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.
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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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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 Ministries
Minutes for Meeting of November 24, 2009
Those in attendance were Cheryl Howard, Lianne Johnson, Wanda Stillions, Marilyn Lagesse, Julie Erickson, Jane Rosenfeld, Carol Tidrow, Cathy Lloyd and Beth Porter.
Cathy opened with prayer.
TREASURERS REPORT: As of this meeting, totals for basket raffle were $374.00 and for the bake sale - $431.85.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
SERVICE – Thanksgiving family donations were $305.00. $75.00 will be used to purchase a “food” card for our adoptive family. The remainder of these monies will be used to purchase any “wants/needs” from the adoptive family that were not met and THEN what money is left over, will go to buy “food” cards to be used by our church for other families who might need extra help with food purchases.
Our adoptive family consists of 5 people. 3 children, ages 4, 8 and 10. Be looking for the Christmas giving tree on December 6th to pick up your ornament in support of our family. Gifts need to be back on December 13th. Further questions, please contact Beth or Carol.
STUDY/WORKDAY – No report – Monica will take care of December 5th work day refreshments.
CARES AND CONCERNS- No report
HOSPITALITY – Wanda is ready to go with plans for our December 13th fundraiser dinner table decorations. Beth will be helping here set up for the event, but, extra hands are ALWAYS welcome. Be at the Fellowship Hall by 9:00am on December 13th, if you would like to help set up.
PUBLICITY – Lianne will be creating tickets for the dinner as well as signs to put up around campus and 2 posters that will be hand carried for advertisement.
WORSHIP – no report
WEDDING – no report
FUNDRAISERS – Our Christmas luncheon will be on December 13th right after church. The team has met over e mails and planning is going great. Food will be taken care of by the “team”, but, circle leaders, please have signup sheets out at your next meeting for volunteers to handle set up, clean up and serving. Let Aline know ASAP after you meeting who volunteered for what.
Tickets for the event will be sold on November 29th with Julie manning the table after church, December 6th with Cathy at the helm and at the door on December 13th with Cheryl collecting monies. Tickets are $8.00 adults/$4.00-kids, 12 and under. On the day of the dinner, ticket prices jump to $10.00/$5.00. Buy you tickets EARLY!
CIRCLE REPORTS:
Dorcas – no report
Adelphi – 5 attended. Met at Lea’s with Carol doing study.
Ruth – 10 attended. Dolly did lesson and Lianne did worship. Rev. Bob Howard attended our meeting and shared in our discussion. We will be continuing the Christmas Cookie Project in December – so, please bring 2/3 dozen cookies for our December 10th meeting. We will meet at church at 11am, fill our cookie tins, receive assignments for delivery (thanks to Nancy Fasolino) and then head over to Arizona Country Club (thanks to Beth Porter) for our annual luncheon. Please RSVP to Marilyn if you are planning to come.
New Beginnings – Our New Beginnings group will formally meet in January on the 2 Sunday of the month, right after church – but, Adelphi sisters have sent out invitations to the New Beginnings gals to attend their Christmas party on December 8th at Judy Kares’ house. It is an “ornament” exchange celebration. They hope to have a good turnout!
OLD BUSINESS: Thanks to all who helped and supported our 2 fundraisers – the bake sale and basket raffle.
NEW BUSINESS: Workday – December 6, 9:00am. We will be finishing the blind cleaning, dusting shelves and cleaning baseboards and cabinets. Please come and lend your hands…
The “Trash and Treasurer Trove” Catalog is up and running in the Narthex. Items for sale have already made their way into the catalog. Check it out!
Circle leaders – Please have a signup sheet ready for help needed in providing a lunch for our New Beginnings Group/Youth on the 2nd Sunday of each month, beginning in January.
Here is the story…
On the 2nd Sunday of each month, beginning in January, our New Beginnings group/Youth group will be meeting after church. Child care will be provided for the circle gals, but, we wanted to offer them lunch as well as the youth for a $2.00 good will offering. So when you sign up to provide lunch (and we need 2 volunteers for each meal), you will plan a lunch for 20 people with a budget of $40.00. Please consider this opportunity and sign up.
Next meeting – January 26th at 6:30 pm
Meeting was adjourned at 7:30pm
Respectfully Submitted
Julie Erickson
Disciples Women’s Ministries
Minutes for Meeting of October 27, 2009
Those in attendance were Presidents Aline Jones and Cheryl Howard, Marilyn Lagesse, Lianne Johnson, Wanda Stillions, Jeanne Thompson, Carol Tidrow, Janie Rosenfeld, Julie Erickson, Beth Porter and Cathy Lloyd.
