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Knowing how to be still
needed for next century

                 by United Methodist News Service*

      The new century needs people who know how to be still
instead of busy, and how to care for themselves as well as others,
a member of the general secretariat of the United Methodist
Commission on the Status and Role of Women told a group of
clergywomen in South Carolina.
     Cecelia M. Long was the guest speaker for the second annual
luncheon of African-American clergywomen of the denomination's
South Carolina Annual Conference. The luncheon took place on the
first day of the conference's annual session held at Wofford
College in Spartanburg, S.C., May 26-29.
     Long told the standing-room only gathering that "we cannot
expect to minister fully to others when we don't know how to take
care of ourselves." 
     She said women of color face many of the same situations as
others -- barely enough money, too little time, raising children,
grandchildren and extended family. She said everyone "wants to
find ways to enjoy life before it slips away." 
     In her message, she offered all women seven suggestions for
better living in the next century. She asked women to do the
following:  
     * recognize that you can't do it alone and that God calls no
one to be perfect;
     * recognize the African tradition of being connected;
     * learn to be still;
     * take care of your health; 
     * help get salaries up for women so salary will not be an
issue in the 21st century;
     * break the cycle of gossip;
     * love one another so that others will know you are disciples
of God.
      "There are ways to do the rough stuff that looks as if we
know God is with us," Long said.
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     * Information for this article was provided by Allison
Askins, editor of the South Carolina United Methodist Advocate.

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