United Methodist Women is the largest denominational faith organization for women with approximately 800,000 members whose mission is fostering spiritual growth, developing leadership, and advocating for justice.
We officially became the Great Plains United Methodist Women on January 1, 2014. On that date the United Methodist Women of Nebraska, Kansas East and Kansas West officially united to become the Great Plains Conference United Methodist Women. We have approximately 27,000 members. Click here to find out more about The Great Plains Conference United Methodist Women.
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New Conference Officers at LDD, Tempe, AZ
Early bird registration deadline is August 10th for Topeka! Late fee $25.00.
Conference will cover $40.00 registration cost for conference and district officers. Registration covers meeting, Friday night Kansas City BBQ, and Saturday lunch. ($30.00 Friday only) Registration deadline: August 31.
Online registration is SUPER SIMPLE! Once you register online an email confirmation will be sent with maps of the campus, where to park and directions to the campus from local highways so this is a BIG benefit of online registration. This will not be sent to those who choose paper registration. For in-kind giving and hotel details, refer to Paper registration.
Let mutual love continue....'Remember those who are in prison, as though your were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. Hebrews 13:1, 3 (NRSV)
How is it that the United States with only 5% of the world's population incarcerates more than 20% of the world's prison population? What does it mean as people of faith to actively re-member members of our family and society who are incarcerated, isolated, and removed from our communities?
You are invited to join United Methodist Women's Seminar Program in New York City to bring a faith lens as we critically explore our country's criminal justice system, the prison industrial complex and how our current "War on Drugs" and anti-immigration climate disproportionately incarcerate black, brown, and poor whites. With Mass Incarceration as our current UMW priority issue, what might be our collective role as United Methodists in responding to this crisis?
Registrations are due November 1st. Scholarship applications are due October 1st.
The Library includes the books from the current United Methodist Women’s Reading Program (2013-2018).
While the physical location of the Library is in Lincoln, Nebraska, the services of the Library are available for all United Methodist Women in the Great Plains Conference, no matter where you live.
Here’s how you can participate…
To avoid sending you books you have already read, you will be asked to cross those out in your packet with a highlighter. This way we will both know your reading history. The books from the Library will be mailed to you. Since books are coming and going all the time, the books you are sent are selected from those books that are on the shelves at the time of your order. Orders generally range from 4 to 10 books. You can request the books for two months with a renewal extension offered. Your responsibility/cost is to pay for postage to and from the library. Even with the increased cost of postage, it is still a bargain plus you don’t have to find a place to keep all those Reading Program books in your house or church.
If you happen to be in Lincoln on Thursday mornings between 9:00 and 11:00 AM (except holidays), you come to the library in person at Christ UMC, 4530 "A" Street in Lincoln, Nebraska.
To learn more, contact our Conference Librarian, Mary Ann Bede by email or by calling 402-421-8264. We will gladly make a plan that works for you and the library.
The Conference UMW Library is a great tradition for our readers. United Methodist Women and their predecessor organizations have benefited from the services of our Library since 1940.
Do join the readers using the Great Plains UMW Library. The books are supplied and shared by all. You will have access to many more "reads" this way. Be enriched and ready for service and goodwill!
Upcoming Dates in 2018 and 2019:
You too can experience MMDC by picking a trip date and make a non-refundable deposit of $20. The leader of our Great Plains trips is Teena Faubel. Call 402-217-3775 or email her for answers to your questions. Send your $20 non-refundable deposit to treasurer, Teena Faubel at 5201 Bison Drive, Lincoln, NE 68516-2415. The cost of the supply fee, the housing fee, food at the dorm, office supplies and travel tends to be around $200.00. Many women receive part of this cost from their local unit.
For additional information, go to www.midwestmission.org or e-mail them at office@midwestmission.org or find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/midwestmission. Also by phone at 217-483-7911.
Click here to visit our Great Plains Conference UMW Facebook page.
Click here to visit the National United Methodist Women Pinterest online clipboard.
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