Richmond
Read our most current district Newsletter:
The Word Second Quarter 2012 PDF
2012 MISSION TEAM
President: Brenda NeSmith
804-323-9134 or brendanesmith(at)hotmail.com
Vice President: Suzanne Craig
Secretary: Kathy Dictor
Treasurer: Mary Jo Whipple
MISSION COORDINATORS
Spiritual Growth: Denise Haden
Social Action: Hortense Macon
Education and Interpretation: Elnora Walker
Membership Nurture and Outreach: Joan Peterson
Secretary of Program Resources: Donna Patterson
Nominations Committee Chairman: Elizabeth Dickerson
Nominating Committee Members: Juanita Campbell, Kay Smith,
Linda Pomfrey, Brenda Atkins, Gay Cauthorn
Communications Coordinator: Gayle Turner
VUMAC Representative: Jean Richardson
APPOINTED
District Rep. to Westview on the James Board: Cecelia Bowers
Historian and Dist. Rep. to Church Women United: Leona Salter
District Rep. to Interfaith Council: Elizabeth Dickerson
Mission Trip Coordinator and District Rep. to UMUMR Board: Ruth Wilkinson
Charter for Racial Justice Policies Committee: Brenda NeSmith; Chairman
Rosa Lewis, Ruth Kendall, Linda Porter, Elizabeth Dickerson,
Hortnese Macon, Gayle Turner, Ruth Wilkinson, Evelyn Durrett,
Edith Durrett
Archived Newsletters:
Annual Prayer Breakfast
2012 Richmond District Calendar
UPDATED: 1/6/2012
THEME: WALK WITH WHOLENESS
February 2 UNITED METHODIST DAY AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Bon Air UMC, 1645 Buford Road, Richmond 23235
February 18 UMW DISTRICT RACIAL JUSTICE AND RECONCILATION
“Hearts for Justice Tea” Registration: 10:15 a.m. Tea & Program: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Mechanicsville UMC, 7356 Atlee Rd, Mechanicsville VA 23111 Focus: “Stand Up for Justice”
March 24 UMW DISTRICT PRAYER BREAKFAST
Theme: “Walk in Wholeness: Sharing the Bread of Healing andWholeness with Others” Beulah UMC, 6930 Hopkins Road, RichmondVA 23234 Registration 8:30 AM Breakfast and Worship 9:00 – 11:00 AMSpeaker: Barbara Mason, treasurer of the Agape Christian Children’s Community Center, Eastern Shore District of UMC. Mission Emphasis: Agape Children’s Community Center
April 25 & 28 UMW DISTRICT MISSION TRIP, Planting at Shalom Farms, Goochland, VA
May 4-6 CONFERENCE UMW SPIRITUAL LIFE RETREAT, BCRC (formerly VUMAC)
June 1 – 2 SEJ QUADRENNIAL MEETING, BIRMINGHAM AL
June 9 UMW DAY AT FERRUM
June 21 – 24 VIRGINIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE – Roanoke
June 23 UMW BREAKFAST AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
July 27-29, 30- Aug 1 VA. CONF. SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN MISSION,
Blackstone Conference and Retreat Center (formerly VUMAC)
Aug. 8-9 UMW DISTRICT MISSION TRIP – Eastern Shore - Agape Children’s Community Center and Camp Occohannock on the Bay-All God’s Children Camp. Lodging will be on Chincoteague Island.
September 14 RICHMOND DISTRICT MINI-SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN MISSION St. Mark’s UMC - 11551 Lucks Lane, Midlothian, VA 23114
Sept 21 – 22 UMW VIRGINIA CONFERENCE YOUNG WOMEN’S EVENT
September 30 UMW DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING Theme: “Walk With Wholeness: Sharing the Bread in Missionwith Women, Children, and Youth Around the World” Shady Grove UMC- Mechanicsville, 8209 Shady Grove Rd., Mechanicsville, VA 23111Registration: 2:30 p.m. Program: 3:00-4:30 p.m.Speaker: Libby Hinton, Virginia Conference UMW President Mission Emphasis: Haiti through UMCOR, School Kits or offering.
October 27-28 VA CONFERENCE 40TH ANNUAL MEETING, VUMAC
November 10 UMW DISTRICT OFFICER’S TRAINING DAY
Theme: “Walk With Wholeness: Sharing the Bread to Help Stop Domestic Violence.” Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 9155 Hungary Rd., Henrico VA 23294
Registration: 9:00 AM Program and Training: 9:30 – 11:30 AM Speaker: Nancy Oglesby, Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney in Goochland County, Virginia Mission Emphasis: Safe Harbor, items TBA
December 1 UMW DISTRICT ADVENT SERVICE
Theme: “Walk With Wholeness: Sharing the Bread to Help Restore God’s Creation” River Road UMC, 8800 River Road, Richmond, VA 23229 Registration: 10:00 AM Program: 10:30 – 11:30 AM Speaker: Rev. Pat Watkins, Missionary with GBGM of the UMC. , serving as a Church and Community Worker in The Virginia Conference as executive director, Caretakers of God’s Creation.
Mission Emphasis: Caretakers of God’s Creation, offering.