Hephzibah Children's Home Needs Your Help!

Dear Wesleyan Women,

Yesterday I was over in the supply room and it was brought to my attention that we are in need of a few items. Many of our Wesleyan Women are always wanting to know ways they can help. Here are a few items we can use:

Personal Care: body wash, bar soap (Dove & Dial), body lotion, deodorant, mouthwash (no alcohol), toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, hair brushes, hair accessories, hand sanitizer.
Medicines: Tylenol, Advil, Enosporin, digital thermometers
For Elizabeth Home: baby socks, baby wipes, phone cards, Wal-Mart gift cards

Your help is greatly appreciated!
Shirley Duncan, Hephzibah Children's Home

Hephzibah Presents "The Gathering"--April 21-25, 2008

Hephzibah Children's Home invites all senior adults to enjoy four heartwarming days of inspiration, fun and fellowship in the Great Smoky Mountains--Pigeon Forge, TN. There might be some ladies in your church that would enjoy making a trip down to Tennessee to shop, laugh, play, enjoy wonderful music and fellowship, meet new friends, and experience a time of spiritual renewal. If you have any questions please contact Audrey Ruth at 478-477-3383 ext. 114 or aruth@hephzibah.com. Information is also available at the web site http://www.greatgather.com/. --Submitted by Shirley Duncan, Hephzibah Children's Home

World Hope recruiting teachers for short term mission trips

How are you planning to spend your summer? Are you a teacher? If so, will you consider using your teaching gifts and skills to serve teachers in the developing world?

What is a Teacher Mentoring Team? A group of American teachers organized by World Hope International that travels to a developing country with the purpose of leading workshops to help local teachers improve all aspects of their teaching.

Who can go? Teachers with at least three years teaching experience or teacher educators interested in having global influence.

Below is a list of proposed Teacher Mentoring Teams and needs for 2008. We hope you will consider serving on one or sharing the opportunities with a teacher in your life. Please contact the World Hope International office (link to the right) to receive more information or to request an application.

Azerbaijan: July 10-July 22, 2008
Cambodia: July 3-15, 2008
Guyana: June 20-June 29, 2008
Haiti: July 19-July 27, 2008
Kosovo: June 27 - July 6, 2008
Liberia: July 3-14, 2008
Sierra Leone: July 17-29, 2008
Bosnia: May 10-17, 2008

Training DVD Coming from Wesleyan Women Office!

A new training DVD has been prepared by the General Office. This DVD contains information about the purpose of Wesleyan Women, resources for women’s ministry, outreach ministries, retreat planning, WKFM coordinators, communication, treasurers’ reports and fundraising ideas, where your money goes, how one district leads with a leadership team, ideas for exciting conventions and newsletters. A Training DVD will be sent to each registered church within the month. This is not meant to be viewed at one sitting, but rather as a resource for you for information and ideas as you wish.

Greeley Wesleyan Women Throw “Ultimate Birthday Bash” Event

On Friday evening, January 25, the women at our church hosted a “Birthday Bash” in order to celebrate the gift of each other! The women were greeted with a birthday goodie bag of free stuff to take home (bead necklace, nail file, pencil, chocolate, and promotional material). Their next stop was the “Girlfriends Photo Op” where they could dress up in boas, sunglasses and party hats and have their picture taken together. We then printed the pictures for them and gave them to them as they left. Other options for the evening included a hand-pampering station, make your own party hat craft area, decorate your own cupcake to enjoy with ice cream, karaoke, DDR challenge (a dance game for Playstation), and large groups games. Over 100 ladies enjoyed laughing and spending the night together with their girlfriends. This event is designed as an outreach so that women of the church can bring their non-churched friends to a non-threatening event. We also invited the middle school and high school girls to this particular event. They loved it! Christian women can and do have a lot of fun!

Heart of Ministries Offering

Our theme for this year's offering is "A Heart for Life." The Wesleyan Church believes in the sanctity of life for all--unborn babies, infants, children, teens, and adults. Wesleyan Women will collect funds for ministries that provide services and protection for others. The following will benefit from the 2008 Heart of Ministries Offering:

• Ministries to fight human slavery in North America and worldwide.


• Hephzibah's ministries for the unborn through young adults who are transitioning into society.
• AIDS/HIV orphans in Zambia.
• Evangelism and discipleship tools and materials, including the Proclaimer box (God's Word dramatized in many heart languages).
• Leadership development for present and future ministry leaders.
• Russian orphans.
• Livno development project to improve the quality of life in a Bosnia community.
• Hospital milk--purchase of formula and powdered milk for infants in our Haitian hospital.
• Missionary care and renewal.

Thank you for partnering in ministry with us and for your continued giving through the Heart of Ministries Offering. Together we can do so much more than any of us can alone.

Additional resources (program, list of projects, downloadable DVD) are available on the Wesleyan Women's website. Just use the link in the column to the right!