Parkwood United Methodist Women – September News
Parkwood UMW met on Thursday, August 28th in the Jacob classroom at PUMC. Betty Byrd, president, welcomed the women to the meeting. Members took a few minutes to share joys and concerns.
Natalie’s devotional presentation was on “Life has no Guarantees.” She spoke on how tomorrow is not a given. We take for grant that our lives will be full of life, friends, jobs etc. but nothing is forever. She ended her presentation with a prayer.
Betty opened the business part of the meeting by having the women read the Mission Statement for UMW. She informed the women that Ron Byrd would be coming to take pictures to be include in the new UMW brochure that they are creating. After the pictures were taken, the group broke for refreshments furnished by Pam and Arlene and continued with business meeting.
Ann stated the new kitchen floor needs to be scrubbed. She said the installer told her soap and water or a little Spic N Span is best to clean the floor. She suggested making a sheet where we could sign-up to do the floor once a month. This way it will not be hard on any one person. Marietta is going to create the sign-up sheet and put on the UMW bulletin board.
The cleaning day also went well on August 16th. There are a few items that still need to be finished. A decision has not made as to when these items would be finished. A suggestion is the “Fall” Church Clean Up Day.
It was suggested that a committee be formed to create guidelines for the use of the kitchen. This way there will be a list for all groups who use the kitchen to guide them on what needs to be done when their activity is finished. Florine, Pat and Susan will be work on this project.
Betty asked the women to think about what they would want to accomplish at a retreat in the spring. Ann is going to look into a Bible Camp she knows about. Pat recommended a resource. We will bring our ideas back to the September meeting.
We will be selling Rada Knives this year as a fundraiser for the fall. Arlene has the catalogs and the order forms. Please see her if you have any questions.
The Parkwood “Community Yard Sale”, aka Parkwood Flea Market, is scheduled at this time for October 11th. We will discuss it more next month when the Parkwood Association’s plans are more definite.
Pam discussed projects we could do for UMCOR. We made birthing kits in the spring. We could do school kits or sewing kits etc. Jan also discussed projects we could do for Urban Ministries. We can have specific projects like bringing underwear for men, women and children or hats and mittens for the winter. We could also provide casseroles for families of 4. We did commit to making cookies in October for the children there.
Our September meeting will be September 25th at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at Parkwood United Methodist Church. The program will be on Pledge Service for the UMW.
Hope to see you there.
