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Gallup Poll Gives Methodists Highest Positive Ratings
Young Russian pastor shares courageous journey
Written: 4/26/2008 By Deborah White* FORT WORTH, Texas (UMNS)--Members of 25,000 rural United Methodist churches are "planting seeds of hope in every place," leaders of Town & Country Ministries emphasized during a Rural Life Celebration April 26 at the 2008 General Conference. About 100 voluntee...
United Methodists Receive $5 Million To Help End Child Malaria Deaths
Bishop Opens General Conference 2008 with 'resurrection hope'
Written: 4/22/2008 By Susan Cooper"Kansas West Connection" editorAs the one-year anniversary of the May tornadoes nears, the Greensburg United Methodist Church, which was virtually destroyed by one of the storms, is on the road to recovery. Generous donations, volunteer workers, prayers and faith have helped the cong...
Written: 4/22/2008 By Susan Cooper"Kansas West Connection" editorDr. David Otto drew upon Luke 14 for his keynote speech April 5 for "Passing on the Faith: Dwelling Together as Strangers, Hosts and Guests" at Calvary United Methodist Church in Wichita. Otto is professor of Religious Studies and Arthur and Emily Web Ch...
Written: 4/22/2008 By Sue DondlingerKansas West Conference capital campaign directorWe are looking forward to a terrific celebration of success at the 2008 Kansas West Annual Conference for the "Bridges to the Future" capital campaign. The momentum has been growing as the campaign pledges get closer to the $4.2 millio...
Written: 4/22/2008 By Susan Cooper"Kansas West Connection" editorRev. Lewis Van Der Wege has been appointed as the new Salina District superintendent beginning July 1. He is replacing Rev. Dr. Terry Turner, who is transferring to the Yellowstone Conference in Montana. Van Der Wege was at a Board of Ordained Ministry ...
Written: 4/22/2008 LEOTI--What started out as an attempt to reach children in the community for Christ has turned into a ministry that has gone beyond the imagination of the members of the Leoti United Methodist Church. Under the leadership of Aimee Burch, the "God Squad" was formed in 2003 with about 18 children at...
Written: 4/22/2008 CHENEY--When Cheney United Methodist Church members Gary and Jacque Hansen were helping with the recovery efforts at Greensburg UMC following the May 4 tornado, Gary noticed the shards of glass from the church's shattered, stained-glass windows. He began an effort to recover much of the broken glass...
Written: 4/22/2008 Rev. Nathan Stanton was elected by clergy of the Kansas West Conference as clergy delegate to Jurisdictional Conference and alternate to General Conference. Stanton was born in Salina. He attended college at Kansas Wesleyan University and earned his Master of Divinity from Saint Paul School of Theo...
Written: 4/22/2008 Don Schwab was elected by lay members of the Kansas West Conference as a lay delegate to the 2008 Jurisdictional Conference and alternate lay delegate to General Conference. Schwab was born and raised in Texas, but he and his wife, Penney, have been members of the Copeland United Methodist Church ...
Written: 4/22/2008 By Lisa Elliott DiehlMarketing and Communications directorRev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor at United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, will be the featured speaker at the 2008 Kansas West Annual Conference. Hamilton will draw from the best of the material shared at Resurrection's ann...
United Methodists Meet in Fort Worth for Worldwide Conference
Written: 4/18/2008 WICHITA--The New Covenant United Methodist Church congregation celebrated Easter in a new, larger building. The facility, with more space for worship and ministry, is a storefront at 1718 W. Douglas in the historic Delano District of Wichita. The members feel being next door to a tavern and just a...
Young people address to blend multimedia, movement and voices; will inspire call to action and interaction
Modern-Day Episcopal Address Will Be Multimedia Experience
Online Game Offers New Opportunity to Send Nets, Save Lives
Written: 4/4/2008 WICHITA--The call for prayer shawls to wrap the clergy and lay members in prayer during the 2008 Annual Conference has been answered. Pledges have been given to make 850 prayer shawls. The Sessions Planning Committee had initiated a call for the shawls. Church groups and individuals who have pledge... |
