Linda Cox has volunteered to lead us this year and Cathy Barton volunteered to be the secretary and update our email contacts as we go. Linda, Leslye Wakefield, and Cathy will attend the Texas Impact meeting beginning on Sunday, Jan. 22-Jan.23rd. During these sessions with other Methodist women from around the state we will be exploring the key issues that impact children and women and suggesting directions for our representatives to voice our concerns to Texas lobbyists. Linda has attended past events and said it was very powerful in that we actually do have a voice.
Save the date! January 30, 12:30-1:30pm
"5th Monday" Ladies Lunch at the Lion and Rose Restaurant in the Village at Westlake shopping center.
Save the date! March 3, 9:00am - 2:00pm
The UMW Deborah Circle is planning a free women's retreat! The speaker will be Cathy Barton's neice, Leah Feemster, mission speaker for Agape House, Thailand. Leah spent the summer in Cambodia working with children with AIDS. She has some great pictures and some wonderful stories. We will also have a drum circle led by May who has joined us in several choir productions over the years.
ONGOING WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES
(All groups are open to you at any time; please drop in and join us!)
UMW Deborah Circle:
Deborah Circle meets 2nd Wednesday- 5:30 pm in Rm.403. We meet to share information on books read from UMW reading list and to enjoy fellowship! All of the following books will be made available in the church library under the UMW shelf. There is also a set of the Global Response magazines the tell stories of current activities of the Methodist women around the globe. Here is our list for the first half of 2012:
- The book for Feb. is The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba. This is a story of a poor African child who engineers the construction of a windmill for his village with no formal training.
- The second book for March matches the topics of our free retreat on March 3rd . The title of that story is Forgotten Girls: Stories of Hope and Courage by Kay Marshall Strom and Michele Rickett.
- The book for April is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
- The book for May is The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories From the Arizona Borderlands by Margaret Regan.
- The book for June is Wasabi Gospel: The Startling Message of Jesus by Shawn Wood.
Click here to contact Cathy Barton or call her at 512-292-6787 for more information.
Heart to Heart Women's Bible Study:
Meets weekly on Thursdays at 10:00am in the Library as a study and discussion group focusing on rotating topics and special Bible studies. The discussion this fall will be on Ellsworth Kalas' book "Strong Was Her Faith / Women of the New Testament." Women of all ages are welcome! Meetings will resume Thursday, January 26th, 2012. Contact Carol Chimera at 512-346-1614 or Marcie Hursting at 512-329-9535 for more information.
UMW "4th Tuesday" Morning Group Circle:
Meets the 4th Tuesday of each month at 9:30am in room 403 of the Taylor Bldg. for conversation, games, and fellowship. Meetings will resume Tuesday, January 24th, 2012. Contact Edie Musgrove at 512-327-2094 for more information.
WUMC Women's Emmaus Renewal Group
This is an alumni group for women who have completed the Walk to Emmaus ®. Members challenge and support one another in faithful living. Participants seek to Christianize their environments of family, job, and community through the ministry of their congregations. This group will meet at 11:30am each Tuesday in the Library. Meetings will resume Tuesday, September 12th, 2011.
Women's Yoga
Tuesdays 8:00am, Thursdays 5:45pm (co-ed) and Fridays (co-ed) at 9:30am in Room 133- M Building (Fall 2011).
Rates are $11 per class for drop-ins and $8 per class if prepaid monthly.
Women’s Prison Project:
The Women's Story Book Project - Click here to email Linda Cox.
