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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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Greetings from WMC!
Autumn is in the air here at camp, the nights are cool and the days are warm but, not too hot. The hay is bailed and the hay maze is almost complete. Fall flowers can be spotted all around the camp. We have showy-wand goldenrod growing in an area at camp. It is very rare to find this plant in our area. This was found by Jeff Hansen from K-State and it is just starting to bloom. Seed samples will be gathered from this plant and logged on the books at K-State and nurtured to help it spread. Leaves will be starting to change soon and turn camp into a wonderful display of God's color wheel.
If you have a chance, come out and see the glory of God's work. We have left the boat in for a few more weeks for tours of the lake to fully enjoy the show.
Some of the great fall activities out here at camp include: boat tours, hiking, and disc golf, and bird watching, meditation along one of the many secluded coves, spending time at Vespers point, Observation Tower, Star Gazing, butterfly watching, playing outside on the playground, hay rack riding, enjoying a picnic outside the Dining Hall, and the Octoberfest Event the second weekend of October. If you are interested in participating in such an activity or another please call before coming out to make sure there is not a group on camp and to reserve a driver for your boating activity or hay rack ride.
Octoberfest
October 9 - 10, 2010
2:00pm - 6:00pm
A come and go event. Local area crafters showing off their talents and selling their goods in the dining hall. Activities include: Face painting, Hay maze, Hay rides, Hiking, Boating, Bobbing for Apples, Cake Walk, Haunted Building, Pumpkin Carving, Outdoor Cooking, Arts and Crafts, and other activities as well.
(If you are a crafter and would like to participate in the show let me know. There is not a charge for booth space and you can stay overnight at camp free of charge; food is not provided. Donations for participation in the arts and crafts show are welcomed and appreciated.)
We need the following items for the Octoberfest: Volunteers to run the different areas at camp. Pumpkins for pumpkin carving, apples, cookies, cakes, cupcakes for the cake walk. Fog machines, black plastic, scary costumes or decorations for the haunted building, people to help decorate the haunted building and work that area. Money is always welcome to help purchase supplies and things for this event.
Other Upcoming events at WMC:
October 8 - 10 Unitarian - Universalist Regional Cluster Retreat
October 15 - 16 Spiritual Retreat - Open to all
Hosted by the First United Methodist Church of Manhattan
October 22 - 23 Teachers RCD workshop
October 29, 30 makeup date for Octoberfest
November 5 - Rainbow Camp
December 28 - January 1 Holiday Camp - Open to all ages 3rd - 12th Grade
For more information on any of these events or to schedule your own event please call the camp 620-767-5165
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TAKE BACK the Season: Advent Devotionals 2010
from the UCC Writer's Group
"I like Epiphany, I respect Lent, I wish we did Eastertide more
and better, but it's Advent that I love."
"Blessed Spirit, you who nudge us home, even if we are not
normal, draw near, and when the pastor says we can't sing the
Christmas songs till Advent is over, let us start humming them."
"It's almost Christmas Eve and I ask you, 'What exile are you bringing home for Christmas?'"
"God will always love you. It's a gift. Your Christmas gift. Open it and live."
Devotionals from the UCC Writer's Group plus a special bonus 2010 Advent Calendar, with simple suggestions for taking back the season every day.
Click on the price link above for details.
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Prayers of Joy
LUCY JANE was born Aug. 25th at 11:54 pm.
She was 6 lbs. 13 oz. and 20.5 inches long.
Parents Rev. Valerie and Ben Miller Coleman of Lawrence, KS
report that Lucy is a bundle of sweetness.
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K-O Conference Prayer Calendar
Faith UCC, Wichita, KS- Pastor Nancy Phipps and Congregation
First Salem, Wichita, KS - Pastor John Werner & Pastor Myra Sorrell and Congregation
Pilgrim Congregational, Wichita, KS - Rev. Ruth Bradshaw and Congregation
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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 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
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