The Val Murphy Annual Event Offering

To honor Val’s dedication and contributions to Christian education, we invite event participants to contribute to the Val Murphy Offering Annual Event Offering at the 2025 APCE Annual Event. Val’s love for nurturing disciples lives on through your Annual Event donations: in the scholarship recipients who experience the Annual Event and in the 2024 local mission. The Val Murphy Annual Event Offering – is shared between a local mission (25%) and scholarships (75%). This year’s local mission is Thistle and Bee, which provides emergency shelter and supportive services to victims of domestic violence.
This offering will be received in person during the Annual Event. You may also choose to donate when you register for the Annual Event.

E. Valeria Murphy was a pioneer for minorities in Christian education. Val brought a dedication to her ministry that was recognized by APCE when she received the first ever LIFE Achievement award. Her love of Christian education inspired APCE to establish the APCE scholarship program in her honor in 1988.
Val Murphy loved the Annual Event, and she attended every year from its early days in a former version of APCE to the 1987 APCE Annual Event. Those who knew and loved Val Murphy were inspired just to be in her presence.

This Year’s Local Mission

Thistle & Bee is dedicated to empowering women survivors of prostitution, trafficking, and addiction. Our mission is to provide a transformative and supportive environment where these women can heal and rebuild their lives. We offer a free, community-based safe haven living model for two years, allowing the women to do the inner work needed to break the cycle of poverty, trauma, and multi-system failure. Our goal is to address the unprecedented highs in sex trafficking and prostitution by fostering lasting change and helping these women reclaim their lives. Check us out at Thistle and Bee – Thistle and Bee Enterprises Inc.

Annual Event attendees are asked to support Thistle and Bee with gift cards of $25, $50, and $100 to Amazon, Walmart, Target, Sam’s, and Costco. These will support survivors as they work through the process of healing and transition to a new life. Gift cards allow a new graduate to buy needed essentials for her first home or a new outfit for a job interview or school supplies for her children.
For those who prefer to support Thistle and Bee with products, the following items are needed:

  • towels
  • socks
  • MedPride Powder-free Nitrile Exam Gloves (Iris Blue in Md and Lg)
  • Extra Strength Acetaminophen
  • Duracell Coppertop AA and AAA batteries
  • Forever postage stamps

Don’t have room in your luggage to bring items? You may also purchase items directly from their Amazon Wish List.