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Wichita East District showcases United Methodist missions
Written: 8/26/2010
By Susan Cooper Associate director of Communications WICHITA—United Methodist missions and ministries were presented July 31 during the Wichita East District Mission Fair at College Hill United Methodist Church in Wichita. The fair featured crafts from Zimbabwe, McCurdy Mission School in Ne...

Church members invited to pray for, with college campuses
Written: 8/12/2010
New school supplies, check. Overpriced books, check. Fast food gift cards, check. Prayer guide, check. As we approach the fall semester, there are millions of students who are returning to study math, education, art, history and many other areas of study. They are doing this in...

Fort Hays campus ministry students play variety of roles
Written: 8/12/2010
Back in the day, when someone was very busy, people would say they wore a lot of hats. At the United Methodist Campus Ministry at Fort Hays, students don’t wear hats, but they do wear a lot of different t-shirts. Programming begins on Tuesdays. For Chat-n-chew, a free weekly meal for 25 &ndas...

Student group revives VBS at small-membership churches
Written: 8/5/2010
By Leslie Eikleberry, Rev. Amy Slater and Susan Cooper Special contributors and associate director of communications SALINA—Goats on the front lawn, children making bricks in the back, and adults wearing bed sheets. Vacation Bible School had come to Stafford United Methodist Church. This ye...

Kansas West student receives Gift of Hope Scholarship
Written: 7/30/2010
MORGANVILLE—Elizabeth Clark, a member of the Morganville United Methodist Church, received a $1,000 Gift of Hope Scholarship awarded by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Clark, the daughter of Bill and Anne Clark, plans to attend Cloud County Community College this fall and ...

Churches encouraged to form disaster-response teams
Written: 7/30/2010
By Sandy Hendrickson Special contributor JETMORE—Having a trained, United Methodist disaster-response team ready to respond in your area is a vital ministry that can result in many blessings for the people affected by a disaster and for the team members. In order to have teams trained, loca...

Join second annual walking challenge
Written: 7/30/2010
WICHITA—It’s not too late to join the second annual walking challenge between the Kansas West and Kansas East conferences. The challenge began May 28 for the Kansas West Conference. People may join the challenge any time but are encouraged to sign up soon to improve their health and accu...

Chapman UMC reconstruction nears completion
Written: 7/29/2010
By Paul Froelich Special contributor CHAPMAN—As the community of Chapman marked the second anniversary of the devastating June 11, 2008, tornado, work nears completion on the reconstruction of the Chapman United Methodist Church sanctuary and support-function areas of the church. The congre...

Congregations can showcase living the conference vision through videos
Written: 6/24/2010 1:04:36 PM
SALINA—The Marketing and Communications Council unveiled a new video showcase during the 2010 Kansas West Annual Conference for local churches to demonstrate how they are living out the conference vision to invite through radical hospitality, excite through intentional faith-sharing and unite ...

Kansas West members receive awards at PTS
Written: 6/24/2010 1:02:43 PM
TULSA, Okla.—Phillips Theological Seminary students were honored May 11 with the United Methodist Awards at the student awards banquet held in the Student Commons at the seminary. Margaret Johnson, director of lay ministries at Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church in Wichita, was among those re...

2010 award winners announced
Written: 6/24/2010
The following awards and recognitions were given during the 2010 Kansas West Annual Conference in Salina. Denman Evangelism Awards Laity: Doug Foss, Hutchinson Trinity UMC Clergy: Rev. Barry Dundas, Salina Trinity UMC Youth: Preston Richey, Wichita Calvary UMC Discipling Church Award Salina T...

Connectional Ministries celebrate faith-sharing
Written: 6/24/2010
By Susan Cooper Associate director of Communications SALINA—On May 26, Richard Walker, vice chairperson of the Connectional Ministries Council, hosted a series of interviews celebrating intentional faith-sharing in the Kansas West Conference. Videos about the ministries of the conference wer...

Conference making strides toward achieving vision goals
Written: 6/24/2010
By Susan Cooper Associate director of Communications SALINA—Conference lay leader Jill Foss and Bishop Scott Jones evaluated the ministry of the Kansas West Conference May 27 during the 2010 Annual Conference session in Salina. Specific goals have grown out of the conference’s vision ...

Godspell production opens Annual Conference
Written: 6/24/2010
By Susan Cooper Associate director of Communications SALINA—Instead of the traditional opening worship service, the 2010 Kansas West Annual Conference began May 26 with a production of “Godspell.” The musical about Jesus’ life and ministry is based on parables in the book o...

Holy Spirit �infection� fuels faith-sharing
Written: 6/24/2010
By Susan Cooper Associate director of Communications SALINA—Rev. Vance Ross exhorted the 2010 Kansas West Annual Conference members to be infected by the Holy Spirit to develop and share faith. He believes people can’t teach or share what they don’t know. “God must infect ...

Kansas West seminarian graduates from Saint Paul
Written: 6/24/2010
Kansas City, Mo.—On May 14, Steven DeBerry of the Kansas West Conference received his degree from Saint Paul School of Theology during the seminary’s 49th commencement ceremony. DeBerry received his Master of Divinity degree with a Town and Country Specialization....

New partnership, faith-sharing highlight Annual Conference
Written: 6/10/2010
By Lisa Elliott Diehl and Susan Cooper Director and associate director of Communications SALINA—The Kansas West Annual Conference met May 26-28 at the Bicentennial Center in Salina focusing on intentional faith-sharing and establishing relationships beyond the borders of Kansas. In a depart...

Conference formalizes ties to Zimbabwe East
Written: 6/4/2010
By Lisa Elliott Diehl Communications director SALINA—Members of the 2010 Kansas West Annual Conference adopted resolutions to enter into a covenant with the Zimbabwe East Annual Conference and to establish a conference advance special to fund expenses for the partnership. The votes followed...

Retirees share �light� in ministry
Written: 6/4/2010
By Lisa Elliott Diehl Communications director SALINA—The ministries of eight men and women were celebrated at the 2010 Kansas West Annual Conference Retirement Service May 26 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Salina. Diaconal minister Sondra Matthei, Pastors Ross Olson, John Ruiz and Da...

Ordination makes something new of something old
Written: 6/4/2010
By Lisa Elliott Diehl Communications director SALINA—Eight people were commissioned and 12 were ordained at the 2010 Kansas West Annual Conference Ordination and Commissioning Service May 27. Ross Baker, Amy Bowers, Kirstie Garnes, Bradley Kirk, Christopher Laughlin, Ryan Lynch, Steve Morga...

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