Please join us in praying for the family of Carol Pharris, former Tennessee WMU president (1987-1992) and TBMB director, who passed away yesterday, January 30, 2025, on her 83rd birthday.
Carol will be remembered for her walk with the Lord, her devotion to family, her cherished friendships, and her heart for missions and ministry. It is difficult to grasp the impact that her well-lived life has left. We can almost hear the Lord saying, "Well done, my good and faithful servant."
Arrangements
Sunday, February 2nd: Visitation at Partlow Funeral Home, 602 Cumberland Streat, Lebanon, TN 37087 from 1:00-4:00 pm CST
Monday, February 3rd at Victory Baptist Church, 1777 Tate Lane, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122
Visitation from 10:00-11:00 am CST
Celebration of Life from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CST
Her obituary is available here.
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Focus on WMU Sunday
February 16, 2025
Focus on WMU Sunday is an intentional time to celebrate what God is doing through WMU in your church to reach the world with the good news of Jesus Christ.
Start making plans now for Focus on WMU Sunday, February 16, 2025. Click here for ideas.
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Make plans now to attend Missions Get-Together on April 4-5, 2025, at Dickson First Baptist Church.
Missions Get-Together is an annual event for women 18 years of age and older.
Click here to visit the event webpage for the latest information on the schedule, registration fees, special guests, breakout session leaders and topics, event ministry project and offering, promotion tools, t-shirts, and more.
Stay up-to-date on the latest information by visiting our website and social media sites and in future editions of the Link.
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Week of Prayer for North American Missions- Annie Armstrong Easter OfferingEvery gift to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering – 100 percent – goes to train, resource and send thousands of missionaries involved in church planting and compassion ministries across the United States, Canada, and their territories. Lives are being transformed by the gospel because you give.
Standing orders of promotion materials are being shipped to churches. Churches without a standing order will receive information about available promotion materials and an order form.
Contact Charlene Jones if your church needs to order materials.
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Great Commission Conversations: IMB Missionary
February 20, 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 February 20th we will hear from and pray for IMB missionaries, Mark & Courtney Robertson. Register here to participate.
Upcoming 2025 Great Commission Conversations via Zoom at 6:00 pm CST
March 20 – North American Mission Board (NAMB) Missionary
April 17 – Tennessee Missions
June 19 – International Mission Board (IMB) Missionary
July 17 – NAMB Missionary
August 21 – Tennessee Missions
September 18 – Tennessee Missions
October 16 – Send Denver/Front Range – NAMB Church Planter
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Christian Job Corps National Certification Training
Level 1 Training
Date: June 20-21, 2025
Location: TBMB Church Support Center, Franklin
Cost: $100
The Level 1 two-day training equips prospective site coordinators to plan, develop, operate and evaluate a Christian Women’s Job Corps/Christian Men’s Job Corps ministry. This training is the beginning point of a CWJC/CMJC leader’s journey.
Click here for more information and to register.
Level 2 Training
Date: July 25-26, 2025
Location: TBMB Church Support Center, Franklin
Cost: $100
The goal of Level 2 two-day training is to better equip an active CWJC/CMJC site coordinator to operate and evaluate a ministry site through a more in-depth exploration of key leadership and organizational issues. Attendance at NCT Level 2 is open to those individuals with at least 12 months of involvement in a CWJC/CMJC site since the completion of Level 1.
Click here for more information and to register.
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LeaderConnect for Association WMU Leaders
Associational WMU/missions leaders are invited to join us on Saturday, February 22, 2025, from 8:30- 10:00 am central for a virtual gathering via Zoom for updates and to connect with other leaders and share ideas.
Click here to register to attend LeaderConnect live or to receive a recording of the gathering.
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TBMB Prayer Calendar
Pray for Tennessee Missions and Ministries
Download the TBMB February 2025 monthly prayer calendar for TBMB ministries supported by gifts from Tennessee Baptists through the Golden Offering and Cooperative Program.
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WMU Leadership UpdatePlease take a moment and update our office regarding your WMU leadership positions if you have not already done so. Just click here to fill out the online 2024-25 Church Missions Leadership Form or download the form here to mail in later. Please remember to list all your WMU leaders, their positions, and their emails.
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Resources and Opportunities
Resources
- The February WMU mission focus is Leah Kennedy, a former missionary kid. Leah's family served with the International Mission Board for 25 years total, mostly in the Amazon basin of Brazil but also in Germany. In both countries, her family worked with people from Latin America. Now, Leah uses her vacation as a traveling nurse to shine the light of Christ in hospitals. Click here to download resources and information to help your group learn more about Leah.
- Visit the Tennessee WMU Resources page on our website for KMX: To the Rescue missions event for children, Great Commission Conversation videos, prayer walking resource, and more.
- Download the WorldCrafts and the Christian Job Corps monthly prayer calendars and pray for these ministries.
Ministry Opportunities
- Tennessee WMU is partnering with Baptist Collegiate Ministries to collect snack foods to help reach students.. Click here 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 - The Tennessee WMU missionary house (Mary's House) and the Missions Mobilization Center house in Mount Juliet continue to be a hub of activity providing much needed rest for missionaries on stateside assignment. Recent activities have found us in need of gift cards used to stock pantry staples and other household items for missionaries. If your group would like to donate Kroger, Target, or Walmart gift cards for this ministry opportunity, please mail them to Tennessee WMU, PO Box 682789, Franklin, TN 37068.
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