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3130 Franconia Road, Alexandria, VA 22310       703-960-9505      Fax: 703-960-5156      cameron @ cameron-umc.org

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN (UMW)

All Cameron women are invited for fellowship, worship, study and outreach.

Monthly meetings:   The first Monday of each month at 8:00 p.m. in Skelton Hall. 

United Methodist Women's Circles are small groups of the overall membership.  They also meet monthly for fellowship, study and mission projects.

There are three circles at Cameron:

  • Miriam Gruber, 2nd Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
  • Ivy Chou, 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
  • Virginia Jarvis, 2st Monday at 7:30 p.m.

      If you are interested in joining a circle, call Joy Relton (703-971-0745) or Judy Swarthout (540-972-5566). and we can tell you about each circle.  New members are always welcome. We have two day circles and two evening circles.

The 1st Tuesday of every month is Ladies Night Out for the women of Cameron Church.They all go out to dinner.The restaurant is different every month and all you ladies are welcome. Sometimes we meet at the church to go and other times we meet at the restaurant. Please call Donna Grigsby or Gertie Sykes for details. Good food, good friends and a good time--come and join us.

Twice a year the Cameron UMW holds consignment sales which give families an opportunity to sell used toys, clothes, furniture, baby equipment  and books and games to other families with children twelve and under. The sellers keep 60% of the proceeds and the remaining 40% goes to mission work including supporting numerous local charities. In addition, any donations are donated to organizations providing assistances to persons in need in the community. Interested persons should contact the church office. 

  • The Spring Consignment sale is in March.  
  • The Fall Consignment Sale is in September.

UMW Officers:

President: Joy Relton
Vice President: Nancy Owens
Secretary: Marilyn Garber
Treasurer: Carolyn Brown
Chair of Nominations Committee: Carol Malzahn

UMW Mission Coordinators:

Spiritual Growth: Dottie Holstine
Social Action: Nancy Williams
Education & Interpretation: Donna Grigsby
Membership Nurture & Outreach: Judy Swarthout, Co-Chair
Membership Nurture & Outreach: Mary West, Co-Chair
Membership Nurture & Outreach: Mary Sue Smith, Co-Chair

Sub-Group Leaders or other officers:

Communications: Peggy Guggolz
Program Resources: Julie Bowersett
Ivy Chou Circle Chair: Hazel Marshall
Miriam Gruber Circle Chair: Velda Yehle
Virginia Jarvis Circle Co-Chair: Shirley Campbell
Virginia Jarvis Circle Co-Chair: Carol Malzahn

 

 

UMW NEWS

Ladies’ Night Out

Because they enjoyed it so much in June, the Cameron Women decided to go back to Lucky’s for the December Ladies’ Night Out, Tuesday, December 2nd. Please call Gertie Sykes, 703-971-6126 or Donna Grigsby, 703-971-7460 by Monday, December 1st if you would like to join us. Meet at the restaurant, 7027 Manchester Blvd, at 6:45 pm.

Photos - Ladies Night Out for November 2008

 

WomensNews.gif (8574 bytes)CONSIGNMENT SALE WRAP-UP

Another very successful children's consignment sale has come and gone!! Many thanks to everyone who helped--from those who mailed out the packets, manned the phone for sellers, posted the signs, set up and took down, cashiering, tag sorting, room supervising, bagging items ----everyone, no matter how big or how small your job was--you make the sale a success! Items not returned after the sale went to several schools, a Vietnamese family new to our country, Birthright, Monlock House, the Hondurans, Cleveland School and many other deserving places. There is a need for everything somewhere. Donations to the sale are always welcome. Money from these items is all ours. The local VFW Post always donates from their collection-- maternity clothes, girl's, boy's, infant's clothing, shoes and toys. Of all the donations that sold, 95% of them were from the VFW Post and netted for us over $600.00! They always participate and we thank them greatly for their help! The total amount of money for items that were sold was $13,707.94. Money returned to the venders and some expenses totaled $8,692.90, leaving $5,045.04 for the UMW. This money will be used for many mission projects both here and far away. A big thank you goes to Liz and Nancy Owens who put this project together! They always do a wonderful job from start to finish and they hope to see all of you back for another sale in the spring!

PECANS

The UMW is selling pecans again this year. One-pound bags of jumbo shelled pecan halves will be available after October 28th. The cost is $7.50 per pound. Please call Hazel Marshall at (703) 765-3346 if you are interested.

 The Cameron UMW annual New Member Dinner will be held on Monday, November 3rd at 6:30 in Skelton Hall. All members, new members and member wannabes are encouraged to come. The Unit meeting will follow dinner. New officers for the coming year will be installed. Sue Boltz will present the program about her recent mission travels. We hope to see YOU there!

The Cameron UMW have elected new officers for 2009-2010. We thank all of those whose terms of office are ending for the fine job they have done in all areas of our organization. We thank these women who have agreed to serve for the coming term: President- Joy Relton, Vice-President- Nancy Owens, Secretary-Dottie Holstine, Treasurer- Dorothy Uhlir, Program Area Coordinators--Spiritual Growth- Barbara Turpin, Education & Interpretation- Donna Grigsby, Secretary of Program Resources- Nancy Williams, Nominating Committee-Shirley Campbell, Chairman, Dixie Goss, Carol Malzahn, Kathy Henry, Carol Settlemyer, Membership Nurture and Outreach-Mary West, Judy Swarthout, Mary Sue Smith, Publicity-Peggy Guggolz and Kitchen-Shirley Campbell. Wow!! What a fine group of leaders! Along with our active membership, we are sure to have a busy and successful UMW. We hope that all of Cameron's women will come and be a part of the journey forward this year!

 

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