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WOMEN'S FALL RETREAT
Will be September 11 and September 12, 2010 at the Franciscan Renewal Center (5802 E. Lincoln Drive in Scottsdale, AZ).
Contact Church Office for Registration Forms OR go to our page: Click HERE
Additional information concerning Regional Women Events go to web site: http://arizonadisciples.com/women.aspx
Mary Jacobs and LaVerne Thorpe installed as IDWM Executives for Quadrennium 2010—2014
The IDWM Quadrennial Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) met last week and installed new officers, and for the first time in anyone’s memory, two members of the Executive Committee come from a single congregation.
The 2010 Assembly, held every four years in various locales, brings together Disciples women from across the United States and Canada along with nearly two dozen overseas guests. This year nearly two thousand came together in Greensboro, NC to consider the theme “Awake! Awake!”.
The four-day assembly alerted us all to the fact that collective praise, shared wisdom, and joyful service offer our troubled world a stronger witness than any of us can offer on our own.
We will hold them close in prayer as they help set the course for women’s ministries programming as we move into a new decade. (They are both members of First Christian Church, Mesa, AZ)
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The women of the Church will gather in September 2010.
You are welcome!
| New Beginnings |
Sunday, September 12th |
New Beginnings Circle |
| Adelphi |
Tues. September 14, 2010 at 7:00 pm |
Home of Cheryl Howard |
| Dorcas |
Tues. September 14, 2010 at 9:30 am |
Dorcas Circle will be meeting in the Arizona Room at the Church. |
| Ruth |
Thur. September 9, 2010 at 12:00 noon |
Ruth Circle meeting in the Arizona Room; please bring a sack lunch for fellowship and study.
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Ruth Circle Gathering at Christmas
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Disciples Women's Ministries support Chrysalis Shelters for victims of domestic violence.
Chrysalis Donation Schedule
Sunnyslope Shelter
New receiving locations: 4747 N. Central Ave. (Central and Camelback)
Phone: 602-944-4999
Please bring items to the Arizona Room and place in the container marked Chrysalis. The container is located in the closet at the southwest corner of the room. The list below is only a suggestion; feel free to donate whatever you have.
Month /Group /Items Needed
September/October
Dorcas Circle
Household Cleaning Supplies: Laundry Soap, Dish Soap, Liquid Cleansers, Light Bulbs, New Pillows, Trash Bags, Ziploc Bags.
November/December
Ruth Circle
Office Supplies: Postage Stamps, Copy Paper, Scotch Tape, Packing Tape, Black Ink Pens, Post-it Notes, White Out, Legal Pads, Dry Erase Markers, Scissors, Blank CD Computer Disks.
January/February
Adelphi
White Products and/or Paper Products :
Towels, Sheets, Washcloths, Dish Towels, Blankets,
Pillow Cases, Paper Towels, Toilet Paper, Diapers
March/April
Ruth
Miscellaneous Items:
Hair care products, Toiletries, New Hair Brushes,
Combs, Hair Ties, Curling Irons, Blow Dryers,
Feminine Hygiene Products, Makeup, Bus passes,
Gift Certificates, Dinner Passes, Blank Journals,
Day Timers, Movie Tickets, Relaxation Tapes,
Yoga Tools, Non-Perishable Food Items, Ensure
Dietary Supplement
May/June
Adelphi
Baby/Children Needs:
Diapers, Wipes, Tearless Shampoo, Desitine,
School Supplies (throughout school year),
Donated Videos in English or Spanish, Non-Violent
Super Nintendo Games, Children’s Art Supplies,
Barrettes, Hair Accessories for little girls.
.. Women Helping Women ..
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This is a yearly project of Disciples Women Ministries. The entire church community helps in this project. Information of the family will be avaliable in October/November.
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First Christian Church
LABELS-FOR-EDUCATION
Sonny DeFeo has volunteered to be the liaison: Cut UPC barcodes from Campbell Soup products labels. We will make available to our church family the “eligible” product labels to be saved. Labels are brought to church and placed in LABELS-FOR-EDUCATION container. The UPC barcodes are cut, counted and distributed to Woodhaven, a campus-based school for children with disabilities.
