ALMA HUNT OFFERING FOR VIRGINIA MISSIONS

THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR VIRGINIA MISSIONS IS SEPT 8-15.

You may give to the Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions anytime during the months of September, October, and November. Envelopes and Week of Prayer Guides will be available in the Narthex and Portico on Sunday, September 8.  You may also give your offering online in Realm.
 

 10 IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT ALMA HUNT

1. Alma was born in 1909 in Virginia’s Appalachians where she grew up in the First Baptist Church of Roanoke.  She died in 2008 in Roanoke, VA.

2. Teaching was her chosen profession, but after attending a mission conference in North Carolina, her enthusiasm for missions soared.

3. Alma became Executive Director for the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) in 1948 until 1974.  Under her leadership WMU membership rose to more than 1.5 million.

4. During her tenure the first National Acteens Convention was held at Glorieta, NM; the first issue to WMU’s Spanish language Nuestra Tarea was published; and the Lottie Moon Christmas goal first exceeded $2 million.

5. Alma traveled to 87 countries to promote the WMU, and as a volunteer consultant from 1976-1979 for women’s work overseas, she developed women in leadership and service in 45 nations.

6. Retiring in 1985 she still continued to speak at churches, civic groups, and religious groups as an advocate for women’s involvement in missions and the overall mission of God.

7. Alma’s lifetime service was honored by several organizations.  The national WMU headquarters in Birmingham, AL named its archives the Alma Hunt Museum, where her personal mission’s memorabilia can be found.  The John Leland Center for Theological Studies named its library the Alma Hunt Library.

8. In 1997 the Alma Hunt Cottage was built in Salem, VA as part of the developmental disabilities’ ministry of Hope Tree Family Services.

9. The Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions was named in her honor in 1998.

10. Alma will be remembered as one of Baptists’ best-know missions’ advocates who selflessly served others and actively sought to develop woman leaders.  When Virginia Baptists were shaping a new vision for the 21st century, Alma was its first champion.

(For more information: WWW.ALMAHUNT.ORG)