Ladies Ministries

This money is collected at each meeting.   Money given to this fund is used to defray the expenses of the various dinners, receptions, showers, and parties held at the church.   It is also used to purchase the flowers and gifts that are given to those who have lost a member of their immediate family or who are hospitalized.   Funds may be used to assist in meeting any special financial needs of the church.

This offering is collected on Mother's Day.  Monies given to this offering are turned into the Connecticut District Ladies Ministries Department.  Half remains in the district to be used to fund the various functions of the Ladies Minsitries and to help meet various needs in the Connecticut District.   Half is sent to the UPCI Ladies Ministries and is dividied among the various divisions.   Money given to the Foreign Missions Division is used to provide washers, dryers, refrigerators, stoves, and air conditioners to our foreign missionaries; to help fund Foreign Missions radio broadcasts; and to provide Foreign Bible School assistance.   Funds given to the Home Missions Division is used for home missionary family emergency assistance and to provide tracts and Bible study materials to Home Missions churches.   Money given to the Media Missions Division is used to help defray the expenses of broadcasting its radio program through selected stations throughout the United States.   The Division of Education uses the funds received to sponsor a Bible School Seminar for the staffs of UPCI Bible Schools.   To meet some of their special financial needs, money is also given to Lighthouse Ranch, a home for troubled boys; Tupelo Children's Mansion and Haven of Hope, residential childcare facilities; New Beginnings, a maternity care center for young women in need and a child placement service; and Spirit of Freedom Ministries, an outreach program for victims and families of drug and alcohol abuse.   The Urshan Graduate School of Theology and the World Network of Prayer are also recipients of these funds.

This offering, collected at the annual Christmas Celebration, is sent to the UPCI Ladies Ministries and is used to send each foreign missionary child a card and $15.00 on his/her birthday.   At Christmas time each foreign missionary family is sent $130.00 plus an additional $15.00 per child to help make their Christmas a little brighter.

Each month, as a basic budget sponsor, the Ladies Ministries of The Apostolic Church of Enfield sends a $10.00 offering to Tupelo Children's Mansion  which is a residential childcare facility that provides family unit and individual care, as well as services for children with emotional problems.   The Home is available to children whose relationship with their parents and whose family situation, level of development, and social or emotional problems are such that placement at TCM is determined to be the most appropriate service for them.   Children in need, regardless of race, color, or religious background are accepted at TCM for love, care, and nurture.   To children who are hurting due to abandonment, abuse, and neglect by parents and families, TCM extends the loving hand of Jesus Christ, providing them the opportunity to grow spiritually, intellectually, physically, and emotionally.   It is endorsed by the United Pentecostal Church International and is governed by a Board of Directors.

Each month, as a basic budget sponsor, the Ladies Ministries of The Apostolic Church of Enfield sends a $10.00 offering to New Beginnings. New Beginnings is located in Tupelo, Mississippi.  New Beginnings' Erwin Maternity Care Center provides services to women in crisis pregnancies who are considering releasing their infants for adoption.   This is a residential facility licensed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services.  It accepts referrals from all over the United States and from other agencies.   One of its goals is to provide an alternative to abortion to young women in crisis.   New Beginnings is also a professional adoption agency, licensed and operated under the laws of the State of Mississippi.   It is endorsed by the United Pentecostal Church International and is governed by a Board of Directors.   Its purpose and intention is to provide permanent homes for infants, as well as older children in need of placement.