School Raises Awareness, Renews Spirit

For four days in July on

the A.P. White Campus, more
than 100 Kentucky United
Methodists explored the mar-
ginalization of Native
Americans and the crisis in
the Sudan.
The topics were discussed
at the annual School of
Christian Mission for the
Women’s Division of The
United Methodist Church.
The annual four-day training
school, held in conjunction
with the Kentucky Redbird
Mission, educates women
and children about spiritual,
political and geographical
issues through a faith-based
lens. The theme of this year’s
school was “Together at the
Table,” which focused on Deng Kuer of Louisville, Ky. (left), discusses the situation in his native Sudan in the John B. Begley Chapel.
creating a more inclusive At right is Howard Reynolds of Louisville.
world community. social-action issue and a geo-
“The purpose of the graphic issue. This year’s
School of Missions is to raise social-action issue was dis-
awareness of the need for crimination against Native
missions,” said Pat Kees of Americans, and the geograph-
Ashland, Ky., the school’s ical issue was a study of the
dean. “We also bring spiritual Sudan crisis.
growth studies into the school “The more immersed you
to help enrich us.” get into Methodist Women, it
This year’s school attract- just makes you start looking
ed 102 adults and children inwardly of what God is com-
from the Kentucky and Red manding each one of us to
Bird conferences, which do,” Kees said. “It stretches to
cover all of Kentucky except me until I have to take action.
the area west of Paducah. It pushes me to live out my Sisters Shirley (left) and Phyllis Crouse, both of Red Bird, Ky., chat in
The school focuses on a faith.” the Norma and Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship.

LWC Hosts Program for Budding Methodist Ministers

Almost four dozen future leaders of
The United Methodist Church spent a
week in May on the A.P. White Campus.
For the 10th time in the last 11 years,
Lindsey Wilson College hosted the
United Methodist License for Pastoral
Ministry School. Sponsored by the
Kentucky Annual Conference, the school
certifies laypersons to serve as pastors
and present sacraments in their assigned
United Methodist churches. This year’s
class is the largest in the school’s history
with 44 students from several districts of
the Kentucky Conference attending the
school.