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Written: 8/22/2008 By Lisa Elliott Diehl Kansas Area Marketing and Communications director Bishop Charles Crutchfield, Arkansas Area and president of the South Central Jurisdiction’s College of Bishops, unveiled a plan July 18 in Dallas to reduce the number of episcopal areas in the South Central Jurisdiction....
Written: 8/22/2008 By Sue Dondlinger Kansas West Conference capital campaign director Imagine the joy when we began receiving “Bridges” pledges four years earlier than we expected. That is what eight churches have done by paying their five-year, tithe-goal pledges in full. A tithe goal is a commitment e...
Written: 8/22/2008 SALINA—Grand Avenue United Methodist Church in Salina recently purchased a “gift ark” for Heifer International. The church’s Outreach Committee decided in October 2007 to take the challenge to raise $5,000 to purchase an ark. Through its alternative giving program, Heifer In...
Written: 8/22/2008 WICHITA—GracePoint United Methodist Church is taking steps to build a permanent home. Starting in the basement of Senior Pastor Rev. Bryson Butts’ home four years ago, GracePoint has seen dramatic growth. The congregation currently meets at South Middle School in Maize. Groundbreaking...
Written: 8/22/2008 WICHITA—“We Can” is a grassroots effort led by Asbury United Methodist Church in Wichita to benefit United Methodist Open Door Community Food Ministry and Catholic Charities Emergency Services Food Pantry. The program is based on the concept that if every person gave a little every...
Written: 8/22/2008 KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Three Kansas West Conference members recently completed the Saint Paul School of Theology Course of Study School. Kathleen Aiello, David Geisler and James Rice III graduated July 31....
Written: 8/22/2008 WAKEFIELD—The Vacation Bible School hosted by Mizpah United Methodist Church shows that this small rural church is still growing. Mizpah Beach Beatitude Party VBS was enjoyed by 47 children this summer. The average attendance during the past 10 years has been approximately 30, with a slight in...
Written: 8/22/2008 By Sherry Scott Special contributor Rita came ashore Sept. 24, 2005, as a Category 3 hurricane on the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast. The damage Rita caused is sometimes overlooked due to the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina just three weeks earlier. But Rita is the fourth most intense Atla...
Garst receives degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary
Written: 8/6/2008 By Susan Cooper "Kansas West Connection" editor Rev. Ken Trickle and his wife, Mary Anne, are optimistic after a tornado damaged Chapman United Methodist Church and destroyed the parsonage June 11. “The response [to the disaster] has been outstanding,” Mary Anne said. Work ...
Written: 8/5/2008 By Lisa Elliott Diehl Marketing and Communications director Members of the South Central Jurisdictional Conference voted July 17 to uphold the decision of the jurisdiction’s Mission Council and the trustees of Southern Methodist University to enter an agreement to house the George W. Bush Pr...
Written: 8/5/2008 By Sue Dondlinger Kansas West Conference capital campaign director The “Bridges to the Future” capital campaign was a success because of pledges from churches, active and retired clergy and other individual donors. At the beginning of the campaign, the Kansas West Conference Focus Tea...
Written: 8/5/2008 POTWIN—Potwin United Methodist Church was one of seven churches in the Potwin and Whitewater area that participated in a community Vacation Bible School at the Whitewater Middle School June 2-6. Other area churches participating included Furley UMC, Potwin Christian and Emmaus, Swiss, Federat...
Written: 8/5/2008 WINFIELD—Several Southwestern College students and recent graduates are serving as interns at Project Transformation in Texas. Participating SC students include Kaydee Johnson, Kari Roth and Julie Wilke of Winfield; Drew Logsdon, Douglass; Courtney Ross, Meridan; Patricia Messier, Louisberg; ...
Written: 7/24/2008 By Lisa Elliott Diehl Marketing and Communications director The South Central Jurisdiction elected three bishops, celebrated the ministries of two retiring and three deceased bishops and looked forward to a future that includes the loss of one episcopal area as it met July 16-19 at the Hilton Anat...
Written: 7/19/2008 By Lisa Elliott Diehl Area communications director Newly-elected Bishop James Dorff has worked closely with three bishops as a district superintendent and area provost for the Dallas Area. With their different styles, Bishop William B. Oden, the late Bishop Rhymes H. Moncure Jr. and Bishop Alfred ...
Written: 7/18/2008 By Lisa Elliott Diehl Marketing and Communications director In the lead for the seven previous ballots, Bishop J. Michael Lowry was elected second on the 11th ballot in the South Central Jurisdictional Conference July 18 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas. Lowry likened the experience to a roll...
Written: 7/17/2008 By Lisa Elliott Diehl Marketing and Communications director Every time newly elected Bishop Earl Bledsoe visits his father in the nursing home, he’s asked the same question, “Earl, are you a bishop yet?” Next time he visits his father, he’ll be able to say, “Yes.&rdqu...
Written: 6/25/2008 By Lisa Elliott Diehl Marketing and Communications director The key to survival for the United Methodist Church is finding a heart for the unchurched in the communities surrounding its congregations, said Rev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor at United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood. ...
Written: 6/23/2008 By Sue Dondlinger Kansas West Conference capital campaign director Congratulations! Kansas West Conference United Methodists exceeded the $4.2 million goal for the “Bridges to the Future” capital campaign. At Annual Conference on May 29, we celebrated the fact that pledges have so far ... |
