Northwest District

Non-Profit Organization
U. S. Postage Paid
Sheffield, AL 35660
Permit No. 34 A Publication of the
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Northwest District UMW
I am honored to be your new President pf the Northwest District, and I
2017 Conference look forward to meeting you and serving you in 2017. We want to help
all new and old elected officers by having two leadership training events.
Events The first is March 12, and registration is at 2:30 with training at 2:45-4:00
Refresh and Retreat, at Isbell UM Church in Russellville, AL. The second is March 19 with reg-
April 7-8 ,Sumatanga istration at 2:30, and training at 2:45-400 at Kings Memorial in Decatur,
TO: AL.
Registration Forrm, p.3
Please note the calendar of events and encourage your members to
Health Form, p.9 attend. We would love to have 100 % particIpation in 2017. I hope you
will make this your goal this year. Please
remember our district team is here to serve
you anyway we can. You may call on us to
2017 District Events bring programs to your unit or just to visit
And Reports your unit.
Jennie Turney
Presidents Report and
Census Form, p.1
Vice President s Report,
Officer Training and
Spiritual Enrichment, p.2 Below is officers being Installed at Annual Meeting.
The Purpose of United Methodist Women
United Methodist Women shall be a community of women whose pur- 2016 Year End Reports
pose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons Due, p. 4
through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; District Officers, 4-5
Hands On Mission Post-
and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global
er, p.6
ministries of the church. Census Report and Dont
The Purpose was adopted by the General Conference of the United Methodist Forget Your Dimes, p.9
Church as the official mission statement of the United Methodist Women.

Out of the Purpose there are four mission focI that relate to
the mission initiatives and priorities of United Methodist Women.
To be a community of women
ENRICHMENT AT SALEM
To know God
To develop a creative and supportive fellowship
To expand concepts of mission
SPIRITUAL UNITED METHODIST Women 2016 Census Form
The national division of UMW needs all local unit Presidents to
UMC, HARTSELLE go on-line to unitedmethodistwomen.org and complete a census
APRIL 22, 9:30 for 2016. Then you select your local unit and complete the infor-
mation ASAP. This information will enable UMW to see our
needs. This will take about 3 minutes. Thanks!!!
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VICE-PRESIDENTS REPORT
Greetings, Sisters-in-Christ!
I am excited to write to you for the first time as your Vice-President and know that you will enjoy the many ex- DONT FORGET TO SAVE YOUR DIMES!!
citing events and training opportunities our Committee on Program is working on for you for 2017! I am also
excited for you to have Jennie Turney as your new President! If you dont already know Jennie, you owe it to If you went to the grocery store and had a dime to spend, I think you would agree
yourself to come to our events to meet her and get to know her because to know her is to love her! She is a that a dime wouldnt get you very muchif anything! I mean, really, what can a
very hard working and dedicated United Methodist Woman and Christian lady. We are most fortunate to have
her as our new leader. dime get you? Would you believe that a dime can build buildings, buy 168 bunk
beds, buy new chairs for an auditorium, make building accessible for people with
Our first events of the year will be Officer Training Events. This cycle, we are offering training in two different
places because of the large size of our district in the hope that it will allow more people to attend. We also lis- special needs and much, much more? Impossible you say? No, it is only impossi-
tened to those of you who suggested that a Sunday afternoon would be better for you to attend a training event, ble when we use our own dimes, but it becomes possible when we join our dimes
so this year, we will hold our training on Sunday afternoons. If you hold a local office in your UMW, it is impera- together. Did you know that in the 1950s, women such as my mom, Celia Vest,
tive that you make ever effort to attend one of these training events. If you simply cannot attend, please try and
make sure someone from your unit attends in your place to get the valuable information for you. We all need to were asked to give ten cents a month to help furnish the Lodge. Those women, then called the WSCS
(Womens Society of Christian Service) did just that. That is why we have the Lodge today. We can
Officer Training 1 Sunday, March 12th Reg. 2:30 ISBELL also thank faithful womens giving for Eva Walker and so much more over the years. The needs of car-
ing for buildings and grounds of a camp are never ending, so there will always be needs to be me. Per-
(2 Tim 2:15) Training 2:45 4:00 (10650 Hwy 43 sonally, Id like to see more accessible restrooms throughout the Sumatanga grounds. This, and so
much more, can become a reality if we continue to give Sumatanga dimes. The South Central District
Russellville, AL 35654) wrote in their recent newsletter that a 16 ounce water bottle would hold $80 worth of dimes. A sugges-
Officer Training 2 Sunday, March 19th Reg. 2:30 KINGS MEMORIAL tion was made that each circle/unit fill a water bottle with Dimes for Sumatanga. I believe the North-
west District can do that was well. I am issuing a challenge to each local church to fill one 20 ounce
(2 Tim 2:15) Training 2:45 4:00 (702 McCartney St. NW, water bottle with dimes. If my math is correct that should be $100.00 (if 16 ounces is $80.00). I
know we can do this! Imagine what we can do for our beloved Sumatanga if just half of our churches
meet this goal! Who will work on this challenge with me to show that a dime is still worth a lot today?
Spiritual Enrichment April 22nd Reg. 9:30 10 SALEM HARTSELLE Id love to hear from you!!!