Please see Julie Erickson to offer your help in this worthy opportunity.
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Week of Compassion Establishes the Women’s Empowerment Fund
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 09:44AM
When we help to educate a girl, we help her whole family.
To improve the life of one woman is to change the life of an entire community.
This has been proven time and time again.
We already know that successful sustainable development depends on women. Economic and social development around the world, including in North America, depends directly on how we support and empower women.
Yet most women in the world still live on less than $1 a day. Girls are often expected to do manual labor and stay home to help take care of their families and are not given the chance to go to school. Women are not given the same opportunities to be educated and to be in charge of their own lives.
We can change this.
We can make a difference! Together, as Disciples women, we can come together to help change the status and lives of girls and women. We can contribute to their education, training, and empowerment. We can accompany them in a bold way!
Week of Compassion has established the Women’s Empowerment Fund as a way to do just that.
This fund will educate, train, and empower women all over the world and here in North America. The Women’s Empowerment Fund will honor our sisters in need. It will serve as a powerful vehicle for us as Disciples women to channel our joint resources specifically to improve the lives of women.
Individually, you may feel powerless. But coming together and rallying around our sisters, leveraging our resources, starting giving clubs, and committing to improving women’s lives means that every single one of us can have an impact.
The Women’s Empowerment Fund will benefit our partners through Global Ministries, including our efforts to support women in the Congo and the Middle East. It will also benefit our ecumenical partners like Church World Service and Foods Resource Bank, to support girls and women’s programs in the Republic of Georgia, Serbia, and India. Through all of our Disciples and ecumenical partners worldwide, Week of Compassion’s Women’s Empowerment Fund will change the lives of women.
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DISCIPLE WOMEN MINISTRIES
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About Disciple Women Ministries
Our Purpose
To provide opportunities for spiritual growth, enrichment, education and creative ministries to enable women to develop a sense of personal responsibility for the whole mission of the Church of Jesus Christ.
All Women of First Christian Church are members of the DWM.
No need to join.
We have small group meetings once a month (September through May) called Circles. We have fellowship, study and worship. We have four circles designed to accomodate the various schedules of the women of the church.
One group meets in the evenings:
Adelphi - Second Tuesday of each month, 7:00 pm in the home of a member.
Two groups meet during the day:
Dorcas -Second Tuesday of each month, 9:30 am in the Arizona Room
Ruth - Second Thursday of each month, 12:00 pm in the Arizona Room
We all meet together several times a year at general meetings held on Tuesday evenings or Saturday mornings. These gatherings are called: Girls' Nite Out or Girls' Morning Out.
We emphasize service and outreach.
We support many church programs as the women of the church. The greatest portion of our budget goes towards world wide mission projects (through The Disciples of Christ - Church Finance Council).
We provide support for families when a death occurs by either providing food, time or support.
Service Projects we're involved with:
Vista Del Camino
We support Vista Del Camino with food, clothing and monetary contributions. The center is located in South Scottsdale and works with the area families in need. Annually, CWF sponsors two or more families for Thanksgiving and Christmas
Crop Walk
Church World Services works in partnership with indigenous organizations in more than 80 countries to support sustainable self-help development, meet emergency needs and help address the root causes of poverty and powerlessness.
For more information, see the Church World Services website.
CHRYSALIS SHELTERS - for victims of domestic violence
We collect items for the shelter on a monthly basis. The circles rotate the delivery donations. Donated items can be placed in the blue barrel located in the closet of the Arizona Room.
HAGAR Project
"Helping Abused Grow and Recover"
HAGAR is more than the acronym. It is the name of the biblical woman who was abused. Genesis 16 and 21 tell the story of Hagar, given as a concubine to Abraham, abused by Sarah and eventually cast out into the desert with her child. Family Violence includes sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. HAGAR represents the victims of abuse in every generation.
