United Women In Faith

Dancers Annika Schneider (left) and Briana Hanson from United Methodist-related Pfeiffer University help introduce a report from United Women in Faith on April 29 during the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Women’s group celebrates past, present, future impact

Through a combination of speeches and performance, United Women in Faith leaders displayed their ongoing efforts to drive societal change through focused, faith-driven initiatives.

General Conference

United Women in Faith volunteers from the Western North Carolina Conference help to sort and organize crafts brought by central conference delegates to the postponed 2020 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. The goods are for sale at the Worldwide Craft Market, which is open at the Hilton Garden Inn, a block from the Charlotte Convention Center, daily except Sunday. Photo by Patrick Scriven, Pacific Northwest Conference for the Western Jurisdiction.

Global craft market supports delegates, ministries

All profits from the sale of wares from Africa, the Philippines and Palestine go back into the pockets of the individuals selling their goods to support various ministries.

General Conference

Panelists take part in a briefing for female delegates from outside the U.S. in preparation for the long-delayed United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. From left are Jenn Ferariza Mendes and the Revs. Anne Detain, Hortencia Lange Bacela and Eva Cosme. The briefing was hosted by United Women in Faith and the United Methodist Commission on the Status and Role of Women. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Ensuring women have voice, vote at General Conference

United Methodist agencies appoint monitors to empower female delegates to express themselves freely during deliberations in legislative committees.

United Women In Faith

Joyce Sohl visits the Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tenn., to take part in its 35th anniversary celebration. Sohl retired from a 28-year career with United Methodist Women (now United Women in Faith) in 2004 and five years later became the first volunteer laywoman-in-residence at the nonprofit conference, retreat and education center. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Scarritt Bennett honors women during 35th anniversary

When Scarritt College closed in 1988, a legal clause guaranteed the property would continue to be used for the original design of the owners, and The United Methodist Church’s women’s organization retained the land.

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