Honor Societies

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="058fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Southern Methodist Church</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Southern Methodist Church"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> back to  <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WMS"><U><B>WMS</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Ministries"><U>Our Ministries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conferences"><U>Conferences</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Helps"><U>Other Helps</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Announcements"><U>Announcements</U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="059d2043.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WMS Presidents Message"><U>WMS President's Message</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WMS Council Officers"><U>WMS Council Officers</U></A></div> <div> <B>Honor Societies</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Plan of Work"><U>Plan of Work</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forms"><U>Forms</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="08bb1810.png" border=0 width="177" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>BASIC REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME</B></div> <div> <B>AN HONOR SOCIETY</B></div> <bR> <div> The purpose is to encourage the local societies to complete the work suggested by the WMS General Conference and the Annual Conference. It also is an opportunity to honor them for their great effort and continued service for the Lord in having met the basic standards for the work. Basic requirements are the following:</div> <bR> <div> 1. Attendance at District Meetings</div> <div> 2. Attendance at the Annual Conference Meeting</div> <div> 3. Follow the prescribed Mission and Bible Study</div> <div> 4. Support of Southern Methodist Foreign Missions</div> <div> 5. Support of Southern Methodist Approved Home Missions</div> <div> 6. Participation in Week of Prayer Program and Offering</div> <div> 7. Participation in Southern Methodist Day of Prayer and Offering</div> <div> 8. Participation in Southern Methodist Education day and Offering</div> <div> 9. Participation in Emphasis Month</div> <div> 10. Send in Quarterly Dues</div> <bR> <div> These were approved in 1992. Individual Conferences may have additional requirements, if desired, but this gives us uniformity to have the basic requirements set forth for earning the Honor Award.</div> <bR> <div> Those societies interested in presenting Life Membership and Life Membership Pins should refer to the By-Laws. </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>