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Kansas Oklahoma Conference
United Church of Christ
49th Kansas-Oklahoma Conference Annual Meeting
October 1 - 3, 2010 |
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K-O CONFERENCE ANNUAL MEETING
INFORMATION
On Line Registration is available -- HERE
Annual Meeting Book
Call to the Annual Meeting
Registration Form
Youth Forms
Cover letter for Governance Documents
Bylaws-Constitution-Articles of Inc. Changes
Clergy Boundary Training Registration
Table Display Registration Forms
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MESSAGE FOR ALL K-O YOUTH
Annual Meeting Youth Event
The message below was taken from the K/O Group Facebook page. Here is the LINK. Check it out!!!!
Hey all.. if you are going to annual meeting and you haven't signed up yet, you need to do it soon so we can tell Kenny how many people are going to go to the ropes course. Remember also you will need to bring about 40 dollars for the course and for food and such. |
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Speaker Series for Inquisitive Christians:
Rev. Dr. Robin Meyers, Sr. Pastor of Mayflower UCC, OKC &
Author of "Saving Jesus From the Church"
September 16th at 7 p.m.
Location: United Ministry Center
1017 Elm Avenue
Norman, Oklahoma
Hosted by
The United Church of Norman-UCC
(We Believe God is Still Speaking - and we are "Unapologetically Christian, Unapologetically Liberal")
www.normanucc.org |
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K-O Conference Prayer Calendar
Community Church, Partridge, KS - Rev. R. Samuel Askew and Congregation
Rolling Hills Congregational, Salina, KS - Rev. William C. Brown and Congregation
Fairmount UCC, Wichita, KS - Rev. Monte Gravenstein, Interim and Congregation
CONTINUED PRAYERS FOR:
Mr. David Spangler, father of Rev. Shane Spangler - at KU Med recuperating from a serious farm accident.
Rev. Rhonda Almond recuperating from medical problem.
Rev. Janet Weiblen recuperating from surgery. |
United Church of the Good Shepherd, KCK
FOR THE TROOPS
United Church of the Good Shepherd, KCK
Rev. Arthur L. Foster, Ph.D., Stated Supply
Each Sunday during concerns and joys we remember our men and women soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Parents and grandparents share news of phone calls, emails and Skype messages from the various camps.
Recently we decided to put "boots" on our concerns. In the last 4 weeks we gathered supplies to provide 9 large APO boxes to go to congregation-affiliated troops or friends of the church troops. The boxes contain new dental supplies, lots of candy and snacks, baby wipes (it is hot and dry in both countries) and lip balm.
We have also raised over $300 for international phone cards to help pay for calls home.
A few boxes were mailed on September 7th and the troops have already received them and expressed their gratitude through the son of Kathie Shively, a member of Good Shepherd. The congregation has decided that this will be an ongoing program and boxes will be sent quarterly.
  Fred and Nita Lange Dorothy Higgins & Phoebe May Sandy Bock Kathie Shively Marianne Foster |
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"Ride the Arc" submitted by Rev. Bob Lawrence
Community of Hope UCC in Tulsa, OK was blessed to have Danielle Girdano speak to us in our Sep. 5th evening worship service about the passion behind her still-in-progress 5,000-mile bicycle ride through the heartland.
Danielle is riding 5,000 miles zig-zagging through the heartland from Minneapolis to Dallas and spent Labor Day weekend in Tulsa. The route she has chosen has been attempted by dozens before her, some of whom died trying to complete the route. Danielle will be the first woman to have completed this route.
The purpose of her ride is to raise awareness of issues of equality for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth (GLBTQ), with a special focus on the high incidence of teen suicide among GLBTQ youth.
She is calling her project "Ride the Arc", which is based upon Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's statement that "...the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
Danielle will be completing her ride on September 18 by asking people in Dallas to join her for the final 10 miles of her ride. For more information on this project, visit www.ridethearc.org, or follow her on facebook at "Ride the Arc".
