Africa University Today - Winter 2019

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Sister to Sister

“Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.” – Proverbs 7:4

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100% SUPPORT

Winter 2019

he African-American Clergy Women (AACW) of the South Carolina Annual Conference have reached beyond themselves to sponsor a one-year direct scholarship for a student at Africa University. “God is calling us to be in ministry with other sisters,” says Rev. Dr. Sheila Elliott Hodge, the clergywomen’s president. The effort began with a decision by the AACW’s 102 members to forego exchanging Christmas gifts among themselves and bring their resources together to help others in a connectional way. As a first step, the clergywomen provided prayers and gift cards to SisterCare, a local non-profit for domestic violence survivors and their children. Then they sought to expand the vision knowing, as Dr. Hodge notes, “the doing would stretch us.” After hosting the Africa University Choir in her Lake City, SC community during the choir’s Black History Tour in South Carolina in 2018,

Hodge reached out to the Africa University Development Office. “What is God saying to the clergywomen?” is the question AU consultant Rev. Regina H. Moore asked. “Equip and encourage a female student studying theology,” said Hodge. The clergywomen raised the $6,000 scholarship within eight months. They did it

Thank you for investing at 100 percent in the Africa University Fund in 2018. The Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church with a 100 percent or more remittance to the AUF apportionment over the past two years are: North Central Jurisdiction Dakotas Detroit East Ohio Illinois Great Rivers Indiana Iowa Minnesota West Michigan West Ohio Wisconsin Jurisdiction Total Support

2018 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 99.37% 100% 108.99% 95.87%

2017 100% 105.32% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 105.24% 99.83%

Northeastern Jurisdiction Baltimore-Washington Greater New Jersey New England New York Peninsula-Delaware Susquehanna Upper New York West Virginia Western Pennsylvania Jurisdiction Total Support

2018 100% 100% 100% 104.01% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 98.53%

2017 100% 100% 100% 107.18% 100% 100% 102.04% 100% 100% 100.71%

South Central Jurisdiction Central Texas North Texas Oklahoma Indian Missionary Jurisdiction Total Support

2018

2017 100% 100% 100% 88.42%

100% 85.42%

through the collection of annual dues, a special offering at a Good Friday “7-Last Words” worship service last April, and proceeds from ticket sales and souvenir booklet ads for their June 2018 annual conference luncheon commemorating the AACW’s 25 years of service. Southeastern Jurisdiction Florida Kentucky North Alabama North Carolina Red Bird Missionary South Carolina Tennessee Jurisdiction Total Support

2018 100% 100% 100% 108.76% 100% 110.35% 93.11%

2017 100% 100% 113.80% 100% 113.58% 100% 196.48% 98.15%

Western Jurisdiction Alaska United Methodist California Nevada California Pacific Desert Southwest Oregon Idaho Pacific Northwest Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Jurisdiction Total Support

2018 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

2017 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%


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