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Youth 'recharge' at spiritual gathering
Written: 1/31/2012
The Conference Council on Youth Ministries celebrated and renewed their walk with Jesus Christ at a gathering on Jan. 28 at Lawrence First United Methodist Church West Campus.
After lunch, the RezLife youth band from Church of the Resurrection in Leawood led the 125 participants in worship. Pastor ...
Dealing with anxiety imperative for healthy churches
Written: 1/31/2012
By Marvé Ralston, special contributor
Rev. Bill Selby taught a seminar, Anxious Times Call for Non Anxious Leaders, for Five Rivers District Jan. 7 at Lawrence First United Methodist Church West Campus.
Selby has been providing resources for clergy, church leaders, congregations and organiz...
Through change, keep eyes on God
Written: 1/26/2012
By Lisa Diehl, Kansas Area communications director
Clergy from Nebraska, Kansas East and Kansas West were sent forth to do ministry following a closing service that included communion and a message from Kansas Area Bishop Scott Jones.
Jones and Nebraska Area Bishop Ann Sherer-Simpson led the commu...
McLaren offers formula for evangelism
Written: 1/25/2012
By Lisa Diehl, Kansas Area communications director
Change is inevitable. Adaptation is optional. Leadership is optimal. Those are the words Brian McLaren, author and public theologian, gave to the clergy of the Nebraska, Kansas East and Kansas West annual conferences in his second presentation Jan....
McLaren: Everything must change
Written: 1/25/2012
By Kathryn Witte, Nebraska Area communications director
“Think garden, not tree,” began Brian McLaren’s third presentation at the Joint Called Clergy Session Jan. 17-19 in Topeka, Kan.
Drawing upon the content of his book titled “Everything Must Change,” McLaren said ...
Tricycles assembled by Nebraska, Kansas clergy given away
Written: 1/23/2012
By Kathryn Witte, Nebraska Area communications director
Tricycles were given away to 90 children of the Topeka Community Action Program’s Head Start on Jan. 18 as a result of a project partnership between United Methodist clergy from Kansas and Nebraska and Topeka’s North Westlake Hardw...
Seeking hope in the face of change
Written: 1/19/2012
By Lisa Diehl, Kansas Area communications director
While United Methodists in Kansas and Nebraska face significant structural change, Brian McLaren, keynote speaker for the Joint Called Clergy Session, said clergy need to understand “it’s not their fault.”
“We might have to...
Clergy build and give away tricycles
Written: 1/19/2012
By Kathryn Witte, Nebraska communications director
Tricycles were given away to 90 children of the Topeka Community Action Program’s Head Start on Wednesday as a result of a project partnership between United Methodist clergy from Kansas and Nebraska and Topeka’s North Westlake Hardware...
God is with us in the wilderness
Written: 1/18/2012
By Lisa Diehl, Kansas Area communications director
More than 800 United Methodist clergy from Kansas and Nebraska gathered Jan. 17, in Topeka, for a joint conference intended to bring all clergy together from both episcopal areas.
The opening worship service began with a drum circle and a dramatic...
Heritage UMC turns anniversary celebration outward
Written: 1/17/2012
By Susan Cooper, Kansas Area Communications associate director
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Heritage United Methodist Church, the Overland Park congregation participated in a program dubbed “25 Ways of Giving and Serving.”
The actual anniversary date was Oct. 16, but the progra...