WMU
MISSION STATEMENT
Mission Statement: We pray for and give to missions, learn and teach about missions, do missions, develop spiritually toward a missional lifestyle, and support the mission work of our church and denomination
What IS WMU, you say?
It was 1888. A group of ladies decided that not only did they want to pray for missionaries, but they wanted to help them with their physical needs!! May in Richmond, Virginia, is beautiful, and these ladies were ready to get things going! They were very Baptist about this and organized a committee- the Executive Committee of the Woman’s Mission Societies, Auxilary to Southern Baptist Convention. They knew how to do it right! They adopted a constitution, elected officers, chose Baltimore, Maryland, as the headquarters, and got Annie Armstrong as their first treasurer. You have to keep those financial records straight, you know. Annie was on fire! Not only did she write many, many, even thousands of letters to get support to send to home missionaries, she collected clothes in barrels and sent them to American Indian children. Boots on the ground. With the Lord’s many blessings and direction, we’ve come a long way, baby!! Headquarters are now in Birmingham, Alabama, and WMU is the largest Protestant missions organization for women in the world. Yes, I said the WORLD. There are over 1,000,000 of us!! What do we do? I’m glad you asked. Here is what Indian Springs Baptist Church WMU does……….
WMU Purpose:
- To learn about missions
- To pray for and give to missions
- To develop spiritually toward a missions lifestyle
- To do missions
- To support the mission work of our church and denomination
When do we meet, you ask?
We meet the third Thursday in each month at 1:30 in the Christian Life Center at the Hill Road campus just before Indian Springs Elementary School. ( Some special times or changes may happen so please check the church calendar to make sure or contact Martha Rhoton at 423-967-7505. )
(Check bulletin or ISBC calendar for times and locations. Come join us! )
What projects do we do? (You are asking all the right questions.)
Mission Events:
- List Item #1Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions ( GOTM ) Emphasis: September
- Lottie Moon Christmas Offering ( LMCO ) Emphasis: December
- Mission Time in AWANA the first Wednesday in each month
- Operation Christmas Child ( OCC) Shoebox Ministry- Info coming
- Shoebox Packing trip to Boone
- Lottie Moon Christmas Ornament Reminders
- Card Ministry/ Dolls
- Baptist Collegiate Ministries ( BCM ) at ETSU Campus: Coffee/Pop Tart Cart- Debbie Fink
- BCM Cookies for Move-in Day
- BCM Fall Meal
- BCM Spring Meal
- BCM Dinner Meal: Youth schedule and supply food and we serve- TBA
- Gibsontown Support: Supplies brought to each meeting/ Desserts for Christmas and Easter Worship meetings
- Hope House Valentine’s Day Manicures and luncheon
- Hope House needs as they occur
- Isaiah House: Make blankets and other needs as they occur
- Trunk or Treat each year
- Medical bags, sewing kits, dolls, and seed wall
- Welcome basket for new Church Leaders
- August Collection of School Supplies
- We are always blessed with many more ways to serve the Lord, so keep paying attention to the church bulletin/announcements and this Web Page. Always feel free to contact any WMU member to get additional information.
- Mission Mosaic is our monthly magazine telling about missionaries all of the world, lists their birthdays for individual prayer, shows projects throughout the year, and has a week of prayer during the special offering times
- And any other needs that arise, as they always do. We have so many opportunities to serve the Lord!!!
Leaders and areas of ministry- If you are interested in helping in any of these areas, PLEASE let me know ASAP. Call,e-mail, text, smoke signals, paper airplanes- Just let me know.
Officers/ Responsibilities
Director: Martha Rhoton ( rhotonm@hotmail.com )
- Meetings: Schedule, church bulletin info, dates on webpage
- Mission Study: Foreign, Home, State
- AWANA/Youth Mission Programs
- Church Calendar
- Special Missions Offerings: Golden/LMCO/AAEO
- Order Subscriptions
- Order Special Mission Supplies: Golden/LMCO/AAEO
- WMU Budget
- Website Team Leader
- Review/Help construct/ Etc. Memos for bulletin from other teams ( if needed )
- Direct Special projects
- Youth Liaison
- Gibsontown Liaison
- Update of WMU Projects/Activities and general information
Secretary/ Treasurer: Kathy Tilley
- Take minutes at each meeting
- Prepare and e-mail minutes after each meeting
- Keep money collected and records of transactions
- Take up money each meeting
- Pay designated items
Program Support: Rita Strauser
- Programs for each meeting
- Special missionary speaker
Prayer Support: Ruth Anna Driggers
- Pray for missionaries having birthdays meeting day
Activities/ Projects Leaders:
Carolyn Cook:
Jane Musick:
- ETSU Baptist Collegiate Ministries- Fall meal
- WMU stationery needs- Notebooks and printing needs
- Co-director with Rita for Missionary Birthday Party ( Spring )
- WMU Directory
Rita Strauser:
- Cards/ Goody Bags for members on Mission Trips
- Co-director with Carolyn for Missionary Birthday Party ( Spring )
- WMU T-Shirts
- Assistant Mission Time Programs- Cubbies
- Assistant International Mission Study
Kathy Tilley:
- Mission Support Projects: Sewing kits, etc.
- School Supplies
- Boone Shoebox Packing
- Trunk or Treat Fall Festival at Hill Road
- LMCO reminder ornament
- Crafts/ Mission Support Projects
Susan Cox:
- Foam paper dolls for mission trips
- Foam paper dolls for hospitals
- Cards for WMU & Staff Birthdays ,etc.
Ann Fentress:
- Scripture wallets
Debbie Fink:
- BCM Coffee Cart, Fall Meal, and Spring Meal
- WMU Members Care
“For we are partners working together for God.” 1 Corinthians 3:9
Want to know MORE? (You're GOOOOOOD.)
Contact Indian Springs Baptist Church WMU at isbcwmu@isbc.org.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Matthew 28: 29-30
Enjoy, be blessed, and join us in a missional lifestyle!!!