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Summer missionaries played a major role this summer in advancing Hispanic work in Kansas and Nebraska. The Hispanic summer missionaries included 10 from Puerto Rico and nine from Rio Grande Bible Institute in Edinburg, Texas. Summer missionaries from RGBI have been serving in Kansas-Nebraska for several years. Abraham Arevalo, Hispanic church-planter strategist in Wichita, Kan., and his wife, Ester, are 1993 graduates of Rio Grande Bible Institute. They help recruit summer missionaries from RGBI. Several of these former summer missionaries from RGBI are now serving Kansas-Nebraska Southern Baptist churches. Among them are Carlos and Vickie Carren of Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida in Wichita, Kan., and Axel Centano, pastor of Iglesia Bautista Vida Abundante in Emporia, Kan. The Puerto Rican summer missionary connection began developing in 2011 when four young men came from Glenview Baptist Church in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Abraham Arevalo is friends with a staff member of the Baptist convention in Puerto Rico. This connection has helped re-

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cruit summer missionaries from Puerto Rico to serve in KNCSB. These summer missionaries are sent through the North American Mission Board. Two groups of Hispanic summer missionaries worked on laying the ground work for new Hispanic ministries in Hastings and Lincoln, Neb. Four Puerto Ricans served in Hastings. Two Puerto Rican summer missionaries served in Lincoln along with one student from Rio Grande Bible Institute. The other four Puerto Rican summer missionaries worked in Wichita, Kan., with the three Hispanic churches there. Summer missionaries from Rio Grande Bible Institute worked in a wide geographic area from northeast Nebraska to southwest Kansas. In Garden City, Kan., they helped lead an outreach Vacation Bible School in the park at Richardson Zoo. The VBS attracted a high attendance of 150 children. All but two of the Hispanic summer missionaries helped with Hispanic Super Summer June 18-22 at Webster Conference Center, Salina, Kan. Two of the Puerto Ricans stayed in Lincoln, Neb., to lead outreach Bible studies that had just been started.

Newsjournal Of Kansas and Nebraska Southern Baptists

August 2012

Summer Missionaries Play Key Roles in Hispanic Outreach

Campers at KNCSB Hispanic Summer Summer 2012 gathered on the stage to sing enthusiastic praises to God. The annual camp for Hispanic students was held June 18-22 at Webster Conference Center, Salina, Kan. It kicked off the KNCSB summer youth camps. (Below left) Afternoon classes during Hispanic Super Summer helped equip campers to go home and serve in their churches. In this class they learned the basics of playing musical instruments such as the guitar, drums and piano. Hispanic Super Summer attracted more than 130 people who came from as far away as northeast Nebraska and the Oklahoma Panhandle. Daniel Puerto, another graduate of RGBI, was the camp pastor. He is a pastor in California, Mo., and a student at Midwestern Seminary, Kansas City, Mo. I dont want you to waste your life, Puerto told campers. I want you to use your life for the glory of God. In 25 years, one in three people in the United States will be Hispanic, he said. Where will you be? Dream big for Christ.

From September, 2011 through June, 2012 we have received $183,654.41. Continue to pray that, in the closing days of this offering period, we might reach our goal.
I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest

Viola Webb Missions Offering Goal $205,000

50% Funds Local Associational Missions While 50% Funds KNCSB Missions Efforts

The Thought Occurred to Me

By Bob Mills
KNCSB Executive Director E-mail: bmills@kncsb.org

KNCSB Life

Walking With the Master

By Georges Boujakly
KNCSB State Director of Missions E-mail: gboujakly@kncsb.org

First of all, I want to thank everyone for your prayers and concern during my recent health issues. It seems that my health issues were a result of medications. All health systems seem to be working fine at this point. Once again, I want to say thank you for your concern. The bivocational pastor is the unsung hero in Southern Baptist life. These pastors are working fulltime in the market place while pastoring (successfully I might add) a church. The bivocational pastor has to have good time management skills to juggle family, marketplace job and ministry. These pastors basically live in a world of two careers and one calling. For the bivocational pastor, their mission field is their marketplace. I am reminded of William Carey. Carey was considered to be the father of the modern mission movement, as he was a shoe cobbler in India. While serving as a shoe cobbler, he began to meet and

develop relationships with the indigenous people. That is exactly what happens today among our bivocational ministers. When I was in seminary, if someone aspired to be a bivocational pastor, it was as if he were signing up to be a second-class citizen in ministry or he knew he did not have what it took to be a fully funded pastor. That could not be further from the truth. Bob Mills Bivocational pastors in many ways are the backbone of our Convention. Some years ago, a friend of mine, Dr. Dale Holloway, did some extensive research on the

effectiveness of bivocational pastors in midsize and smaller churches and found that there was basically no difference in significant growth markers in comparison to fully funded pastors of the same size churches. I want to express my deep appreciation to our bivocational pastors in Nebraska and Kansas.

