Central United Women IN FAITH
“We seek to connect and nurture women through Christian spiritual formation, leadership development, creative fellowship and education so that they can inspire, influence and impact local and global communities.”
We believe love in action can change the world.
Our Vision
We are a powerful, fearless force driven by God’s love and united in sisterhood. With a focus on women, children and youth, we act for justice and transform communities. We face the realities we see in the world, even when they are not the ones we would like to see. However, our goal is not to bear witness simply to harms but also to God’s love by acting boldly to change those harms.
Author Talk with Patty Krawec on Becoming Kin
Join United Women in Faith members and friends on Monday, November 25, at 7 p.m. ET for a special Reading Program Author Talk. We will talk with Patty Krawec about her book Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future. Becoming Kin is a 2025 United Women in Faith Reading Program selection.
Register here.
In Becoming Kin, podcaster Patty Krawec weaves her own story with the story of her ancestors and the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, helping readers see settler colonialism through the eyes of an Indigenous writer. The work is a sojourn through Native and settler history, myth, identity, and spirituality that helps us retrace our steps and unravel the history we have been taught.
All are welcome. There is no cost to participate. Pre-reading of the book is not required, but it will enrich your experience of the author talk. Registration is accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. During registration, you will have an opportunity to submit a question to the author. We will select several of these questions for the author to answer live during the program.
If you are planning to purchase this book, consider buying it through our United Women in Faith affiliate page, bookshop.org/shop/uwfaith, to earn 10% back for the organization!
The Kin-dom Is Among You: Drawing Closer to God and One Another
Mission u is a transformative educational program that encompasses both Bible-based curricula and events. All are welcome to engage with either or both components of Mission u.
Interested in deepening your faith in community? Gaining experience interpreting Scripture? Working toward healing for yourself, your community, and all of creation? Mission u is for you!
Each year, United Women in Faith develops three justice-focused Biblical curricula for adults, youth, and children, all on a common theme. In 2024, our theme is The Kin-dom Is Among You: Drawing Closer to God and One Another. In 2025, the theme will be Hope as Resurrection People. Our focus on developing three curricula around one common theme means that Mission u offers a unique opportunity for faith communities to create powerful intergenerational learning experiences. For more information Mission u go to Mission u | United Women in Faith (uwfaith.org).
Hygiene Kits for central's monday morning ministry
UMW continues to expand concepts of mission through our participation in the global ministries of the church and now in our unique surrounding communities. Beginning in April, we joined with the Monday Morning Ministry to provide hygiene kits for our unhoused neighbors on a continuous basis.
Kits should include:
- face towel
- soap
- deodorant
- toothpaste
- toothbrush
- hand sanitizer
- masks
- one-gallon "ziplock" bag.
Other items may be added, but all must be able to fit in the one-gallon bag. Please specify on the outside of the kit "Men" or "Women."
The kits may be dropped off at the church during operational hours or by contacting Julie Gordon for additional drop off times.
All support is welcomed in the Kingdom of God! Please join us in donating kits.
Meet the Executive Committee
Central UWF Meetings Calendar
President - Julie Gordon
Vice President - Yvonne Conway
Secretary - Valeria Clark
Assistant Secretary - Bonita Swain
Treasurer - Sheila Powell
Asst. Treasurer - Monique Mabry
Spiritual Growth - Effie Chisholm
Resource Secretary - Deborah Love
Membership, Nurture and Outreach - Barbara Hubbard
Social Actions - Jackie Sykes & Therese Cotton
Nominations - Phyllis Burse
Education & Interpretation - Daisy McClarty & Cynthia White
Communications - Pamela Perkins Carn
Email Address: [email protected] or [email protected]
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Next Meetings
General Meeting – November 23, 2024, 11:00am, Virtual
Executive Committee Meeting – December 16, 2024, 5:30pm, Virtual
General Meeting - January 25, 2025. 11:00am, Virtual
OTHER EVENTS
- UWF Book Review - MAID: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land -
Saturday, November 30, 10:00am - 11:30am, [email protected] - Author Talk with Patty Krawec on Becoming Kin, Monday, November 25, 7:00pm
- FAITH TALKS, December 5, & December 19, 2:00pm, uwfaith.org
- Holiday Gift Baskets Assembly, December 11, 10:30am
- Women’s History Month, March 2025
- CUMC UWF Prayer Breakfast, March 29, 2025 (speaker Judge Sonya Natasha Brown)
- Soul Care Retreat - TBD
- North Georgia Annual Conference, June 12-14, 2025
- Assembly 2026 Indianapolis, Indiana
- UWF Book Review - MAID: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land -
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UWF advocacy opportunities
Foreverfamily – Helping Children of Incarcerated Parents
Nearly six million kids in America have experienced losing a parent to prison or jail at some point in their lives. Foreverfamily works to ensure that, no matter what the circumstances, all children have the opportunity to be surrounded by the love of family.
Our organization focuses on providing services to children with incarcerated parents and their families. After 30 years, we are more committed than ever to our mission. We anxiously anticipate strengthening our relationships in the community to serve our children and families in new, innovative ways in 2020 and beyond. [Learn more]
Tell Your Representative: Take Federal Action to Help End School Pushout!
Show your support for the federal Ending PUSHOUT Act! As United Women in Faith members and friends, we are called to do all we can to interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Children of color, especially, are far too often targets of broken and biased systems. We know that racial disparities are rampant, with Black girls about six times as likely to be suspended as white girls. [Learn more]