I am passionate about renewal within the United Methodist Church in Kansas. I believe that Bridges to the Future Capital Campaign for Kansas United Methodists is an important part of this renewal. The following content was provided as a part of the Kansas East Media Packet. “For surely I know the plans I have for […]
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I am passionate about renewal within the United Methodist Church in Kansas. I believe that Bridges to the Future Capital Campaign for Kansas United Methodists is an important part of this renewal. The following content was provided as a part of the Kansas East Media Packet. Many people in the world get an idea of […]
Last week, I signed up for the Everything Must Change Tour at DeepShift to be held in Kansas City, Kansas in the spring of 2008. I am particularly interested in this event, because I am passionate about the renewal of mainline Christianity and in particular the United Methodist Church in Kansas. I believe that shifts […]
I often spend time imagining the United Methodist Church in Kansas – what might be possible in the future, praying for renewal, and seeking to be an active part in a spiritual revival in the state. A picture of hope that I have seen recently is this: This graphic is in the middle of the […]
One of the great values of blogging and reading blogs is that it allows one to connect with people with whom contact me never otherwise be made. I enjoy reading enjoy reading a wide variety of blogs from across the United States and around the world (thanks Google Reader). I also hope to make greater […]
I am currently in Lake Junaluska, NC for the Western North Carolina Annual Conference (WNCC). My wife, Nicole, is from North Carolina and she was commissioned as a probationary elder of the WNCC. Yesterday we arrived for part of the opening worship service for the Kansas East Annual Conference and were there through the evening […]
Yesterday afternoon, a significant time was spent on the discussion of the approval of the budget for 2008. The discussion was around the support of the United Methodist institutions of higher education in Kansas West – Southwestern College and Kansas Wesleyan University. There has not been significant monetary support for any of the United Methodist […]
Steve Rankin was elected as a delegate to Jurisdictional Conference.
As part of the strategic plan to revitalize existing Kansas Churches a report was given about two areas where the Annual Conference is working to make progress. Church Transformation Survey A Church Transformation Survey was sent out to congregations of the Annual Conference. The hope is that this continued process will give us the ability […]
The laity have completed their elections for delegates to General, Jurisdictional and Alternates. I did not get the names of the laity who have been elected. There may be an announcement later… The final clergy delegate to General Conference was elected on this ballot. Jurisdictional and Alternates are yet to be decided. Clergy elected as […]
The Certified Lay Minister Program of the Kansas Area in Partnership with the Center for Church Leadership and Kansas Wesleyan University passed. The training will include 12 college hours taken over three to four years. I think that this program will be a good one of revitalization of congregations in providing for the leadership for […]
Ballot 2 Laity – none elected Clergy – none elected Ballot 3 Laity – Mollie Haberer Clergy – Pat Ault-Duell and A. Mark Conard
Rev. Andrew Conard 