2011 Annual Conference, Friday, June 10
The Kansas East Annual Conference met June 8-11 at United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City. All images copyright the Kansas Area Communications Office of the United Methodist Church and may be used with credit by local United Methodist congregations. Unless otherwise noted, photographs are taken by Britt Bradley, area communications media specialist.

Jacob Cloud blows the shofar to call conference members to devotions.

Wes Gately, a member of CCYM, shares his experiences during the morning...

Jim Hopwood leads the conference in prayer at the end of morning devotions.

Rev. Morgan Whitaker Smith gives the reports of the Legislative Committees.

Rev. Frank Dorsey presents a petition to General Conference to change the...

Erin Hawkins, general secretary of the Commission on Religion and Race,...

Rev. Eduardo Bousson, campus minister at Washburn and member of the...

Rev. Jan Todd explains the five-finger voting process.

Rev. Kenton D. Van requests that the vote on the transition team report be...

A conference member writes comments on the five-finger ballot.

Julie Pohl gives an update on the tornado that affected Reading.

Rev. Howard E Johnson speaks about the recovery efforts in Reading.

Bishop T. Larry Kirkland addresses the Kansas East Annual Conference....

Rev. Mitch Reece shares the latest news about LifeBridge United Methodist...

Rev. Mic McGuire shares the latest news about the new church start Living...

A member of Living Water shares a poem she wrote about coming to faith.

Rev. Molly Wiggins Simpson shares news of the Church of the Resurrection...

Rev. Brad Wheeler, pastor at FirstLight, shares his excitement about the...

Rev. Kent Melcher gives the New Church Development report.

Bishop Scott Jones announces the results of the final clergy ballot.

Members of CCYM share the history of Institute.

Rev. Evelyn Fisher talks about the work of Youthville and the need to...

Tovia Bulla, chief financial officer for Youthville, explains the changes...

Rev. Janet Maxwell talks about the Mulberry United Methodist Church, which...

Rev. Dennis Ackerman talks about the Leroy United Methodist Church, which...

Rev. Larry Danforth, Area Archives and History, gives a brief report about...

Sue Luttrell, conference United Methodist Women president, gives the UMW...