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Training For Local UWF Officers

Saturday, January 10th on Zoom

No travel and no charge to attend!

This virtual training is for local officers - new and experienced. Sessions are developed to provide local group officers with current guidelines, ideas, best practices and ways to involve more women in your local groups. 

A short training session is available for each office. Register and attend and the session for the role you have or are interstsed in and to learn best practices and get handouts full of helpful info. An officer with two areas of responsibility can attend more than one session. Sessions will be just 25 - 45 minutes long - click the button below for the schedule.

All UWFaith officers* should plan to attend a session!

*LOCAL TREASURERS will be trained by their District Treasurer later this quarter. Sign up at the link above and we'll contact you once your training is scheduled.

ATTENTION LOCAL GROUP LEADERS:

All local groups should submit 2025 ANNUAL REPORTS now.

Don't be overwhelmed - these new forms are very user-friendly and easy to complete and submit online. They won't take long! 

We know that you are doing amazing things in local units - and depend on these reports to learn about you, what you are doing and how to best serve you.The reports provide information we use for awards at our Annual Meetings that will be in the next few months. As the new Horizon Texas Conference, we are still getting to know each other.


Paper forms are available - but they are actually more work and take longer than submitting them online. If you aren't comfortable online ask someone else to work with you and complete them together. Call your District President if you need help.


REPORTS ARE DUE ON JANUARY 15th

You are the Light of the World!
January 29th Soul Care Mini-Retreat: Light


Our Soul Care Mini-Retreats in 2025 helped us get to know one another across our vast new Horizon Texas Conference. In 2026 we will turn to how soul care supports our growth in Christ by looking at four metaphors Jesus used to define Christian ministry. Our first session: LIGHT!
Sign-up & join us on Zoom January 29th

Texas Legislative Event
January 25 - 27, 2026 
Register Now!

Presented in partnership with UWFaith across Texas and Texas Impact, the event includes two days of speakers, inspiration, and workshops where you learn about the issues and how to advocate effectively. On the third day of the event, attendees will visit the Capitol and meet with lawmakers.

If you are committed to justice, freedom, and opportunity for all people, especially women and children, then this is for you! Attend with women like you, who are ready to put their faith into action! 
Click to register now!

Click to join the TLE Choir by email to Deborah Webster

Be an answer to our prayers... 
we need some Data Entry help!

Some members submit their info for donations or reports on paper. The information is important and needs someone to type in their info into our system. It would be simple data entry and SO HELPFUL to officers to have your help! This could be done on your schedule, with no meetings required.

If you are willing to help, please send your contact info to info@uwfaithhtc.org and we'll contact you!

Click for details about these events & more on our website calendar

January 10 - Local Officer Training - Virtual sessions for each UWFaith role 
. see above for registration link

January 15 • Local Unit Annual Reports due - forms are all available online

January 25-27, 2026 • Texas Legislative Event "Hope: Action & Accountability" in Austin; see above

January 29 • Soul Care Mini-Retreat more info & registration

February 1 • HTC UMC Laity Training Day more info & registration

February 7 • Metro West District Annual Mtg. 9:30 am

February 21 • Metro East District Annual Mtg
February 21 • Metro North District Annual Mtg

February 21 • Mid-South District Annual Mtg 9 am


March 7, 2026 • HTC UWFaith Annual Meeting, Plan to be in Dallas that Saturday!

May 15-17, 2026 - Assembly 2026 in Indianapolis. see below

Click for how to submit your events.

ASSEMBLY 2026 in Indianapolis

May 15 - 17, 2026

The keynote speakers for this quadrennial event will be: 

• Stacey Abrams (voting rights advocate, political leader, and bestselling author)

• Rev. Carolyn Abrams (Stacey's mom & retired United Methodist clergywoman)

Register online: www.uwfaith.org/assembly

Then reserve your hotel room in our CONFERENCE BLOCK at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown with an enclosed walkway to the convention center. Book by phone (317.262.8191) or online.

QUESTIONS?  Click to Contact: Julie Noel, our Conference Assembly Liaison 

1. Give a minute. . . or several minutes, 
   to “Burn the Candle” in honor or memory of someone special to you or your group. Remember a special occasion or a woman who encouraged your involvement. Donate a minute for $25.

