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| 2010 BWA Women's Leadership Conference |
"In Step with the Spirit"
2010 BWA Women's Leadership Conference
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel
Waikiki, Hawaii
July 24-27, 2010
Be "In Step with the Spirit" through Bible study, through the presentation of issues on poverty and abuse as it relates to women and children, and through equipping women to impact our world for Christ.
Circle of Ten: A Circle of Ten is a meaningful and simple approach to philanthropy. As the 2010 Women’s Department Leadership Conference nears, groups and individuals are encouraged to scholarship a woman to attend. Leadership scholarships are $3,000 and include transportation, lodging, registration, and meals. One way to contribute is through the formation of a Circle of Ten. For more information about Circle of Ten, click here.
Need a roommate? American Baptist women are participating in the Women’s Leadership Conference sponsored by Baptist World Alliance Women’s Department in Honolulu on July 24-27, 2010. If you are going and would like to share the cost of a hotel room, contact AB Women’s Ministries office at 800-ABC-3USA, ext. 2288 or info@abwministries.org and we’ll put you in touch with someone else looking for a roommate.
For more information and downloadable registration forms, visit the website of the Baptist World Alliance Women's Department at www.bwawd.org.
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| pictures of past AB Women's Ministries events |
Check out pictures from past National Women's Conferences, Women's Day, mission encounter tours and more! Visit our photo album at http://abwomen.phanfare.com/. |
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| 2010 Mission Encounter to Illinois |
 2010 Mission Encounter to Illinois
September 18-26, 2010
co-sponsored by National Ministries and American Baptist Women’s Ministries
Come and experience firsthand what God is doing in communities throughout Illinois with our own home-based missionaries acting as your tour guide. Stops will include a visit to Peoria Friendship House to learn about their ministries and to work with the Matthew 25 Jewelry Cooperative, a multi-year Break the Chains grant recipient, and Judson University where we will be immersed in a day of learning about Baptist heritage. We will visit Kids Hope United to learn ways of becoming better advocates for our children. We will also have a variety of worship experiences at American Baptist congregations throughout Illinois.
Pricing: The cost of the tour is approximately $1,200.00 and includes overland travel within Illinois, overnight accommodations, entrance fees, food and tips. Travel to and from Illinois is not included.
Registration Forms are available. Download registration forms by clicking the teal registration form button on the right. Sign-up today.
Participant Selection: Consideration will be given to the postmark on your application and the number of previous mission encounters in which you have participated. We will give priority to those who are first-time applicants. Interest in this Mission Encounter is high, so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. If you are not accepted, your initial $50.00 payment will be refunded, so you have nothing to lose and everything to gain!
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| 2010 & 2011 Dates at a Glance |
2010 Events:
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July 24-27
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BWA 20th Baptist World Congress
(Hawaii)
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July 28-August 1
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July 31-August 7
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AB Women’s Ministries Sunday
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September 19
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September 18-26
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World Mission Offering
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Sundays in October
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Baptist Women’s Day of Prayer
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November 1
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World Community Day (CWU)
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November 5
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Retired Ministers/Missionaries Offering
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December 5
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Human Rights Celebration
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December 10
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2011 Events:
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Human Trafficking Day
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January 11
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BWA Sunday
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February 6
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America for Christ Offering
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Sundays in March
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World Day of Prayer
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March 4
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April 21 – May 6
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May Fellowship Day (CWU)
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May 6
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Peace Sunday
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May 1
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United Mission Sunday
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May 15
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One Great Hour of Sharing Offering
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June 5
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AB Women’s Ministries Women’s Day
(San Juan, PR)
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June 24
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ABC Biennial Meeting
(San Juan, PR)
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Jun 24-26
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National Women’s Conference
(Green Lake, WI)
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Jul 16-22
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National Gathering for Girls
(Green Lake, WI) |
Jul 16-22
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AB Women’s Ministries Sunday
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September 18
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World Mission Offering
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Sundays in October
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Baptist Women’s Day of Prayer
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November 7
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World Community Day (CWU)
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November 4
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Retired Ministers/Missionaries Offering
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December 4
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Human Rights Celebration (CWU)
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December 10
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| 2011 Mission Encounter to Africa |
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 Footsteps in Africa
Follow in the footsteps of hundreds of missionaries!
