Happy New Year and Blessings to all! Greetings from your 2012 Augusta District UMW President! I am a 6

th generation

United Methodist Woman. I believe in our Purpose and uphold the idea that we are a community of Christian women.

Together we make up a unified group that truly makes a difference in the lives of women and children at home and around

the world. I look forward to the next year and getting to meet as many of you as possible. I am available to come to your

Unit meetings, present programs, listen to your concerns, provide moral support, encourage participation from your

church family and provide ideas and information concerning UMW. During this year, you will be receiving information and

requests from the entire District Team. I encourage you and your Unit members to participate in the District and

Conference events.

As you take in our new theme, please consider: The POWER of the cross, the TRANSFORMATION of the butterfly, the LIFE, DIVERSITY and BEAUTY of flowers, the

VITALITY in the colors, and the ASSURANCE of new things to come…WOW!

Let’s approach this year ahead with Eyes wide, Ears tuned, Hands ready, and Hearts prepared

to serve our Lord.

Jesus loves the little children. Be His child each day- in every way- you can.

Cheryl J. Cook, Augusta District UMW President

cljc3098@comcast.net 706-833-6784

THE ECHO Official Newsletter of the United Methodist Women in the Au

gusta District. Published by Geneiene Moore,

Contact genmoore@comcast.net, 706-3392427 to

submit an article.

gusta District

UMW PURPOSE

The organized unit of United Methodist Women shall be a community of women whose PURPOSE is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church.

Geniene Moore hands over gavel to new AD UMW President, Cheryl Cook.

Geniene Moore, Secretary/Communications- I’m enjoying serving the Augusta District UMW in

my new position as Secretary and Communications Coordinator. It’s so very nice to still be able

to communicate with you and stay in touch. You will receive emails from me and my most

important job will be publishing The Echo. Please submit anything about your unit that you would

like to share. Just a sentence or two would be great. The next issue will be published this

summer. 1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards

of God's varied grace:

Carolyn Hawkins, VP I'm a member of Eatonton First, which has a great Unit. It is exciting to

serve as Vice President of the Augusta District UMW. My first job is to pray for the President to

stay in good health. But seriously, we all need to keep all our officers and members of the district

in our prayers daily. Please call me or send an e-mail if you need suggestions planning a

program for your unit or circle.

Nancy Gallagher, Treasurer First of all I want to say, “Thank You for supporting me as your

district treasurer."With a Great Big "SMILE"

1. Thank you to the units that sent in their 2012 pledge to missions by the end of 2011!

2. Reminder to all the units that have their pledge to mission card sitting on their desk...It is

never too late to mail it to me. An early thank you to your unit!

3. There is a new unit remittance form for all unit treasurers to use. I will be emailing it or snail

mailing it to you. Hopefully many of you attended Officer's District Training & received it early

.4. If your unit purchases baby certificates & ribbons as of January 1, 2012. The cost is $8

. I am looking forward to seeing and working with you all viva USPS mail, email, telephone, even

lunch dates, and the 2012 District Events!

Maxine Westbrook, Parliamentarian, Parliamentary procedure provides the process for

proposing, amending, approving and defeating motions. Only one subject may be before a group

at one time. Each item to be considered is proposed as a motion which usually requires a

"second" before being put to a vote. Once a motion is made and seconded, the chair places the

question before the council by restating the motion. Negative" motions are generally not

permitted. To dispose of a business item, the motion should be phrased as a positive action to

take, and then, if the group desires not to take this action, the motion should be voted down. The

exception to this rule is when a governing body is asked to take action on a request and wishes

to create a record as to why the denial is justified. Only one person may speak at any given

time. When a motion is on the floor, an order of speaking is prescribed by Robert's Rules,

allowing the mover of a motion to speak first, so that the group understands the basic premise of

the motion. The mover is also the last to speak, so that the group has an opportunity to consider

must be recognized by the moderator prior to speaking. Each speaker should make clear his or

her intent by stating, "I wish to speak for/against the motion" prior to stating arguments. once,

until everyone else has had an opportunity to speak.

Margaret Locklair, Historian, folks! This is Margaret Anne Locklair, your Augusta District UMW

Historian. I am looking forward to seeing you in Warrenton at the District Training Meeting Jan.

28th. I will be telling you about how to keep the history of your unit alive. We are led by our past,

and it is important to know what you are doing now, and how this will be the basis for the future of

your unit. Just like how I love to see pictures and hear stories of my great-grandparents, I want to

be sure to leave a legacy of pictures and stories of us now to be enjoyed by generations to come.

