During Morning Worship and Evening Praise and Worship Services Robert A. Keen (Pastor Bob) preaches and teaches with extreme love for his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are Moved to greater faith in Christ by his example. His preaching keeps us upright with the Lord.

On Wednesday Night Pastor Bob challenges us further through deep study of God's Word. He has even put us on a Through the Bible reading program at home. With Pastor Bob's inspiration we are learning more about this extreme journey everyday. Come and hear him and you may want join us on this trip. We welcome all to faith in Christ.

Wanting to meet the needs of women of other lands, concerned women formed the Woman's Missionary Society in April 1871 in Boston. They sought ways to finance this additional work themselves. They issued a call for other women to form similiar societies in every Baptist church in the land.

A quick review of their activities shows the influence they have had on the church world.

1915--World Wide Guild was established to meet the needs of young girls and women.

1917--White Cross was developed to respond to needs during World War 1.

1932--The Leadership Development Fund began to provide opportunities to develope leadership potential of individual women related to American Baptist work in the United States and other countries.

1980--The Endowment Fund was launched to provide financial stability for the organixzatioon in the future.

Annual Functions

Women's Coference--The conference is held at Alderson Broaddus College on the first or second weekend of June.. Its purpose is to keep membership informed about projects, inspiration for envolvement, spiritual renewal, and fellowship with other women across the state.

Love Gift--raises more than a million dollars every year for the total mission of the American Baptist churches. Our local goal is $500.

White Cross--is a program to undergird the work of the national and international Ministries to supply missionaries and leaders with materials essential to their ministires for which they have no budget.

Mission Outreach Project-- MOP sponsors a specail mission project each year, likea Women's Crisis Center in South Africa. .

Scholarship Loan Project--$800 Scholarships for women attending college in West Virginia. One half as a grant and the other half an interest free loan.

Special Projects--is for use in West Virginia. Renovation of Hylbert Hall at Camp Cowen is an example.

As women who follow the Lord Jesus Christ,

we are compelled by his Love,

commanded by his Word,

and gifted by His Spirit to share the gospel

with those who have not seen or heard

the salvation of our God.

Mill Creek Baptist's ABWomen's Ministries Admministration

President ElectKarla Harris

Secretary Barbara Keen

Treasurer Rose Marie Wolfe

President` Virginia Wolfe

Love Gift Rose Marie Wolfe

Cordinators of Church & Community

Wanda Butts

Coordinators of Church & Community

Barbara Keen

Nancy Davis

Special Interest Missionaries

Cookie Grady

White Cross Sue Harris

Our Mission Statement

In commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and to the mission of the church, abnd through the enabling of the Holy Spirit,

American Baptist's Women's Ministires provides opportunity for each woman to:

~become and develope as God's person

~build faith community and

~serve God's world.

Join us and help serve our extreme Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

The programmatic theme for ABMen for 2002-2003 is Masculine Spirituality With A Mission: "pass it on..."The theme is 2 Timothy 2:1,2, You then, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus; and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others also. (NRSV)

American Baptist Men is an organization providing rescources and support to men throughout the American Baptist denomination. One of those resources is the ABMen Disaster Relief teams. This relief team brought lift to New York within hours of the tragic events of September 11. ABMen Disaster Relief Leadership contacted the American Red Cross. The disaster response community was mobilized to address the greatest tradegy on US soil in decades. Because of our standing with the Red Cross and the National VOAD (Volunteer Agencies Active in Disaster), ABMen Disaster Relief was selected to lead cleanup aand recovery efforts in Lower Manhattan. Thousands of apartments were filled with dust, debris, and broken glass from the World Trade Center collapse. While many resisdents had insurance for professional cleaners to assist the,. others did not.

Three of the nine ABMen Disaster Relief trailers were soon dispatched to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, site of the AB Men Disaster Relief Operations Center. The ABMen of New York trailer was activated for the first time; trailers from Pennsylvania/Delaware and West Virginia also arrived. When the call for volunteers was issued, an overwhelmong response occured. Due to security restrictions, we were severly limited in the number of volunteers we could accept. There were approximately 20 volunteers fr each availaable position.

Mission Trips to Central America: ABMen Disater Relief and ABC Internatioanl Ministries continue theri partnership to provide aid to hurricane -ravaged El Salvador and Nicaragua. Projects such as this, provide life-tranforming experiences to those in desparate need and to those who serve.

The local chapter of ABMen respond as needed and as available.