In this issue:
Eudora UMC moves into new home
Give Ye Them To Eat featured in mission magazine
Camp Chippewa early bird deadline April 1
Communications award deadline April 1
Summer site staff needed
Thinking about a new hymnal #3
Dear Friends of the Kansas East
Conference,
On behalf of your conference Committee on Native American
Ministries I want to strongly encourage your congregation to
observe, and receive an offering on, Native American Ministries
Sunday coming up on April 6 (or on a Sunday of your choosing). Fifty
percent of the proceeds remains in our conference for use by the
committee to support ministries at the four Native American
congregations or fellowships in the bounds of our conference:
Lawrence Indian, Topeka Sullivan Chapel, Kabeah Fellowship, and the
newest which meets at Overland Park: St. Mark’s. Support has also
been provided for campus ministry at the Haskell Indian Nations
University in Lawrence. Of the 50% that goes to the national level
of the church these dollars are used to nurture mission with Native
Americans and provide scholarships for United Methodist Native
American seminarians.
Need resources to help you observe the
Sunday? Go to http://www.umcgiving.org/content/sundays/NAMS_nav/native.asp
. Want some local assistance? Contact either of the two co-chairs of
the conference committee - the Rev. Julienne Judd at jjudd53@msn.com or
the Rev. Don Anderson at revdona@yahoo.com
Rev. Gary Beach
Director of Connectional
Ministries
General
News
Eudora UMC moves into new home
The Eudora
United Methodist Church has been in its new location at 2084 N. 1300
Road, since Feb. 3. However, each week new details are added to the
building. Read the full story online.
Give Ye Them to Eat featured in mission
magazine
The latest edition of New World Outlook
features an article about Give Ye Them To Eat, a ministry supported
by the Kansas East Conference and recently featured at Global
Mission Experience.
Over the past 30 years, the GYTTE program has trained and
equipped tens of thousands of people to take care of their own needs
and also serve others. Each year, GYTTE staff and its trainees reach
out to thousands more. In 2007, approximately 15,000 people were
empowered to move from subsistence living to lives of dignity
through training events, learning experiences, and community
activities. Since its founding, GYTTE, has been directed by Global
Ministries' missionaries Muriel and Terry Henderson.
Read the full article online at: http://gbgm-umc.org/global_news/full_article.cfm?articleid=4841
Camp Chippewa early bird deadline April 1
The
early bird deadline for summer 2008 Camp Chippewa registrations is
April 1. The theme for summer 2008 is “God’s World: Handle with
Care.” Registration information and the camp catalog are available
on the Camp Chippewa website, http://www.campchippewa.org/.
For more information, call 785-242-6797 or e-mail office@campchippewa.org.
Communication awards due April 1
The deadline
to submit entries for the new Communications Awards program is April
1. Get the application and entry guidelines online at: http://www.kansaseast.org/page.asp?PKValue=1069.
Summer site staff needed
Camp Chippewa is
looking for enthusiastic, devoted Christian leaders to help staff
the busy summer season. Open positions include camp nurse,
lifeguard, afternoon kitchen assistant, and male core counselor.
Volunteer counselors also are needed for short-term on-site help.
Give a week or three days. For more information, call 785-242-6797
or e-mail office@campchippewa.org.
Thinking About a New Hymnal #3
Along
with a proposal for a new United Methodist hymnal for the USA,
General Conference will also consider a proposal for a four-year
study into the need for an official hymnal with hymns, songs,
liturgy, and worship resources for Africana people in North America.
Africana is the term used to name those people of African descent
who have come to settle outside of Africa, especially in the USA.
There are Africana United Methodists in the USA who have come here
from Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere, including
the many African Americans descended from slaves. This article
discusses the proposal for the study and what it intends to
accomplish.
Read more at: http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=46132&loc_id=17,823
Upcoming
Events
Alban Institute offers webinars
The Alban
Institute is offering webinars focusing on grant writing and
reaching 20-somethings and 30-somethings. For information, visit the
links below.