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Living and Hoping Life-hope=despair, decay, and death. Life+hope=growth, transformation, Christ-likeness. We cannot live without hope. We thrive in hope. Those who cultivate hope live lives that are changed by the object of their hope: King Jesus. Christians, of all people, have Jesus to hope in. This hope in Jesus transforms us to the point that people desire to know the reason for our hope and our transformation. Thepresence of the Holy Spirit flows from us to sow love andfaith. They hope in God, love mercy, act justly toward others, and walk humbly with God (Micah 6:8). Hope transforms us from ordinary human beings to trustful lovers of God and our neighbors in Georges Boujakly imitation of Christ. We often hear, shortly after a person dies: He lost hope. We also hear of a husband or a wife dying shortly after losing a spouse. She lost hope. He died from a broken heart (code for losing hope). Studies correlating an early grave with the absence of hope abound. We have all known the paralysis or stagnation when hope takes a dive in our lives. What do lovers of God do to cultivate hope that makes a difference in the way they live? Where is such a hope to be found? What is its source? Hope is a gift from God hand delivered to us in Christ. From the Fountain of Hope springs our faith and flows our love (Colossians 1:3-6). When we live in hope, being assured of a good future, we are enabled to live a life full of love (for God, ourselves, and others) and trust (in God, in others, in ourselves). The Holy Spirit empowers to die, live and have our being, rule, and return with and in Christ. Allow me to flesh this out a bit. When Jesus died his followers die with him (Colossians 3:3). Paul said: I have died with Christ We are dead but our lives are hidden with Christ in God. The mystery here, that which we cannot explain is that in dying on

the cross Jesus took away our sin. In that very death, we also diedwith him to our sin. His death dealt a death blow to our sinfulness. We must learn to live in that reality. The other pseudo reality we hear: we are still under the power of sin is a false rumor from the underworld. My sin, O the bliss of this glorious thought! My sin, not in part but the whole, is nailed to the cross and I bear it not more. Praise the Lord, O my soul. Herein is our power to die in imitation of Jesus! When Jesus rose from the dead we also rose with him. Colossians 2:12 states: When you were buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him though faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. Another mystery driving us to our knees! Not only are we delivered to a changed life by the death of Jesus, but also by the life of Jesus. This is the life he promised to share with us when we are baptized into the Trinitarian gospel of God (see Romans 5:9-10; Matthew 28:18-20). Imagine! The power of God that raised Jesus from the dead resides in us. The net effects of this are that old things die and new things are born in us (2 Corinthians 5:17). Humans living in sin have a chance to become an extinct species! The things of earth grow strangely dim to us but the things of God shine like the sun. This transformation is not momentary. Its continuous and eternal. Its from God and is freely given at our baptism. The balance of our lives is lived in this resurrection reality. We wear the new garments of life and dispose of the garments of death (Colossians 3:10). Herein is our power to live in imitation of Jesus in that we rose with Jesus! When Jesus ascended to sit at the right hand of his
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Father, we were seated with him. Colossians 3:1 commands: Set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right of God. This is the mystery of the reign of God in and though us. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We bind and we loose because we rule with him in the heavenly places(Ephesians). To sit at the right hand means to share in the reign of God. Jesus is the King and Lord of his kingdom who has finished his redemptive work. In him we participate in the completion of that which he started. Our work is not in vain because he rules the world. Every knee will bow to him because he is King Jesus. This is our gospel. This is our plea, this is the hope we offer the world. This is our life, hidden in Christ, risen with Christ. Herein is our power to rule our lives in the world under King Jesus who is in charge. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory (Colossians 3:4). We await this. We hope. We are changed by him who gives substance to this hope, this assured future with Christ.Brothers and sisters, we dont know yet what we will be like. But we know that when he appears we will be like him in all ways (1 John 3:2-3). This captivating mystery, though unfathomed by us, empowers and transforms us. Herein is our power to renew our strength, to run the race of life and not be weary, the soar like eagles and not faint. We are Christ followers who wisely live from the source of hope which springs eternal into love and trust empowered by the Holy One of God in whom we live and have our being.
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By Jon Sapp

