WOM will meet on September 3 at 11 a.m. in room 107 at FBC.
We believe in Missional Living.
Pray for missions. Engage in mission action and witnessing. Learn about missions. Support missions. Develop spiritually toward a mission’s lifestyle. Participate in the work of the church and denomination.
Mission Service Project for September
Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions
The goal for FBC is $7,500. The Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions® Week of Prayer is September 8-15, 2024. This week, churches and individuals are encouraged to pray, promote, and support Texas Baptist ministries and missionaries serving around Texas and the world.Money will be collected throughout August for children’s shoes. Many international schools require children to wear shoes to attend school. Money may be given in a tithing envelope under designated funds or on the FBC website under GIVE. Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls®, Buckner International's largest humanitarian aid project, serves children worldwide.
Prayers and Cards for the home-bound Willie Mae Falcon and Charles Capehart.
The goal for FBC is $7,500. The Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions® Week of Prayer is September 8-15, 2024. This week, churches and individuals are encouraged to pray, promote, and support Texas Baptist ministries and missionaries serving around Texas and the world.Money will be collected throughout August for children’s shoes. Many international schools require children to wear shoes to attend school. Money may be given in a tithing envelope under designated funds or on the FBC website under GIVE. Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls®, Buckner International's largest humanitarian aid project, serves children worldwide.
Prayers and Cards for the home-bound Willie Mae Falcon and Charles Capehart.
Who was Mary Hill Davis?
Mary Hill Davis served as the WMU of Texas President from 1906-1931. Mary’s heart for missions and people was evident in everything she did, and in 1935, the State Missions Offering was renamed the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions®.
What is the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions®?
For over eighty-five years, the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions® has empowered state mission efforts for Texas Baptists. Through your gifts, Texas Baptist ministries and missionaries are mobilized to make disciples and multiply churches among all people for the glory of God.
When and what is the Week of Prayer?
The Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions® Week of Prayer is September 8-15, 2024. This week, churches and individuals are encouraged to pray, promote, and support Texas Baptists ministries and missionaries serving around the state and world.
What is this year’s theme, scripture verse, and offering goal?
The Mary Hill Davis Offering theme is “I am Texas Missions".
The scripture verse is "Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)
The 2024 offering goal is $3.7 million. The 2024 offering goal for FBC is $7,500.
Mary Hill Davis served as the WMU of Texas President from 1906-1931. Mary’s heart for missions and people was evident in everything she did, and in 1935, the State Missions Offering was renamed the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions®.
What is the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions®?
For over eighty-five years, the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions® has empowered state mission efforts for Texas Baptists. Through your gifts, Texas Baptist ministries and missionaries are mobilized to make disciples and multiply churches among all people for the glory of God.
When and what is the Week of Prayer?
The Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions® Week of Prayer is September 8-15, 2024. This week, churches and individuals are encouraged to pray, promote, and support Texas Baptists ministries and missionaries serving around the state and world.
What is this year’s theme, scripture verse, and offering goal?
The Mary Hill Davis Offering theme is “I am Texas Missions".
The scripture verse is "Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)
The 2024 offering goal is $3.7 million. The 2024 offering goal for FBC is $7,500.
Mission Service Projects:
Each month WOM and the small groups give to service mission projects such as:
- Thanksgiving pies for the Rescue Missions: Learn more about Rescue Mission
- Crossing Border Christmas Shoe Boxes: Learn more about Crossing Borders Ministry
- School Supplies Kits for Crossing Border Ministries: Learn more about Crossing Borders Ministry
Pray for Missionaries Passage: Deuteronomy 4:32-40, focus verse 35
“For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of. Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live? Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him. Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power, driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day, know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other. From heaven, he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength, to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance, as it is today.
Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.”
It is overwhelming to see the creativity and power of God. Each day gives reason to praise Him, new opportunities to serve Him, and new blessings poured out by Him! Take time today to express thanksgiving to the Maker and Giver of life. Sit quietly in His presence and recall His faithful love. Reflect on Deuteronomy 4:35, “The LORD is God…there is no other.
Turn your thoughts to families serving the Lord through missions. Mary Hill Davis Offering for missions in Texas will be collected during September. Family life in 2024 is not easy, and serving in ministry adds extra pressure. How can you encourage missionary families? First, pray. Ask God to surround them with evidence of His presence. Pray for their safety, for courage, and for healthy relationships. Pray families would model the Father’s love to those they work with and serve. Pray Deuteronomy 4:40 for missionary families.
Prayer Focus-Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Pray that Theological Education by Extension students in Tranzania would not grow weary or discouraged. Pray God would help them balance time and energy between the many responsibilities of daily life, studying God’s Word through their daily lessons, and making time to attend the weekly seminars to discuss what they have learned.
