W.M.U.

• W.M.U. & G.G.B.A. Items for February & March:
Thank you for your continued support in helping our community in need. The items are: Canned meat, canned beans, canned soup and sugar. The collection box is outside the nursery.

W.M.U. News:

• Women’s Missionary Union
Women’s Missionary Union began in 1888 at the Southern Baptist Convention in Richmond, Virginia. WMU members are ladies and girls who are concerned about missions and telling people here at home and around the world about Jesus. WMU members pray about missions and missionaries as they study about them, give monetary gifts to send missionaries and provide their materials, go as missionaries when God calls them, and encourage the church to do each of these things as well.
WMU groups meet on the first Wednesday of the month together and separately on the third Monday of the month. Individuals or small groups can also go online to participate in missions. WMU is very flexible about times and dates of meetings.
Some of the benefits of being a WMU member include: a support group to meet with every month, more work accomplished through working together, and a productive and current outlet for serving God here and abroad.
WMU is in need of more women to join their ranks. WMU needs women of all ages and especially younger women to keep the ministry thriving with new ideas and methods in today’s world.
Please give careful consideration to joining WMU.

• Annie Armstrong Offering:

The reason we give to AAEO:
To help our missionary force reach for Christ an estimated 255 million lost people in the United States and Canada; that’s three of four people.

AAEO national goal for 2010:
$70 million

Amount given to AAEO in 2009:
More than $56 million at year-end

Amount of AAEO used to support missionaries and their work:
100%

Number of NAMB missionaries:
More than 5,300. Generally, a third of the number represents career missionaries, a third are short-term funded missionaries, and a third are Mission Service Corps missionaries.

Total 2010 NAMB budget:
$126,000,000

Amount of NAMB budget from Cooperative Program:
36%

Year offering started by WMU:
1895

Amount given in 1895:
$5,000 +

Year offering named for Annie Armstrong:
1934

What do AAEO-supported missionaries do?
• Start new churches
• Engage in student evangelism on college campuses
• Serve the physical and spiritual needs of people through inner-city Baptist centers
• Serve in local Baptist associations as associational missionary or other mission staff.
• Provide training and ministry in apologetics ( interfaith witness) evangelism
• Minister in resort settings such as campgrounds and ski areas.

Click to View Annie Armstrong Fact Sheet.

For adult ladies, young and old, to focus on missions at home and around the world.
Groups meet at various locations, and all groups meet together one time each month.
Some groups meet in the morning and some in the evening. Find the one
that is right for you.