“The organized unit of United Methodist Women shall be a community of women whose PURPOSE is to know God and experience freedom as a whole person through Jesus Christ, to develop a creative, supportive fellowship, and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church.” * * PURPOSE Statement of United Methodist Women with underlining by S. Boeh, 2007.

Membership

Membership in the Horne Memorial UMW is open to any woman who wishes to dedicate herself to the PURPOSE, regardless of whether she is a member of Horne Memorial or any United Methodist Church.

Circles

The Horne Memorial UMW is organized into subgroups called Circles. Currently there are 5 Circles at Horne Memorial:

• Deborah Circle meets at 8:30am on the 1^st Wednesday of the month at the church;
  Contact: Debbie Brunner, 553-0498
• Hannah Circle meets at 7:00pm on the 3rd Tuesday of the month in the Church  basement Classroom;
  Contact: Iris Supcoe, lovesthebeach@nc.rr.com
• Nell Holland Circle meets at 7:00pm on the 2^nd Tuesday of the month at 1pm in the church library;
  Contact: Charlotte Honeycutt, 553-3371
• Sarah Circle meets on the 2^nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm at other locations;
  Contact: Sara Barrett, paisleyaly@earthlink.net
• Stella Young Circle meets at 7:00pm on the 2^nd Tuesday of the month at members’ homes; Contact: Cindy Dray, 553-8111

Women wishing to organize a new Circle are encouraged to do so! Circles can choose their meeting schedule, such as monthly, quarterly or twice yearly, and may select their own special focus, such as for a particular mission, for fellowship, as a book club or as a service group. Contact Susan Boeh, 550-9504 to start a new Circle or to join an established Circle.

UMW Board

The Horne Memorial UMW is also served by an Officers Board comprised of members of all the Circles.

President – Susan Boeh
Vice-President – Marion Young
Treasurer – Antia Mason
Secretary of Program Resources (Reading Program) – Mary Ann Horton  
39 & Under – Sarah Norris
Spiritual Growth Mission – Helen Little

Contributions

Some Circle and church-wide UMW events and activities serve as a source of revenue for the Horne UMW. These funds are used support mission activities in the following ways:

• Donations to programs and missions activities of the Women’s Division of the United Methodist Church through Designated and Undesignated Giving
• Ongoing sponsorship of a child in Haiti
• Purchase of materials from the UMW Reading List for the Horne Memorial Library
• Support of Church, local and state/national/global mission needs as determined by the membership of Horne Memorial UMW on a yearly basis. In 2005 this included assistance for local families, donations to MATCH (Mothers And Their CHildren prison program), to church building preservation activities, to church facility purchases, to Haiti mission needs and other recipients.