The Story Lives On. Celebrate Connect Commit

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1 The Story Lives On Celebrate Connect Commit Georgia WMU&WEM Supplement

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS WMU President & Ministry Staff Page 3 Georgia WMU Executive Board & Ministry Volunteers Pages 4-5 Pinnacle Retreat Center Page 6 Associations by Regions Page 7 Missions & Ministries Page Calendar Page 9 Georgia WMU&WEM Emphases Page 10 Online Resources Page 11 April 19-20, 2013 Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain Top Three Ways to Support Georgia WMU Page 12 Esther Fund Page 13 Leadership Update Form Page 14 New Start Order Form Page 15 For additional and most current information, please go to 2

3 GEORGIA WMU PRESIDENT & MINISTRY STAFF Mary Laughman Georgia WMU President (770) Barbara Curnutt Executive Director (770) Karen Pace Consultant (770) Beth Ann Williams Consultant (770) Joyce Cutchins Administrative Assistant (770) Anglia Arledge Secretary (770) Ellen Eklund Secretary (770) Liz Butler, Guest Services Stu Butler, Pinnacle Administrator (706) Jim Daniel, Support Services JoAnn Daniel, Dining Services pinnaclediningservices@windstream.com (706)

4 GEORGIA WMU EXECUTIVE BOARD Mary Laughman, President (770) Gail Silver, 1 st Vice President (706) gail.silver0@gmail.com Faye O Dell, Vice President of Finance (770) odell.faye@gmail.com Cathy Dennis, Recording Secretary (770) catherine.dennis@veoliawaterna.com Deborah Tedder, Northwest Regional Missions Mobilizer (706) dtdiamond55@yahoo.com Linda Buckalew, Northeast Regional Missions Mobilizer (706) billinda@windstream.net Carolyn Junkins, East Central Regional Missions Mobilizer (706) carolyn@fbcwaynesboro.org Ann Watts, West Central Regional Missions Mobilizer (770) georgiawmu@aol.com Cindy Schaeffner, West Regional Missions Mobilizer (229) schaeffnerj@bellsouth.net Judith Bland, East Regional Missions Mobilizer (912) teba@bellsouth.net Ruth Christian, Southeast Regional Missions Mobilizer (912) ruth.christian.hvi1@statefarm.com Patsy Pirkle, Southwest Regional Missions Mobilizer (229) patsypirk@hotmail.com Dorothy Fox, East Metro Atl. Regional Missions Mobilizer (770) gafoxes@charter.net Peggy Jo Boyles, West Metro Atl. Reg. Missions Mobilizer (770) pboyles@emory.edu 4 Diane Taylor, Middle Regional Missions Mobilizer (478) edmtay@bellsouth.net Tom McDugald, Preschool Equipper (770) mcdugald@bellsouth.net Sandra Burns, Children s Equipper (770) sburnsclyo@windstream.net Chris Oglesby, Youth Equipper (912) coglesby@gsp.net Jackie Hardy, Adult Equipper (770) hardy_jackie@bellsouth.net Brenda Woodard, WMU Director Equipper (770) bwwoodard@bellsouth.net Sandra Rice, Language Representative (770) slrice0718@bellsouth.net Esther Grissom, Sisters Who Care Representative (404) ej257@bellsouth.net GEORGIA WMU MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS Min Young Lee, Korean Coordinator (770) leemkbc@bellsouth.net Carol Poe, Multiethnic Coordinator (770) rpoefolks@comcast.net Sandra Rice, Hispanic Coordinator (770) slrice0718@bellsouth.net Mary Laughman, State Prayer Coordinator (770) jm121968@bellsouth.net Kellie Cochran, Assistant State Prayer Coord. (229) patsypirk@hotmail.com Ann Watts, Missions Innovator (770) georgiawmu@aol.com

5 Janet Hill, State Endowment Consultant (706) GEORGIA WMU MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS Gail Silver, Region 1 Endowment Consultant & Missions Innovator (706) gail.silver0@gmail.com Glenda McDugald, Region 1 Endowment Consultant (770) mcdugald@bellsouth.net Brenda Woodard, Region 2 Endowment Consultant (478) bwwoodard@bellsouth.net Joy Lynn Causey, Region 3 Endowment Consultant (229) joy.causey@darton.edu Anne Smith, Region 4 Endowment Consultant (912) acart@windstream.net Esther Grissom, Sisters Who Care Council (404) ej257@bellsouth.net Marveen Johnson, Sisters Who Care Council (770) marveen229@bellsouth.net Barbara Morris, Sisters Who Care Council (770) morris3390@bellsouth.net Beth Ann Williams, Christian Women s Job Corps (770) bawilliams@gabaptist.org Elaine Brown, Culture Connection (770) elainebrown@usa.net JoAnne Morris, Multihousing (770) morris8496@bellsouth.net Michael Saffels, Missionary Parents Fellowship (770) michael_s30233@yahoo.com Nancy Smith, Baptist Nursing Fellowship (229) nsmith@rose.net 5

