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Nebraska-Kansas Episcopal Area Transition
A 21-member Transition Team has been named to guide the establishment of the new Nebraska-Kansas Episcopal Area, which officially goes into effect on Sept. 1, 2012. Bishop Ann B. Sherer-Simpson, Nebraska, and Bishop Scott Jones, Kansas, are working closely with the team in this process.
Click on each topic for more information:
- Transition Team holding listening sessions in February
- Joint Called Clergy Session 2012
- Dream Teams
- Technical Teams
- Five-finger vote compiled comments
- 2011 Annual Conference materials
- March 13, 2011 announcement
- Comments or questions for the Transition Team?
- Join the conversation on Facebook & Twitter
- Feedback on the new Nebraska-Kansas Episcopal Area
- Related videos and news articles
- Additional resources
- Meeting minutes
- Conference orientation presentations (April 6-7, 2010 meeting)
Transition Team holding listening sessions in February
Bishop Ann B. Sherer-Simpson and members of the Nebraska-Kansas Episcopal Area Transition Team are eager to hear from the laity and clergy of Nebraska regarding the recommendations from the Transition Team to become one new annual conference.
The first laity listening session will be held Sunday, Feb. 19, at Cozad First United Methodist Church, from 3-5 p.m. CST.
Another listening session will be held at the Conference Center in Lincoln, on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 10:30 a.m. to noon CST.
Several recommendations have come forward in the past few months. A summary of all recommendations that have been made and a brief recap of the history of the Transition Team can be found in this document, created by the Writing Dream Team.
Joint Called Clergy Session 2012
Stories:
- Nebraska and Kansas clergy partner with Topeka's North Westlake Ace Hardware to build and give away tricycles
- Brian McLaren: Seeking hope in the face of change
- McLaren offers formula for evangelism
- McLaren: Everything must change
- Transition Team report
- Responses to Transition Team report
- Bishop Sherer-Simpson preaches at opening worship: God is with us in the wilderness
- Bishop Jones preaches at closing worship: Through change, keep eyes on God
- Joint Called Clergy Session receives positive feedback
Photos:
- View photos on the Nebraska-Kansas Episcopal Area Transition Facebook page, at www.facebook.com/NebraskaKansasEpiscopalTransition.
Videos:
- Transition Team video: "Change on the Plains"
- Bishop Ann B. Sherer-Simpson preaches at opening worship
- Brian McLaren: Onramp to the Postmodern Conversation (Tues. night)
- Brian McLaren: More Ready than You Realize (Wed. morning)
- Brian McLaren: Everything Must Change (Final presentation)
- Bishop Scott Jones preaches at closing worship
Video Order Form:
- Click here to order videos from the 2012 Joint Called Clergy Session
Dream Teams
- Writing Team report/summary (PDF) — Jan. 16, 2012
- Racial Ethnic Team report/summay (PDF) — Jan. 13, 2012
- Small Church Membership Team report (PDF) — Jan. 9, 2012
- Youth Team report (PDF) — Jan. 9, 2012
Technical Teams
- Meeting Parameters/Guidelines (PDF)
- Joint Distributing Committee report (PDF)
- Asset Allocation Committee report (PDF)
- Transition Team names members to do technical (operational) work — March 16, 2011
Five-finger vote compiled comments
2011 Annual Conference materials
- Great Plans for the Great Plains Vision Document (PDF)
- Five-Finger Vote sample ballot (PDF)
- Questions and Answers (PDF) — newly revised! This document contains all the questions previously posted and updated with information from the new Vision Document.
March 13, 2011 announcement
Comments or questions for the Transition Team?
The Transition Team is inviting input from the people of the three affected annual conferences. To submit a question, comment or concern, send an e-mail to info@umcneb.org.
Join the conversation on Facebook & Twitter
The Nebraska-Kansas Transition Team has a fan page on Facebook. Become a fan and receive updates on team activities and participate in online discussions.
If you're on Twitter and would like to follow or join in the conversation, use the hashtag #gpumc. (Follow the Nebraska Conference @umcneb, Kansas Area @KsAreaUMC, Kansas West @kswumc)
Feedback on the new Nebraska-Kansas Episcopal Area
- Kansas East Feedback (PDF)
- Kansas West Feedback (PDF)
- Nebraska Feedback from 2010 Annual Conference (PDF)
- Nebraska Feedback from Listening Sessions (PDF)
Related videos and news articles
- Nebraska and Kansas clergy gather in Topeka — Jan. 17, 2012
- Small-membership church dream team begins its work — Nov. 1, 2011
- Great Plains recommended name for the new episcopal area — Oct. 20, 2011
- Nebraska-Kansas Episcopal Area Transition Team work continues — Sept. 28, 2011
- Three conferences express support for moving forward as one — June 15, 2011
- Nebraska-Kansas Episcopal Area Transition Team modifies course for additional input, bolder future — April 11, 2011
- Transition team names members to do technical (operational) work — March 16, 2011
- Great Plans for the Great Plains: Transition Team announces recommendation to become one conference — March 15, 2011
- Nebraska-Kansas Task Force "channel" on UMtube — Click here to search and view videos related to the Transition Team
- Nebraska-Kansas to become new episcopal area — Sept. 18, 2009
- Episcopal Area reduction announcement transcript (PDF) — Sept. 18, 2009
- Taking the first steps: Transition Team holds first meeting, selects consultant — Nov. 22, 2009
- Episcopal Area Transition Team seeks to ask the right questions — Feb. 13, 2010
- Team begins to hone in on mission field, big questions — April 28, 2010
- Nebraska and Kansas Conferences find they're more alike than different — Oct. 3, 2010
- No secrets: Episcopal Area Transition Team announces general direction — Dec. 16, 2010
Additional resources
- Transition Team member biographies (PDF)
- Conference comparisons document (PDF)
- Kasas East Conference staff brochure (PDF)
- Kansas West Conference staff brochure (PDF)
- Nebraska Conference staff brochure (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions about the episcopal reduction in the South Central Jurisdiction (link to page on SCJ website)
- South Central Jurisdiction College of Bishops' website
- SCJ Episcopal Areas Study from the Lewis Center for Leadership (PDF)
- Mission Field Report (PDF)
Meeting minutes
Conference orientation presentations (April 6-7, 2010 meeting)
- Nebraska (PowerPoint as a PDF)
- Kansas East (video)
- Kansas West (PowerPoint as a PDF)
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