for posterity. To paint this picture, we must dream dreams together and ask God for a vision. We call on the Holy Spirit to guide us to grapple honestly with where God wants us to be in coming years.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
How to get Information on the Women's Division Directors Meeting in Stampford Connecticut
On October 15-18, Women's Division directors met in Stamford, Conn., for their first board of directors meeting of the quadrennium.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
Where to find Information on the Women's Division Directors Meeting in Stamford Connecticut
On October 15-18, Women's Division directors met in Stamford, Conn., for their first board of directors meeting of the quadrennium.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
New Directors Begin Four-Year Tenure
Fifty new directors gathered in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 9-12, for the organizational meeting of the Women's Division and training about their responsibilities as new directors for the national arm of United Methodist Women. The new directors were elected in March by other United Methodist Women from their jurisdiction.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
Women Encouraging Voters
Women's Division leaders encouraged passersby to get to the polls.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
End Sterile Discussions, Choose Work for Peace
As United States presidential candidates continued to debate the justice of the war on Iraq, leaders from across religious traditions came together at the Church Center for the United Nation's observance of the International Day of Peace on September 21.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
Teen Advocates Say, Ending Child Labor Requires Rights for All People
Two teen delegates to an international conference on child labor shared their passion for that issue with directors of the Women's Division of The United Methodist Church's missions agency.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
Prayer Concern
Prayer for humanity.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
Poverty Survey to Assist United Methodist Women in Mission in Their Communities
During the summer of 2004, the section on Christian Social Responsibility (CSR) conducted a Poverty Survey, implemented by the Social Action Mission Coordinators from local units. It was a means to gather some basic data about the economic and social conditions in their communities.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
Women’s Division Supports Election Monitoring
The Women's Division Board of Directors, to help counteract possible voter disenfranchisement during the elections, worked with "Count Every Vote 2004," a nonpartisan project that sponsored training for monitoring in ten states.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
Greeted warmly by board members
Barbara Campbell addresses board members on the organization's 135-year history.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
2005 Reading Program Catalog
Free catalog listing of books to help education yourself for mission.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004
United Methodist Women: A Century+ In Mission
This multimedia CD-ROM allows you to learn about events, places, and actions of women organized for mission in the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren traditions for the past 135 years.
Source: Women's Division
Date posted: Dec 01, 2004