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FROM TAMIKO “I am only one, But still I am one, I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And what I can do, I ought to do, And what I ought to do, I will do.”

During the 1962 Texas WMU Annual Meeting in Fort Worth, Eula Mae Henderson shared the words above as a call to worship opening the meeting. Having served as the executive leader for over thirty years and in the organization prior to that season, Henderson realized it will take each of us to reach all of Texas. Her legacy of serving and giving is a testament to her heart for missions and her heart for Texas. From her example, we see the impact one individual can have when God leads them. Through our individual obedience to the call of God to serve, we can work together to share Christ.

Since the formation of Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas in 1880, Texas Missions has been an opportunity for Baptists to unite, not only to meet the physical needs across our state but also to share Jesus Christ with the lost. For 140 years, WMU of Texas has existed to walk alongside our Baptist churches and institutions as they make disciples who make disciples. Today, even though our landscape has changed, we continue to work with small groups and individuals as they seek to serve in their cultural context and in their communities.

As we reflect on the generosity of God to us in the past and as we trust Him to lead us in meeting the needs across the state of Texas through missions and ministry, I pray you will join us in looking forward to the future, accepting the challenge to be a part of God’s story in order to minister to our great state of Texas…. For we can all say “I am Texas Missions.”

In His Name,

Tamiko C. Jones Executive Director-Treasurer WMU of Texas

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CONTENTS Message from Tamiko........................................... 2 A Word from the President................................... 4 Creative Mission Friends...................................... 5 A New Idea for GA!................................................ 5 Blume, a missions gathering for girls.................. 6 Royal Amabassadors............................................. 6 CWJC, Sheri, I Am 100% Different........................ 7 SWC ReCharge..................................................... 7 Missionary Home at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary........ 8 In Memoriam....................................................... 9 E. Daniel Rangel, Nina Pinkston 2020 WMU of Texas Women’s Build.................... 9 Regional Training...............................................10 WMU of Texas Officers........................................11 WMU of Texas Executive Board......................11-12 WMU of Texas Staff & Social Content..................13 2020 Calendar....................................................14 Texas Baptist Men ..............................................15

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A WORD

FROM THE PRESIDENT

Along the Journey, Together

From time to time I hear people say, “I wish there was something to do to help make a difference.” Well…wish no more. How about considering having a “Bundling Party” at the WMU of Texas offices. While some might not consider this much of a difference maker, it is an important contribution helping our WMU of Texas staff and as well as churches across the state.

Three times a year the state office receives posters, prayer guides and envelopes to send to churches promoting the special mission offerings: Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions®, Lottie Moon Christmas Offering supporting IMB missionaries, and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering supporting NAMB missionaries. Each poster, prayer guide and envelope must be counted and put into bundles of 25 so when orders from churches are received, they can be quickly packaged and mailed in a timely manner. Will you consider planning a bundling party sometime? Contact Freddie Martinka at 214.828.5160 for details!

What is your church doing to teach preschoolers? Have you ever struggled with ideas of what to do when you have one or more preschoolers in your care for an hour or so? Have you considered using the great resources WMU has for Mission Friends? These materials are written for ALL preschoolers, beginning at birth, and are developmentally/age appropriate. Check out these resources at www.wmu.com/missionfriends and see ideas for incorporating and developing a missions heart in our youngest.

Before we know it, summer will be here! Children’s Missions Camp provide the opportunity for school-age children to enjoy the excitement of camp while challenged to be disciples who make disciples. Now is the time to make your plans. Check with your associational office or Teri Ussery at 214.828.5150 for information.

These are just a few ideas for you to think about as you consider how to make a difference for missions in Texas.

Earl Ann Bumpus President, WMU of Texas

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Creative MISSION FRIENDS I’ve recently had the opportunity to work with a group of students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary who have a heart to share missions as moms while still spending time with their preschoolers.

As we have worked on getting their group off the ground, the moms wanted time with their children all together, then time for just the moms to gather and grow. As we looked at options for preschool play, I realized that Missions Friends material was the perfect solution.

As these moms are gathering to equip themselves to minister on the mission field and in ministry, their children can be experiencing the strong mission foundation that Mission Friends provides.

What does this mean for you?

