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KANSAS-OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
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K-O e-NEWS
March 13, 2013
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  Global Ministries is excited to announce that you can now support Global Ministries through the shopping you already do on amazon.com. Just by starting your Amazon shopping through this link and shopping as you normally would, Global Ministries will receive 4-6.5% of the final amount at no cost to you.
There is nothing to join, nothing to download, no toolbars that slow down your computer, and your purchases are anonymous.
To make it even easier, we suggest bookmarking the page once you click the link, so that you can make sure to use it every time you shop.
So when you buy supplies like these for Sunday School
You'll be creating opportunities like this
Questions? Please contact Global Ministries Resource Development at gifts@dom.disciples.org or (317) 713-2555.
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 JustHope
Creating global partnerships, combating poverty, nurturing sustainable community...
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Hardware Store Transforms into General Store
The Dreaming Together Hardware Store (Soņando Juntos Ferreteria) was dreamed into being by the 30 women  who founded "Mujeres Unidas," JustHope's first women's microcredit project. It opened in January 2011 with a 'social-business' start-up loan from JustHope. As a 'social business,' both the repayment of the loan, and any profits the project earns, go directly into the microcredit 'bank' to make more loans possible for more women!
Dreaming Together ended both its first and second years "in the black"! Sales during the dry season when groups come to help build homes were strong both years, but the rainy winter season was difficult as the Ferreteria had to depend solely on local sales.
So... hoping toward stronger sales and greater self-sustainability,
the Ferreteria added "and Tienda" to its name in January 2013, and expanded the line of products it carries. It now sells basic grains like beans, rice, corn, and sugar; and special food and supplies for the many women who are raising pigs. Soon they will be adding school supplies to their inventory; along with fertilizers for the spring planting. Ideas for future expansion include used clothing, and a small "cafetin" where people can get a simple meal when they are away from home. Selling these new products will not only increase the viability of the Ferreteria/Tienda, and add new dollars to the micro-credit bank -- it will save the people of Chacraseca the cost and time of going to Leon for the items they need.
Dreaming Together... it's something the people of Chacraseca do well! And the growing Soņando Juntos Ferreteria and Tienda is helping those dreams come true!
There are several ways, you can partner with the women of Soņando Juntos to help grow the future! You can make donations of tools for the Ferreteria or school supplies and kitchen items to the Tienda! Or you can donate the funds to help Soņando Juntos add new products to its inventory! Visit our website or email us for more information!
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At the 2012 annual meeting someone asked a question about race and how the KO Conference might begin to look at the changing demographics and address these questions. Here's a resource to start the conversation. Sacred Conversation on Race Guide
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KS-OK WOMEN SPRING CELEBRATION DAY
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"SHARING AN ABIDING HOPE"
(Don't Hide Yours Under Your Outrageous Easter Bonnet!)
ALL KS-OK Women invited to attend -
and KS Disciples Women, too!
Spring Celebration Day on Saturday, MARCH 23rd
Immanuel UCC - Ellinwood, KS
Pre-Register/ RSVP by March 13th...
(wwnanner@gmail.com or 316-706-0263 or 620-564-2448)
Come sign in at 9:30 a.m., crazy spring HAT and all!
$11.00 covers lunch and materials.
Day's program and agenda concludes approx. 2:30 p.m.
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Local Church Support Staff
This is for YOU!
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Sometimes, a church office is a MINE FIELD where a small step in the wrong direction can cause a HUGE explosion! Rev. David Moffett-Moore, author of Wind and Whirlwind, will teach support staff how stay light under the massive weight of church office stress and find the pathways back to peace on Saturday, April 6th.
Learn more about this and other exciting workshops at the Annual Conference designed especially for Church Office Support Staff!
 The Illinois Conference invites you to the 2013 Annual Conference of the United Church of Christ Office Support Staff Network, a national organization dedicated to hardworking people supporting the ministries all across the United Church of Christ.
This event will be held
April 4-6, 2013
at the Wyndham Hotel in Lisle, Illinois.
This year's theme is "The Sky's the Limit." The Planning Committee has been dedicated to planning a meaningful event that offers our peers much needed care and nurturing on many facets, with the sky as our limitless boundary of opportunity.
Additionally, we have planned time for networking, fellowship and fun, which can be the most important part of the event for some. Many church secretaries work alone in their church offices, and the relationships built during these conferences provide connections to a wealth of additional experience and knowledge from people that are in the very same settings.
Click here for more information and registration.
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Tulsa Area UCC Clergy Meeting
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The UCC Clergy of the Tulsa Area of the
K-O Conference will gather on
Thursday, April 11 at 11:30 at Phillips Theological Seminary
in support of the UCC seminary students.