Be a part of keeping it burning the candle for 400 minutes at our 1st Horizon TX Conference Annual Meeting on March 7th. Each minute you buy represents the cost of 1 minute of all UWFaith global mission services in the past year. 

Use the form online at UWFaithHTC.org/candle-26 or print out a form and send your completed forms with payment to your local or district Treasurer.

Your honorariums will help fund UWFaith's vital, transformative mission work with women, children and youth in the US and around the world.

Adopt-a-Girl at the Center now! It costs just $50 / month to provide the basic needs for each girl: room & board, school fees, medical care, and insurance. The Center needs sponsors for just a few more girls. Sponsors will be periodically updated on life at the JS Center.

$50 a month or $600 for a year.
 The Jerri Savuto Center for Girls is now a 501(c)3 so your gift will be tax deductible.

Adopt or donate here. Questions? Contact Joyce Whiteley

Books on 2026 Reading Program!

Add some of the new books chosen for the UWFaith Reading Program to your list! There are many new selections in these categories - something for everyone!

• Education for Mission

• Leadership Development

• Nurturing for Community 

• Social Action • Spiritual Growth

Download the 2026 catalog, which lists movies, videos and podcasts too!
Books are available from UWFaith or your favorite bookstore.

2026 UWFaith Bundle


Get the 2026 Daily Prayer Guide and Program Resource together and save!
The Daily Prayer Guide is a devotional companion that includes daily lectionary Scripture reading, advocacy day reminders, prayers and mission personnel reflections as well as pictures from mission personnel.  

The Program Resource contains monthly programs for your group, and includes Scripture study, and activities.

Order them separately or together Bundle price of $28.00 (Full value = $34.98).

Bundle price is only good through December, so order now!

Show the Girls to your Small Group!

Click to watch the 1-hour video of our interactive virtual celebration with the girls at the Jerri Savuto Center. The girls living at the Center in Kenya offered prayer, scripture, testimony and a clever "Newscast" telling us about recent developments and how they are grateful for our support! Your HTC UWFaith officers greeted the girls and shared your messages of encouragement, prayers and love for them. It is a rare opportunity to hear thanks from the beneficiaries of our international mission project!

2025 MISSION PROJECT UPDATE
Nov. 1st Celebration Video Highlight: 
The Jerri Savuto Center News

In this 7 minute clip, the girls give a newscast full of gratitude and fun. This was written and performed just for us in the Horizon TX Conference! Click to watch the news now from news anchor, Divora, and her reporters Orian, Monica, Joy, Linda, Massie and Faith. Their gratitude is genuine and you'll be enjoy how clever they are!

Thanks to all 2025 Mission Project Donors!

The funds have been sent to Kenya so that building the new security stone wall can start. The season when the girls are most vulnerable is in December. The wall will help protect them before 'FGM season' when many girls get "The Cut." Your donations are changing lives!

• 2025 / 2026 Conference Calendar explained - see FAQ's

• Soul Care blogs - read Karen's thoughtful messages anytime

• Member Musings blog - send your thoughts/perspectives to news@uwfaithhtc.org

• Looking for a program? Need a quick or short program? Check out our Program Ideas in the Resources tab on the website. Send us your ideas too!

• Our website calendar is kept up-to-date and always available to confirm dates, details, and locations.

• District information - each District has a webpage that lists District officers, their contact information, District events and updates. Local officers: ask for support as needed from your District counterparts and keep in touch!

• Resources from our 2025 Racial Justice Event are posted on our website with links to watch the plenary session, explanation of the Charter for Racial Justice and more.Look at the RJ Event photo album.

• RESOURCES include an important reminder of the role the church plays in standing for justice and supporting vulnerable communities.

-- Check out the resources for the humane treatment of immigrants and refugees. Provided by the Horizon Texas Conference, immigration resources can be accessed here.

-- Check out the new resources for Creation Care here, including Bible verses, ways you can combat climate change, devotional, FAQ's, podcast and more!

United Women in Faith believe love in action can change the world.

United Women in Faith welcome ALL women of faith, no church membership required. We connect and nurture women through Christian spiritual formation, leadership development, creative fellowship, and education so that they can inspire, influence, and impact communities, locally and globally.