Love Isnt Love, Until
It is Given Away
Mini-Mission u
Event 10 11:30 (3018 Barkley Bridge Rd., Deb LEGACY FUND UPDATE
Hartselle, AL 35640)
Since 2015 March 23 has been a Day of Giving for United Methodist Women. We have been
September 16th Reg. 9:00 9:30 ATHENS 1st (Probably at
asked to give to the Legacy Fund on that day, a fitting way to celebrate our birthday. The
Beasley Center) first gathering of what is now United Methodist Women was on March 23, 1869. That means
Event 9:30 2:00
(208 West Hobbs St., Ath- we are 148 years old this year and will be 150 in 2019. The Legacy Fund was established in
2014 with the idea of a five year push to raise funds to finance our mission for 150 more years.

Annual Meeting October 21st Reg. 9:30 10:00 ST. LUKE SHEFFIELD Our conference goal is to have every member to pledge and give $18.69 annually from 2015-
2019. March 23 will be an excellent day to start this if you have not and to continue if you
Event 10:00 11:40 (300 East 17th St., have. You can find pledge cards in Response, in your Prayer Calendar, or go online to
Sheffield, AL 35660) unitedmethodistwomen.org/legacy.
We will be having a silent auction at Annual Meeting in October to raise additional funds for the
Legacy Fund. You can give by donating items and also by bidding on items. So bring your
know what is expected of us in the offices we hold and what type of paperwork we are to do each year. I pray crafts, your crochet, quilt, knitting, tatting, whatever you create or would like to donate will be
that this year we will set an attendance record with the number of people attending our Officer Training welcomed. We want every unit to bring at least one item. We are cleaning out the UMW of-
Events. More information will be provided on later events closer to time. Our Spiritual Enrichment
Event on April 22nd at Salem, Hartselle is going to be different than weve had in many years. How fice at Camp and have some interesting items to place at auction. You wont want to miss it.
about that? It will be the 4 Es! Love Isnt Love, Until it is Given Away. God is love. This we know.
Jesus is the perfect example of love. God gave His love, His only Son, away for us to pay for our sins!
Do we have this type of love? What are we doing with it? Are we giving it away? Come to Spiritual
Enrichment and explore answers to these questions! See you in March and in April! God bless you and
keep you in His tender care!
Deb Wade ddvwade@gmail.com (256)303-1527 962 Black Rd., Somerville, AL 35670
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2016 YEAR-END REPORTS *DUE* OR *PAST DUE* - PLEASE GET IN

ASAP

At our 2016 Annual Meeting, we handed out on our registration table all of the end of the year reports
with instructions as to whom you were to send them. We ask that you send these reports in for your
units as soon as possible. Below is a list of the reports due and the name of the person to send them to
as well as her contact information. Please note that you slow the process down and can even cause pa-
perwork to get lost if you send paperwork to the wrong person. Thank you, in advance, for sending the
reports to the proper person.