Gods Plan for Sharing

Sharing & Strengthening

We could not have had a better experience. Local Kingmanites in restaurants and the small shops knew the team. I learned how they were connecting to the community by serving as sponsors of a junior high summer event. I witnessed locals coming up to visit with them and bringing food by the church for the Launch Party. All of this demonstrated the power of positive relationJon Sapp ships in our small town communities. In addition to the day-to-day presence of the team, CrossPoint Church in Hutchinson, Kansas has partnered with Keith to support this new church plant. The Launch Party, held on the Saturday night before the Sunday launch was staffed by the CrossPoint student ministry. Not only did these students serve food, manage the block party equipment and provide an excellent concert with a local Christian rap artist, I watched these kids prayer walking Kingman before and after the Launch Party. Local day to day presence of a church planting team partnered with a church that supports and participates in the plant have to be two elements God can use to establish a new church. (See Related Story Below) My second opportunity of the summer is a web tool. Every fall we have hundreds of our recent high school graduates head off to college. For some, getting connected to a new church or campus ministry has been easy. For others, that just did not happen. This summer Brad Simmons, Church Planting Catalyst for Heart of Kansas Association, helped develop a simple tool to collect contact information for churches and campus ministries. The Kansas-Nebraska Collegiate Ministry Team is making every effort to connect your graduating seniors with one of our Baptist Campus Ministries in Kansas or Nebraska. Here is the simple tool to provide us your students information. Go to: http://www.kncsb.org/ministry/ article/campus_connect/ Entering information is quick and easy. I trust taking advantage of this connecting tool will help this years college freshmen discover the excellent college ministries across our two states. Opportunities for something new can be exciting. Helping new churches get started is a great way to invest the passion and energy of our collegiate ministries. Getting folks connected at just the right time is a second opportunity I want to embrace. Will you help me to get the right information into the above website? Lets celebrate what God is doing as we join with Him as we live out ways of utilizing Gods Plan for Sharing.

KNCSB State Director of Evangelism E-mail: jsapp@kncsb.org

New opportunities always catch my attention and offer a chance to grow and develop. I am always battling with the decision of going after that greener grass on the other side or being content and keeping focused on what I am doing. Options can be a blessing and a curse depending on how I manage them. Two opportunities have captured my attention this summer. Kingman, Kansas and the collegiate team working with CrossPoint Church to begin a new church was one of those opportunities I am so glad I embraced. Keith Bryant, Director of Missions for Central Association, shared his dream of using a college summer mission team to start a new church in Kingman. A church plant in Kingman is not a new idea. Several church planting attempts have been tried in the past. However, we are trusting this effort will result in a plant that remains and grows. At least two elements are different with this opportunity. First, a team of four collegiate ministry personnel are living in Kingman for nine weeks. What an investment they are making in building relationships and getting small groups started. Priscilla, my wife, and I joined with the team and spent three days in Kingman in early July.

ByTim Boyd

Along the Journey

Baptist Digest Editor E-mail: tboyd@kncsb.org

In late June, I was invited to give the opening invocation for the Fortnight for Freedom rally in Topeka, Kansas, sponsored by the Catholic Bishops of Kansas. Even Tim Boyd though we have theological differences with our Roman Catholic friends, we do share a common interest in religious liberty in the United States. So, I was happy to be included in this rally. I dont usually write out my prayers, but in this instance, I was asked to do so and did. I would like to share that prayer with you in this issue. It was a prayer for a specific occasion, but it concerns an area that requires much prayer on our part in relationship to things happening at the national level. Holy God, we come today as men and women of faith desiring to live out that faith in a way that would honor and glorify Your name. You alone, Father, are worthy of our worship, our loyalty, and our devotion. May all that we do here today magnify Your name and Your righteousness. Lord, You are the one who establishes governments among the nations. You have created our government to protect and

prosper the inhabitants of this land. You have also created it to provide freedom of worship and conscience. We are blessed to live in a land where we can follow our personal convictions in matters of faith. We are assembled here today because we fear that this freedom is eroding because of new policies put forward by our government. Our desire is to be obedient citizens as Your Son taught us. But, Father, we find ourselves at the point of being asked to make choices that would go against faith and conscience. We know that we must obey You before we would obey any earthly institution. Therefore, Father, we plead with You to intercede on our behalf with those in authority in our government. We ask that You convince them that these proposed policies would not enhance the lives of the citizens of this nation. Rather, it would force numbers of loyal citizens to go against sincerely held fundamental beliefs or disobey their government. Father, give us wisdom to act graciously and continue to love and pray for our government. Give us wisdom as to how to react to policies that would have us violate conscience. Father, give us courage to do Your will even if that goes against the policies of our nation. Father, give us courage to honor You by the choices and actions that we as believing people must follow. Father, we pray for a rebirth of freedom in our nation. May our nation return to its position as a light of freedom of conscience among the nations. Father, bless our nation and draw it back to the values upon which it was founded. Father, we offer this prayer in the name of Your precious Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Kansas-Nebraska collegiate ministries want to meet your student and provide them an opportunity to form relationships that will help them develop a life-changing walk with Jesus Christ. Go to:

http://www.kncsb.org/ministry/article/campus_connect/
and enter your contact information.

