Nebraska-Kansas Episcopal Area Task Force

South Central Jurisdiction Prepares for 10 Bishops in 2012;
Nebraska-Kansas to Become New Episcopal Area

DALLAS — United Methodists in Nebraska and Kansas will share a bishop beginning in 2012 under a reorganization plan announced today by the South Central Jurisdiction's College of Bishops.

Nebraska and Kansas currently each have a bishop. The South Central Jurisdiction will move from 11 bishops to 10 in 2012. Four of the United Methodist Church's five U.S. jurisdictions will lose a bishop in 2012 due to a 2008 decision by the denomination's top legislative body, the General Conference.

"We are announcing this decision at this very early date to provide as much time as possible for the conferences most directly affected to plan for their future together," said Bishop W. Earl Bledsoe of the Dallas Area, president of the jurisdiction's College of Bishops.

The jurisdiction includes United Methodists in eight states: Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

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Listening Session Schedule
News Release
SCJ Announcement Video Script
Timeline
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the New Nebraska-Kansas Episcopal Area
SCJ Study
South Central Jurisdiction College of Bishops Web site
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Listening Session Schedule

Sept. 19, 10 a.m.—Live Video Streaming Conversation with Bishop Ann. B. Sherer-Simpson, http://www.umcneb.org/streaming_video.htm
Sept. 21—Great West District, 7 p.m. (CT), North Platte UMC
Sept. 22—Gateway District, 7 p.m., Kearney First UMC
Sept. 27—Blue River District, 7 p.m., Lincoln Saint Paul UMC
Oct. 1—Missouri River District, 11:30 a.m., Gretna UMC
Oct. 1—Prairie River District, 7 p.m., Central City UMC
Oct. 9—Elkhorn Valley District, 11:30 a.m., Norfolk

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