WMU offers ‘How-to’ series for organizing

National Woman’s Missionary Union has released a WMU “How-to” series for leaders of church WMU organizations.
   
The “How-to” series includes six books — “WMU in Your Church,” “Women on Mission,” “Acteens,” “Girls in Action,” “Children in Action” and “Mission Friends.” An additional resource is available for WMU leadership in Hispanic churches.
   
Each of the books provides an overview of the respective organization, steps for getting started, ideas for customizing the organization to fit a church’s needs, age-specific information, plus much more.
   
“WMU in Your Church” gives an overview of all the age-level organizations, including Adults on Mission and Youth on Mission.
   
“Vibrant, energetic missions involvement does not just happen in churches,” said Jan Turrentine, WMU’s managing editor for products. “It requires a plan. But it doesn’t have to be hard.
   
“The WMU ‘How-to’ series shows people in churches how to plan, promote, participate in and lead effective missions involvement for all ages in the church,” she explained.
   
“From ongoing age-level organizations to short-term volunteer missions opportunities such as Volunteer Connection and adult and family missions teams, to ongoing ministries such as Baptist Nursing Fellowship, Christian Women’s Job Corps and WorldCrafts, the WMU “How-to” series opens doors of missions involvement for everyone in the church.”
   
The new WMU “How-to” series replaces the WMU Guide series released in 1995.
   
“Whether the reader is an experienced WMU leader or just starting, we wanted her — or him — to find the material easy to navigate and to the point,” she said.
   
The overall purpose of the series is to give leaders in the church the tools to involve fellow Christians in missions, wrote Edna Ellison, WMU ministry consultant for churchwide and associational audiences, in the foreword of “WMU in Your Church.”
   
“Studies show that churches that have WMU give more to missions causes, pray more for missions and missionaries around the world, and get more involved in missions and ministry than churches without WMU,” Ellison wrote.
   
The WMU “How-to” series is available from WMU by calling 1-800-968-7301 or visiting www.wmustore.com. It is also available at LifeWay Christian Stores. (BP)