By Rev. Tom Stanley, Co-Regional MinisterWritten for November 2022 issue of the South Central district Communicator Rev. Dr. Lisa Davison, the Johnnie Eargle Cadieux Professor of Hebrew Bible at Phillips Theological Seminary, translated Micah 6:8 a little differently than we have read before. Let these words touch your heart. “The LORD has told you, O […]
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November: The Season of Gratitude
By Rev. Ken Marston, Co-Regional Minister“Thoughts from your Regional Minister” Kansas Messenger article published November 2022. November. The eleventh month of the year. Daylight savings time ends. The weather is turning colder. Advent is almost upon us, but before we get there, Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a holiday designed to make us pause, take a breath, […]
October is Pastor Appreciation Month
Thoughts from your Regional MinisterBy Tom Stanley, Co Regional Minister & PresidentPublished in October 2022 Kansas Messenger October is Pastor’s Appreciation Month. I am very grateful to all who have answered God’s call to serve in the congregational setting, the chaplaincy, regional ministry, general church units, and all the non-traditional settings where pastors serve. Thank you […]
Summer Camp 2022 Taking Shape
Thoughts From Your Regional MinisterBy Ken Marston, Co-Regional Minister, Interim Regional President This past weekend I had the honor and privilege to sit in on the Summer Camp program meeting. This meeting’s purpose was to help orient and train this year’s Camp Directors and Camp Chaplains. As I looked around the table and listened to […]
A Lenten Prayer
Thoughts From Your Regional Minister By Larry Ross, Interim Co-Regional Minister As we enter Lent this year bruised by our battle with COVID, aghast at the horrific war in Ukraine, and aware that none of the many injustices in our own part of the world have been resolved. I have always found that Ash Wednesday […]
Valuing the wellbeing of others and valuing personal freedom
Thoughts from your Regional Minister As 2022 begins, regional leadership is wrestling with how to go forward considering ever-changing COVID-19 infection rates. By Rev Ken Marston, Co-Regional Minister and Interim PresidentAs published in the February 2022 issue of the Kansas Messenger On the one hand, we human beings are social creatures that need to be […]