Thanks for all that your church gives to the Cooperative Program. CP is the lifeblood of missions in the Southern Baptist Convention. Frank Page who leads the SBC Executive Committee said: The fuel for a Great Commission Advance, which is what I would like for us to see happen, is the fuel of the Cooperative Program. 3

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KNCSB Life New Direction for State Youth Evangelism Conference Planned Bible Drill/Speaker for Branson Tournament
By Marie Clark

Leaders Reveal Focus for Upcoming Teacher Training

By Marie Clark
KNCSB Bible Teaching and Discipling Team Leader Email: mclark@kncsb.org

With a declining number of churches and individuals involved, it has become regrettably apparent that we need to discontinue Bible Drill/Speaker Tournament at the state level. Beginning in 2013, the KNCSB Bible Drill/Speaker Tournament, traditionally in April, will no longer be held, Marie Clark, KNCSB Bible Teaching and Discipling Team Leader recently announced. This decision came after serious discussion and evaluation over the past two years by the KNCSB Bible Drill/Speaker Tournament leadership team: Delores Hanneman, Bible Drill Coordinator; Georges Boujakly, Discipleship Director; Barbara Spicer, Administrative Assistant; and Marie Clark. Bible Drill for both children and youth is an excellent scripture memorization program. KNCSB staff will continue to support and encourage the Bible Drill/ Speaker Tournament at the church and associational levels through resources, and with training consultations if needed. The following resources are available: n Younger Childrens Bible Drill

KNCSB Bible Teaching and Discipling Team Leader Email: mclark@kncsb.org

Cycles 1- 3 and informational brochure n Childrens Bible Drill Memory Cards for Red, Blue, and Green Cycles and informational brochure n Youth Bible Drill Memory Cards for Cycles 1- 6 and informational brochure n Youth Speakers Tournament Brochure with annual topics and instructions n Judges Instructions and Score Sheets for all categories Delores Hanneman, who has served as the KNCSB Bible Drill Coordinator for the past five years, has been a great encouragement to leaders from participating churches. She has organized and conducted the state drills with effectiveness and grace. As her final act of service she finished developing the three cycles for younger children and Cycles 4-6 for youth. Delores ministry, along with the office support of Barbara Spicer, has made the annual state event a quality experience. If churches need help with Bible Drill or Speaker Tournament, they may contact Marie Clark, mclark@kncsb.org or Barbara Spicer bspicer@kncsb.org or 1-800-984-9092.

The bottom line, I think, is that we want our adults to be transformed into Christlikeness so they think and act like Christ. Youll learn simple steps to studying the Scripture and how to develop a customized teaching plan to use each week. Youll also discover principles to unleash your effectiveness as a communicator of Biblical truth and how to make a difference in the lives of your members. These words were written by David Apple and Alan Raughton, two of the trainers for adult teachers at the regional Transform Lives Through Teaching event. It will be held August 25, 8:30AM2:30PM at First Baptist Church of Raytown, Mo (Kansas City area). KNCSB and the Missouri Baptist Convention have partnered with LifeWay to bring this high-quality event to the Midwest. Marie Clark, team leader for the KNCSB Bible Teaching and Discipling Team, contacted other LifeWay trainers to get advance insight into what teachers for all ages can expect. Student leader Paul Turner responded, Those of us who work with students have to be willing to learn the language of the culture in order to help create an atmosphere where the Holy Spirit can draw students and their families to Christ. I promise not to bore you. Quite

honestly there are too many students who need to be introduced to Christ or take ownership of their faith for us to sit in a boring conference designed to help us not be boring in the Bible study hour. Bill Emeott noted that teaching children in Sunday School is more than just showing up on Sunday morning. He warned, Dont expect to sit still for this conference. We will offer hands on, use it tomorrow suggestions and practices that can transform the way you teach kids and lead them to spiritual transformation. Preschool teachers are reminded by Klista Storts that they play such an important role in building a spiritual foundation in the lives of the preschoolers they teach each week. She will include helps for Bible Teaching Games, Learning Center Ideas, Group Time Solutions, and Classroom Management. In addition to age-group teachers, Wayne Poling emphasized the importance of pastors and Sunday School leaders bringing their teachers with them. Among other things, he promised 16 practical handles for leading their Sunday School teachers to focus on transformation and teach for life-change. Go to www.lifeway.com/transform or call 1-800-254-2022 for more information or to register. Cost is $25/person; $500 church maximum.

