By the time you read this it will be very close to the start of the Kansas State Fair outreach. The fair is September 10th – 19th. We have rented an outdoor space and will be doing the horse shoe ministry there every day from 9a.m. – 7:30p.m. We hand stamp people’s name on horseshoes [...]
Eva Wilson is associate editor of The Baptist Digest, newsjournal of the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists. John Minor (right) preached the final sermon in his full-time ministry career on Sunday, June 27. Minor had served at Woodland Baptist Church in north Wichita for 17 years. The service also marked the end of Woodland’s 45-year [...]
In the New Testament, new churches sprung up in areas where evangelism and outreach had been occurring. We have been following this pattern in the Heart of Kansas Association area. Men and women with an evangelistic zeal have gone into areas that were in need of additional evangelistic effort. As a result, we have seen [...]
We all know that the first step toward health and growth in our churches is spiritual health. There is no strategy or process that is going to overcome hardness of heart toward God or our fellow believers. How often is the real spiritual work of God hindered because we are unwilling to forgive? Has there [...]
5th Annual Fall Two-Person Scramble Registration Form Golf Tournament Charley Powell, Tournament Director Saturday, October 9, 2010 – Hesston Golf Park Tee Time: 1:00 PM (check-in 12:00 – 12:30) Cost $40.00/person (includes: golf, cart, range balls, prizes & food afterwards) Flighted by score – approx 8 teams/flight – Following golf there will be an awards [...]
As we start a new wMu year, “Unhindered!” is our theme for 2010-2012. Our scripture passage is from Hebrews 12:1-11 NIV. Our Watchword is “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with [...]
This summer we have had several mission teams work at the Set Free house. Most of the mudding and taping is done and all rooms except the lower bathrooms and kitchens have been textured. Just a little more mudding and taping and we will be able to start installing the cabinets and then the flooring. [...]
The River Fest will be changing dates and possibly locations for 2011. The dates are June 3rd – 11th. Our outreach will be start on Thursday evening June 9th and end Saturday evening June 11th. Please put that on your calendar and please lift this outreach to our Lord in prayer.
God continues to bless us in this ministry. We see many lives changed at JDF and at the Boy’s ranch. Also one of our church members is ministering at the Spartan Lake Side academy where he is able to touch lives with the Gospel. I recently got clearance to help at Spartan. The ranch has [...]
The 4th of July picnic went great! We were able to serve 200 people thanks to all who helped including Sharon Baptist Church, wMu, Mike & Cathy Morgan and John McGregor. If you have any old backpacks that you would like to donate to help kids who are going back to school, please give me [...]
It’s not too early to start praying about going on an evangelistic mission trip next year. Each year we take a group to an evangelistic event the day before the Rose Bowl parade. We usually leave on December 30th and return January 1st. Each year we see many lives changed and people touched by the [...]
The Men’s Ministry of Country Acres Baptist Church would like to invite all men of the HOKSBA churches and their guests to: FATHER/SON CONFERENCE FINDING JOY IN CRISIS – God’s Help & Direction for Husbands, Fathers, and Sons Saturday, October 23 at CABC 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Guest Speaker: Brad Russell, author of Proud of [...]
One way to motivate mission participation is to share success stories. We have seen a great surge in participation and interest in missions and church planting the past two years in the Heart of Kansas. I would love to take some time at church meetings, small groups, or Sunday school classes to share these updates [...]
Regardless of whether you have taught for a few months or for several decades, preparing the weekly lesson is an act of obedience on the part of the teacher. If we are not careful, we can approach our preparation lightly. One result will be a failure to bring everything to the students whom God has [...]
The South Broadway Baptist Church is auctioning off its building on September 25, 2010 at noon. The building is located at 8552 S. Broadway, Haysville, KS. Call Wayne Trimmell at 316-721-4460 for more information.
Heart of Kansas men, we have two real opportunities for the fall ministry this year. First of all is the Bigger Breakfast Sept. 25. Complete information can be found at www.bmen.net/biggerbreakfast.org. The information includes “Southern Baptist men in the United States and Canada will be joining Baptist Men in Europe and Africa on September 25, [...]
This year at the River Fest outreach we tried a new ministry. Two Cowboy Church planters and their wives came from North Carolina to Wichita to help us with this ministry. They had shipped me 1,000 horse shoes with John 3:16 stamped on either end. We borrowed 2 anvils and stands and set up a [...]
Our Good Neighbor Centers are still touching lives in our community through benevolent ministries. We have seen many of the people coming to our centers give their lives to Christ. Our GNCs are in need of funds and food to meet the needs in our community. The needs in Wichita are continually growing and all [...]
Gambling in the State of Kansas and Missouri is becoming and epidemic. If you have a loved one caught up in the excitement of gambling, you need to make sure that their name is taken off all deeds and any money accounts and credit cards. We are dealing with people who have lost everything due [...]
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