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 devotions.
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 language related to homosexuality throughout the Book of Discipline.
Erin Hawkins, general secretary of the Commission on Religion and Race, addresses the Kansas East Annual Conference.
Rev. Eduardo Bousson, campus minister at Washburn and member of the Transition Team, leads the question answering portion of the team report.
Rev. Jan Todd explains the five-finger voting process.
Rev. Kenton D. Van requests that the vote on the transition team report be collected separately for lay and clergy members.
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. Kirkland was the speaker for the Ordination and Commissioning Service.
Rev. Mitch Reece shares the latest news about LifeBridge United Methodist church start in Shawnee.
Rev. Mic McGuire shares the latest news about the new church start Living Water in Piper
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 West Campus, which is in the process of constructing a new building.
Rev. Brad Wheeler, pastor at FirstLight, shares his excitement about the congregation's chartering celebration last fall.
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 create the umbrella organization EmberHope.
Tovia Bulla, chief financial officer for Youthville, explains the changes the organization is requesting.
Rev. Janet Maxwell talks about the Mulberry United Methodist Church, which was closed during the 2011 session.
Rev. Dennis Ackerman talks about the Leroy United Methodist Church, which was closed during the 2011 session
Rev. Larry Danforth, Area Archives and History, gives a brief report about the committee's work and the efforts to put the archives online.
Sue Luttrell, conference United Methodist Women president, gives the UMW report.
