Upcoming Events
Prisoner Packets Collection 2024
Collection Day for 2024 Prisoner Packets will be Tuesday, December 10, at NewSpring Church, 657 Bush River Road, Columbia, SC
Churches deliver packets to your local Baptist Association Office. Contact your Association Office for their due date.
Once the packets arrive at NewSpring Church, volunteers check contents, add Christmas Card and Scripture booklet, and prepare packets for distribution by chaplains.
For a printable brochure with details and the packing list, click here.
SC WMU Women’s Christian Leadership Cohort
Join us on Tuesdays for a six-week virtual women's Christian leadership cohort as you seek to grow in your leadership skills, gain clarity on your purpose, and learn ways you can be on mission with God right where you are.
Baptist Women's World Day of Prayer
2024 Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer
Monday, November 4, 2024
Check with your associational WMU to find out when and where you can join a group of local women to pray for missions around the world.
GA/CA Overnight Camp
GA/CA Overnight Camp
September 20-21, 2024
This event is for GAs/CAs, 1st-6th grades, and their chaperones. You will meet a missionary, play games, go canoeing, do activities, and participate in worship.
This is an overnight event (including three meals) at Camp La Vida and is $75 per person. You must have one chaperone per five children and you must have a female chaperone for female campers and a male chaperone for male campers. Chaperones will be housed with their campers from their church and males and females will be housed separately.
SC WMU Leadership Training
SC WMU Leadership Training
August 23-24
Camden First Baptist Church
Are you a missions leader in your church or association? Join us for a time of training and fellowship with other leaders. Attend training for your different roles and age levels, and breakout sessions on various topics such as leadership development, churchwide missions engagement, evangelism, and more!
Cost (includes lunch on Saturday and materials):
General - $50 per person
Leaders Age 35 & Under - $35 per person
Registration begins at 5:30 pm on Friday. The event will conclude Saturday at 3:30 pm.
There will be a WMU store available so bring your credit card or checkbook with you.
ATTN: Leaders Age 35 & Under: We would love to have you join us for a young leader dinner at 4:30 on Friday. Please indicate on your registration if you will be attending.
Student Missions Day
This event is for students 6th - 12th grades and their chaperones/leaders.
Join us for a day of learning about and doing missions with IMPACT Ministries in Myrtle Beach! We will have both morning and afternoon missions projects such as kids camps and hospitality ministries. We will take a break during lunch so that we can learn about how God is working in Myrtle Beach and around the world. Details about what supplies you will need for your ministry projects will be emailed to you as the event approaches. This is going to be a great day of serving together! We hope to see you there!
There is also an option of extending your trip by staying overnight at IMPACT Ministries Retreat Center! Whether you want to build in some more fun time with your students or experience campground church on Sunday morning, email Peter Copeland with all questions regarding lodging.
The price of $35.00 per person includes lunch and a t-shirt. You can pay by check, but if you choose to mail a check-in, remember to mail it early as it takes time for us to receive it in time. When mailing the check, please also include the following for each student: Name, Grade, Age, Gender, T-shirt size, and Allergies/Dietary Restrictions. For leaders, include: Name, Gender, T-shirt size, Email, and Phone number. Please make checks payable to SC WMU and mail the check to SC WMU, Attn: Michelle Schultz. 190 Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, SC 29210. Thanks so much for your attention to this.
Children's Missions Day
Join thousands of kids across the country in hands-on ministry in your community for Children’s Missions Day! WMU invites all children in grades 1–6 to participate each year.
From feeding hungry people to visiting shut-ins, boys and girls follow God’s command to “put your love into action” (1 John 3:18). Church groups create projects that meet needs in their own communities. WMU created Children’s Missions Day to move children out of their churches and into their communities to do missions. The first Children’s Missions Day was in 2008. Since then, thousands of people have taken part in this special day.
Church Leadership Development
Church Leadership Development
August 18-19 at Camp La Vida
Worship and a general session
Age-level conferences (Friday evening)
Fellowship time
Breakout sessions (Saturday morning)
Tour of Camp La Vida
The early registration cost is $50.00 per person through June 30th (late registration cost is $60.00), which includes meals and materials. Registration begins at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. The event will conclude Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
There will be a WMU store available
so bring your credit card or checkbook with you.
No refunds after Thursday, August 10th.
Christmas in August
Christmas in August provides a simple way you can directly help a North American missionary.
Every year WMU and the North American Mission Board partner to select missionaries who will be featured in Christmas in August. These missionaries provide a list of items they need for ministry and outreach. The lists of requested items are posted online, and then you can select a missionary (or two or three), collect the requested items and send the items to the missionaries.
WMU, SBC Missions Celebration & Annual Meeting
June 11-14
New Orleans, Louisiana
Be inspired as you discover how God is at work in New Orleans and around the world. This missions adventure is sure to be a memorable step in your faith journey. Visit wmu.com/neworleans to learn more.