2011 Mission Encounter to Africa
Co-sponsored by AB Women’s Ministries and International Ministries
April 21 – May 6, 2011
Tentative cost: $4,500
Today’s missionaries are following in the footsteps of their predecessors with innovative ministries. You’ll learn about AIDS prevention & education programs, see medical ministries where your White Cross supplies relieve suffering, and visit the Mitendi Center made possible by funding from AB Women’s Ministries.
American Baptist women participating on this trip will gather in Jamaica, New York (JFK Airport) to begin their adventure together on April 20, 2011. The encounter will depart from JFK Airport on April 21st to Durban, South Africa.
Durban, South Africa — How would your church respond if a quarter of the people in your town had HIV/AIDS? Missionaries Rick and Anita Gutierrez train church-based health builders to establish bridges of healing in Jesus’ name. You’ll meet the women of the Baptist Mission of South Africa (BMSA) and Baptist Association of South Africa (BASA). You may even do some hands-on ministry to children affected by HIV/AIDS.
Democratic Republic of the Congo — There’s a grave new trend on the streets of Kinshasa — young women are being trafficked into a life of prostitution. Missionary Jill Lowery will take you on a tour of the Mitendi Center that’s bringing hope to these women. The Congolese Baptist women teach sewing, health & hygiene and other job skills at Mitendi. You’ll visit medical clinics, see your White Cross supplies hard at work, and talk with missionaries Ann and Bill Clemmer, and Katherine and Wayne Niles. Miriam Noyes will share about the successful Adult Literacy program that is spreading far beyond Kinshasa.
You may choose a side trip to Vanga Christian Hospital or Kikongo Christian Hospital. You will need to fly to either location and stay overnight for an additional cost of $350 to you.
You will need to have a United States passport valid three months after the date our trip ends. Thus, it needs to be valid through August 6, 2011. If you don’t have a valid passport, you will have time to apply for one after you are accepted to participate in the trip.
The tentative cost is $4,500 including $500 due with your application. The cost includes roundtrip airfare from JFK Airport, New York, (including one night stay in New York if needed) to Africa and all travel in South Africa and D.R. Congo, all overnight accommodations, and most entrance fees, food, and tips (Side trips in D.R. Congo are at your own expense).
Payments:
- $500 initial payment with your application by April 30, 2010.
- $1,000 due May 30, 2010
- $1,000 due July 30, 2010
- $1,000 due September 30, 2010
- $1,000 due November 30, 2010
Cancellation Policy
After you have been accepted for the trip, and you find you must cancel your participation you must do so in writing to Phyllis Brown, Business Manager, AB Women’s Ministries office, P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851. Fax: 610-768-2286. Cancellation refunds will depend primarily upon refund restrictions of deposits paid on your behalf that we are unable to recover as outlined below.
If written notification is received after April 30, 2010, AB Women's Ministries will refund the money you have paid, less a $500 cancellation fee and any charges and fees already paid on your behalf that we cannot recover.
If you secure an acceptable substitute, any additional charges for transfers and changes are applicable and due from your substitute, in addition to her application fee and scheduled payments.
The amount you forfeit could result in a rather sizeable amount, so we recommend trip cancellation insurance (at your expense) to protect you from those unexpected family emergencies or illnesses that would cause a cancellation.
Download registration forms by clicking the teal registration form button on the right.
We are limiting the number of participants to 15 including Chris Marziale, International Ministries Coordinator/Leader. Consideration will be given to the postmark on your application and the number of previous mission encounters in which you have participated. We will give priority to those who are first-time applicants.
If you are accepted you may pay your balance in full or according to the payment schedule. If you are not accepted, your initial $500 payment will be returned to you, so you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
If you have any questions, please contact either the American Baptist Women’s Ministries office or Chris Marziale at the addresses or numbers following.
