United Women in Faith:
Connecting, Nurturing, and Serving Together
United Women in Faith
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Looking For Something Sweet?
Bonnie Artell is back to making her delicious jams and currently has homemade strawberry jam available for $7.00. If you are interested in purchasing a jar or two, please contact Bonnie bonnieartell@gmail.com or call Bonnie at 908-766-0793 to make arrangements. Proceeds go to support UMF mission.
If you have any 8-oz or 4-oz mason jars to recycle please let Bonnie know and she will put them to good use!
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All United Women in Faith events, circles and ministries are open to all women and youth of BJUMC, friends, and the community.
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Mondays at 9:00am, Walk and Talk will meet at Harry Dunham Park. We meet in the parking lot off Liberty Corner Road and will walk for about one hour. Open to all!! Contact person: Barbara Conca, conca@optonline.net.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
United Women in Faith and the Hearts2Hands ministry at Bishop Janes Church is collecting hand knit/crochet winter wear to donate to Knit The Rainbow, a nonprofit that distributes to homeless and at risk LGBTQIA+ youth in New York City. For more information, please contact Linda Cargo at cargoph@aol.com.
Mission u 2025: Practicing Hope Together
Join the Greater NJ United Women in Faith for Mission u 2025 to explore the powerful theme "Practicing Hope Together."
This 3-day in-person event from July 18-20 will guide participants through Jesus's resurrection appearances and early Christian communities to discover what it means to practice hope, especially when everything seems to be falling apart.
Three inspiring curricula are available for different age groups:
For Adults: "Practicing Hope" by Tabatha Holley explores finding hope in challenging times, addressing questions like "What is hope in the face of neofascism?" and "How does Christ teach us to embody hope when our backs are against the wall?" Through eight sessions, participants will explore different aspects of hope through Scripture, discussion, and "soul tending" practices.
For Youth: "Communities of the Spirit" examines hope in early post-resurrection Christian communities, guiding youth to consider what components they need in their own spiritual communities.
For Children: "Hope as a Resurrection People" helps children build trust in Jesus as they develop courage and hope during uncertain times. Children will create a "Tree of Hope" to reflect on people, places, and activities that nurture hope.
Centenary University, 400 Jefferson St, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 Register online at https://na.eventscloud.com/825670. All study materials are available at uwfaithresources.org.
Join us to learn together for the transformation of the world!
Help Ana Continue Her Music Ministry
Many of you may remember Ana, the talented young Cuban pianist who blessed our worship service last summer with her beautiful music. Today, we have a special opportunity to support her musical journey.
Despite challenging living conditions, Ana remains dedicated to her music. She lives in a rural area of western Cuba where power outages occur 70% of the time. This makes an electric piano impractical due to the frequent power cuts, Ana needs an acoustic piano to continue practicing and developing her extraordinary talent.
Ana's family is unable to afford a piano on their own, and the Missions and Outreach Team is reaching out to our church to raise the money needed to procure one. The total cost to purchase, transport, and set up an acoustic piano for Ana is approximately ~ $766, which includes:
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$350 for the piano
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$250 for transporting the piano from Havana to her home in Pinar del Rio
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$75 for repairs and tuning
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Additional costs for technical services and fees
Good news! United Women in Faith has already committed $250 toward this project. The Missions and Outreach Team has also pledged to cover any expenses not raised through our congregation's donations.
If you feel called to support Ana's musical journey, please mark your donation "Ana Piano." Any funds received beyond our goal will be given directly to Ana's family to support their needs.
Thank you for considering this opportunity to share God's love across borders through the gift of music!
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The face to face outreach, the community-based fundraisers, the coming together in kitchens, living rooms and fellowship halls to make food, sew quilts, knit prayer shawls or to assemble school, health, layette and cleaning kits is what United Methodist Women of Faith do across the country. We host forums and legislative days and prayer vigils and spiritual retreats. While serving the immediate needs where we live come together as na organization to end systemic issues of mass incarceration, economic inequality, climate injustice and poor maternal and child health outcomes. Empowering women everywhere changes the world for the better for everyone. Click here for a message from your Bishop Janes UWF Leadership Team.
The PURPOSE of the United Women in Faith:
United Women in Faith 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; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the Church.
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Our work is inspired by our PURPOSE and turning faith, hope, and love into action. Making this statement a living reality is our goal. Commitment to God’s calling, sensitivity to others, openness to new ideas and a heart for mission are all needed to foster the values that are at the core of the PURPOSE.
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The mission focuses that can be found within the PURPOSE are as follows:
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To be a community of women
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To know God
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To experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ
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To expand concepts of mission
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To participate in global ministries
The vision of United Women in Faith is to “turn faith, hope and love into action on behalf of women, children and youth around the world.” This is lived out through the following actions:
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We provide opportunities and resources to grow spiritually, become more deeply rooted in Christ and put faith into action.
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We are organized for growth with flexible structures leading to effective witness and action.
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We equip women and girls around the world to be leaders in communities, agencies, workplaces, governments and churches.
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We work for justice through compassionate service and advocacy to change unfair policies and systems.
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We provide education experiences that lead to personal change in order to transform the world.
Membership
Membership is open to any woman who indicates her desire to belong and to participate in the global mission of the Church through United Women of Faith. The Pastor is considered a member of the UMWF and is welcome at all meetings.
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Monthly Gatherings
The United Women in Faith meet on the second Tuesday every month for either hands-on mission projects, guest speakers or guided discussion. Smaller groups such as Grace Circle or New Circle meet at various times throughout the month and special programs are held several times a year. The time, location and format of all gatherings and programs will be announced in the Sunday bulletin and in the Tower Bell.
UWIF Missions Giving
United Women in Faith fundraising efforts at Bishop Janes Church enable our unit to financially support local, and international mission giving as well as to support our own ministries including the Piecemaker Quilters and the Prayer Shawl Ministry. Each year the UMWF budget is carefully and prayerfully reviewed and set according to guidelines provided by the United Methodist Women National Office.
One of the ways that the UWIF has been able to creatively provide support to women in need around the world is by providing micro-loans through Kiva, an online organization founded in 2005 to expand financial access to help vulnerable and underserved individuals and communities improve their lives.
Since opening their account in 2007 our UWIF has made a total of 125 loans to women in 45 different countries. Total deposits have amounted to $563 with a total amount lent of $3,150.
As an example, the most recent loans made this past month were to four different women, each in the amount of $25: Ruhshona in Tajikistan to renovate her small cafeteria and bakery, Pamela in Ibarra, Equador to purchase equipment for her personal training business, Balbina in Paraguay to purchase pigs to breed and sell, and Germania in Tulcan, Equador to buy furniture and accessories for her hair salon. Each of these loans are special because they focus on the poorest one fifth of the population with no access to financial services.
We pray for these women to succeed and be able to provide financial support to their families, their children and their communities. For more information about Kiva go to their website, Kiva.org.
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