That's the historian job in a nutshell. May God bless you all-Margaret Anne

Margie Bennett, Social Action Coordinator There are many areas that are of concern to the social

services. They include concerns for women, children and youth, Laws have been changed but

there is still work to be done and a voice to be heard to change domestic violence.

- Each year 300,000 women are raped in America - The poverty rate among women climbed to

4.5 percent in 2019

- The number of children and teens in America killed by guns (could) fill 120 classrooms of

25 students each - 16 in every 1000 U.S. women have been threatened by a gun

- 13.5 percent of American women 18 and over are in poor or fair health

The unit should have at least one person join the United Methodist Women's Action Network to

receive and to respond to legislative information. Call your congressional members and tell them

to support S.1447 (SAFE Teen Act would provide funds to teach health relationships and requires

reporting incidents of violence, H.R. 1578 (Violence Against Women Health Initiative Act of.2011

would seek to prevent domestic violence, dating violence sexual assault and health effects of such

violence and improve the safety and health of current victims of such abuse). Choose a priority

social action event each year.

Peggy Brown, Membership Nurture and Outreach Cooridinator! Introducing myself as the new

coordinator for Membership, Nurture and Outreach (MNO). I am a nurse by trade, mother and

grandmother. I am from Smyrna UMC-Little River Charge in Washington, where I am lay leader,

pianist/choir director/past youth Sunday school teacher. I've held all jobs in my local UMW, as well

as past Augusta District UMW Secretary. District-wise, I'm on the Board of Ordained Ministry, past

Director of Lay Speaking Ministries. Conference-wise, I was on the Board of Lay Speaking

Ministries, and have been a delegate to Annual Conference for MANY years (whether district or local

church delegate). I look forward to serving you this year, and am here to help you grow your unit. I'm

willing to visit your unit (alone or with other district officers) and will answer questions. Thank you for

this opportunity. Attend your district meetings so that I can get to know you better.

926 Metasville RD Washington, GA 30673, 706-678-1167, 706-318-0014

areweyetalive@yahoo.com

Ann Wise, Resource Coordinator, Please contact me with your resource orders. I’ll get them to you

as soon as possible. I’ll also have resources at the District Meetings. 478-453-8109

rbwise@windstream.net

Colleen Tarpley, Spiritual Growth- 706-790-9865- Revelation 21: Then I saw a new heaven and a

new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I

saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride

adorned for her husband; and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling of

God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with

them; he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there

be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away." And he who

sat upon the throne said, "Behold I make all things new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words

are trustworthy and true." And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the

beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the fountain without payment.

Linda Culpepper, Education and Interpretation,706-556-6880 bobbylinda67@bellsouth.net

*"Save and Plan"*

*SAVE:* *Did you know you could put aside a dollar a day for the next two months and become

a Rainbow Woman or a dollar for the next 40 days and become a Minute Woman? You say,

"Where does this money go??" Why, to further support mission work...the work Christ called us

to do in Matthew 25: 34-36.

**PLAN:**Mark your calendar and plan now to attend the School of Missions!! You will be richly

blessed! July 12th - 14th.**Offerings:*

*Haiti: Challenges and Hope*

*Immigration in the Bible*

*Poverty*

Augusta District Events

**January 28, - Officer Training - Warrenton UMC. 9:30 am

(Executive Team Meeting Follows)

**March 24 -Spiritual Day Apart - Smyrna UMC,

Washington,Ga 9:30 am

(Executive Team meeting follows)

June 12-14 Annual Conference- Athens - June 13th (Wed)

NGA UMW Breakfast Wed

June 18th -White Oak service 11 AM and covered dish in

dining Hall following

August 25 - Executive Team Meeting only at Pierce UMC

(Jackson road) Augusta 10 am **October 20, 2012 Annual

Meeting, Milledgeville UMC 9:30 am

November 10, 2012 -Executive Team meeting only, details to

be announced.

**Late Breakfast snacks and fellowship at 9:30 am before

meetings in January, March and October.

NGA Conference UMW Events

March 10th 20-30-40-Something the Korean Church June 13 -UMW Breakfast Athens Annual Conference

July 12-14-Cooperative Mission Education Event Simpson wood

October 6-Annual Meeting Snellville UMC ADOX

Sylvia Moore, Chair of Nominations- have been serving the Augusta District UMW as Chairperson

to the

Nominations Committee for two terms, and also as a member of the committee prior to

chairperson. Others on the committee are Betty Smith and Ruth Thomas. We have, with God's

help, ensured that our District UMW have the best leaders serving our Lord and Savior Jesus

Christ.