Perhaps your church doesn’t provide Mission Friends as a part of Wednesday night or Sunday night activities. But are there times when your church provides childcare for Bible studies or Women on Mission during the week? If so, this is a great opportunity for preschoolers to have Mission Friends!

The curriculum for Mission Friends can provide activities, stories, and even snack ideas for your childcare workers to use.

Many times, we can be a resource for our church staff by providing material that can help them as they plan for multiple activities throughout the week. Look for new opportunities to provide missions discipleship. Perhaps having Mission Friends during the week is the perfect answer for providing quality childcare at your church!

By Teri Ussery Missional Lifestyle Strategist, WMU of Texas

A New Idea for GA! “I really want my daughter to experience GA’s, but my church doesn’t have a group. What can I do?”

Tarrant Baptist Association has a great solution! Under the vision and leadership of Derinda Williams, Tarrant Association has begun a Community Girls in Action group. They meet on Tuesday night, so the activities don’t conflict with local church Wednesday night activities.

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Girls from across the association gather to experience missions discipleship, hear exciting missionary stories, plan missions activities, and go outside the doors of the building to actually BE on mission.

For girls, grades 1st-6th, Girls in Action is an exciting, fun-filled group where instilling friendship, grace, love, and a passion for God and missions is at the core. GA is a great opportunity for girls to develop leadership skills and to grow in faith, service and friendship.

Consider starting a community group where you are!

For more information contact teri.ussery@texasbaptists.org

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Calling all Texas Acteens!

I hope you are saving your money and making plans to attend BlumeSM. Meet me at the Texas party at Blume to receive your Texas Blume t-shirt!

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

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I AM 100% DIFFERENT

Sheri Wineriter, 2017 spring graduate, Christian Women’s Job Corps Kerr County, exclaimed, “I am 100% different.”

She shared those words in an interview last fall while taping the Christian Women’s Job Corps® (CWJC) video for Texas.

Sheri began the interview describing her life before CWJC. Sheri said, “Life before CWJC … it wasn’t a life, I was broken.

I’d always been broken.” Her mother left her at an early age which led her down a path of making poor choices. Sheri described a life filled with drugs, prostitution, and the adult entertainment industry. She even shared that she was a madame for a time all while leading a double life. Sheri was trying to hold her world together being a mother to her boys.

Her family had no idea about her other life “There was no life.

Just drugs, money, and sex. I had love for God, but I didn’t know that He loved me because of what I was doing. How could he love me?” Sheri met with Ann Buck, Executive Director CWJC Kerr County, about the possibility of being enrolled in the CWJC program. She received a call two days later from staff indicating that she had been approved for the program.

0 2 20 In you missed engaging with us in 2019, don’t fret! You will have several opportunities to join us this year for ministry training and mission action, to include something new. Sisters Who Care is partnering with RECHARGE, a Texas Baptist Evangelism Ministry designed to give pastors and leaders the necessary tools to be effective in every area of ministry, while connecting them with other pastors and leaders for guidance, models, and mentoring.

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Sheri said, “I quit, and I didn’t sell myself anymore.” The first part of the story is what typically catches our attention but remember her statement, “I am 100% different!” Sheri shared that her class had Bible study, computer classes, and shared lunch together. “We were all learning things for the first time, and it was a bond. A bond that you can never break.” My mentor, Bonnie, would take me for coffee and lunch. She did not judge me for who I used to be. She believed in me and helped me begin attending church again.” Sheri was blessed with a job the day after graduation at Emerald Cottages Retirement Center. “It is my calling. I LOVE IT!” Sheri is active in the alumni program, brings lunches for interns, and volunteers on Mondays in the QuickBooks class. Recently, Sheri obtained an Activities Director Certificate and she now serves as the Activities Director at Emerald Cottages. She also assists senior adults in the community.

Sheri shared that had she not completed CWJC, she would likely be dead or in prison. “I’m 100% different person. I’ve got the love of God in me and I love telling people.”

In addition, Texas Sisters Who Care is linking with other state SWC Ministries to provide mission outreach opportunities and discipleship training in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Save the dates below and be on the lookout for more details to follow: JULY 30

SWC Dinner-African American Fellowship, Community Missionary Baptist Church, Cedar Hill

SEPTEMBER 11-12

SWC Workshops-RECHARGE, Dallas Baptist University

OCTOBER 23-25

SWC Tennessee Missions Opportunity

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Missionary Home at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary It’s been a long day. Work has been good, but exhausting. The kids are completely spent from a tough day at school. So many commitments. You just need a place to relax.