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DISCIPLES WOMEN’S MINISTRY
New slate of officers for DWM (CWF)
for 2010-20101
Co-Chairs: Aline Jones and Monica Case
Treasurer: Jane Rosenfeld
Secretary: Julie Erickson
Service: Beth Porter and Carol Tidrow
Wedding: Cathy Lloyd
Hospitality: Diane Merry and Cari Shonk
Workday Hostess: Kay Jones
Worship: Jeanne Thompson
Historian: Volunteer Needed
Publicity: Lianne Johnson
Cards: Dolly Davis
Circle Leaders:
Adelphi - Cheryl Howard
Dorcas - Kay Jones
Ruth - Marilyn Lagesse
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Adelphi Circle 2010-2011
| MONTH |
HOSTESS |
STUDY AND
WORSHIP |
SPECIAL EVENT/
RESPONSIBILITY |
| September |
Cheryl Howard |
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| October |
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| November |
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| December |
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Christmas Pot Luck |
Christmas Ornament Exchange |
| January |
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Chrysalis Delivery |
| February |
Jane Rosenfeld |
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Chrysalis Delivery |
| March |
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| April |
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| May |
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End of Year Pot Luck |
Chrysalis Delivery in May and June
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Disciple Women’s Ministry Purpose
To provide opportunities for spiritual growth,
Enrichment, education and creative ministries
To enable women to develop a sense of personal
Responsibility for the whole mission of the
Church of Jesus Christ.
DWM Prayer
Unto you, O God, we give our thanks
And lift our hearts in prayer.
May your presence be with us and your love
Surround us as we work together in the
Disciples Women’s Ministry fellowship.
Open our eyes to the needs of the world and
Fill our hearts with concern for all people.
Guide us that we may truly serve you
Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen
DWM Benediction
God, be merciful unto us and bless us; and
cause your face to shine upon us; that your way may be known upon the earth, your saving
health among all nations, through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
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DWM Executive Board Minutes
May 25, 2010
Those in attendance were Janie Rosenfeld, Carol Tidrow, Aline Jones, Cheryl Howard, Beth Porter, Jeanne Thompson, Julie Erickson, and Marilyn Lagesse.
TREASURER’S REPORT – Balance on hand $7,883.08. 3 checks, in the amount of $375.00 each, were written to Jane Rosenfeld, Julie Erickson and Cathy Lloyd to cover the registration costs for upcoming Quadrennial in June 2010.
A $25.00 honorarium will be presented to Judy Stall/ After School Program in honor of the dancers who performed at the All Daughter’s Ice Cream/Cup Cake celebration. Two of the dancers, Genesis and Hillary Clara, were participants in the After School/Outreach Program held on our church campus this year.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
SERVICE – Beth has received a $1,000 check from HAGAR (Helping Abused Grow and Recover) for Chrysalis. She will see that Lisa, from Chrysalis, receives this check. She will also make sure that Lisa re-applies to HAGAR, via another grant request, as there is more money to be distributed and these monies will be presented in September.
Beth was reminded by Vista Del Camino that summer food donations are needed at the center.
Lastly, in luau of collecting “stuff” for backpacks this year, DWM will be collecting monitory donations for back to school items. Monies will be collected from June 15 through July 15th. Carol and Beth will make up a flyer for advertising on Sunday morning during our church service and perhaps putting in bulletins on one of the Sundays in June/July.
STUDY/WORKDAY/REFRESHMENTS – workdays over until September
CARES AND CONCERNS – no report
HOSPITALITY – no report
WEDDING – no report
WORSHIP – Jeanne will be installing our new board this evening – as a side note, the installation was VERY meaningful and much appreciated. Jeanne tied in “labyrinths” and their meaning/usage with the “walk” of our new board as a tool to enhance our meditation and/or personal growth as a new member of the DWM board.
WEDDING – no report
PUBLICITY – no report
FUNDRAISERS - $472.00 was generated from the All Daughter’s celebration. $60.19 in receipts have been given to Janie. PLEASE turn in your receipts for reimbursement.
CIRCLE REPORTS;
Adelphi – May meeting held at Carol’s with one New Beginning’s gal attending
Dorcas – May meeting held on the Patio of the Millium Resort. 11 members attended with 5 guests also in attendance.
Ruth – 8 attended the May Luncheon.
New Beginnings – no report
NEW BUSINESS – Our 2010 Disciples Women’s Retreat, “Spirited Places”, will be held at the Franciscan Renewal Center on Saturday, September 11 and Sunday September 12. Registration deadline is July 19th. Forms are in the office and will be posted on Web page.
