http://kesite.brickriver.com/news_home.aspnothing provideden-usTue, 9 Feb 2010 08:00:00 ESTTue, 9 Feb 2010 08:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=564http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=564By Susan Cooper Associate director of Marketing and Communications WICHITAmdash;Rev. Dr. Susanna Southard, a Kansas East Conference elder and professor at Phillips Theological Seminary, believes the Jewish scriptures, commonly referred to as the Old Testament, ldquo;tells us about people acting like people in the real world. Sometimes itrsquo;s messy, but thatrsquo;s what makes it real in our lives. ldquo;All of this helps us learn who we are and how we can live in this world as people of faiWed, 27 Jan 2010 13:26:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=563http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=563By Jeni Anderson Special contributor LENEXAmdash;St. Paulrsquo;s United Methodist Church in Lenexa celebrated their 25th anniversary on the weekend of Nov. 13-15. The celebration began with a jam-packed talent show, ldquo;Growing Up St. Paulrsquo;srdquo; on Friday evening. Several members of the congregation gathered to rock the house with music, magic tricks, dance and laughter. The culmination of the celebration was a single worship service on Sunday at 10 a.m. St. Paulrsquo;s children leThu, 7 Jan 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=560http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=560TOPEKAmdash;Kansas United Methodists raised more than $74,000 for the Humble United Methodist School in Uganda as a result of the Hope for Africa Childrenrsquo;s Choir tour through the state. The Kansas East Conference treasurer, Russ Hinshaw, sent $74,139.79 to the Advance Special on behalf of both Kansas conferences. Another $3,020 was mailed to the Kansas East Conference office during November, which also will be sent in. Additional donations were made directly to the Advance Special by localWed, 16 Dec 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=561http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=561By Susan Harvey Special contributor WICHITAmdash;The Kansas West Conference participants beat the Kansas East participants in the first annual walking challenge. The challenge started July 1. After the first six-week leg, which ended Aug. 12, Kansas West was ahead by a narrow margin. They had 121 walkers signed up with 19,675,814 steps or 9,837 miles. Kansas East had 142 walkers with 19,262,890 steps or 9,631 miles. Steps and mileage were tracked on the ldquo;America on the Moverdquo; Web siteWed, 16 Dec 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=559http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=559WICHITAmdash;A new wellness program launching in 2010 seeks to empower Kansas United Methodist clergy to develop and maintain healthy lifestyles, providing a solid foundation for a balanced, sustainable life of ministry. The ldquo;Clergy Wellness Program,rdquo; developed by the Kansas Area Health and Wellness Committee, is a pilot project designed to identify individual health needs and develop personalized plans to address those needs through sustainable changes in behavior. In the pilot projeTue, 15 Dec 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=558http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=558By Nancy Neelley United Methodist Communications NASHVILLEmdash;When Rev. Diana Chapel, a deacon in the Kansas East Conference, was asked about giving the shoes off her feet to a resident of the Old Peoplersquo;s Home at Gatsi in Zimbabwe, she said she couldnrsquo;t imagine being blind and walking down rocky paths in bare feet. ldquo;Our host explained this blind, elderly woman had never been seen wearing shoes,rdquo; Chapel said. ldquo;Her hugs, smiles and shouts of thankfulness brought me tWed, 9 Dec 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=557http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=557By Lisa Elliott Diehl Kansas Area Communications director WICHITAmdash;Kansas Area Bishop Scott Jones kicked off the first Nebraska-Kansas Transition Team meeting Nov. 22 in Topeka, Kan.,with a devotion about change. Jones read scripture from his iPhone, a new practice hersquo;s started because he would often leave his Bible behind when preaching at local churches around the two Kansas conferences. ldquo;The task before us is to be a nimble institution,rdquo; Jones said. ldquo;This decision Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=556http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=556LifeBridge United Methodist Church in Shawnee and Connections United Methodist Fellowship in Manhattan both celebrated their official launches on Oct. 4. More than 130 people, including 43 children, gathered at Chapel Oaks Seventh Day Adventist Church in Shawnee for the official launch service of LifeBridge United Methodist Church. The new congregation, led by Rev. Mitch Reece, started worshipping together once a month in April and has been worshipping together weekly since September. Along wiMon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=555http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=555United Methodist Communications ldquo;I work as a birth mother counselor/caseworker at a private adoption agency in San Antonio,rdquo; said 2008 Trinity University graduate Erin Shanti Smith. ldquo;I did undergraduate research on adoptions while in school and was able to use the contacts to get the job. ldquo;I enjoy the work, though sometimes it is emotionally trying. I never know what to expect. I love working with people. Getting to be a part of the adoption experience for families has toucWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=554http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=554WICHITA ndash; Bishops Ann B. Sherer-Simpson, Nebraska, and Scott J. Jones, Kansas, have announced the 21 members of the Transition Team for the new episcopal area. Team members were elected by the Nebraska Conference Common Table, Kansas East Conference Leadership Team and the Kansas West Conference Focus Team. The Transition Team will meet the first time Nov. 22 from 4-7 p.m. at Lowman United Methodist Church in Topeka. Team members from Kansas East are: Oliver Green Nancy BTue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST