UMW invites you to learn more about the Children's Defense Fund's (CDF) 2021 Proctor Institute scheduled to be presented online 07.20.21-07.22.21. This year's theme is "Listening to the Children: A Radical Revolution of Values." Registration is free and open to all.

Grab your popcorn and/or favorite beverage and join other UMW members around the country for a matinee movie/discussion event on Tuesday afternoon, 07.20.21, 2:00 p.m. CDT. Registration is required.

This event is sponsored by UMW's Office of Racial Justice, is free, and open to all. A non-recorded discussion period will follow the movie (approximately 30 minutes-1 hour in length).

YOU ARE INVITED to learn more about building relationships and engagement around climate justice and "just energy for all" with other UMW sisters, your friends, and your community,

This month's "Just Energy for All Strategy and Capacity Building Session" features an interactive webinar as well as opportunities for role playing and plan development led by these trainers:

Laura Kigweba James: Program Coordinator for Grassroots Organizing, General Board of Church and Society of the UMC

Elizabeth Chun Hye (Liz) Lee: Executive for Economic and Environmental Justice and Climate Justice Lead, UMW

YOU ARE INVITED to grab your favorite sun hat, your sunglasses, your favorite beverage, and join Church Women United members from across

the U.S. on Saturday, 07.24.21, for fellowship, bingo, testimonies, and girl talk.

Church Women United (CWU) was founded in 1941 as a racially, culturally, theologically, inclusive Christian women's movement to celebrate unity and diversity and work for peace in the world.

Be an advocate for the rights of immigrants! Texas Impact invites you to learn more about its "Courts & Ports" program and register for an on-site, two-day visit to the Rio Grande Valley in summer 2021. Participants will meet front-line responders on both sides of the international border, visit sections of the border wall, and welcome asylum seekers.

Register:

https://secure.everyaction.com/UXRbV7asT0O7pxqyQF7Cbg2

The NTC UMC Journey Toward Racial Justice team will host ZOOM sessions on 07.28.21 and 08.26.21 to review the results of the North Texas Annual Conference Racial Ethnic Audit completed in May 2021.

Mark Your Calendar! NTC UMW wants to hear about your unit's activities for the period 09.01.20-08.31.21. The following local UMW unit annual reporting forms should be completed by local UMW unit presidents and/or designated officers/reps. and submitted to your district president and/or district rep. on/before 08.15.21:

All NTC UMW Local UMW Unit Annual Reporting Forms are bundled together in one downloadable file and are available online in two formats: Word or PDF (fillable). Check under the "Resources & Report Forms" tab on the NTC UMW website: https://www.umwnorthtexas.org/20202021_annual_reporting_forms_for_local_umw__units

Direct questions about annual reporting requirements to your district UMW president or representative. Not sure who your district UMW president/representative is? Email NTC UMW: [email protected]

The UMW Reading Program is a cherished tradition that brings together members in mission as they explore, share, and discuss the written word.

The UMW Reading Program offers four reading programs and features titles in five categories: Education for Mission, Leadership Development, Nurturing for Community, Social Action, and Spiritual Growth.

Select your plan, enjoy your books, and submit your record of completion to your local UMW unit Reading Program Officer and/or Program Resources Officer in early August (check with your your unit for the deadline). Local UMW unit reading program summary reports are due on/before 08.15.21 to NTC UMW District Presidents.

Pauline Ntombura of the Methodist Women's Conference of Kenya and wife of Bishop Joseph Ntombura of the Methodist Church of Kenya is reaching out to UMW units, districts, and conferences with a call for financial assistance to support the creation of the Girls Rescue Centre -- a safe refuge in Kenya -- for girls refusing the painful and unlawful female genital mutilation (FGM) procedure.

NTC UMW invites you to celebrate a dear friend or loved one with a donation of any amount to the NTC UMW "Burning of the Candle: Minute in Mission Project 2021." Our goal: to burn a candle at the NTC UMW 2021 Annual Meeting & Celebration in October 2021 one minute for each $20.23 (the 2021 UMW-calculated "minute in mission" amount) in donations received on/before 10.01.21.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF DONOR FORM AND DONATIONS: 10.01.21. Mail the completed donor form and a check (payable to NTC UMW with "Burning of the Candle 2021" on the memo line) to: Lela Luxen, NTC UMW Treasurer, 1217 Savoy Ln., Richardson, TX 75080. Completed donor form must accompany payment.

Donors' names and the names of those honored and/or remembered will be included in the online NTC UMW 2021 Annual Meeting & Celebration Program Book.