Clothing Request for Victims of Trafficking   

CBF Field Personnel Butch and Nell Green will be partnering informally with Mission Centers of Houston to provide clothing for women who have been taken into police custody while it is determined if they are victims of trafficking. Clothes are needed for these women and girls. Your church, small group, or you as an individual could help by packaging a new small or medium women's sweat suit, a new pair of flip flops and a few pair of new underwear. These will be delivered to the Mission Centers who then distribute them.  The Mission Centers are also in need of plastic and paper bags for their extensive food distribution.  Send all contributions to 1875 Ewing St, Houston, TX 77004.

Is your church looking for a local missions opportunity? "Friends of Children" workdays at Baptist Children's Homes' statewide locations offer opportunities for volunteers of all ages. Workdays are always scheduled on  a Saturday to allow everyone the opportunity to come help. Lunch is provided. Visit their website for a list of upcoming dates and locations. Call 1-800-476-3669 for more information and to register. 

The Building Hope Project connects volunteer groups with farmworker families to build small chicken coops and greenhouses.  These low-cost structures help families save money and supplement their nutrition. Each building project requires a donation of $600 and requires about 12-15 volunteers for 2 partial work days (usually Saturday-Sunday).  Learn more and sign up at this website. 

Healing Communities: Conversations Toward Shalom

Join other people of faith on the campus of Wake Forest University, September 30, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., to explore understandings and practices of "shalom" - the all-embracing health, wholeness, and salvation God intends for human beings and all creation. Click here to register for the conference and to get more information, including a schedule and information about additional speakers and panelists.

"Are Religious Convictions Bad for the Planet?" Thursday, September 22, 2011, at 4pm. Guest speaker Dr. William Scheiker, University of Chicago Divinity School. Visit this website for more information.   

The Congregational Nurse and Health Ministry Program of the Shepherd's Center of Greater Forsyth County is offering a Faith Community Nurse Basic Preparation Course at Ardmore Baptist Church, October 18-22.  Faith Community Nursing is a special way of serving God and supporting the healing mission of the church.  A Faith Community Nurse acts as a health counselor, educator and advocate, understanding health to be a dynamic process that embodies the spiritual, psychological, physical, and social dimensions of the person.  Shalom, God's intent for harmony and wholeness, serves as a foundation for understanding health.  The Faith Community Nurse Basic Prep Course will prepare a licensed RN to begin this special ministry within her own faith community. For further information about the Congregational Nurse and Health Ministry Program, click here. 

2011 Women's Conference "Surviving the Real World"  

This conference, featuring Leslie Nease, will take place September 30-October 1 at First Baptist Church in Hickory. For more information, visit their website or call (828) 328-2031.

The Get Real Conference 

A weekend of relevant messages designed for women to challenge women. We will pay special attention to the needs of women across this area and beyond as we are challenged to go deeper. September 23-24, 2011, at Neel Road Baptist Church in Salisbury. Rev. Jane Lyon of Clarksville, VA, will be featured speaker. Click here for more information.   

Paula Settle, CBF field personnel in Owsley County, Kentucky - Together For Hope - will be on off-field assignment for 6 weeks October 17 - November 28.  If you would be interested in having Paula come speak at your church, contact her by e-mail or PO Box 1782  Stanton, KY. 40380, tel: 606-663-6088.    

The Global Voices Summit  

The Mother's Day Offering: God's Love at Work

Thank you for your gifts to the Mother's Day Offering! God is at work through your generosity, changing fear into hope for patients and families in need at North Carolina Baptist Hospital (a part of Wake Forest Baptist Health). Your gifts lift the burden of hospital bills for patients suffering from serious illness and the distressing hardships of financial need. Visit www.mothersdayoffering.org. Please pray for this ministry. Please give as God leads you. Contact Rev. Paul Mullen for more information, (336) 716-3027. 

November 12, 2011, from 9am-3:30pm at Wakefield Family Church in Wake Forest. Sponsored by WMU NC. Visit their website for more information or contact Margaret Harding at 1-866-210-8602x209 with questions. 

March 26-31, 2012. Visit their website for more information or contact Margaret Harding at 1-866-210-8602x209 with questions.

February 24-25, 2012. Visit  their website for more information or contact Margaret Harding at 1-866-210-8602x209 with questions.  

October 22-29, 2011, at a Habitat for Humanity site in Greenville. You do not need to have construction experience or tools! Contact Margaret Harding at 1-866-210-8602x209 with questions or to sign up. Visit their website for more information.

Join WMU on retreat, September 30-October 1, 2011, at Caswell Baptist Assembly. Cost is $75 for lodging, meals and registration. Visit their website for more information and registration or contact Margaret Harding at 1-866-210-8602x209 with questions.