January 12,
2009
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Cat-Hawk
Challenge The second annual Cat-Hawk
Challenge was a success, raising a total of $27,225 for United
Methodist campus ministries at Kansas State University and the
University of Kansas. The University of Kansas team won the
Challenge by raising $14,255. The Kansas State University team
raised $12,970.
The fund raiser was Oct. 18 at the Marriott
Hotel in Overland Park. The KU team was coached by Mary Lou Reece,
and Rev. Jim Reed coached the K-State team.
See photos from the event at
www.kansaseast.org/photo_page.asp?TableName=oPictures_Pages_HSBCSF&PKValue=35.
Baker University Campus
Ministry Campus Minister: Ira DeSpain,
Ira.DeSpain@bakeru.edu
Greg Rogers, a December 2008
graduate of Baker University, was featured recently in the “Lawrence
Journal-World” newspaper. Greg has been blind since birth, but his
inability to see hasn’t kept him from having a strong faith in God.
Greg is an active member of the Baker University campus
ministry.
Read the article at
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/dec/01/future-bright-baker-university-senior/.
The Journal-World website also features
several videos about Greg and his life. To see clips of a chapel
service at Baker University, in addition to interviews with Greg and
campus minister Ira DeSpain as they discuss his faith and the
profound difference that has made for him, visit
http://www2.ljworld.com/stories/2008/nov/28/no-vision-required/.
Emporia State University United
Methodist Campus Ministry 1305 Merchant,
Emporia Campus Minister: Kurt Cooper, umcmesu@yahoo.com
This spring break, United Methodist Campus
Ministry at Emporia State University will be making its fifth study
tour of the Civil Rights movement. Students will leave March 13 and
return March 20. The trip will take students to sites in Topeka,
Kansas City, Saint Louis, Metropolis, Atlanta, Tuskegee, Montgomery,
Selma, Birmingham, Memphis, Little Rock and Tulsa. The trip is
designed to help students consider the connections between their
faith and human and civil rights.
Fort Hays State University –
Protestant Campus Center 507 Elm,
Hays Campus Minister: Steve Johnson, pcc_777@yahoo.com
The weeks between the fall and spring
semesters are often quiet in campus ministry, but not so this winter
at the Protestant Campus Center. Pounding, grinding and other
strange noises mean that the restrooms are being
remodeled.
The Bridges to the Future Capital Campaign
wrote a grant to the Dane G. Hansen Foundation that is paying for
the work. Both bathrooms are being completely gutted and updated
with new fixtures, paint, flooring, and more. The upstairs bathroom
will even have a handicapped-accessible
shower.
Spring semester programming for Fort Hays
State University will start Jan. 20, with the free weekly meal
Chat-n-Chew. Additional Bridges to the Future funds designated for
the Protestant Campus Center have been used for a new dishwasher and
new ceiling tiles in the kitchen.
A new format is being designed for Creative
Worship this spring. For those with a Facebook account, updates and
more information can be found at the Protest Campus Center Facebook
group page.
Kansas State University –
K-State Wesley 1741 Anderson Ave., Manhattan Campus
Minister: Matthew Stone, kstatewesley@gmail.com
As the K-State Wesley group turns its eyes
to the coming semester, it is very excited to announce that the new
building will be opening this spring! Worship will begin there at
the beginning of the semester and work will continue throughout the
semester to clean and restore the building to great condition. The
new facility will be consecrated on March 29. Bishop Scott Jones
will be there to participate in the ceremony as well. All are
welcome to tour the building and join the celebration. More details
will come this spring.
The new facility is a former fraternity
house at K-State (Delta Tau Delta). It holds promise and potential
as both a residential facility for the campus ministry student
leaders, and as a center for students to gather throughout the day.
It has enough room for up to 50 students to live, space for 150
students to worship, meeting rooms for a dozen small groups, an
industrial-size kitchen and a versatile dining room that can double
as overflow space for worship.
Everyone in the campus ministry is very
excited to begin using the facility to its fullest potential.
However, there is a great deal of work to be done, and help from
area United Methodists is appreciated.
Pittsburg State University Campus
Ministry 201 E. Williams,
Pittsburg Campus Minister: Linda Stotler, lstotler@sbcglobal.net
Hospitality is the center of ministry at the
United Methodist Campus Center on the Pittsburg State University
campus. Thanks to the Bridges to the Future capital campaign, the
newly remodeled kitchen at the PSU campus center is now a clean and
safe place to serve meals. The students can better enjoy and share
hospitality with others.
The new kitchen will be used as soon as the
semester begins, when the Pitt State campus ministry will co-sponsor
a welcome supper for all new international students on January 14. A
week later new students and returning students can enjoy a fun night
of food, games and fellowship at the center on January
25.
Weekly activities and small groups led by
students will continue in the spring semester, with a weekly praise
service on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. The Wednesday lunch and fellowship
time will continue as well, with churches throughout the Parsons
District preparing and donating a lunch each week during the
semester as students share a devotional time and discussion during
the meal.
The international gathering of students once
a month also will continue, where students gather for soup and to
learn about a new country. The next dates for this event series,
which is co-sponsored by other Christian organizations on campus,
will be February 13, March 13 and April 10.
The Pittsburg State campus ministry looks
forward to a lot of sharing and caring hospitality in the coming
semester!
University of Kansas – Wesley
KU 946 Vermont, Lawrence Campus
Minister: Holly Snyder, wesleyku@ku.edu
Holly Snyder is the new leader of United
Methodist campus ministry at the University of Kansas. Wesley KU
continues to meet for worship on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at First United
Methodist at 10th & Vermont in Lawrence and for prayer time at
KU’s Danforth Chapel on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. The group also meets for
Sunday Night Live on Sundays at 7pm at Central United Methodist at
15th & Massachusetts.
Washburn University Campus
Ministry 1621 College Ave.,
Topeka Campus Minister: Natasha Murray-Norman,
njmurraynorman@yahoo.com
Throughout the past semester, the campus
ministry group at Washburn University has met at University Church
in Topeka for ROOTS, a weekly worship. The worship happens each
Wednesday from 7:30-9 p.m. and includes communion. The service is
followed by dessert and fellowship.
Wichita State University Campus
Ministry Rhatigan Student Center, Room
201, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita Campus Minister: Akiiki Daisy
Kabagarama, dkabagarama@yahoo.com
The campus ministry at Wichita State
University has created a group called Campus Advance that meets
every Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. in the Rhatigan Student Center. The
purpose of Campus Advance to serve WSU students and the community
through loving relationships, bible studies, fun activities and
campus involvement.
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