1 - A word from our president2 - Interrupting the Cradle-to-

Prison Pipeline3/4 - Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline

flyer5/6 Scholarship Form7 - Bay District President Report8 - Treasurer & Great Northern

District9 - Membership, Nurture &

Outreach (MNO)10 - Western Jurisdiction Guide

(Climate Justice)11/12 - Conference and Districts

UMW 2020 Calendar13 - Western Jurisdictional

Quadrennial Event 14 - Nominees to National UMW

& Further Information15 -2020 CA-NV UMW

Conference Officers

What's inside this issue:

A Word From Our New PresidentI’d like to introduce myself: my name is Sally Wenzel and I am

your new CA/NV Conference UMW President. I’m so grateful to

be a part of this wonderful organization with all of you.

Here’s a little bit about my church life: I am a member of

Campbell UMC in Campbell, CA where I am the local UMW

President, a member of the Chancel Choir and of the Carillon Bell

Choir. I am also a member a few committees.

My husband and I own a small machine shop located in

Fremont.  We have 3 adult children and 2 grand puppies!

Already this year I have been able to attend 2 of the district officer

training/meet & greet events and have met some of you. Still to

come this year are more training events, spiritual retreats, the

Western Jurisdiction Event, Calling u, in Tempe, AZ, the Social

Action event in April, CA/NV  Annual Conference and the UMW

Breakfast in June, Mission u events this summer and our Annual

Celebration in October.  

See you around the Conference!

Sally

THE CUTTING EDGE NEWSLETTERCalifornia-Nevada United Methodist Women

JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2020

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"Help us to remember thosewho are in prison Locked up,separated, and marginalized.Help us to break the chains of

injustice That criminalizepersons of color And keepchildren from living their

fullest lives."Dr. Jessie Smith

It's 2020 – a new decade, an opportunity to try

new things while many of the same issues

remain to be addressed, for instance the ‘cradle

to prison pipeline’.  Your Social Action team (the

Mission Coordinators for Social Action in each

district and the conference), are seizing the

opportunity to change things around a bit while

continuing to focus on ‘interrupting the cradle

to prison pipeline’.

Our Social Action event will be held at the

Sacramento Japanese UMC on Saturday, April

25th.  The program will begin at 10:00 am and

will conclude about 3:45 pm.  We will have Bible

study in the morning followed by keynote

speaker, Jessica Nowlan, Executive Director

Young Women’s Freedom Center. After lunch

we will have two workshop sessions.  We are

inviting all people (men, women and youth)

interested in this topic to come – and we have

scholarships for people of all ages.

 Workshops will include the following:   

- Replacing zero tolerance policies in our

schools with

restorative practices

- Mass incarceration and supporting the

families

of incarcerated people   

- The criminalization of girls of color    

- Establishing a parallel school board in your

school district to ensure all students are

learning in a hospitable environment

Workshops will focus not only on educating but

also equipping for action – so that we can all do

something when we return home to make a

difference and interrupt the ‘cradle to prison

pipeline’. Click here for the flyer and here for

the scholarship information; the forms are also

in this newsletter.   We look forward to

partnering with you in this important work.

Interrupting the Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline Saturday, April 25th, 9:15 am – 3:45 pm

Sacramento Japanese UMC

Written by Connie Hunter, Social Action Chair

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Bay District President Report

Written by Iva Codrokadroka Turaga

On behalf of our Bay Leadership Team I greet

you in the name of our loving Lord and Savior,

Jesus Christ. I’m proud to announce the

following capable enthusiastic team that will

steer our 2020 forward :

President - Iva Codrokadroka Turaga

Vice - President. - Gayle Shearman

Secretary. - Renee Goodrich

Treasurer. - Martha Gould

Chair of Nominations. - Yeon Park

Education & Interpretation- Salaseini Malo

Social Action. - Belinda Robinson

Program Resources. - Meagan Saini

Spiritual Growth. - Amelia Daveta

Communications. - Nina Richey

Nominations Committee. - Bettye Kray

Nominations Committee. - Susie Hazelman

Membership, Nurturing & Outreach - Vacant

Last year was our first year as a new District and

we’re thankful for Dee Ann Paron and Martha

Parker for their gifts that helped us get off the

ground. This year I am happy to announce the

venues for our events:

- March 28 - Spiritual Growth Retreat,

Aldersgate UMC, San Rafael. Speaker - Rev

Linda Caldwell

- September 26 - Annual Celebration, South

Hayward UMC

I am inviting you with your local units and

friends to please join us at our district events this

year. We are trying our best to connect with you

all. Feel free to email me

on ivagraz415@yahoo.com if you wish to fill the

vacant position or need to receive our District

newsletter.

May you be filled with Gods love, boldness,

wisdom, strength, grace and power to sail

through 2020 comfortably.

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Greetings Sisters,

I am very excited to start a new year.  My first

year as your Conference Treasurer was

definitely a learning experience. There have

been a few changes in the way we remit

payments to the United Methodist Women

National Office.  They have asked the treasurers

to send our payments for Legacy Fund and

UMCOR directly to them instead of using the

normal channels of the remittance form.  The

reason for this change is to get the money to

them as quickly as possible. You may still

include these donations on your remittance to

your district treasurer, but you can also send

your donations directly to an UMCOR

advance.  The easiest way to donate to the

Legacy Fund is to do it directly on the

www.UnitedMethodistWomen.org website using

a credit card. If you choose to send your

donations to your District Treasurer, she will

still pass your donation through to the

appropriate agency.

I hope to see many of you at District and

Conference events this year.  There are some

wonderful events being planned for you.  If you

have any questions about Mission Giving, please

contact me or your District Treasurer.

From our Treasurer

Written by Sharon Davis

My name is Betty Holmes and I am finishing the

term of President of the Great Northern District

for Stephanie McMillian who had to resign due

to ill health.  I come from a long line of

Methodists but didn't join my local UMW unit

until I retired to Ellensburg, Washington, in

1995.  We moved to Carson City, Nevada, in

2016.  I have been an active UMW member in

both places.  I have served as the GND Spiritual

Growth Coordinator for 3 years and have now

moved over to the President's chair. 

I just want to announce that we are holding our

Spiritual Growth Retreat at the Mercy Retreat

Center in Auburn, CA, July 31, August 1, and 2. 

Our GND Annual Celebration will be in held in

Redding on September 26th.  I hope some of

you will be able to join us.

From the Great Northern District

Written by Betty Holmes

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You may be asking why and how do we give our input?

The How: Fill out the National United Methodist Women’s 2019 Census.

The Why:  By answering the census questions you are giving National UMW information that they

can use to plan resources for all UMW units.

Filling out the Census is pretty easy:  

Go to www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/census2019       

Fill in your church’s zip code on the first line and your church’s name, District, and Conference

will come up and you click on it. (It is important to use the church’s zip code, not name or

address)         

You are ready to answer the rest of the questions.  When you finish hit submit and if you have

filled everything out you will get a ‘You Have Completed the Census message’.

Thank you for filling the census out, and if you have any questions or need help, please contact

your district Membership, Nurture & Outreach officer or myself, Maybelle Henry, Conference

MN&O.

MNO: MEMBERSHIP, NURTURE AND OUTREACHYour Unit’s Input Is Needed!!

Written by Maybelle Henry, Conference MN&O Chair

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People of faith and conscience have been working tirelessly to protect clean car standards, and

once again we need to use our voices on this important climate and health issue. 

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION TO TOYOTA, GENERAL MOTORS, AND FIAT CHRYSLER

THAT IPL WILL TAKE TO AUTO SHOWS AND PRESENT TO THE MEDIA IN THE

COMING MONTHS.

Last year, Toyota, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and other automakers announced that they

would side with the Trump administration's efforts to gut the Clean Car Standards AND revoke

the authority of California and other states to set clean vehicle standards and protect public

health. 