They said to each other, Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us? Luke 24:32 Hearts On Fire is a youth evangelism conference which began in the heart of 26 year old youth pastor Scott Carter. He saw this as a way to bring youth together and present the Gospel of Jesus to them, challenging them to grow closer to Him. In 1986 the first Hearts On Fire conference was held, with a few local church groups in attendance. Over the past 25 years Hearts On Fire has grown from 150 to over 9000 attendees from 12 different states. We have seen literally thousands of teenagers come to faith in Christ and countless lives changed. The kingdom has been impacted by young men and women who have made decisions to surrender to full time ministry while attending the conference. October 2011 marked a new beginning for Hearts On Fire, with a second conference being held west of the Mississippi at the Welk Resort Theater in Branson, Missouri. There were 33 churches in attendance from five different states. We are excited and look forward to a great conference in Branson on October 26 & 27 this year, as well as the Gatlinburg Conference on November 2 & 3. Through the years Hearts on Fire has welcomed the likes of such speakers as Clayton King, Will Graham, Kirk Cameron, Tony Nolan, David Nasser, Dave Edwards, Greg Stier, Ken Freeman, Sean McDowell, Darren Whitehead, Derwin Gray and this year Ed Newton. Hearts on Fire has had concerts provided by the phenomenal music of Salvador, Todd Agnew, 33 Miles, Sanctus Real, Charlie Hall, Aaron Shusts, FEE, Third Day, David Crowder Band, Kristian Stanfill, Roger Williams & the AMUQ and in 2003 both concerts cancelled and an up and coming group filled in at the last minute, Casting Crowns. Wow, what a lineup, and this is just a few of the many who have provided us with their music. This year we are excited to have joining us the RESPECT & HONOR TOUR with FOR KING & COUNTRY, Dara Maclean and Jason Castro. Over the past 25 years we have hosted many great speakers as well as concerts and are so thankful for all

they have brought to the conference. Here are just a few testimonials about Hearts on Fire. Hearts On Fire is a top-shelf Christexalting, life-transforming, status quo-challenging, your-youth-need-this event. For 25 years HOF has scheduled anointed preachers and the very best singers and worship leaders. You can trust HOF founder and host Scott Carter. He is my dear friend and faithful prayer partner. Dr. Randy C. Davis Executive Director, Tennessee Baptist Convention Http://randycdavisbc.wordpress.com I have thousands of Youth Leaders asking me to direct them to a Conference that will really change the hearts of their students. Hearts on Fire is that Conference. Its not just money well spent its resources well invested. I say invested because you will receive a return back into all the hard work youre already doing every week in your students lives. This event transforms your students hearts to go back home and be totally into the passion and the mission of your student ministry. Tony Nolan Author/Minister http://tonynolan.org/ Hearts On Fire is an appropriately named event. In my years of involvement with this extraordinary gathering, Ive seen God set hearts ablaze in both salvations and recommitments. I couldnt think of a better event to bring your student and young adult ministry to. David Nasser D.Nasser Outreach, Inc. Lead Pastor, Christ City Church, Birmingham www.davidnasser.com/

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CHURCH LIBRARY MINISTRY CONFERENCE

September 28-29, 2012 Webster Conference Center
more information forthcoming

KNCSB on mission New Cabin Will Boost Ministry of Weir Camp

A second new cabin is now under construction at Weir Baptist Camp, 12 miles southwest of Pittsburg, Kan. Plans call for constructing four more new cabins at the camp as money becomes available. The new cabins are being constructed on the plain below the hill where the original cabins are located. Weir Baptist Camp is now more than 50 years old. Most of the original cabins were constructed during the camps early days. Volunteers from Southeast Kansas Baptist Association are joining with Volunteer Christian Builders and Kansas-Nebraska Baptist Builders in the project. Kansas-Nebraska Campers on Mission poured the slab for Bethel Cabin during their April 2012 work project at the camp. Volunteer Christian Builders, based in Texas, arrived in mid-May to frame the cabin. Kansas-Nebraska Baptist Builders came later to install the electrical wiring. This was the fourth joint project for VCB and Kansas-Nebraska Baptist Builders. Other projects were: n Sublette Southern Baptist Church, Sublette, Kan. 11,500-square-foot- addition consisting of a 400-seat worship center, classrooms, offices, restrooms and a large foyer. n Southern Baptist Church of Syracuse, Kan. 5,000-squarefoot addition that consisted of a 125-seat worship center with a fellowship hall that can serve as overflow seating, a large new kitchen and restrooms. n First Baptist Church, Burlington, Kan. multipurpose building addition. In June, Volunteer Christian Builders and Kansas-Nebraska Baptist Builders embarked on their fifth joint project by working together on the new 3,000-square-foot addition at First Baptist Church, Washington, Kan. Volunteer Christian Builders will return to Weir Baptist Camp in September along with Kansas-Nebraska Campers on Mission. The Fall Campers on Mission Rally will be held Sept. 28-30 at the camp along with a work project there. For more than 50 years, God has been using Weir Baptist Camp as a place for people to find Him. New cabins and other development will help make the camp even more effective in reaching people for Christ.

