Worship and Church School
- Invite a clergywoman of color as a guest preacher, or invite a laywoman of color to make a presentation in worship about work in communities of color that your church does or will support (i.e., children’s literacy, domestic violence, racial justice, healthcare, or immigration). And collect an offering to give to the cause.
- Invite your local or district president of United Methodist Women to offer a “teaching moment” on one project serving women of color in your community or around the world.
- Utilize bulletins (or slides for online worship) that include the picture and a paragraph about a well-known United Methodist woman of color from your church, community, or annual conference. Check with your conference’s Commission on Archives and History, United Methodist Women, or the Commission on the Status and Role of Women. Or select from the women listed below. Also, lead worshipers in a responsive reading or litany celebrating faithful women.
- Invite an adult, child, or youth to research one or more United Methodist women of color, write two paragraphs about her, and share during worship or church school.
- Honor women of color from your annual conference on your congregation’s website, in your newsletters, and on bulletin boards.
Mission, Outreach, and Advocacy
- Start a conversation with a congregation of another racial/ethnic makeup about ways to work together to address a need among women from under-served communities of color.
- Partner with another congregation to develop ways to work to end violence against women in your community, especially violence against women of color. If your congregation is mostly White, partner with a Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, or Native American church or ministry.
- Tithe each year to a project/ministry working toward racial justice, gender equity, healthcare, etc., which is led by a woman of color.
For a Litany of Thanks for Women of Color Leaders: CLICK HERE
This content was originally published by the General Commission on Religion and Race; republished with permission on ResourceUMC.org on March 16, 2026.