Sylvia Moore, Phil. 4:13 Contact me if you would like to serve 478-453-7799

Betty Smith, Nominations Committee

Ruth Thomas, Nominations Committee

AUGUSTA DISTRICT UMW PLEDGE CARD FOR 2012 (These are due at the October Annual Meeting) If you didn’t turn in one l ast Oct then, use this one and send to Nancy for 2012, if you did send 2012 pledge in then save this for Annual Meeting this Oct.for 2013. NAME OF UNIT______________________________________ 2012 Pledge to Missions $ ______________________________Check One: _________We will submit Pledge Money Annually _________We will submit our Pledge Money Quarterly Unit Treasurer’s Name: Address______________________________________________________Phone Numbers________________________________________________

Email _______________________________________________________ Send to Nancy Gallagher, 3744 Winchester TR, Martinez, GA 30907 nog1976k@aol.com

UMW “ Faith Hope and LOVE in ACTION” throughout the Augusta District Pierce Memorial Sparta UMW took cookies to shut-ins and visited with them before Christmas and we also provided Christmas presents for a

family with several children and in need. We recently sent care packages to Marines in Afghanistan also.

Eatonton First UMW provided four families with $100 gift certificates at Rountree's Grocery for Christmas. EFUMW also sponsored the "Friends of

Our Troops" and sent 3,700 Christmas cards to our military men and women. As a part of Nurture and Outreach, Chairperson Carolyn Hawkins and

her committee organized the first ever "Mother Daughter Banquet" with a delicious meal, young mother as speaker, fashion show, and 75 in

attendance.

Harlem UMW had a wonderful Christmas fellowship time with finger foods and gift exchange game. A devotional was given prior to the food and

fun. We delivered fruit and candy baskets to our shut-ins and as is our custom put the Chrismon tree up in the sanctuary. We are now looking

forward to our UMW month and Sunday in February. Our guest speaker on February 12th will be Cindy Gaskins with Jay's Hope. The HOPE Circle

at Wesley UMC is throwing a "shower" for Safe Homes of Augusta. It will be at Wesley UMC on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, from 3pm to 4pm in room

22. Contact Jennie Hodges at 706-373-9863 for information on what they need if you would like to attend. Come join in the fun, food, and

fellowship.

Pierce UMW in Augusta went to the Doubletree Hotel for our Christmas luncheon. We had the church Christmas dinner and provided a turkey for it.

We will be having our planning meeting on Tues. Jan. 17 to plan programs and event for the year. We will be having a rummage sale probably the

first Sat. in March. On the last Sat. of Oct. we went to St. John Towers and did a birthday party for the people living there whose birthdays were in

Oct. Everyone helped with our Harvest Festival on Nov. 12.

Walker UMW, made donations to Greene Co. Habitat for Humanity, Atlas Ministries, New Bethlehem Center and supported Circle of Love, Greene

Co. food bank and the Animal Shelter with supplies. We took poinsettias to our shut-ins at Christmas and supplied gifts for 2 young ladies that were

under DFACS care.

Shiloh UMW provided Christmas for an 8 year old girl. Shiloh made a donation to New Bethlehem Community Center to aid Millicent West, the

director in her efforts to provide gift cards to teachers to purchase supplies for students. Shiloh also donates soda can pop tops to the Ronald

McDonald House. We also made prayer blankets for a couple of UMW members fighting cancer. We are selling our Cookbooks again.

In December members of the Louise Rees Circle of the Lincolnton United Methodist Church traditionally choose a family or individuals to give

gifts during this season. This year cash gifts were given to one family and two sons of a deceased mom. Also, in October the circle celebrated an

early Thanksgiving treat by making and taking soup to shut-ins in 60 homes in the community. The soup, cornbread, and desert ministry began in

2001 for the circle.

Smyrna UMW of Washington adopted a family of two children and their father at Christmas. We went through our local school system for this

family. The mother had left the family with no good byes in October. We fulfilled the Santa Wishes of the children as well as clothes for them and

their father. In addition we supplied grocery items for Christmas Dinner of turkey and all the trimmings.

BERLIN UMW held its Annual Chocolate Celebration on Saturday, December 10, 2011 from 1-4:00 p.m. in the church fellowship hall. Our ladies

prepared everything from cookies to candies, hot chocolate mixes, even chocolate covered bacon and more. The event was a

huge success. Santa was there visiting with the children, as well as having their pictures made. We hope to continue this event in the future. All

proceeds were presented as a love offering to a member of our congregation who will be undergoing a stem cell transplant procedure in February.

