Wishing you all blessings, peace and joy throughout the new year!
LOS RIOS DISTRICT MEETING
CONNECT AND LEARN
AT NAPA METHODIST CHURCH
Please reserve Saturday, January 31, in your 2026 calendar. Our Napa UWF is hosting the Connect and Learn District meeting. This will be an opportunity for our members to “connect” with other UWF units. The event will be from
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Onsite registration starts at 9:30 a.m. and is $20.00 which includes a continental breakfast and a lunch. There will be a speaker and a presentation. It would be great to have a good showing of our Napa UWF members attend this event and meet others in our district.
CHECK YOUR CALENDARS
Thursday, January 8th 10:00 a.m.
Katherine Parker Circle meeting
Saturday, January 10th at 9:30 a.m.
Sarah Crosby Circle meeting
Thursday, January 15th at 11:00 a.m.
Napa UWF Exec Team Meeting
Saturday, January 31st 10:00-2:00pm
“Connect and Learn”
We are hosting this event for the
Los Rios District.
Saturday, Feb 7th – Thrift Shop reopens
Saturday Feb. 7th at 9:30 a.m.
Days for Girls Sewing 9:30 am
Saturday, April 25th 9:00 – 3:00 p.m
Annual Women’s Retreat
“Practicing Hope”
Thursday, June 18th 11:00 a.m.
Picnic with Napa UWF Friends
“Building Communities Of The
Spirit” Possibly at Kennedy Park
A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TEA
WITH VOICES
Our Napa United Women in Faith hosted a wonderful tea on Saturday, December 13th which benefitted the Napa Voices Youth Center. Andres Cantera from Voices and members of their staff gave a great presentation of the services that Voices provides to Napa youth. Some of their staff members joined with our church members as servers as well!
Tickets sales to the tea and silent auction opportunities for all those attending was very successful! At the end of December, we were able to send Voices a check in the amount of $6,090.19.
A big THANK YOU goes out to all our tea committee members; Cheryl Casciana,
Evelyn Lutz, Leigh Andersen, Marlene Haas, Gretta Steinbruner, Sheila Vaughn, Margaret Van Zandt, and Holly Zaccone.
It was great to learn more about Voices and see how we can continue to support their mission with youth in the future.
Some of our committee members with the Voices staff and volunteers.
Member Spotlight will continue next month in our Potpourri newsletter.
Susanna Wesley Circle will be a new circle group starting in January. They will meet during the week with an early evening time slot once a month. For more info, please contact Bobbi Bird or Holly Zaccone.
UNITED WOMEN IN FAITH
ASSEMBLY MAY 15 – 17, 2026
The United Women in Faith Assembly is in May of this year and now it feels like it’s just around the corner! It’s not too late to join some of our Napa members for this experience in Indianapolis, Indiana! So far, Holly Zaccone, Molly Peck, Joan Feury, Connie Matthew Warren and Jannie Whitmer have committed to attend. Will you be joining them? Experience moments of reflection, renewal, and connection in faith with women from around the world. And connect with women from around the world who share your commitment to social justice and spiritual growth. Contact any of the above names for information regarding how to register. Or click on this link:
COMPASSION MINISTRIES
Eva and Mike’s Brown Bags will need volunteers on Saturday, Jan. 24th at 9:30 a.m. to help build lunches for the homeless shelter. Last month we made 90 lunches so I’m sure that we will either meet that quantity or make even more. Home baked cookies are always a needed donation as well. Contact Leah Danao for more information.
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
Jan. 1 Ruth Hust
Jan. 5 Liz Kirkaldie
Jan. 8 Margaret Payne
Jan. 12 Michelle Singh
Jan. 19 Lucy Stebleton
Jan. 24 Fran Young
Jan. 26 Doris Forsythe
Jan. 30 Oneta Afentoulis
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOU!
UNITED WOMEN IN FAITH
We Believe Love in Action
Can Change the World