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MARK YOUR CALENDARS & SPREAD THE WORD!
We want to see you at the 2026 Missions Get-Together on April 17-18 at Dickson First Baptist Church.
This is an exciting weekend to join women from across the state to worship, learn what God is doing in Tennessee and around the world, receive valuable information and resources to take back to your church, meet new friends, hear powerful testimonies from missionaries and ministry partners, open God's Word, and so much more!
More details are coming soon to www.tnbaptist.org/mgt2026, to TN WMU social media sites, and in future editions of the Link.
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| Standing Orders for Promotional Materials for Special Mission Offerings
We have a new website, TNWMUOrder.org, for churches to place a standing order for all the materials needed for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, Annie Armstrong Easter Offering, and the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. This website can be viewed and updated at any time.
All previous standing orders for promotional materials were deleted in May 2025, so every church needs to place a new standing order.
Please go to TNWMUOrder.org to place your new standing order for all materials needed.
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| Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions Week of Prayer for State Missions
Standing orders for 2025-26 GOTM promotion materials are being shipped. Churches that do not have a standing order can visit TNWMUOrder.org to place their order.
The 2025-26 Golden Offering begins on September 1st. The Week of Prayer for State Missions suggested dates are September 7-14.
The 2025-26 GOTM information and promotion material are available to view and download at GoldenOffering.org.
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| TBMB Prayer Calendar
Download the August 2025 monthly calendar to pray for TBMB ministries supported by gifts from Tennessee Baptists through the Golden Offering and Cooperative Program.
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| Christmas in August
Are you looking for a missions project for the people in your church or small group? Are you looking for a way to support missionaries as a family or individual?
Christmas in August provides a way for you to directly help North American Mission Board missionaries by sending them supplies they need for their ministries. Most often, these supplies are needed in bulk.
It's so simple!
- Start with prayer.
- Click here to select one or more of the NAMB missionaries for 2025.
- Promote your missions project at church and in your community.
- Gather items during the month of August, then pack and ship them.
Your gifts will have an eternal impact!
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| Great Commission Conversations: Tennessee Missions
August 21, 2025
6:00 PM CST
Join us the third Thursday night of each month for a Great Commission Conversation via Zoom at 6:00 pm CST as we hear from international, North American, and state missionaries. The conversations via video conference will last 30-45 minutes. After the live video conference meeting, a recorded version of the meeting will be placed online for others to view.
On August 21st, we will hear from Vickie Anderson, TN WMU Executive Director-Treasurer regarding Tennessee Missions.
Register here to participate.
Upcoming 2025 Great Commission Conversations via Zoom at 6:00 pm CST
- September 18 – Tennessee Missions with Beth Moore, TBMB Compassion Ministries Specialist
- October 16 – Send Denver/Front Range – NAMB Church Planter
To view previous Great Commission Conversation video recordings, click here.
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| Mental Health First Aid Training
Tennessee WMU is collaborating with churches, associations, and other ministries in 2025 to host adult and youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training events across the state as part of our emphasis on the critical issue of mental health.
- MHFA is a skills-based training that teaches participants to identify, understand, and respond to mental health and substance use challenges.
- Each MHFA training requires a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 30 participants.
- The registration cost for participants is $10 per person, which covers lunch.
- The Tennessee Department of Health provides instructors through community partners who are trained to lead youth and adult MHFA.
- If your church, association, or ministry is interested in hosting a MHFA training event, contact Vickie Anderson at vanderson@tnbaptist.org or 615-371-7918.
For more information or to register for a youth or adult MHFA training event, click here.
More training opportunities will be added throughout the year.
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| Global Hunger Sunday
Join us on August 24th as give to fight hunger here in Tennessee and abroad on Global Hunger Sunday. Materials and ideas to help promote this special day of giving are available here.
For materials geared just for Tennessee, visit the Compassion Ministries site. To ensure that your gifts help those in Tennessee, along with needs elsewhere, click here and designate to the Global Hunger Relief Fund.
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| Connection 2025
Register now for our missions event for middle and high school-aged girls! The weekend will be filled with missionary speakers, Bible study, discipleship breakouts, worship, mission projects, and activities.
Click here for more information and to register.
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| GO! Children's Missions Day
WMU launched Children’s Missions Day in 2008 to move children in grades 1–6 out of their churches and into their communities to do missions. The goal is for children’s groups to create projects that meet needs in their own communities.
Children’s Missions Day (CMD) has been going strong ever since, with people in communities across the United States hearing about and experiencing the love of Jesus because children’s groups are going beyond simply learning about missions to actively participating in missions.
Date: September 20, 2025
Theme: Go!
Scripture: “Now you will tell everyone about what you have seen and heard.” Acts 22:15
Click here for more information and to order the leader guide.
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| Women's Getaway Weekend
Experience a two-day get-away at Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center, situated on the banks of the beautiful Buffalo River. You will spend one night at the Conference Center. The registration fee covers your overnight stay plus dinner on Friday evening, breakfast and lunch on Saturday.
There will be a hiking option and a “stay and play/gardening” option. On Friday evening, the two groups will join together for a bonfire with S’mores, storytelling and laughter.
Aside from morning devotions, there are no “sessions”. Just free time to relax and enjoy being together or alone with the Lord, or some of both.
During this trip you will experience two days of beautiful scenery and good fellowship with mission- and ministry-minded women.
We will meet at Linden Valley Conference Center at 1pm on Friday and finish before supper on Saturday. Cost $85 You may stay a second night if you choose for an additional $45, payable upon arrival.
For more information and to register, click here.
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| 2025 RA Camp-O-Ree
Save the date for RA Camp-O-Ree at Linden Valley Baptist Conference Center on October 17-19, 2025. Royal Ambassador Camp-O-Ree is a 3-day, multi-state, camping event for boys in grades 1st-12th. Enjoy an exciting outdoor worship experience with a focus on the importance of missions.
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| Resources and Opportunities
Resources
Ministry Opportunities
- Tennessee Baptists are challenged to provide 7,000 Christmas Backpacks for children living in poverty regions in Tennessee. Churches and associations will partner with ministries in these regions to impact the lives of children and their families with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Click the link above for more information and resources.
- Tennessee WMU is partnering with Baptist Collegiate Ministries to collect snack foods to help reach students. Click the link above for more information on locating and contacting your local BCM.
- WMU’s Compassion Ministry of Pure Water, Pure Love provides vital water resources around the world. Your gift to Pure Water, Pure Love supports its three-fold mission: to supply missionaries with water filters, to provide the people they serve with clean water resources, and to supply missions teams with water filters for use on short-term mission trips.
Click here for a printable flyer.
Donate now or send checks made payable to WMU, clearly marked for Pure Water, Pure Love to:
PWPL, c/o WMU, PO Box 830010, Birmingham, AL 35283-0010
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