Thanks to everyone who attended.

The AugustaDistrictWebsite: http://augustadistrictunitedmethodistwomen.giving.officelive.com Visit for

updates, important information and pictures of events throughout the district.

Also find us on FaceBook.. United Methodist Women

The North Georgia Conference UMW http://www.ngumw.org

The UMW online Community. website: httpt://www.umwonline.org You can join (free) and express your

opinions and join in discussions etc.

gbgm-umc.org/umw/ You can join (free) and search the website for all things UMW, programs, resource

materials, missions, etc. This site is EXCELLENT…

NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE UMW MISSION/OFFICER TEAM

The Reading Program is a five-year program, meaning that the books on current lists can be read for credit during that time. Titles read from the 2008 reading list will be credited through December 31, 2012. We now have five categories to read and report. They are Education for Mission (EFM), Leadership Development (LD), Nurturing for Community (NFC), Social Action (SA) and Spiritual Growth (SG). There are four plans: Plan I 5 books per year One book from each category Selections may include youth titles with regular read-ing of response magazine. Plan II 10 books per year Two books from each category Selections may include youth titles with regular read-ing of response and New World Outlook magazines. Plan III 15 books per year Two books from each category Plus 5 additional books from any category Selections can include youth and children’s titles with regular reading of response and New World Outlook magazines. Plan IV 20 books per year Two books from each category Plus 10 additional books from any category...Selections may include youth and children’s titles with regular reading of response and New World Outlook magazines.

President

Deloris Carhee 404-505-1472 deloriscarhee@bellsouth.net

Vice President

Tryphenia Speed 770-981-0200 Spee2422@bellsouth.net

Secretary

Diane Boatwright 706-635-5009 bvalley@ellijay.com

Treasurer

Elaine Mathews 706-486-4400 elainemathews@windstream.net

Coordinators

Spiritual Growth

Patricia Bell 770-656-2362 pbell08@hotmail.com

Social Action

Betty Hrisak 770-971-1665 ehrisak@bellsouth.net

Education & Interpretation

Jackie Evans 404-552-8354 jacquelynaevans@gmail.com

Jin Pyen 404-643-5985 ynamkoong@yahoo.com

Eloise Sykes 404-691-0832 eksykes@bellsouth.net

Communications

Ann Orr 706-937-3353 lapco48@catt.com

North Georgia Conference

United Methodist W omen

Sacrificial Giving—March 2012 North Georgia Conference UMW is asking each woman to give $6.00 as a Sacrificial Donation in March 2012. The

money will go to our six Mission Institutions in North Georgia

1. Clark-Atlanta University 2. Global Health Action

3. Murphy-Harpst Children’s Center

4. New Bethlehem Community Center 5. Paine College

6. Wesley Community Centers

Please consider a special program at your Unit Meeting in March 2012 to lift up this Sacrificial Giving.

$1 per institution per member = $6 per person Over and above your pledge to missions.

Money should be sent to your District Treasurer with your quarterly remittance

All UMW ARE INVITED TO ATTEND SPIRITUAL DAY APART- A WORSHIP

SERVICE 10:00 TIL 11:30 {BRING YOUR BIBLE!}

ON SATURDAY, MARCH 24,2012

AT SMYRNA UMC, WASHINGTON, GA 113 Sheraton DR Washington, GA

9:30 am lite breakfast snacks

Executive meeting following for District Officer Team

NORTH GA ANNUAL UMW BREAKFAST SPIRITUAL GROWTH RETREAT

ANNUAL CONFERENCE CLASSIC CENTER

ATHENS, GA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15TH APRIL 29-30

$15 TO ELAINE MATHEWS, 324 RHODES ST

UNION POINT, GA 30669 706-486-4400 SIMPSONWOOD 4511 JONES BRIDGE RD, NORCROSS, GA

MAKE CHECKS TO NGUMW

NO REFUNDS CALL GENIENE MOORE, 706-339-2427 FOR A

REGISTRATION FORM, COST MORE INFO ETC.

2012 SUPPLEMENTAL GIVING EMPHASES 4TH – MURPHY HARPST CHILDREN CENTER

1ST- QUARTER-GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION CHRISTMAS LOVE OFFERING- CLARK ATLANTA AND

2ND-NEW BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY CENTER PAINE COLLEGE

3RD WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER EVERYDAY- WORLD THANK BANK