UMW members talk about opportunities to serve

Iola group covers a variety of topics, from Prayer Calendar items to East Belfast mission in Ireland.

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March 17, 2020 - 9:42 AM

The Iola United Methodist Women covered several topics at their Feb. 27 meeting.

Thank you notes were read for funeral dinners prepared by UMW.

Pastor Jocelyn Tupper shared several items from the Prayer Calendar such as a much-needed scholarship from Perkins School of Theology. Many opportunities are available to serve within the church such as deaconesses who can, at the same time, have a job in their interest area. Suicides of college age students is extremely high in Japan. The United Methodist Church, UMW and Wesley United Methodist Church are working to take on the issue, here and abroad.

 The UMW is reviving a former EUB school in Sierra Leone.

Donna Grigsby reported an East Belfast mission in Ireland is working to resolve conflicts there. She reminded the group that an index of the 2019 articles is in the January/February issue.

Pastor Tupper encouraged the group to read books from the Reading Program, suggesting two: “Eleanor Roosevelt” and “Finding Peace in an Anxious World,” which is one of the Mission U studies.

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