WMU® Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting
June 12-13, 2011
Wyndham Phoenix Downtown Hotel, Grand Ballroom
50 East Adams Street
Registration opens at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 12. There is no charge to attend any of the general sessions or breakout sessions, and no preregistration is required.
Sunday and Monday Breakout Sessions, Level 2
A variety of breakout sessions will be offered on Sunday from 2:30–3:30 and 4:00–5:00 p.m. and Monday from 2:00–3:00 and 3:30–4:30 p.m. Topics include Girls in Action®, RAs®, Challengers, Acteens®, Women on Mission®, involving young women in missions, Christian Women’s Job Corps®/Christian Men’s Job Corps®, WorldCraftsSM, human exploitation, missional living, and more.
SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 7 p.m.
Proclaim Freedom!
Grand Ballroom, Level 3
Presession music begins at 6:30 p.m. — Tangena Mishler, worship leader, Nancy Grainger, pianist
Call to Worship — Tangena Mishler, worship leader; Kianni Curry and Julia Jones, national Acteens® panelists
Welcome to Phoenix — Debby Akerman, national WMU president; Gwen Austin, Arizona WMU president; Terrie Sullivan, Arizona WMU executive director
Music for Worship — Tangena Mishler
Proclaiming Freedom in Arizona — Louis Spears, NAMB; Jan Lows, NAMB
Woman at the Well, dramatic presentation by video
Proclaiming Freedom in Our Communities
Through CWJC®/CMJCSM — Jean Roberson, WMU consultant
Through Baptist Center Ministries — Ginger Smith, executive director, Houston Baptist Centers, Texas
Special Music — Our Hope Endures — Tangena Mishler
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 9 a.m.
Sent to Proclaim!
Grand Ballroom, Level 3
Pre-session music begins at 8:45 a.m. — Nancy Grainger
Call to Worship — Tangena Mishler; Ashten Metcalf and Andrea Niles, national Acteens® panelists
Welcome and Introductions — Wanda Lee
Introduction of Local Arrangements Committee — Nadine Peterson, chair
Jason Dukes, author of Live Sent
Election of Officers
Music for Worship — Tangena Mishler
Offering, WMU Vision Fund
Sent to the European Peoples — Don and Diane Combs, IMB
Special Music — Tangena Mishler
President’s Address — Debby Akerman
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 11 a.m.
Proclaim Good News!
Grand Ballroom, Level 3
Music for Worship
Proclaiming to All People — Gordon Fort, vice president, IMB
Don and Diane Combs, European Peoples, IMB
Jeremy and Kimberly, Northern Africa and the Middle East
Jason Williams, California
Jan Lows, Arizona
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2–4:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions, Level 2
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 7 p.m.
Anointed to Proclaim!
Grand Ballroom, Level 3
Pre-session music begins at 6:30 p.m. — Nancy Grainger
Call to Worship — Tangena Mishler; Cassie Taylor and Taylor Townsend, national Acteens® panelists
Welcome and Announcements — Debby Akerman
Music for Worship — Tangena Mishler
Proclaiming in California and Beyond — Jason Williams, NAMB; Jeremy and Kimberly, Northern Africa and the Middle East
Music for Worship
Live Like a Missionary — Jeff Iorg, president, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary
Proclaim! — Tangena Mishler and Nancy Grainger
The LifeWay® Bookstore, located on Level 2, Room 1, will be open on Sunday, June 12, 2–7 p.m.; and Monday, June 13, 8 a.m.–7 p.m. Selected items from WMU®, New Hope® and WorldCraftsSM are available for purchase.
Go to www.wmu.com for additional information.
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