The Women's
Missionary Union had its beginning at First Baptist
when our Church was first organized. Women gathered in homes
or the church to discuss the Bible, pray and decide
on mission projects that needed to be done in the church
and community.
Today, the
WMU is active in many
ministries following the example of Jesus. Members of
the WMU are challenged to relate to God as Jesus did,
have compassion as Jesus did, and serve as Jesus did.
They are truly dedicated Christ Followers.
WMU is involved
in a variety of mission projects and members are involved
regularly in ongoing ministry to people outside the
walls of our church. These ministries include:
- Visiting
patients in nursing homes
- Working
with nursing home projects
- Delivering
Meals on Wheels
- Prison
ministry
- Books for prison library at Troy
- Hand
in Hand Project at South Campus School
- Making
health kits for migrants
- Working
in the Clothes Closet, Soup Kitchen, and Household
Closet
- Disaster
relief work in the community, state and nation
- Kennedy
Home needs
- Working to provide for various needs at Christmas time
- Collecting school supplies, cleaning supplies, and canned goods each fall
- Work with Baptist Children's
Home/Retirement Homes
- College
student care packages
- Bear
collection for the Highway Patrol
- Spring
Tea
- Relay
for Life
- Collect
items for Day by Day Home
- Books
and magazines with church label for the hospital,
E.R. and Health Dept.
- Christmas
gift store for Britthaven residents
- Attendance
at retreats
WMU
age-level organizations meet in the spring on Wednesday evenings at 6:30.
- Girls
in Action (GA’s), for girls grades 1-6, who participate in a variety
of mission activities.
- Royal
Ambassadors (RA’s), for boys in grades 1-6, who are learning to help others
- Mission
Friends, for 2-5 year olds, teaches children about
missionaries and their work, how to pray for them
and also teach them about missions they can do.
- Our Coed
Youth Missions is for grades 7-12 and is led by Tommy Cook, Minister of Youth.
The youth actively participate in various mission projects in our church and local community. They also go on trips
to help others outside of North Carolina.
WMU leads our church in church-wide offerings that include:
All women ages 18 and over are welcome to become a member of our WMU groups. By
coming together and working together "In Christ",
we can serve many in our town, community, state, nation
and over seas.
If
you would like to know more about the work of our WMU,
please call Jo Ann Wiggs or Lisa Gainey.
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WMU
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M&M
Spring Tea Feb 2006
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