Women On Mission (WOM)
WMU Director: Marsha Kinsey
The Women on Mission (WOM) is a missions organization for women (ages 18 and up)through which women pray for and give to missions, do missions, learn about missions, grow spiritually toward a missions lifestyle, and participate in the work of the church and the denomination.
Our WOM usually meets on the third Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the church Fellowship Hall. We have a lesson about a missionary, pray for mission needs and the missionaries who have birthdays that day. We plan and carry out mission projects and have good fellowship. We invite all ladies of the church to join us.
The purpose of all Women on Mission activities is that every person have the opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel.
For more information please visit
http://www.womenonmission.com.
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October 2008 Report
WOM met at 5:00 p.m September 29th with 5 present. Three
lap blankets were made and cards were sent to college students.
Three theme baskets were donated for the BCH Fall Festival and were auctioned for a total of $68. Our church also sponsored a booth. Six people went and helped out in this area. A good day was had by all. Illinois State Mission Offering collected in September was $577.00
(Another $305 was collected in October. So we surpassed our goal of $640.00 with our final total of $882. M.A.F)
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September 2008 Report
WOM met in August with 3 in attendance. Next meeting is Monday, September 29th We will be making lap blankets and sending cards to college students. We discussed baskets and a booth for Baptist Children’s Home Carnival.
August 2008 WMU Report
WMU Director & GA’s—GA’s averaging 4 in July; Christmas in August is coming up; 5 women met for WOM in July.
July 2008 WMU Report
WMU Director & GA’s - GA’s averaging 12; met twice in June; WMU will meet on July 28th.
June 2008 WMU Report
WMU Director & GA’s—GA’s averaging 14 in May
May 2008 WMU Report
WMU Director & GA’s—GA’s averaging 12 in April.
April 2008 WMU Report
No Report Available for March activities.
March 2008 WMU Report
Souper Bowl Saturday was a huge success. Seven pots of soup were donated and close to 35 quarts of soup were delivered to shut-ins and the elderly. Seven adults and two children helped deliver the soup. Four ladies attended the Quarterly meeting at Wayne City. Sandy Wisdom Martin shared with us her trip to Bangladesh and introduced some of the ladies going there this fall. GA’s met two times in February. They averaged 15 girls. Upcoming events are: Women’s Retreat at Fairfield and Annie Armstrong Easter Offering.
February 2008 WMU Report
WOM met for the January monthly meeting with 5 ladies present. Plans were made for Souper bowl Saturday. 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. Associational WMU meeting will be at Wayne City, Monday, February 25; Becky Arnett will be the speaker. Home Mission Bible Study will be Sunday night, March 2nd. Sister to Sister retreat is March 29th.
January 2008 WMU Report
Week of Prayer for Foreign Missions and the Foreign Mission Study was held during the month of December. Approximately 60 people attended the study on Russia. Russian food was prepared and mostly enjoyed by all. The Lottie Moon offering was set at 10% more than our church gave last year which came to $2,078.00. By the end of December, we had collected $3,065.73. Praise the Lord! 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 and WMU meeting Monday, January 28th. Our annual SOUPer bowl Saturday, February 2nd for shut-ins and elderly. More details will appear later.
December 2007 WMU Report
WOM - 3 present at monthly meeting; GA’s met once plus a couple of times to decorate float for Christmas parade; won 2nd for float.
October 2007 WMU Report
WMU—given by Marsha Kinsey; no monthly WOM meeting; collected $568.00 for state missions; will be preparing for the Lottie Moon offering; 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 .
September 2007 WMU Report
WMU—four ladies attended the Associational WMU meeting on August 14th at Wayne City. WOM hosted the GA banquet in August. 15 GA girls and their mothers attended the banquet. 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.
August 2007 WMU Report
WMU report by Marsha Kinsey. There were 4 present at the WOM meeting. We will be collecting for the international missions offering. Marsha would like to raise our goal for giving by $100.00 over our last goal. Supplies were collected and taken to the Carmi Baptist Children’s home in Carmi IL. The Girls in Action met 2 times, once with 13 girls and one guest, and they went to the nursing home to visit the residents. They met the second time with 8 girls. The G.A.’s are doing their annual Christmas in August collection for a Christian activity center in Ohio. The GWBA WMU is having a meeting on Aug.14th at Wayne City where the guest speaker will be the Chaplain of the CAC in East St. Louis. A group will be leaving the church at 6:15 p.m. if anyone needs a ride.
July 2007 WMU Report
WOM—seven ladies participated in lock-in on June 17th for prayer; will be collecting personal items for Baptist Children’s Home; had 3 meetings for GA’s; averaged 9; the spaghetti dinner fund raiser raised $1300 and sponsored 6 children from East St. Louis for camp. Allyson Wildt will be a helper for GA’s.
June 2007 WMU Report
WOM—seven ladies attended May meeting; studied inner city ministries; will have a ladies lock-in on June 17th for prayer; had 3 meetings for GA’s; averaged 8; will be having a spaghetti lunch fund raiser on June 24th; proceeds will send children from East St. Louis to camp.
May 2007 WMU Report
—GA’s will meet this summer at Cookie’s at 2:00 p.m.
April 2007 WMU Report
WMU given by Marsha Kinsey; there was no WOM meeting in March because the book study held on Sunday evening replaced it; still collecting for the Annie Armstrong offering with a goal of $1900.00; this month the WMU will be collecting canned goods for the Baptist Children’s Home; there was an average of 16 GA’s at the meetings this month; April 23rd they will have a special guest, Niece Edwards, sharing about her mission trip to Paris.
March 2007 WMU Report
The March 19th meeting of WOM is being cancelled since we had a church wide Mission Study Sunday evening, March 11th, covering the material about North American missionaries which was included in the Mission Mosique Magazine. We will be collecting canned goods for the Baptist Children's Home during the month of April. Our church goal for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is $1900. We hope to meet this goal by the end of March.
February 2007 WMU Report
In February WOM sent 10 college students homemade cookies and gas cards. Thanks to those of you who participated in this ministry. Finally on February 11th we went over our goal for the Lottie Moon Offering receiving a total of $2551.53.
January 2007 WMU Report
Our Lottie Moon Offering goal was $2500.00. Marsha urged us to continue to give during January so that we could “brake the chains” that would hinder our missionaries in Africa.