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Sign up by August 1 for the Poverty Simulation!
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 Plunge2Poverty: An Intensive Poverty Simulation Experience/Training is coming up August 20-21, 2010! Come to Roanoke Rapids and experience what it is like to be homeless and learn what you can do to help those in poverty. We encourage you to take your experience home and do simulations with your church and community to teach others what you learn. The cost of the simulation is $25, and the time is Friday at noon through noon Saturday. You may download a flyer here. Read a testimony from someone who participated in one of the simulations. For more information, including the registration form, click here. Hurry! The deadline to register is August 1.
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Heck-Jones® Offering Update
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 WMU NC is extremely grateful for your support through the Heck-Jones® Offering. Your commitment ensures the future as you provide involvement opportunities for children, youth and adults where they may answer God’s call to be on mission with Him. Here is updated WMU NC news.
Good News!
- WMU NC has the highest state WMU Enrollment (99,041) according to 2009 SBC Statistics. http://www.bpnews.net/pdf/2009SBCStatsStateConvention.pdf
- Camp Mundo Vista® continues to provide missions camping experiences for girls who have completed 4th – 12th grade.
- Women are on mission in New York City, Massachusetts, and Raleigh, NC, this summer through WMU NC sponsored mission trips.
- Many churches are financially supporting WMU NC through a planned/budgeted line item sent monthly, quarterly or annually.
Distressing News!
- The winter weather prevented many churches from meeting during the WMU Focus Week, and plans to highlight the Heck-Jones® Offering were postponed or cancelled.
- As of June 2010, the Heck-Jones® Offering receipts were approximately $244,000 toward the 2010 goal of $1.3 million. This goal represented the forecasted 2010 operating expenses of WMU NC, just over $100,000 per month.
- Members at Missions Extravaganza (WMU NC Annual Meeting) approved a 10% decrease in the 2010 WMU NC programs as well as no increases in the salaries and a decrease in the benefits of the WMU NC staff.
- Despite these budget constraints, meeting the financial needs of WMU NC remains a challenge.
There is still time to be an active supporter in the missions of WMU NC through the Heck-Jones ® Offering. WMU NC staff and Executive Board members are available to speak in your church to raise awareness regarding the offering. No church is too small or too large and you can promote the offering at a time that best fits your church calendar. Offering materials are available upon request by contacting the WMU office at 866.210.8602 or jbranch@wmunc.org.
One of the best ways to support WMU NC is through your church budget. Budgeted giving, either a preset amount or a percentage of the receipts, enables WMU NC to confidently plan and carry out its missions endeavors. WMU NC will provide a copy of the 2010 adjusted budget to assist your church in making this kind of giving decision. No gift is too small!
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 It's time to register your GAs and Acteens for summer camp at Camp Mundo Vista! This year's theme is "Live Love!" based on Matthew 22:37-39, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself" (NIV, adapted). Campers learn the importance of a daily quiet time, prayer, worship, Bible study and missions involvement opportunities and hear from “real-live” missionaries what it means to give and go. They also participate in recreation, swimming, nature study, crafts and much more. Space is still available. Sign your girls up today!
 Online Courses - a new way for leaders of church WMU organizations to receive training to help them fulfill their leadership roles well! Whether you're a new leader just getting started or a seasoned leader needing updates, refreshers or new ideas, online training is a great option! Click here to go to the courses page or download a flyer for more info. (Note: your browser must allow 3rd party cookies to enter the courses. If cookies are not enabled, in the Tools menu, click Internet Options->Privacy tab->Advanced settings button, then enable 3rd party cookies. After successfully entering the site for the first time, you may change the setting back.)
 Frequently Visited Pages
 The last 2010 mission team is gearing up for their trip this summer! Please pray for the Raleigh, NC, trip on August 2-6. Find out more about WMU NC-sponsored mission trips and get info on the 2011 trips that are being planned so far here. More information will be posted as it becomes available!
Plunge2Poverty: An Intensive Poverty Simulation Experience/Training - August 20-21, 2010, come to Roanoke Rapids and experience what it is like to be homeless and learn what you can do to help those in poverty. We encourage you to take your experience home and do simulations with your church and community to teach others what you learn. For more information, click here.
