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Drop-In Book Group Please join us for the Women's Association drop-in Book Group on Wednesday, May 28 at 1:00 p.m. to discuss Eat, Pray, Love. We'll gather at the home of Susan Young (132 E Walnut St.) for discussion, followed by a pasta lunch! Summer Reading Group Begins Join Rev. Harley for a drop-in book discussion group on the first Tuesday of each month this summer, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Lounge (or in the Close, weather permitting). You don’t need to read the books in advance, but it helps. June 3 – “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time,” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin July 1 – “Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion,” by Sara Miles August 5 – “Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for a Soul of a Generation,” by Eboo Patel
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Plant Sale 2008 Warm weather is here and it is now prime time to start digging small divisions of your perennials to share with the Women’s Association PLANT SALE. Our sale benefits the Women’s Crisis Center at the DuPage YWCA. We get 25% of the total sales of the greenhouse plants and 100% or the sales from the home-dug plants. Every plant you dig from your garden rewards us greatly. If it isn’t convenient to pot them yourself, you can bring them any time to the back patio at 322 N. Bruner Street where the potting elves will pot them and keep them watered until Plant Sale time. Or, if you need help digging, call Ruth Women’s Association Plant Sale Friday May 9, 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
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Women's Association Resale It is once again time to think about the annual WA Resale fund-raiser. It's time to clean out your closets, basements and garages. Time to share with others those unwanted, no longer needed treasures that we all have. Items can be dropped off on the Dining Room Stage starting June 10. Sorting will being on June 13 and continues Tuesdays from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Garages for storage are needed. Please call Fran Evans at (630) 986.1438 if you want any questions. |
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What is the Women's Association? It is a group
of Union Church Women of all ages who gather for fellowship, informative
and entertaining programs, and to offer support to the church, to each
other and to many benevolences. What are "units" and how do I join one? A unit is simply a smaller group of women within the Association who get together once a month at the home of one of the unit members for socializing, a brief program, and short business meeting. New members are always welcome in any unit at any time. The different units meet at different times to try to accommodate a variety of schedules. The locations of the various unit meetings each month are published in The Good News, and below:
To join a unit, simply come to a meeting that is convenient for you, or contact Barb Keller, Vice President for Membership by email or phone at (630) 323.8135. If I'm not in a unit, how can I participate in Women's Association? In addition to monthly unit meetings, on the third Thursday of each month, we offer programs that are open to everyone. (View our Calendar of Events.) Is child care available? Yes! For all daytime Women's Association activities, you may make a reservation with the Early Childhood Program (ECP) Office at Union Church. The Association offers this service at no charge to you, but reservations in advance are necessary. Call ECP at (630) 323.3314, and specify that you are attending a Women's Association function. |
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Outreach The warmth and joy of friendship and fellowship are what makes Women's Association so special. But combining fellowship with outreach to others is what completes the Women's Association experience. We reach out in a variety of ways: Financial Support With contributions to a wide variety of agencies and programs totaling more than $27,000 in 2004, Women's Association Giving represents a significant portion of the church's overall outreach. The members of the association are the ones who decide where the money goes. We do like to focus on agencies and programs that especially benefit women and children. The money is raised from our three major annual fundraisers:
We also collect a "loose change" offering at each unit meeting and program. Each member has the option to toss whatever loose change she may have into the collection. This past year this very casual fundraiser resulted in more than $500 donated to Women's Opportunity Fund. View a complete listing of Women's Association Giving for 2005. Service As a member of Women's Association you have many options to be of service to others, but no requirements! Opportunities
vary from year to year according to needs in the community and interests
of members. For example, this past year our members had the opportunity
to cook and serve a meal to the residents of Interfaith House in Chicago.
On another day, we packed cookies to be distributed by clients of The
Night Ministry. As opportunities to serve arise, they will be posted here,
so check back often.
It's the intangibles of feeling cared for and supported that make being a part of Women's Association so special:
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