Women's
Ministries
2011 Disciples Women's Retreat
   What a wonderful time we had!  Photos to follow.




























Please join your Regional Church in the effort to be “greener,” and consider doing as
much of your research on these projects online, and printing as little as possible.  We will, of course, gladly mail
print copies if you need them.  Click here for a helpful list of links to public policy websites.

Stop Human Trafficking:  Quadrennial Service Project
Download this PDF flyer for use in your church.  
Read more helpful information and a resource list on human trafficking here.
Read more online from Disciples Women

Also visit: Children of the Night   *   Polaris Project   *   Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
and the Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking

New Day 2009-2010 "I called...God Answered..."  
Magazine for Disciples Women.  Order online or use downloadable order form (pdf file).

West Virginia—Healthy Smiles
2009 Oral Health Campaign (WV Council of Churches) encourages us to collect:
* toothbrushes (all sizes)
* toothpaste (all sizes)
* floss
            More info or supplies pick-up: Email Jeff Allen or call 304-344-3141

Other Disciples Women’s Projects:
WWW Bosnia/Croatia Service Project, especially dear to our Regional Moderator, Dorothy Brownlee,
since her Woman-to-Woman Worldwide experience.  Read more at Disciples Women site.  
Contribute through Week of Compassion (donations link, click “WWW: Build-A-Village Service Project”)
Global Women Connecting brochure:  Join with women of other Stone-Campbell heritage churches
in fellowship and witness to God’s good news. Visit Site.

Help Keep Kids Safe and Families Strong
* Visit Blue Ribbon Kids for more information
* Provide suitcases for foster children who often carry their possessions in garbage bags; share with your local
foster care or adoption agency.  Starter kits available at this site.
* UNICEF collects foreign coins from travelers, to provide lifesaving supplies and services for children.  If you
have travelled abroad, consider contributing your leftover foreign money.  Contact UNICEF

Support the Troops
Holy Joe’s Café of First Congregational Church, Wallingford, CT, ships fair-trade coffees to military chaplains
in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait for use in their Coffee House Ministry.  Donate coffee via Equal Exchange
or start your own Holy Joe’s Donation Drive.  More info in your church’s info packet, or email or call
them at 888-970-7994.  

Going Green
Several practical ways to care for the earth and its people are offered on the flyers in your congregation:
* Recycling Hearing Aids (www.neweyesfortheneedy.org) for use in developing nations
* Recycling Eyeglasses:  Visit your local Lions Club or LensCrafters or Ossip
* Recycling Cell Phones:  See your local shelter for battered women or contact the Wireless Foundation
* Buy environmentally sound tissue, using post-consumer paper.  Visit Conservatree for a list of suppliers.  

Ways to be Green and Save Green in 2009:  
* Visit Church World Service Enough for All campaign for simple steps
* Choose Earth Friendly Paper (look for the Green Seal or Environmental Choice logo)
* Support fair trade practices
— Encourage your local coffee brewer to use only fair trade coffee.  Starbucks will listen to you!  Learn
more at the Global Exchange site.  
— Use fair trade coffee in your own congregation and home through the Disciples of Christ Coffee Project
(available for order through our Regional Office - contact Rev. Chafin)
— Pay attention to the manufacture tags in your purchases—especially clothing.  Do you know how
the workers are paid?

Learn more about caring for God’s earth at Disciples Home Missions...

Tell us what you’re doing!!!

Women of the Region would love to hear how you and your women’s group are touching the world in mission.    
Everything matters.

Please share your church’s service projects (including any of those listed above) and suggestions for our
Service Director to explore for the coming days.  Send yours to us now!
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Contact
Mary L. Uhl

Coordinator
of
Women's
Ministries
Disciples Women's
Cabinet

President
Betty Beeson, So. Charleston

President-Elect
Judie Church, Beckley

Secretary
Jennifer Allen, Parkersburg

Study Director
Dawna Watkins, Bluefield

Worship Director
Magdalyn Sebastian, Wheeling

Service Director
Dorothy Brownlee, Moundsville

Stewardship Director
Alisa Smith, Wellsburg

Retreat Coordinator
Gwendolyn Allen, Parkersburg

Legislative Coordinator




District Coordinators

District I
Kim Byard, Wheeling

District II


District III
Sandy Minor, Huntington

District IV
Caren Combs, Beckley

District V
Ann Jones, Worthington
2011 Retreat Service Project:
          
   Istanbul Interparish Migrant Program

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