United Women in Faith News
United Women of Faith Sunday, March 2, guest Shawna Nelsen-Wills – worship and Adult Forum. Continued monetary donations, and shower with needed items.
Emma Norton Services’ 2025 Opening Doors Gala will be held on Thursday April 24, at the InterContinental St. Paul Riverfront! We can donate toward their silent auction and/or purchase a ticket.
Part of United Women in Faith’s work is in their Social Action initiatives. The following are excerpts from the United Methodist Insight article, edited for length.
Micah 6:8 Pledge Draws More Than 2,600 to Faith, Community by Cynthia B. Astle February 5, 2025 United Methodist Insight Special Feature source: um-insight.net
"Our Micah 6:8 Pledge is a movement that inspires courage and action, ‘What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?'" said Emily Jones, UWFaith's executive for racial justice and director of the organization's reading program.”
"It's about what we're called to do in this moment, when many folks are wondering how to act (in response to the new federal administration)," Jones told United Methodist Insight in an online interview. The Micah 6:8 Pledge is intended to give people spiritual encouragement and a willingness to act in society according to the scripture's instruction. "We trust God's promise to give us a future with hope, …;" Jones said.
"We make change most effectively as women of faith operating in a community; we think there's something powerful about being a sisterhood that's working together collaboratively," said Jones. "We build spiritual resolve and mission effectiveness working together, especially in this moment for intersectional justice." "How do I make sense of it?" she asked. "Stay in community, be in sisterhood and share communal strength."
“UWFaith transformation officer Khia Shaw-Wilson said "remember who we are, channeling the courage and wisdom of our foremothers to commit to God's work." She believes the Micah 6:8 Pledge reminds people that United Women in Faith, reaffirms principles of justice, kindness and love of God it has held for 156 years. For example, UWFaith still supports some 80 national mission institutions such as [Emma Norton Services] Bethlehem Centers and Wesley Centers, along with organizing and leading annual Mission u educational gatherings.”
“Shaw-Wilson affirmed that UWFaith will continue to organize grassroots activism, especially around Reading Program emphases like racial disparities in maternal health, mass incarceration and climate justice. UWFaith also will continue to amplify women's voices and equip them for church leadership, she said.”
Cynthia B. Astle serves as Editor of United Methodist Insight, an online news-and-views journal she founded in 2011 to amplify the perspectives and activities of marginalized and under-served United Methodists.
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