Agenda—Annual Celebration via Zoom


9:45 am             Gathering with welcoming music
10:00 – 10:05    Opening Prayer – Rosa Washington-Olson, spiritual Growth Leader
10:05 – 10:10     Welcome and Introduction – Adi Nabou, Los Rios President
10:10 – 11:10      Guest Speaker – Rev. Debra Brady “Knitted Together”
11:10 – 11:20       STRETCH BREAK
 
11:20 – 11:35    Business Meeting
  • Call to Order and Introduction of Officers – Adi Nabou
    • Special Recognition:
                    -  Peggy Buckner of President of Florin UMW for going above and beyond her call getting Florin                              UMW ignited and back as a unit.
                    -  Diane Jackson for 50 plus years in UMW and still serving as of today President of First UMC in                                Santa Rosa
                    -  Miraflo Spingola who ha served at her local church, District and Conference and also serving                                today as President of Vallejo UMW.
     ALL these courageous Bold Sisters who keep going, fanning the flame in themselves as well as in others. 
  • Financial Report / Approval of 2022 Budget – Karen Ray, Los Rios Treasurer
           - Vote
  • Mission Giving: -  “City of Refuge Sacramento” by Maria Morton
          Please make your check to Los Rios District UMW c/o Karen Ray – Treasurer at
          411 Roanoke Drive, Martinez. CA 94553 
 
11:35 – 11:45    Celebration & Recognition
  • 5 Star Recognition – Karen Ray - Treasurer
  • Mission Today Recognition – Carol Kramer – Education & Interpretation
  • Campaign for Racial Justice Recognition – Connie Matthew-Warrren
  • Reading Program Recognition – Maria Morton – Secretary Program Resources
  • Census Information – Maraia Gonelevu – Member, Nurture & Outreach
  • Remember our Saints – Shigeko Shibata – Secretary
  • 2022 Conference Slate of Officers – Rev. Debra Brady
          - Los Rios Voting of New Officers
          - Installation of 2022 Officers
 
11:45 – 11:50    Connie Matthew-Warren Proposal for District-Wide Project
                         How to make PLARN Sleeping mats for the homeless.  The plastic bag are used as the material                           to make a mat which helps to decrease our landfills. Here is the website you can view to see                                 how it is constructed.  
 
11:50 – 11:55    Upcoming Events
  • UMW Conference Annual Celebration October 16, 2021
  • World Day of Prayer March 4, 2022
  • Assembly 2022 May 20-22, 2022
  • General Conference August 29 – September 6, 2022
  • Visit our Los Rios Website
  • Evaluation for this event on our website
 
11:55 – 11:57    Thank you – Adi Nabou
 
11:58 – 12:00    Closing Prayer and Sending Forth – Rosa Washington-Olson
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