Annual Meeting Agenda 

 

SPECIAL NOTE: PLENARY SESSIONS ARE STREAMING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

The Kansas-Oklahoma Conference Annual Meeting will convene on Friday afternoon October 14th at 1:45 P.M. and will adjourn no later than 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 15th.

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Pre-Meetings

For those registered for Boundary training, the first session begins at 6pm on Thursday, October 13th.

Combined Committee on Ministry, A & D, and Members in Discernment Lunch

Friday Afternoon

  • We filled the potholes in the church parking lot, why aren’t more people coming to church?

    • Bobbie Henderson and Eve Kendall

  • Rebuilding the Church through Relational Connections

    • Emilee Bounds, ACTION Tulsa Organizer

  • Care for Each Other in a Trauma-Filled World

    • Rev. Dr. Mary Schaller Blaufuss, Eden Theological Seminary

  • You Are Not Alone

    • Eric Litwiller, Director of Development and Communications, Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas 

4:00 - 5:00 Official Call to Order

  • Business Session

5:00 - 6:00pm Meet & greet, visit exhibits, etc.

Friday Dinner 6:00 - 7:00 pm 

Sharing of Grants awarded to Congregations  

Presentations from:

Kansas Interfaith Alliance

Back Bay Mission


Friday Evening

  • 7pm: Worship, Preacher: Rev. Jacob (not Jason) Poindexter, Senior Minister, Wichita UCC (watch on Facebook Live)

Saturday, October 15th - Plenary Sessions Streaming on Facebook Live.

Saturday Morning

  • 8:00 am Breakfast sponsored by Phillips Theological Seminary

     9:00 - 9:45 Plenary Presentation 

    • "Finding Hope and Healing in the Unpredictable" 

      Rev. Aizaiah Yong Ph.D., Interim Associate Dean of Students, Assistant Professor of Spirituality,  

      Claremont School of Theology

9:45-10:00 Break

     10:00- 10:45 Plenary Presentation

    • “The Science of Hope and Well-Being” at 10:00am

      Mr. Christopher Freeze, whose professional career includes work as a Special Agent with the FBI, as well as the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services  

     10:45 - 11:45 Hope & Healing Panel Discussion

Rev. Yong and Christopher Freeze, moderated by Ms. Emilee Bounds


Saturday Afternoon

  • 11:45 - 12:00 Break

  • 12:00 Lunch and Recognitions

      • Ordination and Church Anniversaries

        Introduction of Authorized Ministers New to KO and Members in Discernment (MIDs)

  • Closing and Sending Forth