Louisiana Conference United Methodist Women is a unique, diverse community of women united to do mission on local, conference, national, and international stages.  Louisiana has the perfect boot shape for kicking mission right out front.      The conference’s nine districts, Alexandria, Acadiana, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Monroe, New Orleans, North Shore, Ruston, and Shreveport, all have creative, supportive traditions for work in mission.

     Central Louisiana, the heart and crossroads of Louisiana Conference U.M.W. is home to the Alexandria District and the location for the Louisiana Conference Center for Church Renewal.   This district is home to historically strong and daring women in mission.  Alexandria offers ankle support for United Methodist Women and provides a central location where United Methodist Women activities can be held.

     At the heel and sole of the boot are Lake Charles and Acadiana Districts.  These districts know the celebration of life - the “joie de vivre” of Louisiana Conference United Methodist Women Mission.  Charm, Humility, Fun, Love, and Laughter - the message of mission in the Cajun south.   This is the Soul of Mission.   From the bayou to the big city, mission is alive and well.

     The Acadiana District is the location for three nationally registered mission projects: Dulac Community Center, P.O. Box 349, Dulac, LA 70353 providing services as after school tutoring, computer education, Head Start, arts & craft, and VIM-Volunteer in Mission services;  MacDonell United Methodist Children Services, 8326 Main St., Houma, LA 70360 providing Therapeutic residential treatment for children and adolescents;  and historic Sager-Brown/UMCOR Depot, 101 Sager Brown Road, Baldwin, LA 70514. 

      Sager-Brown, closed in the 1970's, rose again out of the devastation of hurricane Andrew in 1992 like a Mission Phoenix out of the bayou to find new life and purpose as headquarters for disaster relief during the storm and later as the site for UMCOR Depot.

     Baton Rouge District is the location for the boot’s rich upper leather in South Central Louisiana.   It is the location for historic plantation homes along and near the great Mississippi River, named for the state’s Capitol city, and is the historic heart of mission education and social action.

     New Orleans and North Shore provide room to stretch and wiggle our toes and provide the best toe support for kicking mission into action in the Big City.  The Great South East is home to mission parades, festivals, St. Mark’s Community Center and “all that Jazz.”

     St. Mark’s Community Center located in the historic Treme neighborhood has a rich history as a community center serving the needs of women, children, and youth.  Today it serves the Greater New Orleans community and surrounding areas by providing services such as day care programs, Street Academy for high risk public school students, Treme Corner Café youth run restaurant, and the Jazz project. 

     This Louisiana Conference United Methodist Women boot is made for mission and that’s just what we do.