Bethel Cabin is the new cabin now under construction at Weir Baptist Camp, Weir, Kan. It quickly took shape in late May as local volunteers joined Volunteer Christian Builders, based in Texas. Kansas-Nebraska Baptist Builders installed the electrical wiring. KansasNebraska Campers on Mission poured the slab for Bethel Cabin during their April 2012 work project at the camp.

Plan Now to Attend KNCSB Mens Retreat

The seventh annual KNCSB Mens Retreat, Mighty Men of God, will be held Oct. 19-20 at Webster Conference Center, Salina, Kan. It will start on Friday at 6:45 p.m. and conclude Saturday at 3:30 p.m. This years retreat will have as its primary scheduled event the second in a series of Mighty Men of God conferences called Valor and Courage. Dr. Paul David Freed, founder and president of Mighty Men of God, will be the conference presenter. Freed has an exciting and God-centered passion and zeal to see men everywhere rise up to their full Mighty Men Of God potential. He did his undergraduate studies at Wheaton College and Philadelphia Biblical University while doing his graduate work at Dallas Theological Seminary, Homestead College of Bible, Oxford Graduate School and

The 2012 Mens Retreat will continue the Mighty Men of God emphasis that began at last years retreat.
the University of Oxford. Numerous men who have experienced MMOG conferences have described it as: awesome; life-changing; an incentive to start mens ministry; and very uplifting and challenging. The MMOG conference looks to the future by including boys ages 12-17. At the conference they are called Young Mighty Men and are accompanied by Christian male sponsors from their church. KNCSB is excited to bring this conference to our KansasNebraska churches. The program will in addition to the MMOG conference have specific times for hearing Gods Word shared from the hearts

of other men, a special time of group prayer, and times for Christian fellowship. There will also be worship and praise services. All aspects of the overall program are designed to inspire and promote spiritual growth and to help equip men for service in the Kingdom of God. There has already been a 100 percent commitment by last years attendees to attend this year and to also invite other men to attend with them. Last years attendees were so convinced and excited about the importance of the mens retreat that they did not want to miss out on this years event. A mailing to KNCSB churches with all the retreat information occurred in July. Any questions about the retreat or Baptist Mens ministry can be directed to John Lucas, KNCSB Mens Ministry Director, at (800) 984-9092 ext. 817 or at jlucas@ kncsb.org

Update on Donated Hay Sent by Sandhills Ranchers

Campers at Melvern Lake in Kansas (about 40 miles south of Topeka) dont have to leave the Outlet Park campground to go to church on Sunday mornings in the summer. Bill Kneisly (standing)and other volunteers lead a worship service in the Robert W. Wayne Volkman pavilion in the campground. Kneisly is retired director of missions in Blue Stem Baptist Association. He and his wife, Sylvia, live in nearby Burlington, Kan. The service is held every Sunday morning at 9:30 from Memorial Day weekend through the end of September. Along with Melvern Lake campers, the service also draws some local residents. Ranchers in the Nebraska Sandhills opened their hearts and wallets to send hay to drought-stricken areas in 2011. They sent two semi-trailer loads of hay to southwest Kansas. Two additional loads went to Cordell, Okla. Not only did they donate the hay, but Sandhills Southern Baptists paid for the fuel used to deliver the hay. Now the Sandhills ranchers who displayed such generosity in 2011 are facing challenges of their own. Their region also is in a drought and very little hay

is being produced this year. Prayers are needed for rain in Nebraska and Kansas as well as much of the United States. The situation also is critical in Arkansas, partnership state of Kansas-Nebraska Southern Baptists.

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Thank you for supporting the Cooperative Program

What Arent You Doing That Is Causing Ministry Staff Conflict?

By David Manner
KNCSB Director of Worship and Administration Email: dmanner@kncsb.org