MISSION TODAY FORMS READING PROGRAM

EXCELLENCE IN STUDY FORMS Send forms (list books, tell categories,
Both of these are to be sent to: whether you are reading Plan I, II, III
JIMMIE PRUETT or IV)
2307 Rockingham Lane SW Send to:
Decatur, AL 35603 PEGGY RICHARDS
jimmie@deerfootestates.com 914 Pattillo St. SW, Apt. 3A
Questions? Call her at 256.355.8127 Hartselle, AL 35640
peggyrichards52@yahoo.com
Questions? Call her at
256.612.9080

CHARTER FOR RACIAL JUSTICE 5 CHANNELS OF GIVING

Send your information on what your Send you information on what
your
Unit has done to meet the requirements Unit has done to meet the require-
ments
for the Charter to: to:
Phyllis Smith Shannon Owens
8561 Old Water Plant Rd. 117 Lott Rd.
Russellville, AL 35654 Hartselle, AL 35640
phyl1950@gmail.com shanow08@charter.net
Questions? Call her at 256.332.5613 Questions? Call her at
256.303.2436

MEMBERSHIP REPORTS (Where you report total members as of 01/01/2016, members lost, members
gainedand whyand number of members as of 12/31/2016)
Send to:
Kristy Wharton
1939 S. Brownstone Ct. SW
Decatur, AL 35603
KristyWharton14@gmail.com
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NAME OFFICE ADDRESS PHONE(S) EMAIL/UNIT REPRESENTED Pat Denier Communications 1918 N. Bee- (256) 710-1801 pdenier@comcast.net
Coordinator chwood Dr.
Florence, AL
35630
Jennie Turney President 2100 Pinehurst (256) 773-5739 jennieturney@yahoo.com
St. SW

Hartselle, AL Suzy Mullins Committee on 100 Willow Bend (256) 381-5413 angeltodd31770@aol.com
Nominations (CON) Ct. Sheffield, AL Home
35640 Chair 35660
*Class of 2018
Deb Wade Vice President 962 Black Rd. (256) 778-7783 ddvwade@gmail.com
Home Fay Smith CON Member 193 Kelly Drive (256) 332-4290
Somerville, AL
*Class of 2019 Russellville,AL
(256) 303-1527 35653
35670
Cell Carolyn Besnyl CON Member 116 Aycock Rd. (256) 462-2016
*Class of 2019 Hartselle,AL
Joy Hill Secretary 2218 Riverbend (256) 355-5535 thomaswhillt@aol.com 35640
Court SE Home
Laura Harde- CON Member 310 Colonial Dr. (256) 764-0021 hardemanj@yahoo.com
Decatur, AL man *Class of 2020 Florence, AL
35633
35601
Marie Town- Parliamentarian 144 Creekwood (256) 766-0042 citylimitfloal@gmail.com
Shannon Ow- Treasurer 117 Lott Rd. (256) 303-2436 shanow08charter.net send Circle
ens Florence, AL
Hartselle, AL 35640
35640 Connie Nix Historian 229 County Road (256) 757-3010
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Florence, AL
Brenda Mission Coord. For 132 Moore Rd. (256) 778-7270 greeneb1951@yahoo.com 35634
Greene Spiritual Growth
Somerville, AL Carolyn War- Registrar 201 William Ct. (256) 627-8688 cswarrington@att.net
rington Florence, AL
35670 35630

Jeannie Vin- CON Member 901 River Road (256)383-0287

Jimmie Pruett Mission Coord. For 2307 Rocking- (256) 355-8127 jimmie@deerfootestates.com cent *Class of 2020 Muscle Shoals,
Education & Inter- ham Lane SW AL 35661

pretation CONFERENCE OFFICERS ALSO SERVING ON OUR DISTRICT TEAM

Decatur, AL
(E&I) 35603
Barbara Danley Conference 801 Eastman 256-383-7221 Jdanley68@comcast.net
CON 2018 Ave.
Tuscumbia, AL
35674

Shae Lindsey Conference 255 Tannehill (256) 483-0840 Salindsey8@yahoo.com

Phyllis Smith Mission Coord. For 8561 Old Water (256) 332-5613 phyl1950@gmail.com Spiritual Growth Blvd
Social Action Plant Rd. Killen, AL 35645

Russellville, AL Faye Snellings Conference 307 Highbury Dr. 256-760-9920 rfayesnell@bellsouth.net

35654 MN&O Florence, AL
35633
Kristy Whar- Mission Coord. For 1939 S. Brown- (256) 919-1194 KristyWharton14@gmail.com
ton Membership, Nur- stone Ct SW
ture & Outreach
Decatur, AL
(MN&O)
35603

Peggy Rich- Secretary of Pro- 914 Pattillo St. (256) 612-9080 peggyrichards52@yahoo.com
ers are: Jacque Clay (2565934725, jclay@charter.net), Olene McGowen, Ruth Brooks, Carol
action.