United Methodist Women
UMW Book & Bake Sale 2026!
Book Drive
Sunday, March 8, from noon to 2 PM
Donate your books, vinyl records, CDs, and DVDs. PLEASE do NOT donate: moldy, tattered, damaged books. These are un-sellable. Also, we do not accept travel guides older than three years, encyclopedia sets, textbooks,VHS, and cassette tapes. Please note these restrictions.
Book & Bake Sale
Friday & Saturday, March 13 & 14, from 8 AM to 8 PM
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Sunday, March 15, from 8 AM to noon
Our sale will support four organizations: Project Transformation DC, a summer camp which focuses on improving the reading skills of elementary school children; AsylumWorks, which supports asylum seekers with legal and employment assistance; FAIR Girls, which provides care to female survivors of human trafficking; and Give Ye Them to Eat, a United Methodist Mission in Mexico training people in agriculture, health, and technology. Other organizations also will receive a specific donation from the sale's proceeds including Epworth House scholarship at Wesley Theological Seminary.
For more information, please see: United Methodist Women of National United Methodist Church
United Methodist Women of National UMC is a unit of the global UMW, which now uses the moniker, United Women in Faith. The global organization claims nearly 500,000 members and 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.
Members raise millions of dollars each year for programs and projects that support women, children, and youth in the United States and in 33 countries around the world.
Contact the National United Methodist Church’s UMW unit
Email: MetroUMW@gmail.com
Facebook: MetropolitanUMW
Instagram: @umw_national_umc_dc
Website: www.nationalchurchumw.org
Mail: 3401 Nebraska Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20016
Our Purpose at National UMC
The UMW unit of National United Methodist Church is a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church. We achieve our purpose by working for justice through service and advocacy. Our members are concerned about issues affecting the well-being of women and children. We invite experts to speak to our group about education, immigration, homelessness, human trafficking, and other issues. Our unit supports missionaries around the world and works to educate local members on the needs of the global community. We are engaged in helping our local community through our annual Great Day of Service when we collect food, make health kits, and work on other activities to help those in need. Nurturing one’s faith is one of the focuses of the United Methodist Women, and National UMC’s UMW provides opportunities to grow closer to God and develop spiritually during each person’s faith journey.
Who we are
We are a community of approximately 150 women of all ages, races, and interests. Members participate as at-large members or as part of small groups, which we call Circles. Our circles meet for fellowship, mutual support, study, devotion, and mission work. Circles are self-selected based on interests, spiritual desires, and stages of life. We encourage you to come and visit any of our circles that interest you. All women are welcome.
CIRCLE ONE – BRIDGE BUILDERS
A diverse, intergenerational group of women over twenty strong, Circle One focuses on building bridges both to the world around us and within our communities. Meets in the Wesley library on the first Sunday of the month at 1 pm.
CIRCLE TWO – PRIMETIME WOMEN
Mostly women in their fifties, sixties and seventies, Circle Two enjoys a variety of activities including lunches out. They include mothers of adult children and grandchildren and newly retired women. Circle Two is a daytime circle and meets on the second Wednesday of the month.
CIRCLE SIX – THE ECLECTICS
An eclectic group of women aged 40 to 80 that includes members who are married, single, divorced, widowed; mothers and those without children; working women and retirees. This group encompasses a wide range of interests including reading, crafts, Bible study, and community service. Circle Six meets on Sunday afternoons at noon (after the second service), usually every other month.
CIRCLE EIGHT – CARING, SHARING, SERVING INTERGENERATIONALS
An intergenerational group that includes working women and retirees. The circle meets monthly and occasionally with other circles for luncheons. In the monthly meetings, they discuss topics relevant to the Methodist Church, volunteering, donating, planning, and participating in events for the congregation and congregational care. They meet in person and on Zoom on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM at the church.
CIRCLE NINE – RETIREES
This group of retired women gets together for fellowship, educational programs, refreshments, and an occasional luncheon. The circle usually meets by Zoom on the first Wednesday of every month at 10:30 AM, with in-person luncheons two to three times a year.
CIRCLE TEN - SHARING, SERVICE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Our circle meets in the evenings on alternating 3rd Sundays or Mondays of the month at the Metropolitan Memorial campus. Our small group’s focus is on sharing questions of faith and supporting one another throughout the changing stages of life: from raising teenagers through caring for aging parents, and beyond. Circle gatherings often center around service and social justice issues that touch our families and communities, though we enjoy purely social activities as well.
Annual Events
Great Day of Service
Coming Soon!
The annual Fall Bazaar is held the first weekend of November. Last year’s Bazaar was a tremendous success. We thank everyone who donated to the Bazaar, told their friends about the event, volunteered, and shopped! Last year’s sale grossed more than $20,000. Net proceeds will benefit Goods4Good, a local service organization focused on collective acts of kindness to provide critical care and goods to under-served and vulnerable neighbors in the Washington DC area; TraRon Center, which supports DC children affected by gun violence; Gaithersburg Beloved Community Initiative, founded by residents of Asbury Methodist Village to nurture inter-generational relationships and promote social justice through programs with youth, families, and older adults in the city of Gaithersburg; and KenAid Children's Fund, which provides low-cost and no-cost early educational programs to orphaned and at-risk youth in Mombasa, Kenya.