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UCC celebrates 200 years of Global Mission
 Here are some activities for a class of most any age to follow in learning about mission history and our evolving theology of mission work: Begin by showing this very exciting three-minute music video:
Use a projector or computer to show a children's book about mission from 1885, emphasizing the photos and various countries highlighted found here:
http://www.archive.org/stream/missionstoriesof00stroiala#page/n5/mode/2upUse the timeline of mission to locate the places in chronological order on a world map. Visit the page http://globalministries.org/mission/missionaries/ that lists our current missionaries and compare by finding on the map the location of these mission sites. Ask the group to talk about what they know about these countries. If there is time, ask the class to discuss the types of assignments the missionaries now have. Why do they seem to be different and more diverse than the jobs the first missionaries were sent to do? [From saving souls then, to humanitarian aide first, then support of growing faith now.]
Jan Aerie, Executive
Mission Education and Interpretation
Wider Church and Global Ministries
United Church of Christ
700 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115
216 736 3204
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UCC launches $300,000 Appeal for Pakistan
Torential rains and flooding that have affected Pakistan in recent weeks continue, with at an estimated 1,600 dead and 17.2 million affected. Some 1.5 million people are now homeless.
UCC is seeking funds to support the emergency relief and long-term rehabilitation initiatives of Church World Service in Pakistan. CWS is coordinating a response in a wide geographic area.
Assistance includes food and non-food relief items, emergency shelter and basic health services.
Food and non-food items to 55,500 individuals / approximately 7,500 households
Shelter kits to 17,500 individuals / 2,500 households
Health care to 26,500 individuals / approximately 3,500 households
Total: 99,000 individuals / approximately 13,500 households
How you can help Now
1. Pray for the people of Pakistan, their leaders,
and all emergency response workers.
2. Please help the people of Pakistan by sending gifts payable to your congregation marked for "Pakistan Flood Relief" with the request they be sent through your Conference office on to Wider Church Ministries.
OR
Send gifts, made out to Wider Church Ministries and marked in the memo portion "Pakistan Flood Relief" to
Wider Church Ministries; 700 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115.
OR
Make a secure online DONATION to Pakistan Flood Relief.
Thank you for your compassion and support.
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Interim Conference Minister Schedule
September 19 - Trinity United Christian, Cheney, KS
September 26 - Rosedale Congregational UCC, Kansas City, KS
September 30 and October 1-3 - Kansas-Oklahoma Conference Annual Meeting, Wichita, KS
October 10 - Puritan Congregational Christian Church, Drummond, OK
October 17 - Midland Community UCC, Nickerson, KS for their 125th Anniversary Celebration
October 18-21 - Denominational Leadership: Transitioning into an Executive Role at Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC
October 25-28 - West Central Regional UCC Conference Staff Meeting, Schuyler, NE
October 31 - First Congregational UCC, Centralia, KS and First Congregational UCC, Onaga, KS for the retirement celebration of Rev. Deanna Lewis
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K-O Conference and Associations Coming Events
Here is the link to the K-O Conference Calender
September 30 - October 1 -- CLERGY BOUNDARY TRAINING
September 30 - October 3 -- 49th ANNUAL MEETING of the K-O Conference
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-----CHURCHES IN TRANSITION-----
Cathedral of Hope, Oklahoma City, OK
Congregational UCC, Carrier, OK Rev. Gordon Epps is interim pastor.
Community Congregational UCC, Gaylord, KS Rev. Linda Kemp is interim pastor.
Fairmount UCC, Wichita, KS Rev. Monte Gravenstein is interim pastor.
Federated Church, Kingfisher, OK Rev. Sam Steele is interim pastor.
First Congregational UCC, Anthony, KS
First Congregational UCC, Centralia, KS Rev. Deanna Lewis has announced her retirement. Her last Sunday is October 31.
First Congregational UCC, Great Bend, KS Rev. Stan Crawford is interim pastor.
First Congregational UCC, Goltry, OK
First Congregational UCC, McPherson, KS Rev. Ken Stephens has announced his retirement. His last Sunday is October 3. First Congregational UCC, Onaga, KS Rev. Deanna Lewis has announced her retirement. Her last Sunday is October 31
First United Church of Christ, Newton, KS Pastor Jerry Scribner is supply pastor.
Norman UCC, Norman, OK Rev. Warren Jensen is interim pastor.
St John UCC, Baldwin City, KS Pastor Mary Lou Klein has announced her resignation effective September 26.
St. Paul UCC, Eudora, KS
United Church of the Good Shepherd, KC, KS Rev. Art Foster is supply pastor.
Zion United Church of Christ, Junction City, KS.
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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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