Bulk email services are relatively inexpensive to use, and some offer free accounts. Pricing varies among companies; some companies base their pric- ing on the number of email addresses in the account, while others base their pricing on the number of messages sent during a specific time period. Email services include a tiny piece of code attached to the email address which is recognized by email service providers. The service provides templates for formatting attractive messages, and lists are created to which addresses can be uploaded from a spreadsheet or added individually. Using one of these services allows you to send a message one time to all of the addresses on your email list. Email services do not allow attachments to be sent with the message; however, video files, pdf files, and other files that would be attached can be uploaded to a media server, and the message can contain links to the content. Some of the widely recognized email services are Constant Contact, iContact, and MailChimp. Email is a great way to communicate, but don’t get blacklisted so that individual emails can’t get through as well as your messages going to a large number of addresses. If you have questions about sending email, please contact the SCBC Communications Office, 803.227.6142, or through email at ju- dyramsey@scbaptist.org. Associate Spam with a meal, not an email!


With electronic communications increasingly becoming a preferred means of communicating, unsolicited email has become so prevalent that most people get more of it than legitimate messages. Every day email accounts are bombarded with messages from companies and individuals with whom the user has no relationship.


FROM IMB 4 Christian worker Reese Quimby*, a nurse from Crosspoint Church, South Carolina, has


started a project to help South Asian women and girls with a physical need and to find women of peace interested in hearing more stories from the Bible and knowing who Jesus is. South Asian women who partner with her in “The Garment Project” invite women into their homes on two days for training. Week one, Quimby and the leaders teach about women’s health issues and share the Bible stories of creation and the fall. Week two, they show the women how to deal with related issues and tell them about Jesus and the story of the bleeding woman. At the end, the women are given a kit—put together by Christian worker Emma Kelly*— containing hygiene supplies, laundry soap, and underwear. “I’m loving this,” Quimby says, “because as a nurse, it gives me an opportunity to use my nursing background with these ladies to help meet real physical needs; and then they, of course, will ask me a lot about other female-related health problems.” The transition to Bible stories flows naturally from these relationships, and one family has


already come to faith in Jesus as a result. Two girls who attended the training are now part of Quimby’s Bible study, and one of the girls invited Quimby into her home to share with her mom and brother. Pray for Quimby and other Christian workers using their medical backgrounds to meet physical as well as spiritual needs of the South Asian women around them.


*Name changed


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