United Methodist Women

One of the programs of the United Methodist Women is the Reading Program. The purpose of the Reading Program is to encourage members to:
*Expand understanding of and participation in God's mission
•*Increase sensitivity to all human beings - - their needs, interests and concerns.
•*Encourage critical thinking about issues facing humanity today.
•*Grow in understanding Scriptures as it relates to Christian faith in contemporary life.
•*Enhance self-knowledge and act from that knowledge.
•*Strengthen involvement in local and global Christian mission.
There are four plans to achieve this purpose:

Plan I: Read four books each year; One book from four different categories; Selections from the 2007-2011 reading lists if not included in previous reports, include youth books; Regular reading of Response magazine.

Plan II: Read ten books each year; At least two books from four different categories; Selections from the 2007-2011 reading lists if not included in previous reports, including youth books; Regular reading of Response and New World Outlook magazines.

Plan III: Read 15 books each year; Eight books with at least two from each category; Seven additional books from any category; Selections from the 2007-2011 reading lists if not included in previous reports, including youth and children's books; Regular reading of Response and
New World Outlook magazines.

Plan IV: Read 20 books each year; Eight books with at least two from each category; 12 additional books from any category; Selections from the 2007-2011 reading lists if not included in previous reports, including youth and children's books; Regular reading of Response and New World Outlook magazines.

2011 Reading List:

Education for Mission: Disfigured: A Saudi Woman's Story of Triumph by Rania Al-Baz; Following God's Call by Walter A. Whitehurst and Betty C. Whitehurst; Getting to the Heart of Interfaith by pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon and Sheikh Jamal Rahman; Like Breath and Water by Ciona D. Rouse; My Sister the Father by Meridith Whitaker.

Leadership Development: Half the Sky by Nicholas Dl. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn; unChristian by Russell E.D. Rathbun; The Perfect Board by Calvin K. Clemons; The Child Will be Great by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb by Eric H.E. Law.

Nurturing for Community:
Inheriting the Trade by Thomas Norman DeWolf; The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang; Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore; Warrior Princess by Princess Kasune Zulu with Belinda Weaving a Just Future for Children by Diane C. Olson and Laura Dean Friedrich.

Social Action: Claiming Earth as Common Ground by Andrea Cohen-Kiener; Connected Wisdom by Linda Booth Sweeney; The Heat of Racial Justice by Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson; Not Just a One Night Stand by John Flowers and Karen Vannoy; Resist! Christian Dissent for the 21st Century by Michael Long; The True Cost of Low Prices by Vincent Gallagher
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Spiritual Growth: Being a Christian in the Wesleyan Tradition by John Gooch; Contemplative Crochet by Cindy Crandall-Frazier; If You Know who You are You'll Know What to do by Ronald J. Greer; Just Choose Happiness by Nell W. Mohney; The Noticer by Andy Andrews; Touch by Rudy Rasmus;

Children: Kiki's Hats by Warren Hanson; Remember Me by Donald Soctomah and
Jean Flahive; When this World was New by D.H. Figueredo; Five-Minute Bible Stories
by Lois Rock.

Youth: Dia's Story Cloth by Dia Cha; Just Another Girl by Melody Carlson; Middle-School Confidential by Annie Fox; Slant by Laura Willliams; The Unlikely Chosen by Shirley Smith Graham and Earnest Graham.

Recommended Reading: Broken Promises, Broken Dreams by Alice Rothchild; Stones into Schools by Greg Mortensen; Listen to the Wind by Greg Mortensen; I have seen Him in the Watchfi res by Cathy Goblke; Just Hospitality by Letty Russell; Ending the US War in Afghanistan by David Wildman and Phyllis Bennis; Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White by Adam Hamilton; Spring in Color by Sybil MacBeth; Enjoy the Silence by Maggie Robbins and Duffy Robins; The Centurions' Wife by Davis Bunn and Janet Oke.

Books listed are stocked at the Mission Resource Center or some could be found at Cokesbury. You may also contact the Conference Secretary of Program Resources, Marian Mitchell, 405-455-3694.

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