That place of respite for most of us, is behind the closed door, in the safety and security of our own home.

Now, imagine, if you can, that you have just arrived on American soil after years in another country. It wasn’t a vacation, but a vocation. A vocation that pushed you to share your faith in a new and different context among a people unlike yourself. Your children have adjusted to school in another land very different from the U.S. After hours, or even days of travel, you long for a place to call home. Because you have left all you know of home on the mission field.

How wonderful would it be for you to find a place to relax and refuel? A house ready for you to move in. A dwelling where others had prepared a home for you.

We may have the opportunity to provide just such a place. Many churches in Texas have generously provided homes for missionaries on stateside assignment. WMU of Texas now has just such an opportunity.

The World Missions Center (WMC) on the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has a duplex that sits abandoned. What once housed a research library, now has the opportunity for new life to be breathed into it, transforming it into a home.

WMU of Texas, the WMC and Texas Baptist Men have a vision. We want to make this duplex into a home for two families at a time who are stateside.

What a great place for missionary families to come and be refreshed. What an amazing opportunity for students to experience missionaries in residence who guide and mentor them as they explore their own call to international missions. What a wonderful way for us to carry on our mission to care for those who carry the Gospel across the globe!

The plans for the house include renovations as well as providing outdoor space for children to play. Providing furniture and other amenities for the residents will be a part of the future plans, as well. Stay tuned for more information on how your group can get involved in helping to bless our stateside missionaries!

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IN MEMORIAM E. DANIEL RANGEL

NINA PINKSTON

Daniel Rangel, director of Texas Baptists’ River Ministry and Mexico Missions for 11 years.

Retired IMB missionary, WMU of Texas board member, interim Executive Director-Treasurer for WMU of Texas, Nina served and worked supporting mission work and churches wherever she went.

September 29, 1962 November 10, 2019

During his time overseeing River Ministry, he provided training to many churches and mobilized thousands of volunteers to serve along the border. From January through June this year, River Ministry served more than 40,000 people, and 2,446 individuals made professions of faith in Christ.

PEÑITAS, TEXAS

WMU OF TEXAS WOMEN’S BUILD TEAM ONE OCTOBER 18-23 WMU OF TEXAS WOMEN’S BUILD TEAM TWO OCTOBER 22-27 Cost is $300 per week (scholarships available). For more information or an application, check the website or call 214.828.5150. Please arrive by 4 PM for check-in on arrival date.

December 30, 1929 December 2, 2019

Memorial gifts to the Mary Hill Davis Offering, can be made by visiting texasbaptists.givingfuel.com/mary-hilldavis. For gifts to an endowment fund, visit texasbaptists.givingfuel. com/support-wmu.

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10th Anniversary

WOW! In October 2020, we will celebrate the 10th house build in South Texas!

We look forward to a time of reunion with the families served over the years and a time to share hope with the community.

Each year, we assemble two teams to build a home for a special family. In partnership with Buckner International, a family is selected as the annual recipient of the home. These families serve alongside the WMU of Texas teams to build their home.

All skill levels are needed to successfully complete the home.

Women serve by building, cleaning and preparing meals.

Consider joining us on the build this year!

Your gifts to the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions® support the Women’s Build.

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FALL 2020 REGIONAL TRAINING STAY TUNED

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WMU OF TEXAS OFFICERS

EARL ANN BUMPUS President (2019) Graham earlann@rocketmail. com

ELI SALAZAR Vice-President (2018) Crystal City mseli2@aol.com

SUSAN MORGAN Secretary (2018) Houston susan.morgan@ sbcglobal.net

TAMIKO JONES Executive Director Treasurer Dallas tamko.wmutx@ texasbaptists.org

WMU OF TEXAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AREA 1

BRENDA BOURGEOIS Lubbock BrendaBou@aol.com

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VACANT

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RUTH HINER San Antonio chuck1711@att.net

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MARTHA LAY El Paso issacc@sbcglobal.net

