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Members & Leaders > Action > Social Action Member Resources

Why United Methodist Women Members Engage in Social Action: Member Resources

United Methodist Women members engage in social action drawing from our Biblical and theological Christian tradition and our Wesleyan heritage.  We look to the Bible and to United Methodist Church social policy and prioritize the needs of women, youth and children as we set priorities for social action.  We also draw on our rich 150-year heritage of engagement in mission as advocates for justice.  Here are resources to assist as you plan programs with members to explore what grounds us and motivates our collective action. 

See unitedmethodistwomen.org/action for action resources.

Getting Started

 Why United Methodist Women Engage in Social Action

 Why Should I get involved in Social Issues?  

Bible Studies

 Biblical Women: Claiming Justice for Ourselves and Our Children (Bible study)  

 Reading the Bible Together.  This is an introduction to the School to Prison Pipeline Bible study series.  It can also be used as a general introduction.  

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Study. Created in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of King’s assassination, it can be adapted for general use. It involves a close reading of King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and theological reflection on justice.   
www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/king

Mission Studies

Practicing Resurrection:  The Gospel of Mark and Radical Discipleship, Janet Wolf.  www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/mission-study/resurrection

 Practicing Resurrection Leader’s Guide includes a supplementary session that can be used for a 1-3 hour study or meeting. 

Women United for Change: 150 Years in Mission by Ellen Blue (2019-2020) offers an historical perspective on our approach to social action (e.g. settlement houses, deaconesses, racial justice work)  www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/mission-study/women-united-for-change

United Methodist Women Economic Justice Mission Legacy, a timeline.  Companion piece for 150 Years in Mission.  www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/economic-inequality/economicjusticemissionlegacy.pdf

What About Our Money? A Faith Perspective, Susan Taylor www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/mission-study/money

 What About Our Money? 2019  Supplement includes interactive bible-study.

The Call:  Living Sacramentally, Walking Justly, George McClain, Tilda Norberg and Nancy Kruh, www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/what-we-do/transformative-education/mission-study/spiritual-growth/living-sacramentally

United Methodist Policy

Click Here.The Book of Resolutions of the United Methodist Church, 2016, Cokesbury  

Click Here.Social Principles of the United Methodist Church, 2017-2020, Cokesbury,  

United Methodist Women’s Social Action Campaigns:

  •  Just Energy for All

Just Energy for All Campaign 101: 3-Part Webinar Series on Climate Justice  (Session 1 is a bible study)
Choose Life Bible Study on Sustainability  www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/bible-studies/choose-life

  • School to Prison Pipeline

School to Prison Pipeline Bible Study  www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/school-to-prison-pipeline-bible-study

  • Living Wage for All

Faith Talk with Carol Barton on Women, Labor and Living Wage explores God’s Economy of Grace.    www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/faithtalks

What About Our Money?:  A Faith Perspective, Susan Taylor, www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/mission-study/money

Faith and Economic Inequality Reflections and Bible Studies
www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/economic-inequality/reflections

Overworked and Undervalued (response magazine bible study) www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/news/overworked-and-undervalued

ActionClick Here. Social Action Campaigns

 

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 Why United Methodist Women Engage in Social Action

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