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By Diana Davis

Churches will never be healthy until the ministers who lead those churches are healthy. And ministry leaders will never be completely healthy until their ministry staff relationships are also healthy. Healthy ministry teams embrace and constantly share their unified goals of fulfilling and helping each other fulfill the mission of their organization. Unhealthy ministry staffs function as independent contractors who perform their own specified tasks dependent only on their own strength, ability, methods, processes, and talent. Even if your ministry staff is high functioning and producing individually, you will never experience extraordinary staff and church health until you agree that you are all in this together. Ironically, the impasse seems to occur less as a result of something we are doing actively to derail relationships than as a result of what we arent doing passively. You arent pastoring each other. Pastors are not immune from the struggles of life such as depression, physical health issues, marital struggles, wayward children, and aging parents. If we arent sensitive and willing to pastor our ministry colleagues and their families when they face those issues and otherswho will? And who will be there for us? You arent loving each other. In fact, some of us dont really even like each other. Scripture reminds us to love God first, then our neighbors as ourselves. Our closest neighbors beyond our family should be the people we serve with. No stipulation is offered in this passage as to whether the neighbor really deserves or has earned the right to be loved. The command is also not contingent on a reciprocal response. You arent praying for and with each other. Praying that God will call one of your staff colleagues somewhere else is not praying for and with each other, it is selfishly praying for you. Praying for and with each other requires communication, vulnerability, honesty, trust, brokenness, and selflessness. Praying for

A Stewardship Thought How do you spend your time? Most of us have a variety of things that we do on a regular basis. In no particular order, I have work hours, study hours, worship hours, recreation hours, family hours, etc. However, every hour that I spend should be marked by an attitude of stewardship of life and talent that God has entrusted to me. It is important that I make the most of the hours of the day. And, by the way, recreation and relaxation are as essential to human life as work and study. Jesus was always presented by the gospel writers as one who balanced His time. Today, I had the opportunity to sit and listen to a pastor friend as he described a situation that he was managing in his

and with each other can surface hurts, unmet expectations, personal needs, ministry goals, concerns, and dreams. The result of praying for and with each other about things that really matter may initiate a change of attitude, opinion, heart, and vision, which will encourage reciprocity of love that did not exist before. You arent sharing ministry together. Shared ministry requires sacrifice, humility, investment, and trust. It publicly and privately affirms the calling and competence of others. It is not guarded, territorial, defensive, or competitive and doesnt care who gets the credit. Shared ministry means that even when your position requires you to have the last word it doesnt always have to be your word. Shared ministry encourages reading, studying, and conferencing together, and has enough confidence in the abilities and intentions of team members to allow and offer lateral mentoring and coaching. You arent playing together. We are constantly encouraging the members of our congregations to develop relationships of transparency, fellowship, and community and yet never model those characteristics as a ministry staff. The relationships exemplified by the Acts 2 church as they spent time together, had everything in common, broke bread in their homes, and ate together with glad and sincere hearts is often completely foreign to some ministry staffs. Teams who enjoy being together radiate a solidarity that is contagious. Conversely, staffs that dont enjoy being together emit a cloud that is cancerous. In fact, enjoying each other, playing and laughing together may actually be the starting point for developing some of those previously listed insufficiencies. We are all in this together is agreeing that, Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10).

Youre a member of a Sunday School class, church committee or ministry team. Youre on the church ball team, the nursery rotation or praise band. Whatever your involvement in your local church, each group you attend or serve has a leader who needs to know youre behind them. How can you encourage that leader? Try some of these fresh ideas: n Pray faithfully for that leader. n Consistently show up a few minutes early for meetings, rehearsals or events. n Stay late to help clean up. Dont leave the grunt work to the leader. n Send an uplifting text, card or Facebook message. Tell what you like about serving or attending the group. Your random encouragements are the best! n Dont complain. Read Philippians 2:14. n Think of specific ways to bless your leader. Loves sweet tea? Deliver a giant cup from Sonic or McAllisters. n Leaders need friends, too. Invite the leaders family over for dinner. n Watch for stressful times. Example: Your leader has houseguests during a particularly busy time at church? Mow his or her lawn, or deliver a meal. n Listen when your leader speaks. Show love and respect by your actions. n Get involved. Listen to needs among

the group and the church, and joyfully volunteer to help when God prompts you. Tithe. Invest time. Care. n Trust your leader to lead. God has called him or her. Follow that leadership. n Observe things the leader is consistently doing that you could take on, and offer your help. Example: last-minute copies, early set up, computer work. n Find out the leaders birthday or their anniversary of service in that position. Send an encouraging note or buy lunch that day. n Help leaders lead with joy by getting along with others in your class or team. n Use your unique talents or expertise to help. Example: a seamstress on the worship team made drapes for the worship leaders office. n Speak well of your leader. Brag about how God is working. Compliment him or her in front of others. A growing church requires many leaders, and many of them are volunteers. Circle some ideas on this list. When you show love for the leader of your church group, it will honor God and impact your church.

2012 Diana Davis is an author, columnist and speaker. www.keeponshining.com

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church. Those moments were likely the most important minutes that I spent today. And I was just listening. How are you spending your minutes, hours, and days? Do you take adequate time for yourself and your family? Are you available to others in critical moments to offer a listening ear or an encouraging word? When you look back over the past year, do you have regrets about time that was not spent well? Are you aware of the daily rhythms of your life? One of Gods greatest gifts to us is time. Lets commit ourselves to making the best use of each minute, hour and day that we can. Pray for me that I will be a good steward of my time. I will pray the same for you.