Winning Grants to Strengthen Your Ministry,
April 23: http://www.alban.org/learningdetail.aspx?id=5750
The Tribal Church, April 30: http://www.alban.org/learningdetail.aspx?id=5848
Alban Institute offers workshops
The Alban
Institute offers a number of workshops covering topics to strengthen
congregational ministries, transform conflict, change, building
clergy-lay leadership partnerships, and incorporating Christian
practices into all aspects of ministry. To learn more about each
title, click the link next to it to visit the Alban Institute site
for details.
How to Transform Conflict Through Dialogue, May
13-15, Palisades Retreat Center, Federal Way, Wash.: http://www.alban.org/learningdetail.aspx?id=4694
A
Large Congregations Event, June 3-5, The Mountain Retreat
and Learning Centers, Highlants, N.C.: http://www.alban.org/learningdetail.aspx?id=4790
A
Positive Approach to Purposeful Change, June 10-12, Zephyr
Point, Lake Tahoe, Nev.: http://www.alban.org/learningdetail.aspx?id=4706
Partnership Tools for Governing Boards and
Clergy, June 17-19, Techny Towers, Techny, Ill.: http://www.alban.org/learningdetail.aspx?id=4698
A
Christian Practices Workshop, July 15-17, The Inn on
Broadway, Rochester, N.Y.: http://www.alban.org/learningdetail.aspx?id=4710
Center for Pastoral Effectiveness of the Rockies
- July 30-Aug. 1
The Center for Pastoral Effectiveness of the
Rockies will begin a fifth series of retreats in Kansas July 30 and
Aug. 1 at the Spiritual Life Center in Great Bend.
How do you know you are caring enough? Who of us in the helping
profession have not heard or at least considered that if we really
cared, we could….could whatever! How does one put a boundary around
caring? And you, as pastors or staff, know full well, that many, if
not most of the time, the person from whom you are hearing that
message is one who seems to have little “self” and it feels that
they have glommed onto you like Velcro.
This is one of the
issues of leadership that you have an opportunity to work on while
attending The Center for Pastoral Effectiveness of the Rockies.
The series includes six three-day retreats scheduled over 18
months. Now in its ninth year, 290 clergy representing five
denominations have attended series in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah,
Montana, Kansas and Nebraska. To register, email Rev. Bill Selby at
integrity4u@comcast.net.
For more information, visit http://www.pastoraleffectiveness.org/.
Singer/Songwriter Retreat - August
14-17
Second Annual Mount Sequoyah Unplugged Singer/Songwriter
Retreat, August 14-17, is open to artists of all ages and skill
levels. Learn from outstanding professionals in a fun and relaxed
atmosphere. The retreat will open with a Guitar Masters Concert on
Thursday night featuring Jack Williams, Shane Adkins & Kelly
Mulhollan. The showcase concert on Saturday night features Gretchen
Peters. More information will soon be available at http://www.mountsequoyah.org/
or by calling 800-760-8126.
Event
Calendar
Visit the Conference
Calendar for additional information and events not listed below.
March 2008
Safe and Sacred Spaces Training - Council
Grove UMC
March 25
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=2190
Christian Educators Family
Reunion
March 27-28
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=2059
Lay speaking seminar
March
28-29
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=1825
Safe and Sacred Spaces Worker Training -
Topeka
March 29
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=2146
April 2008
Spiritual Spendover
April
4-5
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=1949
Passing on the Faith: Dwelling Together as
Strangers, Hosts and Guests
April 5
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=2178
Dinner theater evening
April
5
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=2175
Native American Ministries Sunday with
offering
April 6
www.umcgiving.org/content/sundays/NAMS_nav/native.asp
The Emergent Church for the Existing Church
Conference
April 8-10
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=2056
Healthy Congregations
Retreat
April 11-12
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=2119
Faithfully Fit Forever leader
training
April 12
www.kswestumc.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=2310
Local church historians'
workshop
April 12
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=2165
Safe and Sacred Spaces Worker Training -
Leawood
April 12
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=2066
Sexual Ethics Quadrennial
Update
April 12
www.kansaseast.org/event_detail.asp?PKValue=1808