The United Methodist Women celebrate Mission Sunday / Salad Explosion

The United Methodist Women of St. Luke's UMC will celebrate Missions Sunday on August 28th, 2011.


The United Methodist Women is the largest denominational faith organization for women with approximately 800,000 members whose mission is fostering spiritual growth, developing leaders, and advocating for justice.
Members raise up to $20 million each year for programs and projects related to women, children, and youth in the United States and in more than 100 countries around the world.

The United Methodist Women will celebrate their role in missions.  You may help them in their mission pledge with your donation.  These donations have helped many in the Baltimore-Washington conference.  Listed below are some of the projects that they are currently working on now:

BALTIMORE PARISH WORK, Baltimore City: Provides a unique opportunity through financial aid to enhance day camps and summer enrichment programs for youth and provide support to feeding programs, such as Manna House and Jacob's Well.	EPWORTH HOUSE MISSION PROJECT, Washington, DC: Provides yearly support to a selected female from overseas at Wesley Theological Seminary. The student serves as a missionary-in-residences and promotes a sharing experience between the UMW and the women overseas.
FAMILY CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER, INC., Cumberland, MD: Provides shelter and counseling to victims of domestic violence, rape and sexual assault/abuse through intervention and prevention.	MONTGOMERY AVENUE WOMEN'S CENTER, Rockville, MD: Provides support services to women faced with the challenge of being homeless. The Center seeks to provide the basic needs of food, shelter and clothing, plus friendly companionship and support.
SCHOLARSHIP FUND, Baltimore-Washington Conference: Provides financial assistance for undergraduate students who are members of churches within the Baltimore-Washington Conference. Applications are due yearly in mid-June.	SHENANDOAH WOMEN'S CENTER, INC., Eastern Panhandle, WV: Provides counseling and shelter for sexually assaulted and abused women and children in the Tri-County West Virginia area.
SHEPHERD'S STAFF, Westminster, MD: Provides emergency services to children, adults, families, seniors and homeless in a spirit of compassion and respect. A few of the services are financial assistance, medical necessities, food, and clothing.	SUSANNA WESLEY HOUSE, Baltimore, MD: Provides group living in a home-life setting to nine women with a modest income and their children. The women are provided schooling, job training, and counseling.
YWCA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELING, Anne Arundel County: Provides individual and family counseling, computer training, parenting education, mentoring, after-school programs for at-risk children, and emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

The guest speaker for the morning service will be Mrs. Beverly Reynolds, Certified Lay Speaker from New Covenant Worship Center (Baltimore, MD). 

Our annual Salad Explosion will be immediately after morning worship service.  Come join us as our United Methodist Women offer their  specialty salads.