African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church to Raise Funds
Young Adult Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church to Raise Funds for Soles4Souls During WH&OMS Leadership Training institute
April 22-25, 2010 at 127 Camp Dorothy Walls Conference & Retreat Center, 495 Cragmont Road, Black Mountain, NC
The Young Adult Missionary Society (YAMS) of the Women’s Home & Overseas Missionary Society (WH&OMS) of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church announced they will partner to raise funds for Soles4Souls at their annual WH& OMS Leadership Training Institute in Black Mountain, NC on April 22-25, 2010. Attendees of the conference will have the opportunity to sponsor a pair of shoes for $5.
The conference is a training institute for missionaries, and is open to teenagers and adults of all ages. The conference will take place at Camp Dorothy Walls Conference and Retreat Center. All funds collected will benefit Soles4Souls and will be used to put shoes on the feet of people in need.
Soles4Souls has most recently committed more than 1.3 million pairs of shoes to the victims of January’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti. More than 400,000 pairs of shoes have already been distributed in Haiti through partners on the ground their.
“We are excited about our partnership with YAMS and WH&OMS Leadership Training Institute,” said Wayne Elsey, Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls. “The simple gift of shoes can truly change someone’s life, and our friends of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church are making a huge impact on the international community with their long-term commitments to make a difference”
"The Young Adult Missionary Society is a group of young women, ages 22-40, who are about the work of missions. We are here to aid the less fortunate and to share with the m the gospel of Jesus Christ. With joy and love, we partner with Sole for Souls to give those in need shoes to walk during this journey called life. Our goal is to “work the works of Him that hath sent us while it is yet day; for the night cometh when no man can work”, St. John 9:4. Therefore with hearts and hands we reach up to God for strength and direction, we reach out to love and touch others, and we reach down to lift fallen humanity." - Dawn Walker, General YAMS Coordinator
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion Church) is one of three minority Methodist denominations within the US is one of the major faith-based organizations with over 1 million members and is governed by an elected Board of Bishops. Organized in 1796, the mission of the AME Zion Church is to increase our love for God and to help meet the needs of humankind by “Loving God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.” Churches are located in the US, Africa, England, Jamaica, Bahamas, India, and Barbados. The Women’s Home & Overseas Missionary Society (WH&OMS) was officially organized in 1880 that promotes growth in the knowledge and understanding of God and His plan of redemption for the world, as revealed through Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit; and teach the concepts of Christian missions and provide experiences for participation in mission work and its ministries. The Young Adult Missionary Society is the young adult society (ages 22-40) of the WH&OMS and was officially organized in 1979. Bishop George W.C. Walker, Sr currently serves as the Senior Bishop and Dr. Barbara L. Shaw currently serves as the General President of the WH&OMS.
