Imagine No Malaria will have a booth at conference and you'll have an opportunity to Shoot for No Malaria. Stop by and get your basketball. Start practicing your shot now!
In a troublesome week, God, we offer our prayers for the people of West, Texas, in the wake of the deadly explosion there. Keep the people affected by this tragedy and the Boston bombings uplifted with your peace, grace and strength. Amen.
Say a prayer for the people at the Boston Marathon and their families.
Check out Camp Chippewa and Retreat Center UMC's brand-new webpage at www.campchippewa.org! And online registration is now open for the summer camps, so start planning and signing up!
Looking for that church video from last week's clergy session in Kearney? Blue Mound UMC is featured! Here it is http://www.greatplainsumc.org/videos/detail/41
NEW TOPICS have been posted over on www.EngageGreatPlainsUMC.org! Share your ideas on transparency, young adult ministry, and church websites!
CLERGY, you should have received an email invitation to join a clergy group on Engage the Great Plains. Join the group to gain access to questions specifically for clergy -- mentor relationships, what you wish you'd learned in school, and how the conference can best support you in your ministry.
Join in!
Here’s an idea for an easy mission project for the Advent season, originally spotted in the British Methodist Church’s newsletter. It can bring a little joy to people who may be sad or alone.
Ask your church members to write a message and sign an extra Christmas card. Collect the cards at the church, then deliver them to a local nursing home. Of course, contact needs to be made with the nursing home in advance and distribution arrangements agreed upon. Brighten someone’s day with a Christmas card!
You can help!
Come join the conversation about the Great Plains conference and add your thoughts on making it the best conference it can be!
www.EngageGreatPlainsUMC.org
Dancing with the Spirit is the theme for the 2013 Annual Conference session as we trust the spirit to lead us joyfully in our journey toward becoming the Great Plains Annual Conference. During the May 30-June 1 session, we will honor our past and celebrate our future.
Information about the session will go out this week. More details will be posted on the Annual Conference page of the conference website, www.kansaseast.org/annualconference
Is your church "rethinking" Christmas?
http://www.umcom.org/site/c.mrLZJ9PFKmG/b.8102627/k.C895/Are_you_ready_for_a_different_kind_of_Christmas.htm
Something on your mind about the new Great Plains Conference? Looking for a way to share it? Come to www.engagegreatplainsumc.org. We've got lots of ways for you to engage in the process.
More and more churches are offering alternatives to traditional Halloween activities. Tell us what your church is doing this All Hallows Eve!
Jerry Talbott, member of Ogden Friendship House UMC, recently received the 2012 Ogden Citizen of the Year award. Jerry is a church trustee, Sunday school leader, daily volunteer at the Ogden Friendship House of Hope, daily volunteer with the Ogden Community Center and also delivers meals on wheels to shut ins. He is active in the VFW and American Legion. Congratulations, Jerry!
Bishop Scott Jameson Jones' sermon at the Celebration of Episcopal Assignment is now online. Check it out at: http://www.greatplainsumc.org/videos/detail/37
Do you know the name of this church? Please leave it in the comments.
New clergy in the Kansas East Conference gathered Tuesday in Topeka for the New Clergy Orientation session.
Newly elected Bishop Mike McKee is escorted to the stage after his election in the South Central Jurisdiction.
Bishop Scott Jones presided over the morning session of the South Central Jurisdiction with a little help from a couple of friends... John Wesley and the Bishop Scott Jones bobble head.
The new SCJ map. Story at www.kansaseast.org.
Bishop Scott Jones escorts Bishop-elect Gary Mueller to the stage after his election on the 11th ballot in the South Central Jurisdiction.
Bishop Jones receiving his one-of-a-kind Bishop Jones bobble head.
Rev. Cynthia Harvey was elected bishop of the South Central Jurisdiction on the 5th ballot.
Reno Yocom, clergy delegate from Kansas East and head of the SCJ Women's Leadership Team, speaks at a rally for women delegates to Jurisdictional Conference.
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