Habitat for Humanity Women Build

We are adding some exciting new opportunities for United Methodist Women this summer and fall. This Saturday June 13 is the First Women Build Dedication for Habitat for Humanity! The United Methodist Women of CUMC will be serving refreshments and donating a bucket of cleaning supplies to the new home owners. Please join us for the open house!

First Women Build Dedication
Saturday June 13 at 3:00 pm
3906 Strathmore Lane SE

Re-Fashions for the 4 Seasons Style Show

Join us at 3:00PM Sunday September 14 for dessert and a style show "Re-Fashions for the 4 Seasons". Women and girls from our church will be modeling spring, summer, fall, and winter fashions from our last UMW rummage sale. The cost is only $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for children and includes dessert, beverages, musical entertainment, and the style show. Tickets are available at the church office or at the UMW table in the Commons Sunday morning.

Please join us and bring a friend or 2! The children modeling are adorable. After the style show, you can come to our UMW rummage sale Sept 25 (3:00PM - 7:00PM) and Sept 26 (8:00AM - 7:00PM) to buy some "new" fashions for yourself.

SE District Introduction to Mission Studies

Many members of CUMC just returned from the School of Christian Missions at St. John's in Collegeville. We were inspired by our studies of I believe in Jesus; Living the Sacred, Giving our Hearts Away: Native American Study; and Israel/Palestine. Everyone is invited to the SE District UMW Introduction to Mission Studies on Tuesday August 12 at Preston UMC. The cost is $8. Supper will be served at 5:30PM followed by the programs. Childcare is available. Reservations are due Friday August 1. You can get a registration form at the UMW table in the Commons July 27 or contact Diane Hellie (dhellie@juno.com,507-288-7616).

May 1 Service of Remembrance

At the Service of Remembrance on May 1st, the United Methodist Women of our unit who have died during the year will be remembered -- Ruth Bishop, Marilyn Butler, Ruth McEnery, Aileen Nichols, Evelyn Nystrom, Ferris O'Grosky, Arlene Vogel. Robert and Patricia Scoggin will provide the special music. Pastor Nancy Wheeler Handlon will give the message and communion. The service is at 10:00 AM in the church chapel. A salad lunch provided by the Executive Committee will follow in Wesley Hall along with a business meeting. An offering for Call to Prayer and Self Denial will be taken. Thank you to Dorothy Lund Nelson for organizing the service!

UMW Rummage Sale April 10-12

The UMW Spring Rummage sale will be April 10-April 12! The church family can shop on Thursday from 3:00PM - 7:00PM. We need lots of rummage donations and a lot of volunteers to help us. Men are also needed to help with the setup and cleanup! We will have a coffee shop Friday and a bag sale Saturday. Please bring donations for the coffee shop to the lower level kitchen on Thursday.

Setup: Wednesday April 9 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Thursday April 10 9:00AM - 3:00PM

Sale: Thursday April 10 3:00PM - 7:00PM (church family)
Friday April 11 8:00AM - 6:30PM (sale and coffee shop)
Saturday April 12 8:00AM - noon (bag sale)

If you are able to help and have not signed up yet, please contact Diane Hellie (288-7616, dhellie@juno.com)

March 25 Brown Bag Lunch - Women's History month

Join us to celebrate Women's history month at our next UMW Brown bag lunch Tuesday March 25. We meet from noon- 1:00PM in the Hamline Room. Everyone is welcome to join us! Bring your own lunch - beverages are provided. Also, plan to share information on a woman who has been an influence in your life.

See web page http://www.nwhp.org/ for information on Women's History Month.

Did you know that UNITED METHODIST WOMEN are the inheritors of the vision and toil of women's missionary societies of eight (8) denominations?

See web page http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/history/legacy.cfm for additional information.

Bishop Sally Dyck in February Response Magazine

United Methodist Women publishes a magazine called Response which is the Voice of Women in Mission. You can read Response magazine in the CUMC library. The February 2008 issue has an article on Holy Conferencing by Minnesota Bishop Sally Dyck!

In her article, Bishop Sally Dyck says:

What is holy conferencing and where did the term or concept come from? Holy conferencing grew out of one of John Wesley's instituted means of grace. Conferencing is a central way we operate as the United Methodist Church: we confer or mutually search for truth. What makes it holy is in the how of our conferring as opposed to what the final outcome or decision might be. If we believe one of the greatest commandments is to love our neighbor, how we relate to each other is as important, and a times more so, than what we finally decide.

Please check out the entire article in Response magazine!