MESSAGE FROM NC CHURCH WOMEN UNITED PRESIDENT
I am both humbled and honored by the reception and love I received at our 2023 Church
Woman United in North Carolina State Assembly in Raleigh. Being installed as your State
President, alongside my fellow officers, will be, I am sure, one of the highlights of my life.
From my first CWU meeting in Salisbury ten short years ago, I never would have guessed that
it was God setting a flame in my heart. It is the love, camaraderie, and joy in the Lord that has
kept me going in my faith journey and in particular, my journey with the Church Woman
United. I know that membership is paramount in our organization and that the past three
years have been a struggle in several of our Units, but our organization of Church Woman
United is an authentic and vital ministry that we must help thrive. Imagine what your life
would be like without CWU. Now imagine all the young women and ladies who sit alongside
us each Sunday who are not part of this organization. The faith, love, and laughter that we
can share should be a priority for all of our Units. The blessings that accompany membership
in this organization are something that the women in our churches should be welcomed into.
I encourage all of you, dear sisters, to make this a mission in your Units and in your individual
lives – share who we are and what we do by word and by deed. The young woman you invite
could one day become the Church Woman United National President. Please pray for me and
the Board that everything we do for the next two years is for the glory of God and Church
Woman United.
Vickie Kotlarz
President CWU-NC
2023 CWU in NC Board – (L to R) Dorothy Funderburke, Deanna Easley, Leola Coston, Carolyn Ferguson, Dinah Pettigrew, Doris Brown, Nancy Bumgardner, and Vickie Kotlarz
