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2023 Home Mission Project
Dignity Bibs for Nursing Homes
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It is time to get creative!
Atlantic Baptist Women are going to make or purchase adult bibs or aprons for nursing homes as the ABW 2023 Home Mission Project. Sometimes these items are referred to as “dignity bibs” because they are designed to protect clothing from mealtime mishaps while providing dignity to the wearer by not looking like traditional bibs.
No sewers in your group? Consider collecting gift cards so that a seniors’ home of your choice can purchase bibs or other needed items.
This year’s Atlantic Baptist Women’s Home Mission Project presents the opportunity of offering encouragement to nursing home residents as well as to the staff.
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Find out how you can be an encouragement and support this project HERE
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Saving Used Stamps
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Atlantic Baptist Women collect used stamps and sell them with proceeds going to missions.
Click here for video with more details
Great Canadian Bible Study 2023
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Deborah and Jael: Women of Courage - FIND HERE
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2022-23 mission project info - FIND HERE
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In this Canadian Baptist Women's initiative, women across Canada meet together in their local areas to share a study on women from the Bible and participate in a mission project. Gather some friends and host your own study, knowing that women across Canada are doing the same.
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The 2023 mission project offering will provide support for vulnerable Bolivian women with husbands in prison. Your giving will help them receive sewing training and life skills workshops to start their own businesses. These women will be encouraged by you. Thank you for your participation!
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ABW Elective
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ABW Elective is an opportunity to engage women in a 6 - 10 week study which includes a project that will involve them in mission either locally or globally.
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ABW Elective is not to replace an existing WMS /ABW group in your church. It is a different style of a group, more suited to women who are busy with work and raising families yet desire to connect with women in a spiritually enriching and mission minded way. ABW Elective provides a wonderful opportunity for women, who already participate in ABW, to involve other women who do not come to an existing group.
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ABW Elective is a new initiative. Invite the women of your church to join together for a small group study for a specific number of weeks, and involve the group in a mission project. The mission project will support an ABW home mission within the Atlantic Provinces or a Canadian Baptist Ministries project.
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CLICK HERE for more information
"Be a Neighbour" Community Projects
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Engage women from your church, as well as the Woman’s Missionary Society or Atlantic Baptist Women’s group members in a “Be a Neighbour!” community project that will demonstrate kindness and God’s love. Be creative! Determine to meet a practical need for those living in your community.
Ask God to show you a specific need that the women of your church can meet and pray that you will hear what he is calling you to do. Pray that those to whom you will show kindness will see Christ’s love evident and that the Holy Spirit will draw people to our Heavenly Father. Perhaps you could visit places that provide community services in your area to learn about their needs for volunteer help and what needs are in the community that have not yet been met.
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Pray, discuss, and decide on a project that would show kindness and be of help to people in your community.
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Choose a date and time.
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Inform and invite women of the church to participate.
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Organize the event’s details and bless others by being their neighbour.
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Debrief with those who participated. How was the help received? What went well? What needed improvement? How did you see God at work as you served others?
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Send a brief story of your project and, if possible, a picture to the ABW office at atlanticbaptistwomen@gmail.com Some stories and pictures may be printed in Tidings Magazine or shared on the Atlantic Baptist Women's Facebook page.
Standing together, unified amidst our beautiful diversity!
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Join Baptist Women around the globe on the first Monday of November to pray and to provide an offering that will support important ministry projects that will benefit women and their families. A program that includes Bible studies, testimonies of women, and prayer requests from each continent is provided to help you create an effective Day of Prayer event.
For more information on participating or hosting a Day of Prayer event, see the Baptist World Alliance Women’s website: www.bwawd.org
ABW Reads! 2023
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Scripture:
Old Testament - Job
New Testament - 1 and 2 Peter
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ABW Elective Bible Study:
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament, by Mark Vroegop, 2019; Study guide included
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Spiritual Growth:
Another Gospel? A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth
in Response to Progressive Christianity,
by Alisa Childers, 2020
Walking Through Fire: A Memoir of Loss and Redemption, by Vaneetha Rendall Risner, 2021
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Missions/Current Events:
Pearleen Oliver: Canada's Black Crusader for
Civil Rights, edited by Ronald Caplan, 2020
Stay Salt: The World Has Changed, Our Message
Must Not, by Rebecca Manley Pippert, 2020
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Periodical
Tidings Magazine
ABW Reads! 2024
Scripture:
Old Testament - 1 & 2 Samuel
New Testament - Romans
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ABW Elective Bible Study:
(both available as books or Bible studies. Purchase the option with the Bible study guide)
Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table
by Louie Giglio
Waymaker: Finding the Way to the Life You've Always Dreamed Of, by Ann Voskamp
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Spiritual Growth:
Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?
by Timothy Keller
In His Image, by Jen Wilkins
How Did I Get Here?, by Christine Caine
Gentle and Lowly: The heart of Christ for Sinner and Sufferers, by Dane Ortlund
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Missions/Current Events:
Where the Light Fell, by Philip Yancey
Everyone's Light Goes Out Sometime, by Judy Parsons
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Periodical
Tidings Magazine
ABW Reads! offers mission perspectives and spiritual growth opportunities
as individuals or in small groups. Why not start a Book Club?
Join the collaboration:
Wage War Against Human Trafficking
Baptist women from across North America are joining forces to build awareness, generate action and encourage advocacy against human trafficking!
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Start by praying today.
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Educate yourself about human trafficking.
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Take action by looking out for signs of human trafficking and report them.