6 PINNACLE RETREAT CENTER Pinnacle Retreat Center is a ministry of Georgia WMU and is dedicated to God to lead people to Christ, develop Christian character and promote world missions. The retreat center is located in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of Rabun County, Georgia, and is surrounded by the beauty of lakes, mountains, and forests. As a year-round, modern, full-service facility, Pinnacle is the ideal setting for church group retreats and conferences from 15 to 250 guests. To make your reservations today, call (706) or send an to reservations@pinnacleretreatcenter.com. 6

7 ASSOCIATIONS BY REGIONS Northwest Region Bartow Catoosa Chatooga Etowah Floyd County Gordon Memorial Lookout Valley Middle Cherokee Morganton Mountaintown Murray County North Georgia Northwest Georgia Northeast Region Appalachee Chattahoochee Enon Habersham Hebron Hiawassee Hightower Liberty Morgan County Mulberry New Union Notla River Rabun County Sarepta Tugalo White County West Central Region Carrollton Centennial Flint River Haralson Kimbell Polk Western West Region Columbus Friendship Merritt Pine Mountain Summerhill Troup County East Region Altamaha Daniell Middle New Sunbury Ogeechee River Savannah Tattnall-Evans East Atlanta Atlanta Assn of Southern Baptists Stone Mountain Gwinnett Metro Henry Atlanta Metro West Atlanta Fairburn Noonday Roswell South Metro Southwest Metro West Metro Southeast Region Consolation Piedmont-Okefenokee Smyrna Southeast Valdosta Southwest Region Ben Hill-Irwin Bethel Bowen Colquitt County Grady County Mallary Mell Mercer Thomas County Tucker Turner County Middle Region Central Dodge County Ebenezer Houston Lanier Laurens County Little River Mid-State Pulaski-Bleckley Rehoboth Telfair East Central Region Augusta Emanuel Georgia Hephzibah Kilpatrick Mount Vernon Washington 7

8 MISSIONS & MINISTRIES Baptist Nursing Fellowship (BNF) is a Christian organization for health-care professionals with the purpose to encourage health-care service evolving from a personal commitment to Jesus Christ. Celebrate Our Missions Future, Building Today...Securing Tomorrow The Camp Pinnacle Capital Campaign and the WMU and Pinnacle Endowments continue to nurture future generations of missionaries and mission leaders. Child Safe Zone: Hotel Project (Project HELP) Georgia women are being trained and equipped to contact hotels in their community to urge managers and staff to become Child Safe Zone hotels. Christian Women s Job Corps/Christian Men s Job Corps (CWJC/CMJC) Provides a Christian context in which women and men are equipped for life and employment. Claiming Faith: A Prayer Journey Toward the Harvest Georgia Baptists are living in a diverse, cultural landscape. This effort affords the opportunity to prayerwalk non- Christian houses of worship and to learn about other faiths. Coffee & Conversation Associations are encouraged to host a Coffee & Conversation event and invite church WMU directors for a 90 minute dialogue with GA WMU President and Executive Director. Culture Connection Trains Christians to build relationships with internationals in ways that are culturally appropriate. Esther Fund Serves as the lifeline for BWMU ministries. Individuals and WMU age-level groups are encouraged to support the ongoing ministries of WMU through sacrificial gifts that are over and above their tithes. Georgia Baptist Women s Spring Event An inspirational womens event with opportunities to connect with leaders in missions and ministry. Learn more at gabaptistwomenspringevent.com. Georgia Missionary Parents Fellowship Serves to offer encouragement, support, and inspiration to parents of missionaries by connecting, caring, and communicating. Language WMU Today over 300 Georgia Baptist congregations worship in a language other than English. It is our prayer that each of these congregations will understand and become involved in God s Great Commission through missions education. Missions Innovators are available to meet with WMU groups to ignite and rekindle missions growth. Multihousing Ministry Meets human needs as an expression of God s love. More than 1.6 million Georgians live in some type of multihousing community. Spiritual lostness among multi-family unit dwellers is approximately 95 percent. New Starts are WMU organizations that are beginning for the first time in a church that either has never had the age-level organization/wmu leadership or has not had the organization/wmu leadership for at least two years. A New Start may also be an additional group of the same organization that is already meeting at a church. One in Prayer is the new web-based prayer initiative to encourage a more effective individual and corporate praying life as we provide monthly prayer focus, thoughts, resources, and prayer requests at oneinprayer.net. Project HELP: Human Exploitation is our emphasis to eradicate the issue of commercially, sexually exploited children (CSEC) in Georgia through prayer, education and action. Seasons of Prayer for International and North American Missions We assist Georgia Baptist churches by processing orders for the Seasons of Prayer for International and North American Missions promotional materials. Seminary Scholarships for Georgia Women To receive an application call , ext. 320, or go to georgiawmu.org. Sisters Who Care (SWC) is a Women on Mission entity that leads African American women to reach and encourage other African American women to become more involved in the Great Commission. Hearts Called to Pray for Northern Africa & the Middle East (NAME) It is our calling and privilege to pray daily for people living in NAME. Each association and church is encouraged to select a Prayer Coordinator who will receive and distribute requests. 8 Summer Camp Pinnacle Retreat Center is the site of our 7-week summer missions camp for girls. A week spent at Camp Pinnacle opens the door for each girl to make new friends, learn about God and His plan for her life and the world, explore new cultures, interact with missionaries and have a lot of fun! Learn more at camppinnacle.net.

