Growing Closer to God

The United Methodist Women (UMW) is a million-member organization of the United Methodist Church whose purpose is to foster spiritual growth, develop leaders, and advocate for justice. The local unit of the First United Methodist Church meets the 3rd Saturday of the month at 9:30a.m. to learn about various church and community ministry and to plan for various ministries of mission. Currently there are three "circles" (smaller groups of the UMW members) of women who meet for fellowship at various times, once a month. All women are invited. For further information, contact Marcia Holmes at 668-5477 or Pat Johnson at 623-5446. To learn more about United Methodist Women nationally and internationally, go the UMC's General Board of Global Ministries' website (http://www.gbgm-umc.org) and link to the Women's Division.

Those who wish to be members of First UMC need to attend a 3-6 week class which will introduce them to basic Christian and United Methodist church history and belief, as well as what it means to be a member of a church.

We offer short-term studies based on the different seasons of the Christian Year, such as Advent-Christmas, Lent-Easter. From time to time we will also offer topical studies of current interest around social issues and current events.

The Disciple Bible Study series is a United Methodist developed curriculum. Students of Disciple commit to a 32-36 sessions weekly study of the Bible. Disciple I covers the bulk of the Old and New Testaments in an overview. Disciple II-IV studies various specific parts of the Old and New Testaments from Genesis and Exodus, to the prophets, to the letters of Paul, and the gospels.