United Methodist Women is now United Women in Faith
Willing Hands Circle
The Willing Hands Circle of United Women in Faith is an active unit which meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 11:30 am in the Fellowship Hall of the church. We do a number of projects throughout the year, such as:
- Throughout the year, we provide supplies to various community organizations in our area, e.g. REACH, Hurlburt Johnson Friendship House, The Still Place, Choices, etc.
- Whenever needed, the Murphy schools contact us and we provide them with clothing, shoes, and other items which the students require.
- We fill, decorate and deliver Easter baskets to shut-ins and ill members of our church family.
- We provide doughnuts to Murphy school teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week.
- We donate birthday bags for children up to 12 years of age, who are having a birthday and visit the Cherokee County Sharing Center with their parents, etc.
- We provide a meal for our annual Vacation Bible School participants.
- In conjunction with our entire church family, we provide backpacks and school supplies at the end of August for Murphy students.
- Along with our entire church family, we prepare Christmas Shoeboxes full of necessities and games to be sent to the children of Project AGAPE in Armenia. This war-torn country has struggled for years. Our Western North Carolina Conference and the North Carolina Conference of UMFaith joined in a partnership a number of years ago to help support the children and families of Armenia.
- This year (2025) we will be trying to raise funds for these projects by serving as a food vendor (popcorn and prepackaged bars and other snacks) at the John C. Campbell Folk School Fall Festival which occurs in October and brings many crafters, artists and other displays to participate.
- In the fall, along with our church family, we work on a Christmas Box Project by raising funds to finance gift cards, clothing and other items for many of the students in our Murphy school system.
- In early December, we host a “Memories with Santa” for small children in Murphy. They come to meet Santa Claus and get their picture taken with him. They decorate frames for the pictures they receive and get goodie bags filled with seasonal items.
Feel free to contact any member of our United Women in Faith group or call Karen Watson (828-361-9520) or Nancy Jo Willis (850-428-3636) with questions, comments, ideas, etc.
