• Children
• Family Ministry
• Health & Wellness Ministry
• Men's Fellowship
• Music & Arts Ministry
• Senior Ministries (Pioneers)
• United Methodist Women (UMW)
  • Global Health Action (GHA) Haitian Goat Project
• Youth

United Methodist Women (UMW)

Have you dropped off school supplies for community kids? You've helped the UMW help less fortunate kids in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties (and our Children First kids at the Northlake Inn).   See this year's list of supplies.  

Have you dropped off clothes and/or toiletries in the box in the Women Spirit class? You've helped the women and children at the Atlanta Day Shelter for Women and Kids.

Have you dropped off Campbell soup labels in the office or brought a gift to the Lessons and Carols program in December? You've helped the kids at the Murphy-Harpst homes.

Have you bought something at a UMW bake sale? You've supported UMW missions! Thank you!

PURPOSE

The UMW is a community of women whose purpose is to know God and experience freedom as a whole person through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church. Learn more: go to the UMW website

OUR GOALS

1. To live the purpose of UMW by offering programs and studies designed to promote individual growth, and expand local and world missions in Christ's name. Learn more: go to the UMW Mission Resource Center
2. To challenge members to participate in all areas of mission and to interest more women of our congregation in UMW.
3. To pray for peace in our homes, our community, our nation and our world.

OUR CIRCLES

The Ambassadors
Meets at 10:00 AM in the Wesley Center each month (Sept. to June). Meetings are the third Tuesday of each month except for March, June and December when the meetings are on the second Tuesday.  A covered dish luncheon follows at noon. (Note: The November and December meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month.)  For more information, contact group leaders Shirley Pollard or Marilyn Parsonson

The Wesleyan Group
Meets at 7:30 PM the second Monday of each month (Sept. to June) usually in the Christian Fellowship Classroom, Room 206.  For more information, contact group leaders Sue Schnock or Gloria Jones.

UMW INVOLVEMENT IN MISSIONS

Each of our UMW Circles is dedicated to Christ's Discipleship of Caring through active involvement in church, community, national and international outreach for missions and through financial support for missions. 

Last year, the TFUMC UMW supported:

• Aldersgate
• Atlanta Day Shelter for Women and Children (core outreach for Wesleyan Group)
• Breakthru House in Decatur
• Global Health Action Haitian Goat Project 
• Murphy-Harpst Children's Home
• NETWorks
• Refugee Family Services, Inc.
• Safe House Outreach
• Smile Train
• T.I.M.E. (Tucker Interfaith Mission Experience)
• TFUMC Missions, especially Children's First
• TFUMC Music and Arts Youth Choir Tour
• The United Methodist Children's Home in Decatur
• UMCOR
• Wesley Community Centers

Learn more about the work of the UMW

Candleburning - A Special Missions Project

Tucker First's UMW also supports the North Georgia Conference UMW candleburning project. We give specific mission funds in honor or memory of someone and a candle is burned for an amount of time equal to the amount of time their given amount of money will support UMW mission work around the world. In 2007, UMW as a whole spent $18,964,865.00 in missions. So UMW missions cost:

• $.60 for one second
• $36.08 for one minute
• $180.40 for five minutes
• $2,164.94 for one hour
• $51,958.34 for one day

For More Information