Pray for North American Mission Board: Arizona: Armen Oganessian, California; Chase Feindel, Florida; Alvaro Cardozo, North Carolina; Hector Rengifo, Texas; Elisaul Rivero Arias, Utah; Dustin Stottmann, Virginia; Celso Henriquez, Quebec, Steven Polino, International Mission Board: American Peoples, Melissa Stomer, Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Je, Young Kim, Taylor King, JM, JS. Central Asian Peoples: TO., European Peoples, Lauren Coale, Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples, MS. South Asian Peoples, SA, KC. Chaplains, Volunteers, State Convention Missionaries, Retired NAMB: Renaud Balzora, Nancy Hern, David Richardson. Retired IMB: Carol Chatman, Billie Fudge, Joanne Gray, WH, Miwha Han, Cal Hogue, Charlotte Kirby, Rosanne Tyner, Sherry Vaughan.
Thank you for your amazing, faithful missionary work. Your generosity blesses many people: Martha Caldwell, Director, WMU, and WOM Facilitator, the position is vacant.
“For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of. Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live? Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him. Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power, driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day, know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other. From heaven, he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength, to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance, as it is today.
Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.”
It is overwhelming to see the creativity and power of God. Each day gives reason to praise Him, new opportunities to serve Him, and new blessings poured out by Him! Take time today to express thanksgiving to the Maker and Giver of life. Sit quietly in His presence and recall His faithful love. Reflect on Deuteronomy 4:35, “The LORD is God…there is no other.
Turn your thoughts to families serving the Lord through missions. Mary Hill Davis Offering for missions in Texas will be collected during September. Family life in 2024 is not easy, and serving in ministry adds extra pressure. How can you encourage missionary families? First, pray. Ask God to surround them with evidence of His presence. Pray for their safety, for courage, and for healthy relationships. Pray families would model the Father’s love to those they work with and serve. Pray Deuteronomy 4:40 for missionary families.
Prayer Focus-Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Pray that Theological Education by Extension students in Tranzania would not grow weary or discouraged. Pray God would help them balance time and energy between the many responsibilities of daily life, studying God’s Word through their daily lessons, and making time to attend the weekly seminars to discuss what they have learned.
Pray for North American Mission Board: Arizona: Armen Oganessian, California; Chase Feindel, Florida; Alvaro Cardozo, North Carolina; Hector Rengifo, Texas; Elisaul Rivero Arias, Utah; Dustin Stottmann, Virginia; Celso Henriquez, Quebec, Steven Polino, International Mission Board: American Peoples, Melissa Stomer, Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Je, Young Kim, Taylor King, JM, JS. Central Asian Peoples: TO., European Peoples, Lauren Coale, Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples, MS. South Asian Peoples, SA, KC. Chaplains, Volunteers, State Convention Missionaries, Retired NAMB: Renaud Balzora, Nancy Hern, David Richardson. Retired IMB: Carol Chatman, Billie Fudge, Joanne Gray, WH, Miwha Han, Cal Hogue, Charlotte Kirby, Rosanne Tyner, Sherry Vaughan.
Thank you for your amazing, faithful missionary work. Your generosity blesses many people: Martha Caldwell, Director, WMU, and WOM Facilitator, the position is vacant.
Christian Women's Job Corps (CWJC) needs a person to teach English as a second language. Please contact Xiomara Martinez, Director, at (915) 313-9466 or cwjcelpaso@gmail.com.
GOOD NEWS CLUBS Good News Clubs are seeking more volunteers for the upcoming school year. We hope to be able to bring the Good News to more elementary school campuses. Training is provided. It is a commitment of no more than 3 hours per week. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Carmen Reeves at munemanzur@gmail.com
GOOD NEWS CLUBS Good News Clubs are seeking more volunteers for the upcoming school year. We hope to be able to bring the Good News to more elementary school campuses. Training is provided. It is a commitment of no more than 3 hours per week. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Carmen Reeves at munemanzur@gmail.com
Missions Through WMU and WOM
The mission of God is a thread woven throughout the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. God makes it clear His desire is for all people to know Him and follow Him. The Bible helps us understand God’s mission and know how Christians are to be involved in His mission.
God issued the mandate for us to be involved in missions through the Great Commission. Our choice is how to be involved. WMU and WOM offers many opportunities for giving and hands-on service missions projects.
God issued the mandate for us to be involved in missions through the Great Commission. Our choice is how to be involved. WMU and WOM offers many opportunities for giving and hands-on service missions projects.
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
December
Starting in 1888, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® was established to empower the international missions’ efforts for Southern Baptists. Your giving enables missionaries to be sent to make disciples and multiply churches among unreached peoples and places for the glory of God.
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
March
Changes lives forever by empowering North American missionaries to bring the gospel to the lost. With over 269 million lost people, North America and its major cities are some of the most spiritually dark places in the world. Join us on the mission to equip every missionary and reach every lost person in the United States and Canada.
Mary Hill Davis Offering
September
Your giving enables Texas Baptists to minister across Texas sending missionaries and provide opportunities for people to hear the Gospel, find hope in Christ, and sustain WMU of Texas’ ministry efforts. Your gifts bring hope to a battered woman and her family. Your giving provides medicine for a sick child at a free medical clinic. A child’s life is changed because your generosity enables them to go to summer camp.