UNITED METHODIST WOMAN | SPIRITED SERVANT: CUNNINGHAM CHILDREN'S HOME

The Spirited Servant Award
Recognizing outstanding service to the children and youth
of Cunningham Children's Home

Spirited Servant Award Report Form (Word)
Spirited Servant Award Report Form (Adobe PDF)
Spirited Servant Award Printable Flyer (Adobe PDF)

Last year, more than 244 UMW Units were honored as Spirited Servants for their service to Cunningham Children's Home.

To be recognized as a Spirited Servant, Units must nominate themselves, documenting at least one activity in each of the following four areas:

Area 1: Lifelong Ministry (complete at least one of these)

Pray for Cunningham youth & staff
Invite a Cunningham speaker to address your unit, group or congregation
Plan a tour to Cunningham for your unit
Help your pastor and youth participate in the “Mission Day with Cunningham” retreat

Area 2: Helping Hands (complete at least one of these)

Make a quilt (66” x 96”) for a Cunningham youth
Nominate a member of your local unit to serve on the Cunningham Board or its committees
Participate in the Festival of Quilts (donate a quilt or craft, volunteer, buy a ticket)
Save Campbell’s soup UPC’s for the Labels for Education program, and General Mills Box Tops to support Cunningham’s two schools.

Area 3: Loving Hearts (complete at least one of these)

Donate Needed Items for Cunningham youth including:
- Items for the “Kids’ Needs First” boxes to one or both district meetings
- Providing a Newcomer Basket for a Cunningham youth
- Providing Christmas gifts for Cunningham youth
- Providing a Birthday box for a Cunningham youth

Area 4: Shared Mission (complete at least one of these)

Participate in the Guardian Parent Giving Program as a unit or group
Provide financial support for the mission of Cunningham with a gift from your unit or group to one of the following funds:
- Annual Operating Fund
- Chapel Building Fund or
- District Project Fund

Spirited Servants are recognized at their spring district meeting and will receive a certificate to display in their church or meeting area.