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Kansas Oklahoma Conference
United Church of Christ
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K-O Conference Prayer Calendar
Congregation of First Congregational UCC, Anthony, KS
Congregation of St. Paul UCC, Anthony, KS
Trinity United Christian, Cheney, KS- Rev. Pat Nixon & Congregation
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Interim Conference Minister Visitation Schedule
May 23, Immanuel UCC, Ellinwood, KS (morning)
May 23 Cathedral of Hope, Oklahoma City, OK (evening)
June 13 Fairmount UCC, Wichita, KS to participate in the service of farewell for Rev. Mike Poage
June 20 Fairmount UCC, Wichita
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KO Conference and Associations Coming Events
Here is the link to the KO Conference Calender
May 18, 2010 -- K-O Finance and Assets Committee - 1:00pm,
Conference Office
May 19, 2010 -- K-O Stewardship Committee --10:00am, Conference Office
June 1, 2010 -- extended early bird registration deadline to the RYE 2010
July 1, 2010 is the deadline to submit resolutions to the conference council that you want to be presented to the
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K-O STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE SEEKING ADDITIONAL MEMBER
We are seeking a special person who would like to work on the Stewardship Committee. This is a special committee that works to educate the local churches and people of the conference regarding the mission and ministries of the conference; how the contributions to "Our Church's Wider Mission" (OCWM) and other special offerings that we take through the year are used. Many of the contibutions donated, to these offerings stay within the Conference for the work of our individual churches in the K-O Conference.
The first meeting will be held Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 10:00 in the Conference Office, Wichita, KS.
Please let me know as soon as you are able or call Sue Ahrens at 620-564-2448.
Thank You!
Dean Young
Chair, K-O Administration Commission
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Attention All 9-12 Grade YOUTH
and YOUTH Leaders!
Regional Youth Event 2010 @ Park University
in Parkville, Missouri
July 14th-18th
Agape: God's Love For Us AllThe early registration deadline for the 2010 West Central Regional Youth Event has been moved back to June 1. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to connect with UCC youth from all over the region! Registration costs for K-O attendees is only $150.
Scholarships are available if that poses a financial hardship.
Don't miss this life-changing opportunity! More information is available at www.rye2010.com. Registration forms and scholarship forms are available on the K-O website also. |
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STRENGTHEN THE CHURCH: SPREAD THE LOVE
On Pentecost Sunday, May 23 congregations are encouraged to receive a Strengthen the Church offering.
This is one of four special mission offerings within the United Church of Christ and grows the UCC's future.
Fifty percent of the offering is passed on to the national setting for:
* funding new church starts and invigorating existing congregations,
* nurturing lay and pastoral leadership
* building youth and young adult ministries
* supporting the God is Still Speaking ministry and its extravagant welcome for all within the United Church of Christ.
Fifty percent of the offering remains in the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference to support the ministry of the Justice and Witness Commission and to create a fund administered by the conference minister for special "strengthen the church" projects identified throughout the year.
This year you will notice in the promotional materials that one of our very own Kansas-Oklahoma Conference congregations is highlighted-Plymouth Congregation United Church of Christ and its new church start, Reunion Libertad in Lawrence, KS. Reunion Libertad is a new ministry birthed out of Plymouth's desire to welcome Spanish-speaking persons in Lawrence to come and be "centered in their own journeys of faith and liberation." Free English classes, with free child care, create a bridge across cultural and language barriers as English-speaking volunteers serve as conversation partners. With a little help from Strengthen the Church, the congregation has become known as a safe and warm place where God is still speaking. |
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Roundtable explores churches role in Internet technology use.
In a society increasingly Balkanized by technology, faith communities may have a unique contribution to make when building community on the Internet.
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Global Connection to Vacation Bible School
Dear Friends,
Summer is just around the corner and chances are that someone at your church is gearing up for Vacation Bible School or Summer Sunday School or Church Camp.
Whether your church has everything figured out well in advance or if you haven't given it a passing thought, Global Ministries can help provide a global connection.
Journey to India and Journey to Congo are available for you to download for free from the Global Ministries website. While these curricula were written specifically for VBS, they may be adapted for other settings and situations.
If your camp, VBS, or other children/youth programming this summer would like to use your offerings to support a global project, there are over 200 projects on our website for which global partners are seeking financial assistance. These range from education and medical projects to farming and housing projects and are based all over the world . . . in Chile, China, Colombia, and Congo (and lots of other countries that don't start with the letter "C").
Check out the website or contact the Resource Development Office for more ideas.
Materials such as "placemaps" (placemats with the world map on one side and activities on the other) are available for church, VBS, or camp meals. You can request these or other Global Ministries resources by contacting Sarah as well.