Phyllis Brown, Business Manager
American Baptist Women’s Ministries
P.O. Box 851
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851
(800) ABC-3USA, ext. 2285
(610) 768-2285
Phyllis.Brown@abc-usa.org |
Chris Marziale, Tour Leader
International Ministries
P.O. Box 851
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851
(800) ABC-3USA, ext. 2207
(610) 768-2207
Chris.Marziale@abc-usa.org |
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| Violet Rudd Sister-to-Sister Walkathon |
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American Baptist Women’s Ministries
is pleased to announce the
  2010 Violet Rudd Sister-to-Sister Walk
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A walk honoring our sisters from the past … assisting our sisters in the present . . . preparing our sisters for the future
National Goal: $62,000 /
Region Goal: $2,000
Proceeds from the Walk will further two great causes: Half of the proceeds will go to our Break the Chains project to support new ministries working to abolish human trafficking, and half of the proceeds will empower national AB Women’s Ministries to provide leadership, vision, and resources to women and girls.
Violet E. Rudd
 Violet E. Rudd served as the first Executive Director of AB Women’s Ministries, from 1951 through 1976. Her 25 years of serving our organization laid a strong foundation for our ministries with women and girls. “Women who served with her remember her as having a special knack for developing leadership in other people. She was ahead of her time in social consciousness. She was able to help others to a keener awareness of the need for social change and showed them ways to achieve it.” (from American Baptist Quarterly, Vol. XX, No. 3, September 2001, pg. 290)
If Vi were alive today, she would surely be leading us not only in the walk but in bringing awareness and change on the issue of human trafficking.
Click here to read Doris Anne Younger's article entitled "American Baptist Women: The Violet Rudd Years, 1955-1976".
(Reprinted from the American Baptist Quarterly Vol. XX, No. 3, September 2001, pp. 284-294, with permission of the American Baptist Historical Society, Atlanta, GA 30341.)
Pictures
Don’t forget to take pictures of your event and send them to the national AB Women's Ministries office!
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Break the Chains Pins Purchase your Break the Chains pins to wear while you are walking for Break the Chains. Pins are $2 each (plus shipping) and available for purchase by contacting the AB Women's Ministries national office (info@abwministries.org or (610) 768-2288).
Pictures
Click images to enlarge.
Barbara Anderson, national president, is preparing for the Sister-to-Sister Walkathon.
No rain, no sleet nor snow will keep us from walking in the Sister to Sister Walkathon.
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| Violet Rudd Sister-to-Sister Walkathon - Upcoming Events |
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American Baptist Women’s Ministries
is pleased to announce the
2010 Violet Rudd Sister-to-Sister Walk
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Upcoming Events
Region/States around the United States and Puerto Rico will be holding a Violet Rudd Sister-to-Sister Walkathon in 2010. AB Women's Ministries National President Barbara Anderson encourages you to participant in your region/state's walkathon and to pray for other Region/States events as they happen.
Massachusetts
Date: June 11-12
Location: Camp Wonderland, Sharon, MA
Mass. AB Women's Conference
Email Massachusetts ABWM for more information.
To add your Violet Rudd Sister-to-Sister Walkathon event to this listing, email Info@abwministries.org.
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| Violet Rudd Sister-to-Sister Walkathon - Forms |
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American Baptist Women’s Ministries
is pleased to announce the
2010 Violet Rudd Sister-to-Sister Walk
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| July 2010 Board Meeting |
Pay online thru PayPal for the July 2010 National Board Meeting.
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Scrapbooks
Want to see pictures and read highlights from last year's conferences? Click here!
National Woman’s Conference
ABW Ministries Mission Encounter Tour
AB GIRLS National Gathering
AB GIRLS Mission Encounter Tour
Events In Your Area
Check out the Bulletin Boards for announcements of ABW Ministries and AB GIRLS conferences or gatherings in your area!
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