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 studies moved online. 

• Finding Peace in an Anxious World, a study particularly appropriate for the time, was taught by the Rev. Lisa Grant in 2020 and again in 2021 by Barb Hess and Pastor Karen Martin. 
• Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, a new social issue study, will be offered twice. The first, offered via Zoom, will be offered Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. beginning August 25, 2021 and running through September 15.  Valerie Clark, an educator from the Upper NY Conference, will lead the study. Download a flyer.  Register here.
• Bearing Witness in the Kin-dom: Living Into the Church’s Moral Witness through Radical Discipleship is a new Spiritual Growth study that also will be offered twice. The first session will be offered via zoom on Wednesday evenings in October. Learn more and register. 

For updates on when the studies will be offered:

• Watch this page and the weekly Conference e-newsletter, available at wpaumc.org/enews. Subscribe at wpaumc.org/subscribe
• 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.