http://kesite.brickriver.com/news_home.aspnothing provideden-usSat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:00 ESTSat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=572http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=572TOPEKAmdash;Kansas Area Bishop Scott Jones announced on March 17, 2010, staffing changes for the Kansas East Annual Conference. Russ Hinshaw, formerly treasurer and director of administrative services, resigned March 16 and left employment of the annual conference to pursue other opportunities. Jones and Rev. Dr. Felix Burrows, president of the Council on Finance and Administration, briefed CFA members at their meeting March 17. The council voted to accept Hinshawrsquo;s resignation. The bishoWed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=571http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=571Rev. Dr. Pamela D. Couture and Rev. Rudy Rasmus will be calling Annual Conference members to focus on poverty at the 2010 Kansas East Annual Conference June 9-12 at United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood. Couture is vice president for academic affairs and dean and professor of practical theology at Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Mo. Under her leadership, the contextual education program at Saint Paul has been redesigned to expect students to learn in and from the Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=570http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=570By Rev. Gesner Paul On behalf of the Methodist Church in Haiti and the Haitian people, we thank you. Thank you all for your outpouring of love, support and Christian brotherhood in our great hour of need. Haiti has suffered a great tragedy, and to rebuild, recover and strengthen, it will take us all. You have kept us in your prayers, and we are grateful. You have sent donations through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). We thank you for your generosity. You have expressed your sTue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=569http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=569By Kathryn Witte Director of Nebraska Area Communications LINCOLN, NEmdash;ldquo;Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive itrdquo; With this reading from Isaiah 43, Nebraska Area Bishop Ann Sherer-Simpson opened the second meeting of the Episcopal Area Transition Team. The team is tasked with determining the best way to merge the Kansas and Nebraska areas, which was directed by vote of the South CeMon, 8 Mar 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=568http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=568By Susan Cooper Associate director of Communications WICHITAmdash;When the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, two United Methodist missionaries from Kansas were in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Joe and Shirley Edgerton had lived on La Gonacirc;ve, an island of Haiti west of Port-au-Prince, for two years as long-term volunteers through the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM). They ended their term and came back to the United States in 2009. But they returned to HaitWed, 3 Mar 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=566http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=566By Susan Cooper Associate director of Marketing and Communications Recently, author Rev. Dr. Paul Nixon provided 10 ldquo;cluesrdquo; to designing effective, relevant ministry. He addressed ldquo;Designing ministry for (and with) your communityrdquo; at the 2010 Kansas Area Professional Ministry Seminar. The first five clues are in Part 1. Here are the second five clues. Clue 6: Tradition, liturgy and blended are not dirty words. There is a deep hunger for the ancient. ldquo;rsquo;BlendedrFri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=565http://www.kansaseast.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=565By Susan Cooper Associate director of Marketing and Communications WICHITAmdash;ldquo;Sometimes the name of the game is just finding out whatrsquo;s going on.rdquo; Rev. Dr. Paul Nixon believes effective ministry hinges on relevancy to the community. He addressed ldquo;Designing ministry for (and with) your communityrdquo; at the 2010 Kansas Area Professional Ministry Seminar Jan. 11-14 in Wichita. Nixon is a part-time pastor at Epicenter Church in Washington, D.C., and author of ldquo;FindiTue, 16 Feb 2010 12:00:00 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 EST