Issue 2, May 6, 2006
Response Extra
Editor: Dana E. Jones
Writers: Erik Alsgaard, Linda Beher, Kim Fry, Shanta Bryant Gyan, Christie House, Barbara Wheeler
Photographers: Paul Jeffrey, Mike DuBose
Prepress: Debbie Smalley
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Almost 7,000 women gathered for United Methodist Women's Assembly, May 4-7, 2006, at the Anaheim, Calif., Convention Center. Part of a one-million member organization, the women are bonded by common concerns - the issues and struggles of women, children and youth.
Table of Contents: Response Extra #2
Jan Love Calls United Methodist Women to Glorify God
Jan Love, chief executive of the Women's Division, will bring thanks to all the "mission mamas" at Assembly this morning as she challenges them to renew and reenergize their commitment.
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Caring for Children at Big Events
Your local, district or conference United Methodist Women is holding a large event and you need to provide child care. You don't want to ask members to miss the program, so what do you do?
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Creating a Prayer and Meditation Center
The prayer and meditation room at Assembly was designed to be tactile — a place where people can literally be "in touch" with God.
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Blessing the Journey of Mission Kits
In Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia, a family of five is cramped in a single room in which they've lived for two years. Their baby was born in this barrack-like apartment building far from home. There's no running water. They are displaced from Abkhazia, a disputed region.
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Celebrating Shine Women
A Shine Woman pays close attention to the challenges and opportunities that arise where she lives and seizes moments to be a concrete witness to God's love and grace in her time and place.
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Working for Peace
Peace with justice throughout the world is a United Methodist Women's goal. So how can Assembly participants educate fellow United Methodists about this cause?
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Early Morning Mission Walk Raises $20,000 Plus
Mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, all joined together for one cause — to raise money for Mission Giving. Event organizers said that more than $21,000 had been raised.
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Silvia Regina Lima de Silva: Tear Down Walls
Using text from Isaiah 58:6-12, Ms. Lima de Silva led the call for Assembly goers to live a life of solidarity, full of compassion and caring.
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Wahu Kaara: Speak Out on Injustice
Nobel Peace Prize nominee and Kenyan global economic expert Wahu Kaara challenged United Methodist Women Friday, May 5 to take a stand to tell world leaders about economic injustices around the world.
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M. Garlinda Burton: Shine Sisters
M. Garlinda Burton challenged the sisters of United Methodist Women to shine individually and collectively in her Saturday morning Bible study.
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Fashion Show Assembly Style
When close to 7,000 women gather in one place, there are bound to be conversations about fashion. Those gathered at Assembly viewed a "Fashion Resistance to Militarism " fashion show.
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