Atchison UMC special offerings help community, Liberia
3/23/2012
The Atchison United Methodist Church congregation has taken several special offerings recently.
The church’s pastor, Rev. Cynthia Meyer, presented a check for $846, one-half of the Christmas Eve offering, to representatives of the Backpack Buddies program at Atchison Elementary School. The program, supported by Second Harvest in St. Joseph, the Atchison YMCA and other donations, provides healthy food for 30 pre-school to fifth graders each weekend.
The other half of the special offering...
Roeland Park UMC works to attract young families
12/6/2011
By Lisa Diehl, Kansas Area Communications director
The size of the congregation and average age of the members of Roeland Park United Methodist Church isn’t keeping the congregation from making strides in attracting young families to the congregation.
Rev. Tim Hutabarat, retired elder, is the pastor.
“We are not doing that great yet, but I have some plans to move forward,” Hutabarat, who serves the congregation part time, said. “My goal is to help the church grow...
Bristol Hill UMC finds new life
11/4/2011
By Lisa Diehl, Kansas Area Communications director
Bristol Hill United Methodist Church in Kansas City is finding new life through some creative ministry opportunities.
“In February, two [women] from my church who take classes at Curves told me about the Zumba instructor at their center and asked if we could start offering Zumba classes in the fellowship hall at our church,” said Pastor Laurie Barnes.
Zumba is a Latin-inspired dance-fitness program.
“We started with...