The transportation sector is the largest source of global warming pollution in the U.S. and a

major contributor to smog. When we need to be working toward eliminating climate pollution

from automobiles, these automakers are trying to put clean cars in reverse. This is absolutely

unacceptable, but unless we start speaking up, it will happen.

As one important step in speaking up, IPL drafted a petition to the automakers. Now we need

more people of faith and conscience to sign on to demonstrate public support and the moral

call to continue building more fuel efficient, safe, clean cars. 

CLICK HERE TO TELL TOYOTA, GENERAL MOTORS, AND FIAT CHRYSLER TO

SUPPORT CLEAN CAR STANDARDS.

We know that auto companies are susceptible to public pressure, so let's make sure the

companies hear from us. Like their past resistance to installing seat belts and catalytic

converters, this refusal to build more efficient vehicles will be a shameful mark on these

companies' history.  The clean cars rollback is an immoral decision to put profits and politics

over people and the health of our planet.

PLEASE JOIN US IN TELLING TOYOTA, GENERAL MOTORS, AND FIAT CHYRSLER TO

DO THE RIGHT THING.

Bill Bradlee, National Organizing Director

Western Jurisdiction Guide (Climate Justice)Submitted by Betty Dickey, Western Jurisdiction Guide (Climate Justice)

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CA-NV Conference & DistrictsUMW 2020 CALENDAR

JANUARYFriday, Jan. 10th, 3:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Conference Team RetreatSaturday, Jan. 11th, 9:00 a.m.-Sunday Jan. 12th, 2:00 p.m. Conference Team Mtg., Conference Center –

West SacramentoCommittee meetings with District counterparts on Saturday morning: (E & I, SA, MNO)

Saturday Jan.25th Bay District Meet & Greet, Castro Valley UMC FEBRUARYSaturday, Feb. 1st. – El Camino Real District Connect & Learn, St. Paul’s UMC, San JoseSaturday, Feb. 1st – Napa UMW Spiritual retreat Thursday, Feb. 6th thru Saturday, Feb. 8th – Leadership Development Days, St. Louis, MO “Serenity,

Courage, & Wisdom” – ThemeAttendees -- Conf. Presidents, Conf. Treasurers, Conf. Com. on Nom. Chairs, select General Conf.

delegates from each conf. MARCHFriday, Mar. 13th thru Sunday, Mar. 15th – El Camino Real District Spiritual Retreat,

Mission Springs

Saturday, Mar. 21st – Los Rios District Spiritual Retreat – Petaluma UMCSaturday, March 28 - Bay District Spiritual Growth Retreat, Aldersgate UMC, San Rafael. Speaker -Rev Linda Caldwell APRILFriday, April 17th thru Sunday, April 19th – Western Jurisdiction, Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Tempe,

AZ “Calling u” – ThemeSocial Action Event (Interrupting the Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline) – Saturday, Apr. 25th,

9:45 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. Sacramento Japanese UMC Saturday, Apr. 25th, 1:30 p.m. – Sunday, Apr. 26th, 2:00 p.m. Conference Team Meeting -

Conference Center, West Sacramento, Committee Meetings with District counterparts (Treasurer, CON District Chairs); Thursday, April

30th thru May 3rd – Mission u Leadership Training Event, Tempe, AZ (First Leadership Trainingevent for Mission u) MAY Weds., May 27th thru Saturday, May 30th – Mission u Leadership Training Event, St. Louis, MO

(Second Leadership Training event for Mission u)

Friday, May 1st - Conference Newsletter articles DUE

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JUNE Friday, June 12th thru Monday, June 15th Annual Church Conference, Doubletree Hotel,

ModestoSaturday, June 13th - 7 am UMW Conference Annual Breakfast, , Green’s on Tenth,

Modesto, CA Friday, June 26th – Saturday June 27th 2 Day Mission u, Oakhurst New Community

UMC, Oakhurst, CA JULY Saturday, July 11th, 9:00 a.m. - Sunday July 12th, 2:00 p.m.

