Regional Minister Blog

Thoughts from your Regional Minister By: Steve Martin I’m recently responding to folks with “Yes, I am back!”  Yes, the 100-day adventure in Omaha’s medical world ended on January 23.  Yes, it was rough.  Yet, we believe it did the trick and I am gaining strength and soon my endurance will return, too.  I will […]

Thoughts From Your Regional Minister By: Ken MarstonPublished in the January issue of the Kansas Messenger Endings and Beginnings. Two experiences that we all have throughout our lives. How we navigate these experiences can determine whether these are good positive events, or if they are negative events that strain the relationships in our lives. A […]

Thoughts from your Regional Minister By: Renee Bridwell After college in Oklahoma, I was a local youth minister, sponsor for the Regional Youth Cabinet, director and counselor for CYF conference, etc. – and the soundtrack for those years was Michael W. Smith’s Friends are Friends Forever. I no longer recall the rest of the words, […]

Thoughts From Your Regional Minister By Renee BridwellKansas Messenger, November 2019 I want to live in a friendly world, a friendly world, a friendly world;I want to live in the kind of world that’s kind to folks like me.If I run short of a cup of milk and my next door neighbor’s in,I want to […]

October Thoughts from your regional minister By Steve Martin I shared with Girard First Christian Church, “I wish you could walk in my shoes!” If you could walk in my shoes, you would recognize the Body of Christ at work throughout the Kansas Region. Here are only a few of these: I so much appreciate […]

Thoughts for your Regional Minister By: Ken Marston From time to time, church leaders ask what can be done to help their congregation grow. That question doesn’t have a simple answer, or one that will fit every situation. Part of the reason is that the community in which each congregation resides is different. Some are […]