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carpeting, drapes, and furniture. It is now being used for small
group meetings, as a Sunday School room for the Koinonia Class,
and for the morning prayer group. It is impossible to enumerate
all the projects that have been undertaken by the women of the
church, but one can readily see the vital part they have played
throughout the years of our church history in the upkeep and improvement
of the church property.
All the money raised by the women has not been spent on local
affairs, however, since for many years they have supported the
Methodist Orphanage, leper colonies, widows, and needy families.
They are currently supporting an orphan through the World Vision
program.
Mary L. Taylor, the president of the WSCS in 1955,said in her
report to the conference, "I am proud to be President of this group
of women who are 'Doers of the Word and not Hearers only!' "
This statement is still appropriate now in 1988,for even now, the
women of the church are planning new and different ways to carry
on the Lord's work.
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
((... I now remind you to stir into flame the gift of God which
is within you." (II Timothy 1:6)