9 CALENDAR 2012 September Women s Prayer Retreat, Pinnacle October November December 2013 January February March April May June July August 6 Girls Extravaganza, Shirley Hills BC, Warner Robins 6 Hisp. Women s Celebration, FBC, Franklin, NC WMU Executive Board, Pinnacle 10 Hisp. WMU Training, Victoria Cristo, Riverdale 2-9 Week of Prayer for International Missions Hisp. Pastor s Wives, Camp Carter, Williamson 22 WMU Executive Committee, GBMMC SELAH, TBD 2 SWC Miss. Summit, CFBC, College Park Focus on WMU Week 16 Children s Ministry Day CWJC Level 1 & Level 2 NCT Training, TBD 3-10 Week of Prayer for North American Missions Journey-Missions Event for Teen Girls, TBD Hispanic Women s Retreat, Pinnacle GBW Spring Event, Callaway Gardens WMU Executive Board, GBMMC Younger Girls Week, Camp Pinnacle Younger Girls Week, Camp Pinnacle M/D Overnight, Camp Pinnacle Younger Girls Week, Camp Pinnacle 1-5 Younger Girls Week, Camp Pinnacle 8-10 Younger Girls Mini Camp, Camp Pinnacle M/D Two-night, Camp Pinnacle Teen Week, Camp Pinnacle 16 WMU Executive Committee, GBMMC 10 Language WMU Training, TBD 10 Korean WMU Training, TBD September 17 Nominating Comm. Mtg., GBMMC One in Prayer Retreat, Pinnacle October December 5 Hispanic Women s Celebration, TBD WMU Exec. Board, Pinnacle 1-8 Week of Prayer for International Missions 9

10 GEORGIA WMU&WEM EMPHASES Last February, women gathered at the Georgia Capitol to lobby for the protection of girls caught in trafficking for Lobby Day Project Help, Child Safe Zone: Hotel Project Many hotels, unknowingly to managers and staff, have become places used by predators where our children are forced into prostitution. Georgia Baptist women have been asked to rise to the challenge of approaching every hotel in every community of our state to make sure managers and staff are aware of the issues and know how to respond. Women will be prepared to make presentations to hotels in their community urging them to become Child Safe Zones. They will be equipped to train others in their local church or community on how to present Child Safe Zone materials to hotel managers and staff. Through a specific reporting process a listing of hotels that have chosen to become Child Safe Zones will be available. Contact Beth Ann Williams at bawilliams@gabaptist.org for more information. ONE IN PRAYER One in Prayer is the new Georgia WMU&WEM web-based prayer initiative to equip and encourage a more effective individual and corporate praying life as we provide monthly prayer focus, thoughts, resources, and prayer requests. A weekly reminder, devotion and prayer will be sent every Monday morning to all who subscribe to the new website oneinprayer.net. 10

11 ONLINE RESOURCES What can I do on the Georgia WMU&WEM website, Register for events Purchase Hearts for Justice Prayer Bracelets Purchase the Pinnacle Chapel Dedication DVD Order materials for missions offerings Give to the Esther Fund Update leadership information Download FREE resources Connect with ministry leaders View videos and photos of missions and ministry events (photos link to WMU Facebook fan page) Explore and learn about the various areas of missions involvement What can I do on the Camp Pinnacle website, Register your girls for summer camp Apply to be on Pinnacle summer staff (for high school senior women and collegiate women only) View dates, costs, drop-off and pick-up times, directions and more for summer camp Register as part of the Camp Pinnacle Alumni database Connect with Pinnacle leaders View photos of summer camp (photos link to Camp Pinnacle Facebook fan page) Explore and learn about the summer camp program RELATED WEBSITES Georgia Baptist Women s Ministry Pinnacle Retreat Center Georgia WMU&WEM Prayer Initiative Create a standing order for one, two, or all three mission offerings Georgia Baptist Convention, State Missions Offering National Woman s Missionary Union National WMU Online Store North American Mission Board, Annie Armstrong Easter Offering International Mission Board, Lottie Moon Christmas Offering FIND US ON FACEBOOK! Georgia Baptist Women Camp Pinnacle, Summer Missions Camp for Girls Acteens and Youth on Mission in Georgia Girls in Action and Children in Action in Georgia Mission Friends in Georgia Support Georgia WMU 11

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14 Church or Association WMU & WEM Leadership for State WMU Office Mailings Mail, fax, or update online at: Georgia WMU & WEM, 6405 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth, GA 30097, FAX: , Church Association: Phone: Mailing Address: Fax: City, State, Zip: Position Name Home Mailing Address City, State, Zip Phone/ WMU Director Assistant Director Communication Coord. (Assoc. Only) Secretary Mission Friends Leader Girls in Action Leader Children in Action Leader Acteens Leader Youth on Mission Leader Women on Mission Leader Adults on Mission Leader Women s Ministry Leader 14

15 New Start Order Form New Starts are WMU organizations that are beginning for the first time in a church that either has never had the age-level organization/wmu leadership or has not had the organization/wmu leadership for at least 2 years. A New Start may also be an additional group of the same organization that is already meeting at a church. (M) = Monthly; (Q)= Quarterly; (A) = Annual; (Bi-M) = Bi-Monthly, (*) = 3 Times a Year Qty Publication Cost Total Mission Friends (2 quarterly issues) Mission Friends Leader (Q) (one per new organization) AND Mission Friends at Home (Q) (one per new organization) $21.99 ea. $25.99 ea. N/C N/C Girls in Action (3Bi-Monthly issues) GA Leader (Bi-M) (one per new organization) AND GA World (Bi-M) (up to 5 per new organization) Royal Ambassadors (3Bi-Monthly issues) RA Leader (Bi-M) (one per new organization) AND RA World (Bi-M) (up to 5 per new organization) $24.99 ea. $16.99 ea. $24.99 ea. $16.99 ea. Children in Action (3Bi-Monthly issues) Children in Action Leader (Bi-M) (one per new organization) $69.99 ea. N/C Acteens Acteens Leader (*) (one per new organization) (2-3 times a year issues) $21.99 ea. N/C The Mag (B) (up to 5 per new organization) (4 Bi-Monthly issues) $19.99 ea. N/C Challengers (1-6 month CD) Challengers Leader (A) (one per new organization) $24.99 ea. N/C Youth on Mission (1-6 month CD) Youth on Mission Plan Book (A) (one per new organization) $21.99 ea. N/C Women on Mission Missions Mosaic (M) (up to 5 per new organization) ( 6 monthly issues) $20.99 ea. N/C Women on Mission Planner (Q) (one per new organization) (2 quarterly issues) $14.99 ea. N/C Adults on Mission (1-6 month CD) Missions Plan Book (A) (one per new organization) $16.99 ea. N/C Multicultural (2 quarterly issues) Nuestra Tarea (Q) (one for WMU leader; one for pastor) $20.99 ea. N/C Missions Plan Book (A) (one per language congregation) $16.99 ea. N/C WMU Director/Churchwide Missions Coordinator (2 quarterly issues) Missions Leader (Q) (one per church for WMU leader) Missions Leader (Q) (one per church for pastor) Offer valid for six months from this date: / /. $17.99 ea. $17.99 ea. N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C Church Name: Association: Church Mailing address: Desired Shipping address: Church representative: Phone and ( ) WMU Representative s name: Phone and ( ) State WMU Office: Executive Director (not valid unless personally signed): No telephone calls with this offer. Original form MUST be returned to your state WMU office. 15

16 Vision Statement Because we believe God is Who He says He is and can do what He says He will do, we are empowered to enagage a lost world through ministry and witness that will be modeled, taught and nurtured among future generations. And without faith it is impossible to please God. Hebrews 11:6a (NIV) 6405 Sugarloaf Parkway Duluth, GA Phone: Toll Free: , ext. 324 Fax: wmu-wem@gabaptist.org 16