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Spring 2012 Board of Directors meeting
Articles are arranged in reverse chronological order.
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National Mission Institutions Play a Vital Role in the Women’s Division Board Meeting by Mary Beth Coudal and Hortense Tyrell
04/02/2012 Not only did the Women’s Division Board of Directors meet for one afternoon at one of the Women’s Division-related 98 national mission institutions, but the directors also approved two new institutions to join the caring connection of United Methodist-related community centers and institutions.
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Thomas Kemper Gives Remarks to 2009-2012 Women’s Division Directors by Thomas Kemper
04/02/2012 The General Secretary of the General Board of Global Ministries, Thomas Kemper, gave closing remarks on the legacy of directors at their final meeting of the 2009-2012 quadrennium, the Semi-Annual board meeting in Plano, Tex., March 15-19, 2012.
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Spring 2012 Board Meeting: flickr photo gallery
03/28/2012 Photos of the Board meeting, quadrennial celebration and more from Plano, Texas.
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At Last Meeting of the Quadrennium, Women’s Division Directors Set Mission Budget, Welcome New Staff by Leigh Rogers
03/21/2012 For many directors, the semiannual Women’s Division board of directors meeting in Plano, Texas, would be their last, as they served the maximum of their full two terms of eight years. Yet there was ample time for this configuration of directors to celebrate and reminisce the past four years.
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Finding Our Self: United Methodist Women in the Next Quadrennium by Tara Barnes
03/20/2012 At the spring 2012 Women’s Division board meeting, Deputy General Secretary Harriett Jane Olson asks United Methodist Women to define itself as an organization that is part of the body of Christ.
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Treasurer's Report: Many Gifts, One Spirit by Leigh Rogers
03/19/2012 Treasurer Martha Knight described the impact the Women’s Division board of directors’ budgetary approvals throughout the 2009-2012 quadrennium had on individuals, communities and organizations around the world.
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Directors Visit Southeast Dallas Cooperative Parish, Learn About Immigration Issues by Leigh Rogers
03/19/2012 Directors heard from pastors leading the three member churches and learned about how Justice for Our Neighbors was helping immigrants retain legal rights in Dallas.
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Women’s Division Directors Honored at Quadrennial Celebration by Leigh Rogers
03/19/2012 At the semiannual board meeting in Plano, Texas, the Women’s Division honored the present configuration of directors and celebrated the exemplary work they did over the course of the 2009-2012 quadrennium.
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Directors Approve $60,000 Grant for Anti-Domestic-Violence Initiative by Leigh Rogers
03/19/2012 The Inelda Z. Gonzalez Initiative on Domestic Violence, in honor of the Women’s Division president during the 2009-2012 quadrennium, will provide funds for resources, trainings, and internships to help bring awareness and action to domestic violence in the 2013-2016 quadrennium.
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Opening Our Eyes and Hearts to the Needs and Gifts of Women, Children and Youth by Inelda González
03/18/2012 At the spring 2012 board of directors meeting, Inelda González, president of the Women’s Division, celebrated the past four years of work and service of the board of directors on behalf of United Methodist Women.
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Women Key in Making Peace by Yvette Moore
12/01/2011 With three women winners of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, no longer can women's critical role in peacemaking be denied.
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Let Your Light Shine
10/24/2011 “You and I were made to give light—to put our lives to work, to apply our patience in difficult trying situations—to let our light shine,” said Ms. Inelda González, president of United Methodist Women.
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Members Continue Dedicated Giving by Leigh Rogers
10/14/2011 As the Women’s Division studies funds endowed to United Methodist Women over the last 140 years, Treasurer Martha Knight asked directors to imagine what future members would say about their lasting legacy.
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United Methodist Women Board of Directors Meeting: October 2011
10/11/2011 Photos from fall board meeting held October 7-10, 2011 in New York at the Interchurch Center and the Church Center for the United Nations.
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Women, War & Peace by Tara Barnes
10/11/2011 Join United Methodist Women members around the country in watching this important series that highlights the importance of women’s voices in conflict and the necessity of ending war if we are to ever live in the world of peace God intended for us.
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Women's Division Board Meeting Wrapup by Leigh Rogers
10/11/2011 The Women’s Division board of directors approved the 2012 budget, received the criteria and application form for incoming national mission institutions that will be used to approve new partnerships, and approved a plan for a consultation with Native American Women in 2012, among other highlights at the division’s annual meeting, October 6-11 in New York City.
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Report of the Deputy General Secretary
10/10/2011 On Friday October 7, Women’s Division Deputy General Secretary Harriett Jane Olson addressed the Women’s Division board of directors at their annual fall meeting. With the message “Shaping the Future,” Ms. Olson spoke of how the current work of United Methodist Women shapes the Church and the world and how the organization plans to keep doing such work in order to “influence the future.”
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Directors Celebrate Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee by Linda Bloom
10/10/2011 Women’s Division directors had a discussion the following evening with Abigail Disney, executive producer for “Women, War & Peace,” a five-part series on PBS, and producer of “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” a documentary in which Leymah Gbowee is a central figure.
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month by Ashley Baker and Julie A. Taylor
10/05/2011 The month of October began as and continues to be a time for people to come together to remember those who have died, support those who have survived and bring together those working in the field of domestic violence.
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Report of the President to the Women’s Division Board of Directors by Inelda González, president, Women’s Division
04/28/2011 Inelda González, president of the Women's Division, gave her speech to the board of directors at their Semi-Annual meeting, April 10, 2011 in Stamford, Conn.
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