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Old-Fashioned Country Fair

I’m ready for a change of season, aren’t you? When I’m out having my daily 30-minute walk, I dream of the crisp fall air. I am more than ready to trade in the heat for that nip in the air.

Fighting Against Human Exploitation

The I-10 corridor is an interstate highway stretching east to west along the southern states from Florida to California.

Sewing GA Vests

First it was sashes and now it’s vests. GA®s now have a new home for their badges.

Persecuted Church

Dark rooms, codes and passwords, hidden Scriptures, and clandestine gatherings define the worship of persecuted Christians throughout the world. These believers know the discovery of their meeting together could equal imprisonment, persecution, or death.

Faith Without Borders

Last summer while on a missions trip in Asia I met five women from Tunesia. The women currently live in Paris but had chosen to celebrate Ramadan in Asia.

Adventures in Missions

As a young missionary I was determined to make the best of being away from home at Christmas. What better way than to invite a group of friends over for a Christmas party?

Engaging Younger Women

Interested in starting a young women’s group at your church? Not sure where to begin?

One of the most dominant characteristics about the 18–35-year-old demographic is that we want to make a contribution to the world. We love to help people and we want to make a difference. We just don’t always know how to go about doing this.

This is where you come in.

Teaching our Girls about Trafficking

According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center , the average age for a girl to enter prostitution in the United States is 12–14. 12–14 years old! That seems unimaginable. The girl in prostitution has to have sex with 1–15 men a day, on average, earning anywhere from $500–$1000 per night.
 

Churchwide BBQ—A Missions Celebration

Ah, I can smell it now: chicken or ribs on the grill. Toss on some corn on the cob and put together a few salads and you have a summertime feast fit for a king.

Dealing with Death and Grief

Only being in my early 20s, I never thought much about death until a few years ago when a friend of mine passed away unexpectedly in his sleep. From that point on, I found myself dwelling over death and learning how to process grief. There is a song lyric that says, “We try to live and love, and death comes and interrupts.”1

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WMU Blog
5.11.13

This month marks the beginning of a yearlong celebration of 125 years of faithful mission support and involvement through WMU®, but the work of WMU began long before the official organization was born. Women in the churches had been gathering for prayer, sharing missionary letters from overseas, and encouraging financial support for missions needs for many years.

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