Louisiana Conference UMW - Officers
	Under Construction
	President
	Lueberda Myers
	Vice President
	Harriette Elrod, 111 DeSoto St., Tallulah, LA 71282
	Secretary
	Carolyn Colvin, 4727 Gilbert Dr., Shreveport, LA 71106
	Treasurer
	Evelyn Evans, 100 St. Clair, Natchitoches, LA 71457
	Secretary of Program Resources
	Shirley Jacocks, 616 Jodi Dr., Hammond, LA 70403
	Communications Coordinator
	Angelique White, 1908 St. Maurice Ave., New Orleans, LA 70117
	Mission Coordinators:
	Spiritual Growth
	Lou Medlock, P.O. Box 782, Monroe, LA 71210-0782
	Social Action
	Ethel Lilly, P.O. Box 309, Mansfield, LA 71052
	Education & Interpretation
	Frances Patton, 407 Gregory St., Vidalia, LA 71373-4072
	Membership Nurture & Outreach
	Brenda J. Canty, 3509 N. 38th St., Baton Rouge, LA 70805
	Committee on Nominations
	Chairperson
	Fannie Reddix, 1330 Cambronne St., New Orleans, LA 70118-2022
	Members
	Betty Tripp, Class of 2000, 109 Arizona St., Lafayette, LA 70501
	Delma Baker, Class of 2000, 30605 Walker N. Rd., Walker, LA 70785
	Alive Irving, Class of 2001, 9466 Redwood Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70814
	Jean Cadenhead, Class of 2002, P.O. Box 57, Haynesville, LA 71038
	Dot Moss, Class of 2002, P.O. Box 148, Mer Rouge, LA 71261
	Jean S. Williams, Class of 2002, P.O. Box 543, Mansfield, LA 71052
	Nell Hayes, Class of 2003, 4609 Autumnwood, Lake Charles, LA 70605
	Helen Green, Class of 2003, 101 Sceptor Circle, Lafayette, LA 70507
	Dean, 2000 School of Christian Mission
	Rita Parham, 824 Europe St., Baton Rouge, LA 70802
	Editor, LA Conference U.M.W. Newsletter
	Nancy Carruth, P.O. Box 267, Bunkie, LA 71322
	Area Arrangements and Hospitality
	Murial Miller, 3720 Carl Rd., Alexandria, LA 71302
	Historian
	Seola Callahan, 1048 Cypress Creek Rd., Oakdale, LA 71463
	Chairman, Committee on Standing Rules
	Norma Winegeart, 254 Forest Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104-4507
	West Gulf Regional Planning Team Representative  and 2000 Assistant Dean West Gulf Regional School of Christian Mission
	Brenda Canty
	Member Women's Division
	Doris Brown, 12167 Banofax, Baton Rouge, LA 70814
	Ex-Officio/Honorary Vice President
	Bishop and Mrs. Dan E. Solomon
	Executive Secretary for Leadership Education
	Sue Johnson
	Honorary Member of Louisiana Conference U.M.W.
	Lydia Istomina
	Additional Member - South Central Jurisdiction Core Planning Group
	Kathleen Conrad, 107 Kansas St., Lafayette, LA 70501
	Women’s Division Nominees for Women’s Division Directors (2001-2004):
	Doris Burnett Brown, 12167 Banofax, Baton Rouge 70814 Lottie Palazzo, 2221 Elizabeth Street, Metairie 70003 Hilda Doakes Sills, 4745 Overton Drive, New Orleans 70122
	Delegates to the Quadrennial Meeting,  March, 2000:
	Elouise Sanders, Harriette Elrod, Carolyn Colvin, Evelyn Evans, Brenda Canty, Fannie Reddix.

District Presidents
	Acadiana
	Kathleen Phillips, 415 Elmwood, Lafayette, LA 70503
	Alexandria
	Janet Ward, 493 Tiger Rd., Lecompte, LA 71346
	Baton Rouge
	Lana Lathan, 131 Ogden Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70806
	Lake Charles
	Jeroldean Dommert, 173 Roy Dommert Lane, Iota, LA 70543
	Monroe
	Jo Traweek, 110 Pinewood Dr., West Monroe, LA 71291-7706
	New Orleans
	Jeanne Green, 4940 Lafon Dr., New Orleans, LA 71025
	North Shore
	Jane Eubanks, 205 College Dr., Hammond, LA 70401
	Ruston
	Kitty DeFreese, 410 Forest Circle, Ruston, LA 71270
	Shreveport
	Nan Bland, 254 College, Shreveport, LA 71104

We also rejoice for the dedication of hundreds of women who engaged in mission studies at the local, district, and conference levels along with a strong individual reading program to strengthen their personal faith and foster growth in the Christian faith.  

We express thanks to God for the women at each level of the United Methodist Women organization who have answered God’s call and accepted the awesome responsibility of leadership.  They need ongoing prayers and encouragement. 

Vision and Goals
One of our utmost emphases for the remainder of this quadrennium is to target and invite teens and college/university women to become members and partners in mission through the organization of ‘district’ units on campuses of higher learning and Wesley Foundations.  Our vision for the future is to prepare young and vibrant women, at an early age, to expand their concepts of mission and get ready for leadership roles to fulfill the PURPOSE of the United Methodist Women organization for generations to come.   “We Lead - We Serve.”