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Have you registered for the 2025 Annual Celebration in Pagosa Springs, CO on September 19-20? The registration deadline is September 5th, but early sign-ups are greatly appreciated to help us with planning.

Looking Ahead:
Our Annual Gathering & Spiritual Retreat is scheduled for October 17-18 in Montrose, CO. While there’s still time, we recommend booking your hotel and travel soon—especially if you’ll be flying into Montrose.

Book Discussions 7:00pm on the second Thursday of each month via ZOOM

2025 Reading Program

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Future Book Discussions for November – December 2025
January 2026

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Jesus and the Disinherited

by Howard Thurman

Famously known as the text that Martin Luther King Jr. sought inspiration from in the days leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott, Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited helped shape the civil rights movement and changed our nation’s history forever.

In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman (1900-1981) demonstrates how the gospel may be read as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised. Jesus is a partner in the pain of the oppressed and the example of His life offers a solution to ending the descent into moral nihilism. Hatred does not empower–it decays. Only through self-love and love of one another can God’s justice prevail.

Spiritual Growth (2025)

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

The Girl with the Louding Voice

by Abi Dare

I don’t just want to be having any kind voice . . .

I want a louding voice.

At fourteen, Adunni dreams of getting an education and giving her family a more comfortable home in her small Nigerian village. Instead, Adunni’s father sells her off to become the third wife of an old man. When tragedy strikes in her new home, Adunni flees to the wealthy enclaves of Lagos, where she becomes a house-girl to the cruel Big Madam, and prey to Big Madam’s husband. But despite her situation continuously going from bad to worse, Adunni refuses to let herself be silenced. And one day, someone hears her.

Education for Mission (2025)

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Thursday, January 8, 2026
Start with Hello (and Other Simple Ways to Live as Neighbors)
by Shannan Martin

A simple path to a more deeply connected life

You want more. You want to belong to a community that looks out for each other. You believe in your bones we don’t have to live detached, distracted, and divided. The question is, How? Shannan Martin invites you into deeper connection through simple resets, such as

• Open Door > Perfect Décor. We invite others in, seeking to connect, not impress.
• Familiar > Fussy. We serve tacos and pizza like the feasts they are, because fancy is overrated.
• Tender > Tough. We greet the world with our hearts exposed and our guards down.

Packed with street-level practices and real-talk storytelling, Start with Hello is your field guide for a life of security, camaraderie, and joy. There is no step too small.

Nurturing for Community (2025)

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June 2024 Chronicles:
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Zoom Annual Gathering  –  October 3, 2020
You and all members of United Methodist Women are invited to the Annual Celebration of the Utah/Western Colorado District to be held Saturday – October 3rd. This is your official CALL to our ZOOM meeting. The theme for this event is: “Living into Wisdom” Keynote Speaker: Mary Ann Tabor, Conference Coordinator for Social Justice. A Grand ‘ol Tea Party we shall have!  If you’d like to wear your finest tea party hat, we’d love to see them.

The schedule for the Annual Celebration includes topics such as: “Mindfulness”, prayer beads, “Hats Off to UMW” and a business meeting. Bring a sack lunch, a cup of tea and join us for some fun!

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Hard Times

UMW District Budget 2019

The Call Part 7 – STANDING RULES 2019 BUDGET

Annual Meeting – Pagosa Springs – September 18-19, 2015: