United Women in Faith
Founded by eight women in 1869, UWF supports programs to educate and empower women around the globe, while protecting vulnerable children. Oconee Street women gather once a month to visit, work on mission activities, conduct business and study together. Contact us at OconeeStreetUMC@gmail.com (Attn: Carter Vest) for meeting times.
Our Mission
We seek to connect and nurture women through Christian spiritual formation, leadership development, creative fellowship and education so that they can inspire, influence, and impact local and global communities.
Our Vision
We are a powerful, fearless force driven by God’s love and united in sisterhood. With a focus on women, children and youth, we act for justice and transform communities.
We face the realities we see in the world, even when they are not the ones we wold like to see. However, our goal is not to bear witness simply to harms but also to God’s love by acting boldly to change those harms.
Our Action
Bold action, like faith, takes courage. Our bravery is inspired by God’s love and our powerful commitment to improve the lives of women, children, and youth. United Women in Faith works for justice through compassionate service and advocacy to change unfair policies and systems that harm women, children and youth – from racial and gender injustice to economic inequality, climate issues and more.
About UWF
Founded by eight women in 1869, UWF (formerly known as United Methodist Women) supports programs to educate and empower women around the globe, while protecting vulnerable children, with a focus on mission that includes:
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Providing opportunities to grow spiritually
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Equipping women and girls to be leaders
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Providing transformative educational experiences
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Organizing for growth and flexibility
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Working for justice through service and advocacy
As of March 3, 2022, United Methodist Women was renamed United Women in Faith, a new name chosen to better reflect how we answer our calling to faith and action today.
Oconee Street UWF Welcome Statement
The Oconee Street Unit of the United Women in Faith embraces, affirms and celebrates all persons of every gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, color, immigration status, marital status, physical and mental ability, educational level, and economic status, regardless of struggles with addiction and/or involvement with the legal system. We welcome all who would join us in the United Women in Faith’s purpose of becoming community to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; developing a creative, supportive fellowship; and expanding concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church.