South Elkhorn Christian Church’s Disciple Women have four Circles. They are the Circle of J.O.Y., Martha Circle, Marys’ Circle, and Priscilla Circle. Each circle is unique. They meet on different days (see the information under each circle for meeting days and times). Hopefully, the choice of days and times provide any woman, who wishes to join a circle, with a convenient time to attend.

The President of the SECC Disciple Women is Rev. Evelyn Cartmill and the Vice-President is Phyllis Rohlf. The President and Vice-President are chosen each year in June and like the Circle officers, they serve from July through June of the following year.

The Circles engage in a number of service projects and some of these vary from year to year and depend on the interest of the women involved. Projects include:

• Supplying food staples for God’s Pantry
• Giving paper and cleaning products for Virginia Place residents
• Providing volunteers and magazines to the Shriners’ Hospital
• Providing personal items to the residents and a new commercial vacuum sweeper to the Hope Center for Women
• Sending boxes of snack foods and personal items to our Troops overseas
• Providing various services to Habitat for Humanity
• Sponsoring an African child through World Vision
• Collecting soup labels and box tops for the Hindman School

The Circles also provide support to South Elkhorn Christian Church. They clean the kitchen in the CMC, provide items needed in the kitchen, have made monetary contributions to the Angel Fund for youth, and preformed other services as requested or needed.

Each year, the Circles support the work of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) through their giving. These offerings go to the Church Finance Council for the Disciples Mission Fund. These donations are in excess of $2000.00.

PURPOSE

To provide opportunities for spiritual growth, enrichment, education, and creative ministries;

To enable women to develop a sense of personal responsibility for the whole mission of the Church of Jesus Christ.

GOALS

Women’s groups in the church began with the mandate to share the good news of Christ with all the world, which includes a call to Christian unity and the participation of women in the life of the church and community. In keeping with this mandate and recognizing the above purpose, the following goals should be kept in mind:

1. To enable broad participation of women of varying interests, ages,

ethnic groups and lifestyles.

2. To study and interpret the message of the gospel and respond to

the issues of the day.

3. To prepare women for full participation in the total life of the church

and community.

4. To assume responsibility for stewardship of time, personnel, and

resources.