Category Archive

It’s Apple Harvest Season!  Do you have a favorite recipe?  It’s time for applesauce, apple bread, apple pie, apple crisp, apple muffins, apple fritters, apple cake, apple dumplings, …and the list goes on and on. If you’d like to share a recipe in the October newsletter,  send it to Holly Zaccone.

COMPASSION WEEKEND

Please consider donating men’s and women’s new socks for our Napa homeless community.  The socks will be sorted on Saturday, September 13th at 9:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. … Read the rest “UWF Newsletter – September, 2025”

 We all know that we celebrate the 4th of July as the anniversary of when the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence for the first 13 American colonies and the document was eventually signed by 56 men.  But let’s not forget that on the 100th anniversary, in 1876, women’s rights activists Susan B. Anthony, Lillie Deveroux Blake, Phoebe Couzins and Matilda Joslyn Gage, crashed the party in Philadelphia to present the “Declaration of the Rights of Women” as members of the National Woman Suffrage Association. … Read the rest “UWF Newsletter – July, 2025”

In the Fellowship Hall at the Church

SOLES 4 SOULS

The Sarah Crosby Circle wants to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who donated gently-worn shoes and sneakers for the Soles 4 Souls project.  It proved to be a great success.  The shoes are being shipped to the non-profit organization where they will be distributed to various programs around the world helping those in need.

CIRCLE MEETING UPDATES

The Susanna Wesley Circle meeting was postponed and they are looking for a date in June/July for a chance to celebrate their friendships with each other over the years.… Read the rest “UWF Newsletter – June, 2025”

“April Showers Bring May Flowers”

Does anybody remember the “May Day of Flowers” tradition?  I remember as a young girl that I used to pick flowers and put them on a neighbors front door step, ring the doorbell or knock on the door and then run away.  It was an anonymous act of kindness.  We even made paper baskets at school one year for a receptacle for the flowers.  According to Farmers Almanac, this tradition dates back to the 19th & 20th centuries. … Read the rest “UWF Newsletter – May 25, 2025”

Napa UWF Women’s Retreat

It’s not too late to sign up for our annual Women’s Retreat.  Pastor Marylee Sheffer is our retreat facilitator with guest speaker Jane Pernotto Ehrman.   “Fruits of the Spirit”; Joy, Wonder and Peace is definitely an event that you don’t want to miss!  Invite a friend to come with you.  Please call Dianne at the church office or contact Holly Zaccone to reserve your seat today!!        

Circle Meeting Updates         

The Katherine Parker Circle meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at 10:00 a.m.… Read the rest “UWF Newsletter – April 25, 2025”

First Edition

It’s finally here!  The purpose of this newsletter is to create better communication between our circle meeting groups  and United Women in Faith activities here in Napa and beyond.  I am sure that this will evolve as time goes by, but for now we are happy to share our ideas, sisterhood, mission activities and our faith with all of our active members and members at large.  Welcome to Potpourri! (credit of the name of this newsletter goes to Margaret Payne). … Read the rest “UWF Newsletter March 25, 2025”