MOORINGSPORT – After reading about the need for pure water in so many parts of the world, the WMU ladies of Mooringsport Baptist Church decided they would raise money to buy water filters for a community in a third world country.
Following the example of a group they had heard about, each person decorated a hat using money in some way in the process. When they gathered for the monthly meeting wearing the hats, there was much interest and enthusiasm.
Several were vintage hats with posies and pins plus money, one was a straw flower basket with trim, another was a lampshade plus fishing lures and grandchildrens’ pictures, another was WMU spelled out in rolled bills on a hat, one was a John Deere cap with gold colored dollar coins on the bill. Probably the most unique was the one with a waterfall of bills hanging down the back.
It was decided that the hats would be worn on a Sunday, and an announcement was made to that effect the Sunday before. Special attention was given to the hat-wearing ladies by the pastor.
Then the congregation was given an opportunity to help with the project by placing their contributions in water buckets at the sanctuary exits. The total gathered to be sent to WMU headquarters was $450.