The farewell to Bob Howard and family will be June 27th with cake and all the trimmings after the church service. Aline will pick up the cakes for the occasion.
OTHER:
Sonny DeFeo has volunteered to be our “Official Counter of Campbell Soup Labels”. A gathering box is in the Fellowship Hall. Please drop off entire label and Sonny will cut and count them.
Thank you to Sandi DeFeo for her willingness to again be responsible for the “Women of Faith” gathering, October 1st and 2nd. She has made a 30 ticket commitment. Please see her to sign up to go.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU to our DWM 2009-2010 board. We have accomplished much this year – tried new endeavors and through it all…. Kept smiling and sharing “sister” love for each other and the women of our church. The guidance that Aline and Cheryl’s shared with us was fresh and the new ideas generated made this year successful and fun! Thank you, Girls!
Meeting was adjourned at 6:30 PM with dinner following.
Respectfully submitted,
Julie Erickson
DWM Executive Board Minutes
April 27, 2010
Those in attendance were Julie Erickson, Janie Rosenfeld, Carol Tidrow, Jeanne Thompson, Aline Jones, Cheryl Howard, Monica Case, Lianne Johnson and Marilyn Lagesse.
JOYS AND CONCERNS –Janie’s mother Ann, fell and is in the hospital. No broken bones, but several health issues. We will keep Ann and Janie in our prayers.
TREASURER’S REPORT- Balance on hand $7,672.85. $355.85 were profits from the rummage sale. Of that amount, DWM table/refreshments profits were $139.85. $136.93 was paid out for new Study books and $12.99 for the Leader’s book.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
SERVICE - Janie was notified that HAGAR (Helping Abused Grow and Recover), granted the two requests that were made and has more monies to disburse. Beth Porter, our Service liaison, will be notified and pass this “great” opportunity on to Lisa, from Chrysalis, to write another grant and if chosen, will be given grant money in September.
STUDY/WORKDAY/REFRESHMENTS – Monica will bring refreshments for the May 1st workday.
CARES AND CONCERNS – no report
HOSPITALITY – no report
WORSHIP – Jeanne will be responsible for the worship/instillation service on May 25th at 6:30 pm.
WEDDING – no report
PUBLICITY – Lianne will make reminder cards to pass out on Sundays before instillation. This will be a “Girl’s Night Out” potluck dinner, with child care being provided.
Lianne will also send out a reminder e mail concerning our upcoming “ALL DAUGHTER’S” Saturday on May 1st. Any daughter’s still interested in coming will need to contact the office by noon on Friday. They can purchase those tickets at the door on Saturday.
FUND RAISERS – Rummage sale profits $355.85.
All Daughters’ May Day – We are planning for 50 daughters to attend. All committee members are aware of their duties. Thanks to Monica and her committee for the great planning.
CIRCLE REPORTS:
Adelphi – 7 attended, $85.00 offering. May meeting will be a Pot Luck dinner at Carol Tidrows.
Dorcas – 8 attended, $10.00 offering. May meeting will be at a restaurant to be named later.
Ruth – 13 attended, monthly collection and Least Coin Collection turned into the Church Office. May meeting will be a luncheon at Buster’s on the Late at 12:30 pm.
NEW BEGINNINGS – 5 attended. They will join Adelphi at Carol’s as the celebrate their last meeting until September.
OLD BUSINESS:
Monica Case has put together a new board for 2010-2011.
CO-PRESIDENTS – Aline Jones
Monica Case
TREASURER - Janie Rosenfeld
SECRETARY - Julie Erickson
WORSHIP - Jeanne Thompson
SERVICE - Beth Porter
Carol Tidrow
PUBLICITY - Lianne Johnson
HOSPITALITY –Diane Merry
Cari Shonk
WEDDINGS - Cathy Lloyd
WORKDAY HOSTESS – Kay Jones
PERSONAL – Dolly Davis
Circle Leaders:
Adelphi – Cheryl Howard
Dorcas – Kay Jones
Ruth – Marilyn Lagesse
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