Broadway
United Methodist Women
Organized for Missions

Circle Meetings (monthly):
(The Circle Meetings are for programs and mission projects)

Grace Groves
12:00 p.m. (noon) in Welcome Center
2nd Tuesday of each month

Vessels of Mission
6:00 p.m. in B. Oliver Classroom
3rd Thursday of each month

OUR PURPOSE
The organized unit of United Methodist Women 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.

What is United Methodist Women? It is a group of women in each congregation organized for mission. It’s PURPOSE is stated in The Book of Discipline, 2004 (256.5)
Who is a member? Any woman who commits herself to the PURPOSE and chooses to belong. According to The Book of Discipline, the pastor is a member of the local unit and of its Executive Committee.
What is expected of a member? Support for the program of the organization through prayers, financial contributions, and acceptance of leadership responsibility.
How big is the organization? Membership is approximately one million, with 25,000 local units. U.M.W. is the largest laywomen’s organization of a major Protestant denomination in the U.S.A. In the local units the size varies from 6 to 600 members. The Book of Discipline, 2004, says ( 256.5) “In every local church there shall be an organized unit of United Methodist Women,” but not all churches presently have one.
What is Response? Response is the official magazine for U.M.W., published 11 times yearly. It is essential reading for every member.
How is the organization financed? Local units have budgets that are supported by individual pledges and gifts. Some units supplement their budgets by fund-raising activities. Each unit makes a Pledge to Mission.
What happens beyond the local church? Organizations of U.M.W. exist in every district (517), conference (63) and jurisdiction (5). Each Mission Team of officers develops programs designed to meet the needs of its particular area; workshops, seminars, retreats, schools of mission and annual meetings.

Our Local and Global Missions
Broadway United Methodist Women are involved locally in many ongoing mission projects.

• A shawl ministry for prayer shawls to be given to women or children who need a loving touch, is currently being organized.
• Collecting canned or boxed food for those in need.
• Making Care Bears for the police and fire departments.
• Making quilts for infants and children in hospitals throughout Kentucky.
• Collecting Campbell Soup Labels and Box Tops for Education for Red Bird Mission and Henderson Settlement, both are missions of the Red Bird Missionary Conference in Beverly, Kentucky.
• Monthly donations to H.O.T.E.L. Inc. (Helping Others Through Extending Love) in Bowling Green, KY.
• Assembly and selling “Mixes for Mission” for funds to donate to missions locally and globally.
• Providing financial scholarships to our Spiritual Growth Retreat and School of Christian Missions.
• Assembly of UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) health, school and sewing kits to be distributed throughout the world by UMCOR.
• Making baby gowns to be distributed to Haiti by UMCOR.
• Making financial donations to our six star giving—World Thank Offering, Gift in Memory, Gift in Mission, Special Mission Recognition and our Pledge to Missions.
• Providing missionary names, from the Prayer Calendar, to the church members for correspondence during November and December.

Our Mission Emphasis:
Broadway United Methodist Women are involved in mission events and actions.

• Using the Prayer Calendar at each meeting and writing to at least five missionaries twice.
• Observing the quiet day service of “A Call to Prayer and Self-Denial” during January, February or March.
• Encouraging and promoting the Reading Program to broaden our understanding of mission and to deepen our spirituality, this includes the Response magazine.
• Encouraging and promoting attendance to the Spiritual Growth Retreat, the School of Christian Mission, the District and Conference Annual Meetings.
• Encouraging and implementing the Charter for Racial Justice Policies.
• Participating in the Campaign for Children.
• Participating in the Bishop’s Initiative.
• Addressing issues facing our communities, our nation and the world, through improvement of social, economic, environmental and political conditions that affect women and children throughout the world.