UMW Resolutions for the New Year

Putting Faith, Hope and Love in Action

The New Year is a time to reflect back on the year that has passed and look ahead to the new one. It is a time when many of us make resolutions to lead a more meaningful life, or enrich the path we are on. Here are some suggestions from United Methodist Women for ways to live a more spiritual life in the coming year.

Help equip women and girls to become the leaders of tomorrow. Follow your heart, answer the call, give to the World Thank Offering.  Spontaneous additional gifts can be given out of gratitude for God's abundance and in celebration of the joys of life.
 
The World Thank Offering is an opportunity for individuals to respond to God's abundance and grace with spontaneous gifts of gratitude. The funds collected are used in the total program of mission carried on through United Methodist Women's national office in the United States and around the world.

Or you can support the work of United Methodist Women for the next 150 years and donate to Mission Giving.

Take Action: +Work for Justice through Service and Advocacy. +Pick one or more justice issues you care about, and try to create change: +Form a huddle to end trafficking or contact your elected officials urging them to end child and family detention. +Pick one (or more) of the 13 steps to environmental sustainability to implement or improve on.

Learn and grow: +Read a Spiritual Growth Study or join our Reading Program and expand your knowledge year-round. +Volunteer at one of our many National Mission Institutions. +Take an Ubuntu Journey.+And be sure to make the time for prayer.

Get the Prayer Calendar. This resource can help you plan your week and invites you to support mission through daily prayer. Current mission projects and people who serve in United Methodist Church mission are highlighted throughout the year.
 
You can also follow UMWomen on Twitter at https://twitter.com/UMWomen for the daily Prayer Calendar focus, or read the UMWOnline blog at www.umwonline.org/blogs/prayer-calendar.

Honor a United Methodist Women member on the Living Timeline. Subscribe to response magazine or visit www.unitedmethodistwomen.org every week to stay up to date; stay connected via social media and UMWOnline. 

Share your story: local, district and conference United Methodist Women members make mission happen every day. Inspire your sisters in faith, hope and love with a submission that might appear on the website, in United Methodist Women News or response magazine. 

Submit your story to tbarnes@unitedmethodistwomen.org and include high resolution photos if possible.

United Methodist Women wishes you a purposeful and happy New Year!
  

Posted or updated: 12/30/2014 11:00:00 PM