{"id":22695,"date":"2022-05-02T20:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T03:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/?p=22695"},"modified":"2022-05-02T20:28:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T03:28:18","slug":"united-methodist-women-is-now-united-women-in-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/united-methodist-women-is-now-united-women-in-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"United Methodist Women is now United Women in Faith!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In more than 153 years in mission, we\u2019ve had over 25 name changes \u2026&nbsp;<em>Ladies Aid Society, Wesleyan Service Guild, Women\u2019s Society of Christian Service<\/em>, to name a few.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now we\u2019ve once again taken on a new name, but&nbsp;God is still calling us as United Women in Faith to continue to discover new ways to put love into action to change the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve taken the new name to better reflect how we answer our calling today.&nbsp;We remain women of passion and power, united by God&#8217;s love in our mission to support women, children and youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The change includes a new logo and an array of new and improved programs to nurture current members and welcome new women to join to put their love in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What has&nbsp;<strong>NOT&nbsp;<\/strong>changed:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We remain the official women\u2019s organization of the United Methodist Church. &nbsp;<\/li><li>Our&nbsp;<strong>legal name&nbsp;<\/strong>is still United Methodist Women; we are \u201cdoing business as\u201d United Women in Faith.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Bank accounts remain the same.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Our Purpose is unchanged<\/strong>. &nbsp;<\/li><li>Our Vision is always&nbsp;to put our faith, hope, and love into action.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What has changed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The name and logo.&nbsp;&nbsp;We have a new logo that features the new name of United Women in Faith next to a Christian cross in muted yellow, blue, orange, and green.&nbsp; This logo reflects our forward-looking faith and the diversity of our organization and of God\u2019s world.<\/li><li>We have a newly created national website:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwfaith.org\/\">www.uwfaith.org<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Purpose remains the purpose<\/strong>. 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