Cheryl opened with prayer.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Budget was discussed with no adjustments being made.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
SERVICE – No Thanksgiving family yet. Donations well be taken on Sunday, November 8th and November 15th.
STUDY/WORKDAY - No Study report. Dorcas will be doing refreshments for workday on November 7th.
CARES AND CONCERNS – 10 cards were sent
HOSPITALITY – Thanks to Wanda for the “mum” decorations at our Women’s night out. One arrangement was given to our speaker
while the others were sold for $5.00 to help defray Wanda’s costs. Our next “decorating” event will be December 13th.
WORSHIP – Jeanne will lead our worship tonight (since these notes were written after dinner, we would like to take this time to thank Jeanne for the VERY MEANINGFUL worship service.
Connecting worship with our speaker’s message made the evening such a blessing.) Thanks Jeanne.
PUBLICITY – Thanks as well to Lianne for all the signage advertising our upcoming bake sale!
WEDDING – no weddings on the calendar
FUNDRAISERS – Basket raffle/Bake sale has had a great response. All baskets will be out November 1st, with raffle tickets being sold until Nov.15th. Our bake sale will be on November 15th, as well. Circle leaders, please let your sisters know that their baked goods should be pre-packaged and brought to church on the 15th. Cookies/cupcakes can be packaged as single items, 6 or 12 items.
Holiday Luncheon – December 13th. Cathy, Julie and Wanda will help Aline organize our fundraising luncheon. Signup sheets for volunteering in various areas should be available for our November circle meetings.
CIRCLE REPORTS:
Dorcas – Thanks to Dorcas for helping prepare tonight’s dinner
Adelphi – 5 attended. Meeting was held at Cheryl’s with Janie leading study. November meeting will be at Lea’s.
Ruth – 13 attended. Julie led study. Nancy shared refreshments. Thanks to Ruth for working with Dorcas in preparing tonight’s delicious meal.
New Beginnings – 2 sisters attended meeting. Meetings will tentatively be held on Sundays after church in Library. Signup sheets will be available for sisters to sign up to provide lunch for the New Beginnings group/youth. This will begin in January.
OLD BUSINESS:
DWM Book of Sale Items: Thanks to Wanda for setting up this “fundraiser/outreach” opportunity. Final preparations are being made to have the program running sometime in November.
Girl’s Night Out – Tonight is our first activity for this year. What a WONDERFUL evening was had by all. Our Chrysalis speaker was very informative and spoke “from her heart”. All of the some 30 sisters who attended gained a lot of knowledge about the “nuts and bolts” of this organization and its commitment to abused women and children as well as the abusers of the valley.
NEW BUSINESS:
Our work day will take place on November 7th at 9:00 am. We will be cleaning blinds in all the rooms. Please stop by for an hour or so to help spruce up our campus.
DWM Women’s Ministries opportunities are now found …..in the BATHROOM…
Wanda Stillions recently attend the “Women of Faith” conference in Phoenix and while taking a bathroom break, noticed that on the doors of each stall, information about Women of Faith was uplifted.
So….. Wanda decided to make information available for our women to read, contemplate and perhaps act on, in the women’s bathroom located on our church campus. THANK YOU Wanda for the GREAT idea…. We just NEVER KNOW where information about our ministry and the work we do will turn up!
Next board meeting will be on Tuesday November 24th at 6:30 pm. in the Library.
Meeting adjourned at 6:30 pm
Respectfully submitted.
Julie Erickson, secretary
Disciples Women’s Ministries
Minutes for Meeting of September 29, 2009
Those in attendance were Presidents Aline Jones and Cheryl Howard, Marilyn Lagesse, Lianne Johnson, Beth Porter, Carol Tidrow, Jane Rosenfeld, Julie Erickson and Wanda Stillions.
Cheryl opened meeting with prayer.
Joys and concerns of women were uplifted. Kay Jones will have knee surgery, today, Sept. 30th. Clemmie Stillions will have surgery on Tuesday, Oct. 6th. Aline’s mother and sister are have upcoming surgeries as well. Wanda shared that Sandy’s wedding was just beautiful and they are very, very happy.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Janie went over new budget with adjustments made.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
SERVICE – Beth shared that Hagar had extra grant money to disburse and that Chrysalis had a grant request for a lay legal advocate project. Hagar presented Chrysalis with a grant for $1,250.00.
It was reported that Michele Landreville was very thankful for the donation of school supplies for her classes.
Hopefully, we will have our Thanksgiving family chosen by next meeting. We might be supporting a refugee family, too – if so, that will help us decide how many families and/or family members we well are able to adopt.
STUDY/WORKDAY – no report – Ruth circle will take care of Saturday “Work Day” refreshments this Saturday, October 3rd.
CARES AND CONCERNS – Kim sent out 6 cards in September. A sympathy card will be sent to Catherine Jenning’s son at their home as we remember the life of Catherine’s husband.
HOSPITALITY – Wanda’s creative juices will begin to flow as she prepares table decorations for our October 27th, first Girl’s Night Out, focusing on Chrysalis and their ministry.
WORSHIP – no report
PUBLICITY – Lianne’s creative juices will be flowing as well as she designs posters for our Girl’s Night Out, the upcoming B & B sale in November and our fundraiser dinner in December. She is going to be busy. J
WEDDING – no report
FUNDRAISERS – discussion under “New Business”
CIRCLE REPORTS; Dorcas – 9 attended
Ruth – 7 attended, $40.00 collected
Adelphi – 6 attended
OLD BUSINESS;
RETREAT – 9 attended retreat. The weekend was enjoyed by all.
WORKDAY – Carol, Aline and Janie met and went room by room creating a list of small projects. Carol then organized the list on an excel spreadsheet for our use in completing these many projects on church workdays to come. On November 7th, DWM’s Saturday workdays will begin. Please show up and lend a hand.
NEW BEGINNINGS GROUP – The first meeting our “New Beginnings” will take place on October 14th, at 7:00 pm in the Alpha/Omega room. Babysitting will be provided.
DWM BOOK OF SALE ITEMS – Wanda reported that the “book” will be out in late October/Early November. She will design a flyer to be inserted in bulletin or passed out to congregation explaining what this project is all about, how it works and how the monies collected will help one of our “home/church” projects, the upcoming landscaping remodeling. The name of the “book” has almost been finalized.
NEW BUSINESS;
WORKDAY – Will begin November 7th.
GIRL’S NIGHT OUT – October 27, at 6:30 pm. Dorcas and Ruth Circles will plan meal.
B & B SALE – Will be November 15th, after church with raffle tickets going on sale November 1st. $2.00 a piece or 3 for $5.00. Each circle has chosen a theme for their basket to be raffled and all women are encouraged to start baking and freezing in the near future so we will have plenty of goodies to sell.
HOLIDAY LUNCHEON – December 13th. This will be a fund raiser lunch with a wonderful meal and entertainment. Circle leaders are asked to have signup sheets at next meeting for members to sign up to be a part of a committee to spear head this endeavor.
OTHER – Minutes of board meetings will now be included on the web site, under the secure page.
A sincere thank you to Janie for designing and creating our DWM directory. If you haven’t gotten yours, please see your circle leader or Janie. This will be a “handy” reference to keep in your purse or by your phone.
Next board meeting will be on Tuesday, October 27th, at 5:30 pm before our Girl’s Nigh Out dinner.
Meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm.
Respectfully submitted.
Julie Erickson, secretary
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QUADRENNIAL
Save the Date: June 23-27, 2010 in Greensboro, NC. Thousand of women worshiping and learning together.
Join in this National Women's Event. Registration will begin the end of July 2009. Contact the church office for additional information. The DWM does offer financial aid to those attending; it is a part of the yearly budget.
Visit the Quadrennial website at: www.quadrennial.org
WOMEN'S FALL RETREAT
Will be in September of 2010 Please watch for information.
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
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DISCIPLES WOMEN’S MINISTRY
New slate of officers for DWM (CWF)
for 2009-2010
Co-Chairs: Aline Jones and Cheryl Howard
Treasurer: Jane Rosenfeld
Secretary: Julie Erickson
Service: Beth Porter and Carol Tidrow
Wedding: Cathy Lloyd
Hospitality: Wanda Stillions
Study/Workday Hostess: Monica Case
Worship: Jeannie Thompson
Historian: Volunteer Needed
Publicity: Lianne Johnson
Cards: Kim Redhage
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Adelphi Circle
| MONTH |
HOSTESS |
STUDY AND
WORSHIP |
SPECIAL EVENT/
RESPONSIBILITY |
| September |
Jane Rosenfeld |
Aline Jones |
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| October |
Cheryl Howard |
Jane Rosenfeld |
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| November |
Lea Nessmith |
Judy Kares |
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| December |
Judy Kares |
Christmas Pot Luck |
Christmas Ornament Exchange |
| January |
Aline Jones |
Jeanne Thompson |
Chrysalis Delivery |
| February |
Monica Case |
Aline Jones |
Chrysalis Delivery |
| March |
Cheryl Howard |
Jane Rosenfeld |
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| April |
Jeanne Thompson |
Judy Kares |
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| May |
Carol Tidrow |
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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