It was a rainy, stormy day on March 23, 1869, when “a handful of women” came together at the Tremont Street Church in Boston to form the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

A skit about the beginnings of UMW That Handful of Women A skit about the beginnings of UMW

RUB YOUR HANDS TOGETHER Left Side RUB YOUR HANDS TOGETHER Right Side SIT QUIETLY

RUB YOUR HANDS TOGETHER Left Side SNAP YOUR FINGERS Right Side RUB YOUR HANDS TOGETHER

PAT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR THIGHS Left Side PAT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR THIGHS Right Side SNAP YOUR FINGERS

PAT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR THIGHS Left Side CLAP YOUR HANDS Right Side PAT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR THIGHS

STOMP YOUR FEET CLAP YOUR HANDS Left Side STOMP YOUR FEET Right Side CLAP YOUR HANDS

STOMP YOUR FEET SIT QUIETLY Right Side STOMP YOUR FEET Left Side SIT QUIETLY

All: STOP

CLAP YOUR HANDS STOMP YOUR FEET Left Side CLAP YOUR HANDS Right Side STOMP YOUR FEET

SNAP YOUR FINGERS MAKE THE SOUND OF WIND Left Side SNAP YOUR FINGERS Right Side MAKE THE SOUND OF WIND

Left Side APPLAUSE Right Side CHEER

CLAP YOUR HANDS STOMP YOUR FEET Left Side CLAP YOUR HANDS Right Side STOMP YOUR FEET

COUGH GENTLY, COVERING MOUTH WITH HAND Left Side COUGH GENTLY, COVERING MOUTH WITH HAND Right Side MAKE SNEEZING SOUNDS

All: “God bless you.”

Left Side Cover mouth in horror Right Side Say “Oh my.”

Left Side GASP

Right Side SHHH

All: “Oh, no!”

All: “This can’t be!”

All: “What can we do?”

All: “You’re welcome.”

All: HISS

All: “Amen.”

All: “Why not?”

All: LAUGH

All: SNIFFLE

All: “But how can we help?”

All: “You’re welcome.”

All: SCREAM

All: CLEAR YOUR THROAT

All: “Absolutely.”

All: “But calico?”

All: “Calico! Calico!”

All: “Hallelujah!”

Isabella Thoburn Dr. Clara Swain

All: APPLAUSE

All: “Justice! Justice!”

Clara Swain Hospital today Isabella Thoburn College today

All: CHEERS

All: “Let us pray.”

RUB YOUR HANDS TOGETHER Left Side RUB YOUR HANDS TOGETHER Right Side SIT QUIETLY

RUB YOUR HANDS TOGETHER Left Side SNAP YOUR FINGERS Right Side RUB YOUR HANDS TOGETHER

PAT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR THIGHS Left Side PAT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR THIGHS Right Side SNAP YOUR FINGERS

PAT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR THIGHS Left Side CLAP YOUR HANDS Right Side PAT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR THIGHS

STOMP YOUR FEET CLAP YOUR HANDS Left Side STOMP YOUR FEET Right Side CLAP YOUR HANDS

STOMP YOUR FEET SIT QUIETLY Right Side STOMP YOUR FEET Left Side SIT QUIETLY

All: STOP

The End

Credits One PowerPoint produced by Evie Doyon Edited by Leeda Marsh for 150th Birthday Celebration March 23, 2019 Boston, Massachusetts

Credits Two Images are taken from the UMW Video, The League of Extraordinary Methodist Women; and public domain stock images. Sound effects: License: Attribution 3.0; Recorded by Mike Koenig; Downloaded from www.soundbible.com.