Sarah Riester Program Associate for Resource Development Global Ministries P.O. Box 1986 Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 Tel: (317) 713-2564 Fax: (317) 635-4323 Email: sriester@dom.disciples.org
GLOBAL MINISTRIES, a common witness of the Division of Overseas Ministries, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and Wider Church Ministries, United Church of Christ. "Global Ministries
is committed to Critical Presence.... meeting God's people and creation at the point of deepest need: spiritually, physically, emotionally, and/or economically."
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WHITE MEMORIAL CAMP REGISTRATION
2010 Camp Schedule and Brochures are posted.
While you are looking, check out the Wish List!
JUST WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!
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Camp News
The deadline for Summer Camp Registration is May 25th, I will take late registrations directly through the camp office but, there will be a late registration fee.
NEW Camp opportunity just opened -- JULY 26 - 30 -- J.A.M. (Jesus and Me)
Interdenominational Elementary School Camp for children going into the 3rd through 5th grades. Director and Camp Pastor Earl Cox andstaff head up a Christ-focused camp.
Cost is $220/camper. For more information or to register, contact Pastor Earl Cox at earl.cox64.gmail.com or call 316-775-5466. |
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Things needed before or for summer camp:
A few good volunteers to help May 3 - 8 on painting and working on the pool, any help is appreciated including helping for a day, the whole week, or sending money for pool supplies.
Those who have adopted the smaller cabins we are slowly repainting these and making repairs. I would like some input on these following things: interior colors for the main room and bedrooms, what if any monies are available through your church for repair supplies, and is there an interest in your church to help with painting and repairs.
JD will be back at camp volunteering from May 21 - May 25th he will be working on the basement, pool bathrooms, and finishing up little red. To date JD has done all the work himself and is in dire need of some assistance, if you can please come help for a day or more. (If you or anyone is planning to help on these work days please let me know so we can have enough food for everyone.)
I am still looking for 4 churches who would be interested in adopting Big Red. If you are interested please contact the camp.
A special White Memorial Camp THANK YOU to Jancy Pettit, FCC, Topeka, Jan Ash, FCC, Topeka, Robin Goff, Founder of The Light Center, Baldwin , Berengere (Bee) Cusin, who was visiting Robin from California for volunteering to help at with CGC Conference.
I personally want to send love and lots of sunshine out to the entire KO Conference. Sara Shaw
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Rev. Michael Poage - Retirement Reception
On Saturday, June 12, 2 - 4 p.m., you are invited to a retirement reception for the Rev. Michael Poage, at the All Occasion Events Center, 21st and Oliver, Wichita, KS. No gifts plaase.
Also, anyone is welcome to his farewell Sunday, June 13, 10:30 a.m., Fairmount United Church of Christ, 16th and Fairmount Streets, one block south of WSU.
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UCC Musicians National Network 2010 Conference
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Paul Nixon Workshop August 25,2010
Visit here to register today
"Paul Nixon presents an effective balance of personal outreach and accessible resource material. His strategies fertilize the soil for the firmly-rooted strategies he plants. The imperative for congregational leaders to access his work is like sunshine on awaiting buds and bulbs."
- Janita K. Byars, Ed.D., Poet of Transformation, Presbytery of Western New York
For more information about this conference, please contact Aimee Jannsohn:
Phone: 216.736.3761 Email: jannsoha@ucc.org
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-----CHURCHES IN TRANSITION-----
Cathedral of Hope, Oklahoma City, OK Rev. Dr. Scott Jones has resigned effective June 19th. Scott has been called to serve as Senior Pastor at First Central Congregational Church, UCC in Omaha, NE.
Congregational UCC, Carrier, OK. Gordon Epps is supply.
Community Congregational UCC, Gaylord, KS. Rev. Linda Kemp is interim pastor.
Fairmount UCC, Wichita, KS Rev. Michael Poage, is retiring effective June 15, 2010.
Federated Church, Kingfisher, OK. Rev. Sam Steele is interim pastor.
First Congregational UCC, Anthony, KS
First Congregational UCC, Great Bend, KS. Rev. Stan Crawford is interim pastor.
First United Church of Christ, Newton, KS.
Norman UCC, Norman, OK. Rev. Warren Jensen is interim pastor.
United Church of the Good Shepherd, Kansas City, KS. Rev. Art Foster is supply. |
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Rev. Krista Betz, Interim Conference Minister
Kansas-Oklahoma Conference 1245 Fabrique
Wichita, KS 67218
800-880-6466
Nancy A. Wolfe, Conference Communications Coordinator
3020 SE Virgo Ave
Topeka, KS 66605
785-806-4580
Our Church's Wider Mission is the lifeblood of ministry and mission in the United Church of Christ. Your contributions to this offering make this weekly e-communication and much, much more possible. Thank you for your generous support! Our covenant as local churches, associations, conferences and the national setting of our denomination is made evident through this mission together. |
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