Our Mission: United Women in Faith seeks 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: Turning faith, hope, and love into action on behalf of women, children, and youth around the world.
Our Purpose: We are a community of women whose purpose is to know God and experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in global ministries of the church.
At Faith Harbor United Methodist Church there is a group of women that meet regularly to serve the mission, vision and purpose of United Women in Faith.
We are part of the Harbor District (HDUWF) that encompasses much of southeastern North Carolina and three of our members serve on the leadership team at the district level:
Bescye Burnett – Communications Officer
Sherri Davila – Vice President
Sherry Mewborn – Nominations
We hold various fundraising events throughout the year including frozen entrée/bake sales, church suppers, and a holiday craft fair. Currently the missions we support monetarily and with needed items include:
Methodist Home for Children
Roots of Recovery – local nonprofit providing long term residential solutions for women and children
Share the Table – local all inclusive, no barrier, client choice food pantry
Mercy Abounds – FHUMC mission for emergency financial support
MATCH (Mothers and Their Children) – strengthening the families of incarcerated moms
Armenia Relief/Christmas Boxes
Zoe Ministries
FHUMC Youth Ski Trip
Safe Haven of Pender County
Anchor Church
Hope Recuperative Care Center
NC Conference United Women in Faith Mother/Child Retreat
Keep Me Dry Diaper Donation
UMCOR – household cleaning and hygiene kits
*New mission support for 2023 is the FHUMC Preschool
There are other missions we support with volunteer time including Summer Backpack food program, Back to School Backpack program providing school supplies for local children, Interfaith Refugee Ministry, CHAP (Community Holiday Assistance Program), Share the Table food pantry, and others.
FHUMC has two active circles, the Reading Circle that reads books recommended by the UWIF Conference that meets monthly on the first Thursday at 10am in Room 6 and the Rainbow Circle that is a service focused circle that meets monthly on the second Wednesday at 10am in Room 6. All are welcome to join these circles.
For more information, please contact Bonnie Hunter at (540) 621-3645.