Conference Team Mtg., Conference Center. West Sacramento Committee Meetings with District counterparts on Saturday morning (MNO, Treasurer,

SA, Secretaries)

Friday, July 17th - Conference Newsletter articles DUE

Saturday, July 18th – One Day Mission u, Twin Towers UMC, Alameda, CAGreat Northern District Spiritual Growth Retreat at the Mercy Retreat Center inAuburn,

CA, July 31, August 1, and 2 AUGUST Friday, Aug. 7th - Sunday Aug. 9th Weekend Mission u, Temple UMC, San Francisco,CAMission U – Korean language Mission U – San Jose Korean UMC of Santa Clara Valley SEPTEMBER Saturday, Sept. 19th – Los Rios District Annual Celebration – Location TBASaturday, September 26th, Great Northern District Annual Celebration - Redding, CASaturday, September 26 - Bay District Annual Celebration, South Hayward UMC OCTOBER Friday, Oct. 16th – 2:45 -7 pm District Leadership Training Event (D’LTE), St. Marks

UMC, Sacramento, CASaturday, Oct. 17th – 8 am - 3:30 pm Conference UMW Annual Celebration, St. Marks

UMC, Sacramento, CASaturday, Oct. 24th El Camino Real District Annual Celebration, Location TBA

CA-NV Conference & DistrictsUMW 2020 Calendar (continued)

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click here to register on line

There a a few partial scholarships available from the CA/NV Conference UMW for the Western Jurisdiction Calling uevent. The deadline for accepting these scholarships applications is 3/16/2020

Please click here for the form or see pages 5 & 6 of this newsletter for the two-page form.

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For further information:

CA-NV Conference UMW: www.canvunitedmethodistwomen.org

National UMW: www.unitedmethodistwomen.org

Mission Resources: www.umwmissionresources.org

Climate Justice: www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/sustainability

myUMW: www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/myUMW

Facebook: http://facebook.com/UMWomen

Twitter: http://twitter.com/UMWomen

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/UMWomen

Flickr: http://flickr.com/UMWomen

United Methodist Church: www.umc.org

California-Nevada Annual Conference of the UMC: www.cnumc.org

United Methodist Committee on Relief: www.umcor.org

CA-NV Conference UMW Nominees to National UMW Board ofDirectors and Program Advisory Board

At our Annual Celebration, attendees voted on the slate to be presented to National UMW from

CA-NV UMW. A second vote was taken to align with the National UMW requirements.

The results are:

Board of Directors: Marlene Ward & Susan Kopp

Program Advisory Group (PAG): Pat Lawrence 

(Board of Director nominees from all the Western Jurisdictions will be voted on at the

Quadrennial Event.  Names of PAG nominees are given directly to National and

are not voted on at Quadrennial Event).

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President Sally Wenzel

Vice President Rosie KumarSecretary Jamie BeltTreasurer Sharon Davis Spiritual Growth Coordinator Susan Kopp

Membership, Nurture, Outreach Coord. Maybelle HenryEducation & Interpretation Coordinator Martha Parker Social Action Mission Coordinator Connie Hunter

Chair of Committee on Nominations Kalesita Faasisila Secretary of Program Resources Vicki Beeman Communications Coordinator JoAnne (Jo) Neish Youth & Young Adult Coordinator Lucia ‘Olive

Committee on NominationsClass of 2020              BJ Rose                     Class of 2021               Pat Lawrence            Class of 2022               Deborah Watters        Class of 2023               Kimberli Parenteau      Appointed PositionsWeb Manager                         JoAnne Green Ministries                    Vicki Language Coordinators:

Korean – Jane Yoon   Fijian – Mere Kuru   Tongan – Akanesi Maileseni 

Mission u Dean 2020 Adi Mere Nabou    Mission u Assistant Dean 2020      Liz Muniz-Wheat  Mission u Dean 2021     Liz Muniz-Wheat

Mission u Assistant Dean 2021 Martha Parker

2020 CA-NV UMW Conference Officers

To contact any of the above officers, please click here and use the pull-down menu on theweb-site to send an email.

Submitted by JoAnne (Jo) NeishCommunications Coordinator for CA-NV Conference UMW

Blessings and Joy to ALL!

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