September 1

Who was Mary Hill Davis and why is the state missions offering named after her?

Mary Hill Davis came to Texas as a small child in 1870. At age 20 she married F. S. Davis, a physician. They had one son, Raymond, also a physician and surgeon. Mary was president of WMU from 1906 until 1931. She had a heart for missions and for people, which was reflected in everything she did. She encouraged women to give and pray for missions, care for retired pastors, care for orphans and give money to support schools in Texas, as well as China. She saw Texas was a vast mission field, and that immigrants needed to know Jesus just as much as citizens. Year after year she encouraged women to serve, give, and pray, which led to the establishment of State Missions Week in September 1910. Because of her remarkable leadership, in 1935 the offering for state missions was named the Mary Hill Davis Offering.

This month, we will pray daily for the ministries that request and receive allocated funds from the Mary Hill Davis Offering.

Thrive 2:7 was recently created for young women based on the Christian Women’s Job Corps model. The purpose of this program is to equip young women in a Christian education context for life and employment.  Pray that Satan will not be allowed to block Thrive 2:7 from being presented in secular environments such as schools. Pray also that God will keep Thrive 2:7 on the hearts of people during this time of ministry building.

In Times Like These … Share HOPE 

Romans 15:13 NLT

Goal: $3,800,000