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Wonderful Weekend for Women September 14 & 15 Register Now! Materials at www.knwomen.com
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Shine 2012, a mini-conference for girls in the 6th-12th grades, is coming to Webster Conference Center November 9-10. We are excited to have singer and songwriter, JJ Heller (www.jjheller.com) leading worship in this years Shine event! Girls will spend time reflecting on 2 Corinthians 4 as JJ also shares truth about what it means to be redeemed by Christ and living in His power. And this year we will be hearing from Karrington Spann, a missionary kid who is currently a student at OBU. Shine will also feature a late night Pajama Party and a Missions Event to help support and encourage the Friendship Center of Des Moines, Iowa, whom we have been in partnership with the last 3 years. Be watching for Registration Packets at your church for Shine 2012! This is an encouraging and challenging weekend that your girls will not want to miss! For more information please contact Heidi Nelson at hnelson@kncsb.org.

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Its time for starting the new school year and for starting our new church year, educationally speaking. I love new beginnings and so does WMU! The Boys are back and are now fully under the umbrella of WMU. RA Leader and RA World are the resources for boys grades 1-6 and then Challengers Leader for grades 7-12. WMU still offers GAs Girls in Action for girls grades 1-6 and Acteens for girls grades 7-12. If you are looking for co-ed missions education for your children or youth we have Mission Friends for Preschoolers, Children in Action for grades 1-6 and Youth on Mission for grades 7-12! Whatever it takes, lets make sure that our children grow up with knowledge and experiences filled with Missions. WMU resources are available for you to use as standalone groups or added to existing programs for those in Preschool through High School.

WMU has adult organizations such as Women on Mission, myMission and Adults on Mission with resources to help you teach, lead, and live this holistic lifestyle God has called us to live! Go to wmu.com to find age level organizations, ministries, resources, project help: Human Exploitation, two dozen downloadable resources for all ages and articles to encourage you as you walk with Jesus in becoming the complete disciple he has called you to be! Go on over to Face Book and Like New Hope Publishers for great Christian Books or go to www. newhopedigital.com! While you are on Face Book Like National WMU, WMU Ministries and World Crafts! Also follow them on Twitter! (twitter.com/NationalWMU) WMU also has a new promotional graphic, check it out on their website or on their Face Book page! WMU Growing missions discipleship in your church. From Birth through our Senior Years! Making sure The Story Lives On

Downright Giddy
So, remember that guy, Dave, I introduced at WWW last year? The cute one with red glasses? The one I was dating? This year at WWW I will introduce him again as, drumrollmy husband! Woohoo! I am so excited, amazed, awestruck, and downright giddy! Dave proposed at the end of May and on August 25 we will be married in a private ceremony at my church. On August 26 from 2-4pm, also at my church, Western Hills Baptist, 2900 SW Auburn Rd., Topeka,KS, everyone is invited to a celebration reception. So if you are near Topeka that day, please stop by and join us! We would love to see you! As I look back over my journey of the past 6 years, the emotional roller coaster was extreme. At first I didnt want to go on. Then a greater understanding of peace was realized when I reached my goal of being content, content as Mari, follower of Christ, surrounded by family and community that I loved and was able to serve. But God wasnt finished, and brought into my life this wonderful, man of God, who is equally excited to share life together, serving and loving a hurting world. I pray for those who are still in the yuck of hurt and grief, of broken-shattered dreams, to hold on. Hold on to God! Learn everything He has to teach you during these days. Heal from His touch. Let God work His best in you, and thenWow! You will also be excited, and amazed, and awestruck, and downright giddy!

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First Baptist Church, Platte City, Missouri, is prayerfully seeking a Part Time/Full Time Youth Minister and a Part Time/Full Time Minister of Families. Please send resume to First Baptist Church, Attn: Pam, P. O. Box 680, Platte City, MO 64079. First Baptist Church, Santa Fe, NM (fbcsantafe.com) seeking full-time Associate Pastor of Praise and Worship. Submit resumes to pkmallow@msn.com by August 31, 2012.

WCC Update
1. Summer Camps are in full swing. 2. God is moving and people are being saved and called into Christian Ministry 3. Please pray for all attendees...youth and sponsors 4. $50,000 Matching Challenge Grant total to date: ($27,814.92) 5. If you would like to help us meet this goal, send contributions to: 2012 WCC Matching Challenge Grant 5410 SW 7th Street Topeka, KS 66606-2398 Thank you for your continued support of this mission facility as we continue to reach people for Christ and train believers for the work of the ministry! The WCC Staff

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