WMU | Faulkville Baptist Church

Woman’s Missionary Union® is an organization which strives to challenge Christian believers to understand and be radically involved in the mission of God. Since its beginning in 1888, WMU has been true to its basic purpose: missions.

WMU strives to meet Christians' needs and interests by providing missions information, resources, organizations, and opportunities. WMU, through its Web sites, hopes to encourage and enable Christians to become involved in missions, both individually and as a member of a Christian group. WMU has provided missions-related information online since 1996.

The women of Faulkville Baptist Church are proud to be affiliated with WMU and its missions. Please join us for fellowship and fun as we work together to help others, while sharing the love of Christ. We meet monthly on the second Thursday at 7:00 p.m. - visit the Bulletin Board for meeting details.

Baptist Center Outreach for the Homeless - August 2011 WMU

Ladies made ditty bags to take to the Baptist Center for the homeless. WMU gathered 30 each of items listed below, thank you to those were a part of this outreach.

Items needed: Wash cloths, toothpaste, tooth brushes, razors, shaving cream, combs, hair brushes, lotions, chapsticks and gallon baggies.

These items were put together in August and the ditty bags were delivered in September.

Christmas in August - Atlanta Pregnancy Resource Center (APRC), Tucker, GA

The mission is to share the truth and compassion of Jesus Christ, support-life-affirming choices and promote healthy relationships by serving and caring for women and families in pregnancy-related circumstances, with a number of services provided; emotional and physical. They have an “Earn as You Learn” program where parents have an opportunity to be educated in caring for their children; and by participating in this program they earn coupons that can be redeemed in their “Baby Shoppe” during the first year after their child’s birth.

The items collected included: baby bottles (preemie, 0-12 months), baby wipes, baby-bottle brushes, Bibles (NKJV preferred) diapers (NB-5), gift cards to Walmart or Target, pacifiers and sleepers.

Thank you for prayfully giving to this outreach misison - we shared the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by assisting mother and babies in need.

Thanksgiving Outreach - Women’s Mission Union (WMU) collected food for food boxes that went to help families in need during during the Thanksgiving holiday in 2010. God Bless each of you that assisted in making it possible to have a Thanksgiving feast on the table of some very thankful familes!

Baptist Center Christmas Store - As with previous years, in 2011 WMU participated in gathering gifts to help the Baptist Center's Christmas Store. This year's effort included collecting gifts that children could give to their father's this Christmas. Imagine the joy on a child's face as they are able to offer a gift to their daddy on Christmas morning - join us in this effort if you are able. You are sure to be blessed!

In 2010, the Women’s Mission Union (WMU) assisted the Baptist Center’s Christmas Store. Their item of choice for 2010... stuffed animals! This ministry helped many families that would not otherwise have presents for their children at Christmas time. Many helped with this mission project by purchasing a new stuffed animals for the children. The Faulkville Baptist WMU goal? 30 new stuffed animals What a blessing to think of the smiles that were put on the children's faces on Christmas morning... thank you to all who made this possible.

Annie Armstrong - North America Missions

For 2011 our goal was set at $1,250.00. A special offer was taken up on Sunday, April 17th, and $1,442.53 was collected! How wonderful -- praise God!

Our goal for 2010 was set at $1,200.00 and praise God, we made it! During a special offering taken up in March 2010, our total collection... $1,204.62!

Our thanks and appreciation go out to those that were able to contribute and for all of the prayers that were said for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering. We understand that many are feeling the effects of these tough economic times - what a blessing that Faulkville Baptist Church has been able to come through and reach our goal for this worthy mission.

Lottie Moon - International Missions

What is the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering? The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering supplements Cooperative Program giving to support more than 5,000 Southern Baptist missionaries as they share the Gospel overseas. The 2011 offering goal is $175 million. The focus was on celebrating what God has done in recent years, praising Him for allowing Southern Baptists to be a part of His work, while emphasizing that reaching those who remain untouched by the Gospel is a doable task, but these will be the hardest people groups to reach—requiring that believers pray, go, partner and give as never before!

Please be in prayer for how God would have you to contribute to this worthy mission.

Southern Baptist churches collect the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for the sole purpose of supporting international missions. Every penny of the offering goes to the International Mission Board’s overseas budget, thus supporting our missionaries and their work.

The 2011 goal for Faulkville Baptist was $1,600.00 – what a blessing it is to say that with God’s help and your generous giving, we not only met that goal but exceeded it by $180.70! God is great! Thank you to for your efforts with this worthy mission and helping us surpass our goal! We collected $1,780.70 towards the 2011 Lottie Moon Christmas offering!

The year 2010 presented Faulkville Baptist Church with some challenges in reaching our goal which was set at $2,100.00. However, we are thankful for the offerings that were received... $1,594.05! What a blessing this will be for the efforts of supporting Lottie Moon.

Our goal for 2009 was set at $2,000.00 and we made it! Our total collection... $2,110.34!

Thank you to everyone that contirbutes and helps to make it possible for Faulkville Baptist Church to make a difference! This Christmas offering assists Southern Baptists in meeting the challenge to get inside difficult places around the world in order to share the gospel. What a blessing - again, thank you!

Georgia Baptist State Missions: Season of Prayer and Offering

Because 7.1 million are lost without Christ in Georgia we must “Rescue the Perishing”!

"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance". 2 Peter 3:9

September 2011 Goal... $777.77 - and Praise God, we made it! We collected $824.04 during our special offering this year. What a blessing - thank you all for your prayers and contributions!

Our goal for 2010 was $777.00 - we collected a total of $616.27. Although we missed our goal for 2010, we are very grateful for contributions that were received. Thank you for giving to this worthy mission!

What is the State Missions Season of Prayer and Offering? It is an annual emphasis drawing the Georgia Baptist family together for concerted prayer for our state and for the ministries and mission work of the Georgia Baptist Convention.

Where does my money go? Gifts to the State Missions Offering are at work every day in evangelistic and mission efforts across our state. Statistics show that more than 70% of the population of Georgia are unreached by the gospel. Your gifts make it possible for people to be reached with the Good News of Jesus Christ.

During a September 2010 Prayer Meeting, we had the privilege to have Mrs. Pearline Burns, Director of the Savannah Baptist Association, join us. Mrs. Burns shared what God is doing through Georgia Baptist State Missions. Her visit was a blessing and very insightful. Ms. Burns visited us again in 2011; she is such blessing to our State Missions and her story is very encouraging. Please lift Mrs. Burns up in prayer as she battles health issues while continuing to work very hard to share the glorious message of our Lord Jesus Christ.