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Gambling Expansion on Legislative Agenda: A Letter from KCC
Written: 6/12/2009 4:13:09 PM
A Letter from the Kentucky Council of Churches Monday will bring the beginning of a new Special Session for the KY State Legislature.  I would like to take this opportunity to ask you to contact your KY Legislators about an important issue this coming session to ask them where they stand regar...

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Lighthouse News
Written: 6/10/2009
              UPS Volunteers Shine Up Lighthouse UPS volunteers put their time and talents to work at Lighthouse Community Center (Louisville District) October 16-23, 2008 as part of UPS’s global volunteer month. UPS employees concentrated on beauti...

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"Called by Christ, Sent by the Spirit": The 2009 Kentucky Annual Conference
Written: 6/10/2009
by Beth Dixon (Note: This article focuses on some highlights of our recent Annual Conference session. To view more pictures from the 2009 Conference, click here.) This was a year of firsts for the Kentucky Annual Conference: the first year with Bishop Lindsey Davis presiding at the Conference sess...

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Lexington, Prestonsburg District Clergy and Laity Make Mission Trip to Guatemala
Written: 6/8/2009
Rev. Kim Rose and Rev. Don Hatton recently co-hosted a mission trip to Guatemala. Rev. Rose pastors Clay City, Jackson’s Chapel, and Hazel Green. Rev. Hatton is the pastor of Irvine UMC. Participants on this trip included United Methodists from the Hazel Green (Prestonsburg District), Clay Cit...

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A Leap of Faith
Written: 4/1/2009 10:42:49 AM
Last May, the Hindman United Methodist Church (Prestonsburg District) had the privilege of hosting and supporting the Hope For Africa Children’s Choir from Uganda. During that time, many people felt God stirring their hearts towards the people of Uganda, and in retrospect, it became a pivotal ...

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Bowling Green District Youth Event: Valentine, Be Mine
Written: 4/1/2009
On Sunday, February 15, one day after Valentines Day, about 90 youth and youth pastors came together from nine different churches in the Bowling Green District for worship and fellowship at Christ UMC. The JAWS of life! from Broadway UMC led in a great time of worship. What a blessing it was to see ...

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Cultural Focus on Latino Traditions Brings Growth to the Buechel Community
Written: 4/1/2009
For three years, Buechel UMC (Louisville District) has offered English classes to our area Latino residents. Currently we have 22 adults and 11 children registered for classes each week. This enrichment program has been well accepted, and the students have bloomed in the church environment. In addit...

Nominations Being Accepted for Distinguished Evangelist of the UMC Award
Written: 3/31/2009 12:23:04 PM
The Foundation for Evangelism is seeking nominations for the 2009 Distinguished Evangelist of The United Methodist Church Award.  This award recognizes a United Methodist clergy or lay person for extraordinary accomplishments in helping people experience God's transforming love through Jesus Ch...

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Clergy Get Guidance for Addiction Ministry at Prestonsburg District Event
Written: 3/31/2009
Louisa United Methodist Church (Prestonsburg District) hosted the “Core Competency Training: Addiction Survival Kit for Clergy” in their new family life center on March 9-10, 2009. Forty persons from around the Kentucky Annual Conference came together to learn more about the issues surro...

To Lunch or Not to Lunch?
Written: 3/31/2009
   NASHVILLE: The people of The United Methodist Church are marking the lead up to April 25, World Malaria Day, with a renewed call to members and friends to support Nothing But Nets, a grassroots anti-malaria effort which allows anyone, for $10, to send a lifesaving bed net to a family i...

District Ministry Task Force Offers Regional Conversation Events in March
Written: 2/24/2009 2:59:44 PM
At the conclusion of the 2008 session of the Kentucky Annual Conference, Bishop James R. King , Jr. appointed a new task force to continue the study of district realignment and possible reduction in the number of districts for the purpose of providing greater staff support of local churches in order...

Kentucky, Red Bird among 17 Conferences Paying 100 Percent
Written: 2/24/2009
Connectional Giving Results for 2008 Nashville, TN – The General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) reports that for 2008, 17 of the denomination’s 63 US conferences contributed to the Church’s seven apportioned global ministry funds at the 100% or above level. The tota...

Louisville Area Churches to Participate in World Day of Prayer March 6
Written: 2/18/2009 10:00:19 AM
Meeting in 30 churches and 3 retirement centers in the Louisville area, participants in the World Day of Prayer will be joining with Christians in more than 170 countries around the world Friday March 6. In Louisville, there will also be services on March 4, 7, and 8. The event, which will tak...

Governor Cuts $200,000 in Funding to Kentucky United Methodist Homes for Children and Youth
Written: 2/9/2009
A letter from the Kentucky United Methodist Homes for Children and Youth, the Kentucky Conference Advocacy Team, the Bishop, and the Cabinet Private children’s homes in Kentucky receive an average of 75% of their funding from the state of Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Service...

Words by Bishop Davis
Written: 2/2/2009
Words are so powerful. Words can heal or destroy. Words can build up or tear down. Words can bring wholeness or fragmentation. Words can produce forgiveness or hate. Words can prolong darkness or usher in the light. Strong words from a person of strength are a marvelous thing.  An entire cultur...

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Union’s Spring Convocation Honors Martin Luther King Jr.
Written: 2/2/2009
Speaker Wayne Meisel urges service and praises Lend-A-Hand Center Barbourville, KY – Just two days after President Barack Obama challenged the nation with a reminder of “the price and promise of citizenship,” Wayne Meisel called on Union College to “engage in the kind of ser...

Ice Storm Unable to Stop United Methodist Outreach
Written: 2/2/2009
Read additional stories here.   It has been a difficult week for many Kentuckians. Power outages, no phone service, damaged houses, downed trees, cancelled worship services have been the norm for many people. Throughout the commonwealth United Methodists have been on the scene to provide phy...

Leitchfield Celebrates Christmas as over 300 Shop at the Church’s Special Store
Written: 1/6/2009 9:44:12 AM
The Fellowship Thrift Shop is operated as an outreach of the Leitchfield United Methodist Church (Elizabethtown District) and is located in the house next door to the church. Church members and others in the community donate gently used household items, decorative pieces for the home, some furniture...

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Kentucky Conference Mission Trip to Uganda
Written: 1/5/2009
Kentucky Conference Mission Team Takes Medicine, Business and Teacher Training to Uganda A group of 33 persons, most from Kentucky, traveled to Uganda in November for a Volunteers in Mission (VIM) trip. The group visited Gulu and Arua districts; these two districts have received no teams from the U...

United Methodists Find Ways to Welcome Inaugural Guests
Written: 12/23/2008 10:45:11 AM
From Wesley Theological Seminary   Wesley Theological Seminary Governor Hosts “The People’s Inaugural”   WASHINGTON, DC – Uncommon as it is to host a million-dollar inaugural bash, still more uncommon is the man who, come January 20th, will host an inaugural ga...