The First District Women’s Missionary & Educational Convention, (WMEC) an auxiliary to the First District Association of Baptists in Kentucky, was established in 1893, with the following objectives and purposes:
· To Promote Christian Education through support of the District and its objective, Hopkinsville College of the Bible and other Baptist educational institutions deemed acceptable by the First District Association;
· To provide scholarships to women from any church who holds active membership in the First District Association to attend Hopkinsville College of the Bible;
· To promote home and foreign mission efforts;
· To provide programs and fellowship opportunities that address the needs of women and youth.
Current Officers:
Recording Secretary Sis. Gwen Johnson
Corresponding Secretary Sis. Patricia Wilson
Financial Secretary Sis. Barbara Moore
Treasurer Sis. Florene Kendrick
Historian Sis. Martha Holley
Chorister Sis. Charlotte Waller
Pianist Sis. Mary Vickie Scott
Asst. Pianist Sis. Charlotte Waller
Youth Director Sis. Donna Stafford
Asst. Youth Director Sis. Victoria Pettus
President Emeritus Sis. Cornelia Belle
The First District Women's Missionary & Educational Convention is the mother branch of the following:
*Mission Circle Presidents:
Circle # 1 - Pernell Eaves
Circle #3 - Bettye Shelton
Circle #4 - Elizabeth Ann Cabell
Circle #5 - Dorothy Russell
*District Youth Branch - 3 Active youth sessions which is associated within District Youth
*Ministers Wives & Widows Council: President Janet Flagg
**Hopkinsville College of the Bible Trustee Board and WMEC Liaisons: Sis. Flossie Foster and Sis. Jeanette Owens