Regional Minister Blog

By: Tom Stanley, Co-Regional Minister and President First, I need to apologize. Communication coming out to the districts has been slow. Becki, our new administrative assistant in the Topeka office, had two consecutive heart attacks and has been off work for several weeks. Additionally, I was out of town April 15-20 for College of Regional […]

Thoughts from your Regional Minister ArticlePublished in May 2023 Kansas MessengerWritten by: Rev. Ken Marston, Co-Regional Minister At the last regional board meeting I shared a passage of scripture from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.  It comes from the fourth chapter verses 1-5.  These verses say: “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge […]

I hope that this Lenten and Easter season have been a blessing to you all! I look forward to hearing about how it went, and how your lives were changed by this season. I spent a lot of time dealing with and pondering the Palm Sunday texts, since I was preaching at the FCC Topeka […]

Thoughts from your Regional Minister articleKansas Messenger April 2023Written by: Tom Stanley, Co-Regional Minister & President I want to ask you a question, one I have been wrestling with, “what does God require of you?” The Prophet Micah writes these words to the people of Israel in Micah chapter 6. God is laying out God’s […]

Thoughts From Your Regional Minister ArticlePublished in the March 2023 Kansas Messenger By Rev. Ken Marston, Co-Regional Minister for the Christian Church in Kansas (DOC) To all companions of The Way, who make up the communities of faith within the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Kansas, I send you greetings in the name of […]

Greetings Disciples in Kansas! I hope you have had a blessed Christmas season and have begun your journey through Epiphany with determination, faith, and hope in and with Jesus the Christ! This month is my sixth month serving as your Co-Regional Minister! I have visited nearly forty congregations in those six months, some several times. […]