Girls in Action

Leader: Priscilla (Cookie) Collins, Kristie Moutray & Allyson Wildt

GA’s is a mission organization under the WMU. Begining Aug 20 GA’s will meet on Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. thru 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The girls then split into two groups the younger girls (1st - 3rd) and the older girls (4th - 6th).

The girls learn about mission work around the world, our Baptist missionaries, and Missionary Kids (MK’s). They pray for missionaries and MK’s and they do mission projects. Girls in grades 1 thru 6 may attend. The GA Motto is: "Go Forward!"

GA Pledge: "As a GA, I will do my best to live a missions lifestyle that honors God by learning about missions, praying for missions, giving to missions, doing missions, and participating in the work of the church."

GA Scripture Verse: "Give thanks to the Lord. Worship him. Tell the nations what he has done. Announce how honored he is" (Isaiah 12:4 NIrV).

GA Lifestyle Verse: "The Lord has shown you what is good. He has told you what he requires of you. You must treat people fairly. You must love others faithfully. And you must be very careful to live the way your God wants you to" (Micah 6:8 NIrV).

Check out the GA's web site at: http://www.gapassport.com.

Check it out. This site features information for leaders, parents, and girls about the WMU® missions organization, Girls in Action®, for girls in grades 1 to 6.
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September 12, 2010
The Girls in Action Spaghetti Dinner on Sept. 12, 2010 was a big success. Money donated will go towards covering the expenses of their trip to Springfield, IL for GA Day. $531 was given Sunday. We'll keep you updated on the final figures. GA Leader, Cookie Collins, indicated more donations had been given to her that we will report next Sunday. Thank You to all who helped make this a successful event.

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September 13, 2009
The GA's held a Spaghetti Dinner & Dessert Auction to raise money for the trip to GA Days in Springfield. They raised $537.30! Thank You to all those who helped make the dinner & auction a success.
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The GA's collected $449 in donations at their Spaghetti Dinner October 26, 20008. $161 was donated to World Hunger and the remaining $288.00 will help send the girl's and their mothers to camp.
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The Girl’s in Action Spaghetti Dinner has been rescheduled to take place following the Morning Worship Service, October 26th. Donations for the dinner will be used for World Hunger and to send GA's and their mothers to camp.

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Due to their leaders illness the spaghetti dinner which was to be held on October 12th was postponed. Watch the bulletin and this web site for rescheduling date. It will be held in the fellowship hall following the morning worship service in a couple of weeks. The Girls will be your servers and they would appreciate any “tips” they can earn. Their "tips" and donations will be used for World Hunger and to send girl and their mothers to camp.

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October Report: GA’s met 3 times with an average of 15 girls and 4 ladies in September. They had a Christmas in August party and invited the adults for a time of sharing and cookies. Items collected were boxed and made ready to mail to one of our home missionaries in Tennessee.

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September Report: GA’s started their new year with an average of 18 girls, 2 leaders and 2 assistants. Mission project was Christmas in August. GA leaders are Cookie Collins and Kim Fewkes. Assistants are Kristen Rowe and Allison Wildt.

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The Girls in Action have collected for their "Christmas in August" project. They will be sending the items collected: school supplies, paper, pens & pencils, paints, markers, etc. to a mission in the Appalachian Mts. They want to thank you for helping them with this collection and invite you to come for cookies and celebrate with them if you come to Wednesday night Bible Study on September 17.

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On August 17, 2008 WMU Director, Marcha Kinsey recaped the girls activities for the past year after showing a Power Point presentation in recognition of the accomplishments of our Girls in Action (GA's). The girls wore their sashes displaying the badges they had earned and recited the GA's Moto and Pledge during the morning worship service.

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July 2008 Report:
GA’s averaging 12; met twice in June

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June Report:
GA's averaging 14 in May
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May Report:
GA’s averaging 12.
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April: No Report
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March 2008 Report:
GA’s met two times in February. They averaged 15 girls.
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February 2008 Report:
GA’s met twice during the month of January with good attendance; GA’s also had their annual lock-in with 23 girls and 3 adults helping; Cookie Collins reported that a good time was had by all.
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January 2008 Report:
GA’s entered a float into the Albion Christmas parade and received 2nd place. GA’s are still having great numbers at their meetings—13 1st through 3rd graders and 11 4th through 6th graders. Upcoming events—GA lock in on Friday, January 18th

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December 2007 Report:
GA’s met once plus a couple of times to decorate float for Christmas parade; won 2nd for float.

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November 2007 Report: NONE
(GA Day was held again in Springfield on October 6, 2007.)

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October 2007 Report:
GA’s have been divided into two groups—Cookie Collins leads the K-3rd grade; Kris Campbell & Allyson Widlt lead the 4th-6th grade; raised $367.50 at dessert auction held September 30, 2007 for their trip to Springfield.

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September 2007 Report
15 GA girls and their mothers attended the banquet August 6, 2007. First year members received their sashes and GA pins. The rest of the girls received the badges that they earned during the past year.
GA’s met 3 times in August with an average of 19. On August 9th, 8 GA girls, 1 teenager, and 3 adults visited the Christian Activity Center in East St. Louis.

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On April 23rd Niece Edwards shared with the girls about her mission trip to Paris. She went last year with a group of volunteers.

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January 12th & 13th 2007 GA’s enjoyed a fun time while also learning about missionaries during a Lock-in. It was such a success it will become an annual event each year during the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday week-end.

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Nine GA’s went to Springfield, IL October 20-21, 2006 for GA Day. The theme was “Bring the Light of Christ to Paris” Missionaries from Paris told about their work.