WATER
FOR LIFE
On March 19, 2016, United Methodist Women of the
North Central District of the North Texas Conference will sponsor WATER FOR
LIFE, a day to consider our Christian stewardship of the God-given phenomenon
we know as water: two parts hydrogen to one part oxygen, neither of which we
can create nor simulate.
We will gather at Wylie UMC, 1401 FM 1378, Wylie.
Registration starts at 9 a.m.; event will conclude at noon.
The Rev. Sam Brannon, director of the Water Captains
Program for the Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy and Texas Impact,
both in Austin, will be the keynote speaker.
The event will include a silent auction of items brought
by the women of the District. Women attending are asked to consider bring items
for the auction: art/craft items, jewelry, table linens, home décor
knick-knacks, etc. Items don’t have to be new, but should be like-new.
Offering and proceeds from the auction will go to Water
for Life in Liberia.
About 75% of Liberians do not have access to safe
drinking water and sanitation facilities. The few wells that still exist in
Liberia are contaminated, broken, or overused. Many villagers are forced to
draw water from stagnant, bacteria-infested ponds and swamps, and they defecate
in bushes, rivers, and creeks, the open, etc. As a result, water-borne diseases
are common and villagers die of dysentery, cholera, infectious hepatitis.
All women who are interested in facts about our water situation in north Texas are invited to
share this day with us.
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