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Ladies you are invited to join us for our annual UWF ladies retreat.
Retreat registration
is available until the end of January.
If you have questions:
contact Barby Matous or Teresa Webster.
Ladies you are invited to participate in our small groups and activities.
Sunlight Circle
Candlelight circle
Morning Book club
Evening book club
E-recycling fundraising event
Retreat
tea fundraiser
Trunk or treat trunk
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Retreat activities include:
spiritual time
craft time
puzzling
recreation
cards for home bound members or missionaries
fellowship & more
Coming in April
Rose Garden Tea Party
Book club meeting times:
Morning group: Jan. 19 11:30
Evening group: Jan. 31 6:30
Our book selection for January:
United Women in Faith seeks to connect and nurture women through Christian spiritual formation, leadership development, creative fellowship, and education so that they can aspire, influence and impact local and global communities.
From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan comes an exquisite novel of Joy Davidman, the woman C. S. Lewis called “my whole world.” When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewis—known as Jack—she was looking for spiritual answers, not love. Love, after all, wasn’t holding together her crumbling marriage. Everything about New Yorker Joy seemed ill-matched for an Oxford don and the beloved writer of Narnia, yet their minds bonded over their letters. Embarking on the adventure of her life, Joy traveled from America to England and back again, facing heartbreak and poverty, discovering friendship and faith, and against all odds, finding a love that even the threat of death couldn’t destroy.
In this masterful exploration of one of the greatest love stories of modern times, we meet a brilliant writer, a fiercely independent mother, and a passionate woman who changed the life of this respected author and inspired books that still enchant us and change us. Joy lived at a time when women weren’t meant to have a voice—and yet her love for Jack gave them both voices they didn’t know they had.
Opportunities for Involvement!
BOOK CLUBS
MORNING BOOK CLUB CIRCLE:
The Morning book club meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at 11:30. Bring your lunch. Meeting places will vary.
To be added to the email reminder list contact Teresa Webster. teresa.l.webster@gmail.com
EVENING BOOK CLUB CIRCLE:
The Evening book club meets the last Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Meeting places will vary.
To be added to the email reminder list contact Tere.
Leader: Tere Henry
2022-23 Scheduled Books:
JANUARY 19 & 31
Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman & C. S. Lewis by Patty Callahan
FEBRUARY 16 & 28
(UWF) Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon
MARCH 16 & 28
(UWF) Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Greg Boyle
APRIL 20 & 25
Fly Girl: A Memoir by Ann Hood
MAY 18 & 30
The Power of Thank You: Discover the Joy of Gratitude by Joyce Meyer
JUNE 15 & 27
The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Story of Women Who Changed the Course of World War II by Mari Eder & Mari K. Eder
JULY 20 & 25
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
AUGUST 17 & 29
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
One traditional goal of UWF is Reading Program participation. For information about this program visit: https://uwfaith.org/resources/2022-reading-program/
Participants in the reading program are recognized annually at the Metro district UWF meeting. You can get credit for books that have been on the UWF list 7 years or less. If you participate, please give the list of books that you read to Barby Matous: to submit the report.
Our Book clubs read contemporary books and occasionally books from the UWF book list. Our choice of books is from our members suggestions.
SUNLIGHT CIRCLE:
Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday morning of each month at 11:30 in the Tri-room in the Family Life Center from September to May, (except January). These ladies share a salad lunch, a devotional, and fellowship. so bring you favorite salad and come enjoy this time together.Cathy Fettke is chairperson. 972-247-6398
CANDLELIGHT CIRCLE:
Meetings are typically the 2nd Tuesday of the month starting at 6:30pm. We usually eat together, either at a restaurant or bring your own meal to our meeting place.
2022-2023 Meeting schedule:
Date Charity/activity meeting location
Feb. No Meeting due to retreat
March 14. Tea preparation Church meeting room
April 11 Youth auction basket Café Brazil
May 9 Crafts with CUMC kids for Mother’s Day Sunday school room
June Planning meeting Marshall’s BBQ/F.B.
UWF strives to meet the needs of women of CUMC and the community. Come be a part of women whose purpose is to help women and children both near and far.
If you are interested in learning about/ joining United Women in Faith, you are welcome to attend any of our events/meetings.
Contact a member of our UWF Leadership team (listed below) or call the church office at 972-247-6136 if you want more information.
UWF 2022-23 Leadership team
President: Barby Matous barby123@aol.com
Vice-president: Teresa Webster. teresa.l.webster@gmail.com
Secretary: Janell Case
Treasurer: Barbara Serlin
Communications: Barbara Haley
Tea coordinators: Marylou Ivy and Dorothy Kibler
Children’s coordinator: Amy Ruppersberg
Scholarship committee chairperson: Julia Smith and assistant chairperson Karen Hutson
Book club, evening: Tere Henry
Book club, morning: Teresa Webster
Nominations: Pam Capener, Julia Smith
Sunlight Circle: Cathy Fettke
Candlelight Circle: Jennifer Howard
LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING DATES:
1st Tuesday of the month at 6:30
January 3: work on retreat
February 7: retreat finalize
March 7: Tea planning, E-recycling event prep
April 4: Tea preparation, kid's Mother's Day craft plans