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Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 9:00am - 3:00pm
FaithLife Connections is designed to help laypeople develop
the tools to connect faith with daily life.
Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 9:00am - 3:00pm
TWO PROGRAMS AVAILABLE
 Hillside Christian Church
8330 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67206
Phone: 316-683-6577
Program Presenter: Susanna Southard
"Eat, Drink, and Be Married: Five Festival
Scrolls from Jewish and Christian Perspectives
 Community Christian Church 4601 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64112 Phone: 816-561-6531 Program Presenter: Dr. Richard Ward
"Empowering the Body of Christ Through Storytelling"
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"Ecology, Ethics and Community"
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The Theologian in Residence / Visiting Scholar in Religion programs (TIR/VSIR) bring national figures to Lawrence for conversation around the intersection of religion and society. These community-wide events are hosted by the Ecumenical Campus Ministries, with the partnership of many local faith groups and parishes. The theme of "Ecology, Ethics, and Community." will be discussed at the next program.
Featuring Dr. Larry Rasmussen from Union Theological Seminary.
To find out more about the "Ecology, Ethics and Community" events, please CLICK HERE
Ecumenical Campus Ministries
Practicing compassion, exploring faiths, building community!
1204 Oread Ave
Lawrence KS 66044
(785) 843-4933
www.ecmku.org
Chris Worley, ECM Promotions Intern
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Kansas Ecumenical Ministries (KEM) to Change Name to: 
As part of a broader effort to communicate KEM's mission of networking diverse Christians, congregations, and denominations more clearly in today's world, the KEM Leadership Team is proud to announce that KEM is changing its name to Kansas Christians United.
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- Community Church, Partridge, KS - Rev. Sam Askew and Congregation
- Pilgrim UCC, Wichita, KS - Rev. Ruth Bradshaw and Congregation
- Mark VanDorn - Vice President of the K-O Conference
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UCC CALENDAR OF PRAYER
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K-O CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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Link to
the K-0
Calendar
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Mar 23, 2013 K-O Women Spring Celebration Day
9:30 AM - 2:30PM Immanuel UCC - Ellinwood, KS
Apr 11, 2013 The UCC Clergy of the Tulsa Area of the K-O Conference will gather at 11:30 at Phillips Theological Seminary in support of the seminary UCC students.
Apr 19 - 20, 2013 - Brueggemann Lectures 9:00a.m.-12:30 p.m. Host Church: First Christian Church, 220 South Webster, Norman, OK
Apr 20, 2013 - United in Celebration - hosted by an association of
western and central Kansas Oklahoma Conference Churches at
St Peter's UCC in Inman ~~ 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Lunch included.
Details to follow.
May 5, 2013 - 4:00pm - Installation of Pastor Dennis Ureche at
St. Peter's UCC, Inman, KS
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We know there is a lot of things going on around the Conference. Let us
know. If you have something you want to share, please send it to us at kofocus@yahoo.com
Additionally, if you have a committee meeting coming up, please let us know.
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K-O CONFERENCE MINISTER'S SCHEDULE
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Mar 13 - 15: Conference Minister and Collegium Retreat,
Henderson, Indiana
Mar 19 - Annual Meeting Planning Committee
Mar 21 - Open Table UCC, Owasso, OK
Mar 24 - Rosedale UCC, Rosedale, KS
Apr 3-5 - Pension Board Meeting in New York
April 6 - General Synod Delegates Orientation
April 9 - COM Subcommittee D (Discernment)
April 11 - Outdoor Ministries Meeting
April 12 - COM Subcommittee A (Authorization)
April 14 - Preaching at Fairmount UCC, Wichita
April 19 - COM Subcommittee C (Churches)
April 21 - Preaching at Plymouth UCC, Lawrence
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K-O CHURCHES IN TRANSITION
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Central Congregational UCC, Topeka, KS Carrier Congregational UCC, Carrier, OK Crosswalk United Church, Enid, OK First Congregational UCC, Great Bend, KS First Congregational UCC, Manhattan, KS First Congregational UCC, McPherson, KS First Congregational UCC, Stockton, KS Open Table UCC, Owasso, OK Zion UCC, Junction City, KS. |
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Edith Guffey, Conference Minister
Kansas-Oklahoma Conference
1245 Fabrique
Wichita, KS 67218
800-880-6466
Sara Shaw, Camp Director
1271 South 1050 Road
Council Grove, KS 66846-8520
620-767-5165 (Camp Office)
620-202-0311(Cell)
Nancy A. Wolfe, Conference Communications Coordinator
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