Mission u 

Mission u is an annual event offering opportunities for adults, youth and children to grow spiritually, learn about issues affecting society and experience Christian mission in its many forms. Mission u is sponsored jointly by the Conference Global Ministries team and the United Methodist Women.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mission u was cancelled in 2020 and the Mission u team has made the difficult decision to forego an in-person event in 2021. Instead plans are being made to offer the following three studies online during the year. 

• Finding Peace in an Anxious World, a study particularly appropriate for the time, was taught by the Rev. Lisa Grant in 2020 and again early in 2021 by Barb Hess and Pastor Karen Martin. It will be offered at least once more in 2021.
• Bearing Witness in the Kin-dom: Living Into the Church’s Moral Witness through Radical Discipleship is a new Spiritual Growth study that is in the works.  Plans are to offer it twice in the coming year.
• Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is a new social issue study in the works. It too will be offered twice.

For updates on when the studies will be offered:

• Watch this page and the weekly Conference enewsletter
• On Facebook, search for “WPA UMC Mission u” or “United Methodist Women – Western Pennsylvania Conference”.   “Like” or Follow the page. 
• Get more details in this letter from the Mission u Dean Kathy Gordon. 

General Mission u Information

Scholarships are available: 

The Gene Stollings Memorial Scholarship will cover the cost of registration, room and board for a first-time clergy attendee.

The Evelyn Hull Memorial Scholarship will cover the cost of a first-time attendee sponsored by a UMW unit.