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Follow Kansas West delegation in Zimbabwe on Twitter
Written: 1/27/2010 2:41:57 PM
WICHITA—The Kansas West Conference Focus Team made the decision at its October meeting to explore a risk-taking mission by sending a delegation of 14 people to Zimbabwe to explore the possibilities of a partnership between the two conferences. The delegation leaves Wichita Jan. 28 and will re...

Seminar speaker encourages analysis for deeper preaching
Written: 1/27/2010
By Susan Cooper Associate director of Marketing and Communications WICHITA—Rev. Dr. Susanna Southard, a Kansas East Conference elder and professor at Phillips Theological Seminary, believes the Jewish scriptures, commonly referred to as the Old Testament, “tells us about people acting ...

Udall UMC celebrates 125 years
Written: 1/7/2010 3:16:49 PM
UDALL—On Nov. 1, the Udall United Methodist Church celebrated 125 years of ministry. Established in 1884, the church has been an influence in Udall as a community of faith that could withstand even the destructive force of the May 1955 tornado that destroyed the town. More than 100 people, in...

Quinter UMC helps during bus crisis
Written: 1/7/2010
By Kathy Koehn Special contributor QUINTER—When a call came through the county emergency channels on Nov. 27 about a charter bus that had burned on I-70, a Quinter United Methodist Church member serving as a volunteer EMT began making calls. There was no hesitation on the part of the congreg...

Attendees have a ‘BLAST!’ at children’s ministry training
Written: 1/7/2010
By Kelley Menke Special contributor SALINA—“BLAST!” brought together 22 people from 10 Kansas West Conference congregations Oct. 17 at University United Methodist Church in Salina to learn more about leading and serving children in the church. The idea behind BLAST!—Buildi...

Local schools, families receive help from Haysville UMC members
Written: 1/7/2010
By Marion Renner Special contributor HAYSVILLE—In an effort to “rethink church,” the Haysville United Methodist Women have coordinated efforts to help a homeless family each month this past year. The families were in crisis because of job loss, fire, abuse or an extraordinary exp...

New wellness program aims to improve clergy health, quality of life
Written: 1/5/2010
WICHITA—A new wellness program launching in 2010 seeks to empower Kansas United Methodist clergy to develop and maintain healthy lifestyles, providing a solid foundation for a balanced, sustainable life of ministry. The “Clergy Wellness Program,” developed by the Kansas Area Health...

Attendees have a ‘BLAST!’ at children’s ministry training
Written: 12/22/2009 12:04:37 PM
By Kelley Menke Special contributor SALINA—“BLAST!” brought together 22 people from 10 Kansas West Conference congregations Oct. 17 at University United Methodist Church in Salina to learn more about leading and serving children in the church. The idea behind BLAST!—Buildi...

Hope for Africa tour raises more than $74,000 in Kansas
Written: 12/18/2009 10:13:18 AM
TOPEKA—Kansas United Methodists raised more than $74,000 for the Humble United Methodist School in Uganda as a result of the Hope for Africa Children’s Choir tour through the state. The Kansas East Conference treasurer, Russ Hinshaw, sent $74,139.79 to the Advance Special on behalf of bo...

Kansas West wins walking challenge
Written: 12/18/2009
By Susan Harvey Special contributor WICHITA—The Kansas West Conference participants beat the Kansas East participants in the first annual walking challenge. The challenge started July 1. After the first six-week leg, which ended Aug. 12, Kansas West was ahead by a narrow margin. They had 121...

New episcopal area Transition Team meets, selects consultant
Written: 12/9/2009
By Lisa Elliott Diehl Kansas Area Communications director WICHITA—Kansas Area Bishop Scott Jones kicked off the first Nebraska-Kansas Transition Team meeting Nov. 22 in Topeka, Kan., with a devotion about change. Jones read scripture from his iPhone, a new practice he’s started b...

New day calls for new stewardship tactics
Written: 11/23/2009
By Lisa Elliott Diehl Marketing and Communications director LEAWOOD—General Motors and the church have much in common, according to Clif Christopher, author of “Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate” and founder of Horizons Stewardship Company. Christopher was a speaker Oct. 8 a...

Make church a verb
Written: 11/23/2009
By Lisa Elliott Diehl Marketing and Communications director LEAWOOD—Rev. Michael Slaughter invited participants at the 2009 Leadership Institute at United Methodist Church of the Resurrection to rethink church. Slaughter is pastor at Ginghamsburg UMC in Tipp City, Ohio. He also is the autho...

New Covenant UMC reaches out to community
Written: 11/23/2009
WICHITA—On Oct. 11, the congregation of New Covenant United Methodist Church in Wichita didn’t go to church on Sunday morning. Instead, they went into the surrounding neighborhood to put their faith into action through several community-service projects. The event was part of the church...

Children learn creation care at Calvary UMC class
Written: 11/23/2009
By Susan Cooper Associate director of Marketing and Communications WICHITA—This autumn, 5th-grade children in the “Mission Possible” class at Calvary United Methodist Church in Wichita are learning about and promoting caring for God’s creation. The theme for the fall semest...

University UMC’s contemporary service attracts young people
Written: 11/23/2009
By Jack Morris Special contributor SALINA—“Act II” is a weekly, 5 p.m. Sunday service at University United Methodist Church in Salina that features a short sermon, relaxed atmosphere, friendly conversation and lots of contemporary Christian music. The service is targeted to young...

Festival brings church, community together
Written: 11/23/2009
LEON—Each October, the Leon United Methodist Church sponsors the “Johnny Appleseed Festival,” which features a turkey dinner and country store. The event helps raise money for the congregation’s ministries in the economically depressed community, increases awareness of the ch...

Trinity Heights youth plants ‘Hope Garden’ for retirement community
Written: 11/23/2009
By Carrie Herman Special contributor NEWTON—Dallas, a 16-year-old Newton High School student, was diagnosed with liver cancer when he was only 4 months old but has been in remission for 15 years. Although he has some residual hearing loss and wears hearing aids, that has not slowed him down....

UM Student Day support: ‘a favor of indescribable magnitude’
Written: 11/18/2009
United Methodist Communications “I work as a birth mother counselor/caseworker at a private adoption agency in San Antonio,” said 2008 Trinity University graduate Erin Shanti Smith. “I did undergraduate research on adoptions while in school and was able to use the contacts to get ...

Nebraska-Kansas Transition Team members named
Written: 11/17/2009 4:55:46 PM
WICHITA – Bishops Ann B. Sherer-Simpson, Nebraska, and Scott J. Jones, Kansas, have announced the 21 members of the Transition Team for the new episcopal area. Team members were elected by the Nebraska Conference Common Table, Kansas East Conference Leadership Team and the Kansas West Conferen...






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