Annual Celebration 2020:
Renew our Community Through Courageous Love
Saturday, October 24, 2020
10:00am – noon
Virtual meeting via Zoom
For the first time in our recorded history, we are gathering for our Annual Celebration through an online “Zoom” meeting. The COVID-19 protocols limit our ability to meet in person, and we want to do our part to ensure everyone’s health and safety. So for this year, on Saturday morning, October 24, settle into your favorite chair, get your morning snack, and connect with our District United Methodist Women online.
- Celebrate the Mission and Ministry of our District United Methodist Women
- Brief business meeting
- Guest speaker Dr. Mary Cheng
Registration is coming soon to this page.
Registration is required to receive link for the meeting.
Guest speaker Dr. Mary Cheng
Spirituality, leadership, and transformation are at the heart of Mary’s passion to help individuals, organization and communities thrive.
As a former staff member at the National Office of United Methodist Women, Mary had the privilege of leading Mission u (formerly Schools of Christian Mission), a program that provides transformative educational experiences engaging women from across the country to study current issues in a faith-rooted, participatory and action-oriented way.
Since her return home to California last year, she became engaged with the California-Nevada Annual Conference on a project to assess and recommend initiatives to develop the leadership of the clergy in the conference. With the completion of the project, she now looks forward to new learning and service opportunities in her second half of life. Mary holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union and is an active member of Berkeley Methodist United Church.
Mission & Ministry Workshops
This year, workshops are being held separately from Annual Celebration. Explore ways to be in mission and ministry in today’s world with our follow-up workshops. They will be held the next 3 Saturday mornings.
Registration is required to get the “Zoom” link to attend the event. (Registration will be available soon.)
Saturday, October 31, 2020, 10:00-11:30am: Changing Ourselves, Changing the World
Led by Betty Dickey and Lisa Hatchett. In this Zoom meeting, we will explore the role climate change plays in our extreme weather, delve into scripture to find out what God expects of us, discuss how climate has impacted our lives and our planet and what steps we can take as individuals to slow the rate of climate change.
Saturday, November 7, 2020, 10:00-11:30am: Finding Peace in a Traumatic World
Led by Sandra Nesheim.
November 14, 2020, 10:00-11:30am Developing Resilience through Communal Spiritual Practice
Led by Dr. Mary Cheng and Julie Taylor. This workshop invites participants into a Zoom communal space to take part in spiritual practices to meet these challenging times. Collective engagement with music, movement, and poetry prepares our hearts to welcome God’s Rejuvenating Spirit to restore our soul and move us into a resilient future together.
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