AREA 3

KAY KOLB Midland kkolb351@gmail. com

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BELVA BOWERS Texas City belva.bowers@ gmail.com

DALIA MORIN Jourdanton chantanmorin@ gmail.com

VACANT

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PAM DAVIS-DUCK Houston redonia51@att.net

DONNA TRUSTY Dublin detrusty@hotmail. com

SHEREE WOLFE Austin swolfeone@twc.com

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MARSHA SAUCIER Round Rock mlsaucier@gmail. com

MARISOL SANDOVAL Garland

JACKIE FAUGHN McKinney jfaughn54@gmail. com

RUTH NGUYEN Plano ruthnguyen601@ gmail.com

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CHARLOTTE WRIGHT Cedar Hill neetmel@att.net

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MARIA SAAVEDRA Dallas saavedra6@ sbcglobal.net

FRANKIE FALKNER Burleson frankie.falkner@ me.com

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WMU OF TEXAS STAFF & SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT

TAMIKO JONES Executive DirectorTreasurer O: 214.828.5150 Tamiko.WMUTX@ texasbaptists.org

BECKY ELLISON CWJC/CMJC Consultant C: 254.716.0319 [Based in Waco] Becky.WMUTX@ texasbaptists.org

SUZETTE MITCHELL Financial Assistant/ SWC Consultant O: 214.828.5154 Suzette.WMUTX@ texasbaptists.org

LOOIE BIFFAR Creative Arts Director O: 214.828.5155 Looie.WMUTX@ texasbaptists.org

TERI USSERY Missional Lifestyle Strategist for Preschool, Children, Youth and Young Adults O:214.828.5374 Teri.WMUTX@ texasbaptists.org

BRANDI JONES Marketing Specialist O: 214.828.5152 Brandi.WMUTX@ texasbaptists.org

SARAH VIANA Administrative Assistant & Office Manager O: 214.828.5150 Maribel.WMUTX@ texasbaptists.org

KAYLEE HENDERSON CWJC/CMJC Intern Baylor University

FREDDIE MARTINKA Ministry Assistant O: 214.828.5160 Freddie.WMUTX@ texasbaptists.org

BETH CAMPBELL Mary Hill Davis Offering Project Manager & Communications Consultant O: 214.828.5155 Beth.WMUTX@ texasbaptists.org

VACANT Missional Lifestyle Strategist for Adults & Multicultural Groups

HEIDI PERRY Intern Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

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FACEBOOK facebook.com/wmuoftexas facebook.com/childrensmissionstx facebook.com/texasacteens facebook.com/maryhilldavis VIMEO vimeo.com/wmuoftexas PINTEREST pinterest.com/wmuoftexas INSTAGRAM instagram.com/wmuof texas

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2020 APRIL 12 Easter

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APRIL 26

Cooperative Program Sunday

MAY 7

National Day of Prayer

JUNE 7-8

National WMU Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida

JUNE 19-26

Mission Bonham, Acteens

JULY 8-11

Blume, A missions gathering for girls, Memphis, TN

JULY 17-20

Global Conference of Baptist Women Baptists Women’s Leadership Conference, Rio de Janiero, Brazil

JULY 22-26

Baptist World Alliance Celebration 2020, Rio de Janiero, Brazil

JULY 30

SWC Fellowship Meal, Community Missionary BC, Cedar Hill

JULY 30- AUGUST 1

SWC Workshops @ AA Ministries Fellowship of Churches, Community Missionary BC, Cedar Hill

SEPTEMBER 11-12

SWC Joins Recharge, Dallas Baptist University

SEPTEMBER 13-20

Week of Prayer for Texas Missions and the Mary Hill Davis Offering®

OCTOBER 2-3

WMU of Texas Board of Directors Meeting

OCTOBER 18-24

Week of Prayer for Baptist Associations

OCTOBER 18-23 22-27

WMU of Texas Women’s Build, Peñitas Team ONE Team TWO

OCTOBER 23-25

Sisters Who Care CityReach, Chattanooga, TN

NOVEMBER 1

Baptist Women’s Day of Prayer

NOVEMBER 18-24

Week of Prayer for Baptist Associations

NOVEMBER 15-17

Texas Baptists Annual Meeting, Waco

NOVEMBER 29 DECEMBER 3

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

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