The Campbell University Divinity School World Religions and Global Cultures Center invites you to come meet your religious neighbors! Visit Hindu Temples, Buddhist Temples, Jewish Synagogues, Muslim Mosques, Mormon Churches, Jehovah’s Witness’ Kingdom Halls and other religious communities, meet members of these groups, and learn about being a Christian witness to them. An orientation is August 30th. Download the flyer for more info.
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By cgarrison on
Thursday, May 06, 2010 8:45 AM
 WMU NC recently presented Visa and phone calling gift cards to the USO of NC to distribute to troops all across our state. Cards were collected at Missions Day at the Women's ACC Basketball Tournament and Missions Extravaganza. The picture shows the presentation made by Faith Boehmer, Leadership Network Military Ministry, and Margaret Harding, WMU NC staff. Learn more about WMU NC's military ministry here.
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By cgarrison on
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:24 AM
 WMU's New Hope Publishers is launching a new fiction category. They are initiating an Amazon blast on April 27, 2010 (next Tuesday) to raise awareness of New Hope Publishers and the authors in a way that enhances visibility and sales for all of New Hope's books and authors. Like every new title New Hope releases, they want to make an impact on both the market place and readers’ lives. Please help make this campaign successful by joining in this effort! Your investment is also an investment in ongoing sales of all New Hope titles.
Ways you can be involved:
*Purchase No Greater Love at Amazon http://ASIN.cc/~CKC_c
*Tweet...
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By cgarrison on
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:29 PM
 The following message comes from Clara Huff, former IMB missionary to Chile and a current WMU NC Executive Board member. Please join us in praying for Chile.
The Baptist Convention of Chile, through the prayer chair person, has called for a week of prayer for Chile, March 7-14. Especially, they are asking that each family have a time of prayer together at 10 PM each evening for the country and the people who are affected. They also request all churches have a special half-hour prayer service this coming Sunday at 11:30 AM in every church, to be united in prayer for Chile. The young people specifically ask that everyone have a moment of prayer for Chile every 30 minutes. Also, the President-elect of Chile will take office in the next few days, and he needs our prayers.
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By cgarrison on
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:08 AM
WMU NC encourages everyone to support relief efforts in Haiti. Here are two ways you can help:
- Visit www.baptistsonmission.org to find ways you can help insure the people of Haiti receive both physical and spiritual care by supporting the efforts of NC Baptist Men. You also may track their progress, read specific prayer requests and find links to pictures of the work being done by following NCBMHaitiRelief on Twitter or ncbmhaitirelief on Facebook.
- Donate to national WMU's HEART Fund (Humanitarian Emergency Aid for Rebuilding Tomorrow), which allows national WMU and the WMU Foundation to respond to requests from WMU leaders across the country and around the world during emergencies and natural disasters. For more info, click here.
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By cgarrison on
Monday, December 21, 2009 3:14 PM
The 2010 Heck-Jones® Offering & Week of Prayer theme is Faces and Places of WMU NC, and the theme verse is Ephesians 2:10. Please read more about the offering and what it supports here. Promotional materials are available for download there; printed materials will be sent to churches early in 2010. WMU NC's missions and ministry endeavors depend on your support of the Heck-Jones® Offering. We hope you will consider being a part of God's work through WMU NC.
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The 2010 theme for the Heck-Jones® Offering & Week of Prayer is "Faces and Places of WMU NC", and the theme verse is Ephesians 2:10. Your support of the Heck-Jones® Offering enables WMU NC's missions and ministry endeavors. God continues to provide for WMU NC in remarkable ways, and we hope you will consider being a part of His provision. Please read more about the offering, what it supports and how you can get involved here. Promotional resources are now available online; printed materials were sent to churches in early January.
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Holly Baldwin of New Hope Church in Raleigh shared a vision she had with her WMU group to start the Angelfood ministry in 2008. After recruiting not only the Women on Mission but many others within the church, the AngelFood program was started. Now almost two years later and with 75 volunteers, the ministry is serving hundreds of families with food relief in our community. Holly has also shared this vision with several other churches throughout the area and inspired them to start the Angelfood program as well. This ministry has opened many doors to touch unchurched persons' lives, sharing the love of Jesus with each one who enters. Holly, serving as Director of this program, is living the call using her gifts and talents in an area she feels God has called her to serve, which is community missions!
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Anointing - Ask for the anointing of the Holy Spirit that our missionaries will operate in the Spirit’s Power.
To find specific prayer requests from our NC missionaries and other prayer resources, visit our "Pray" section.
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