Revised District Structure Presentation
across Western Plains 

            At the 2009 District Conference the Board presented a vision of a new District Structure centered around God’s Transformation among us.
            District Conference delegates and other attendees engaged in conversation in small groups and sent this back to the Board for revision based on feedback from District Conference. The delegates named that the District Board review the comments  by District Conference small groups and to bring back updated structure recommendations and a plan for implementation, if approved at the 2010 Conference
            The Board made changes and approved the Revised Structure Paper in November and is ready to share this update that reflects comments and ideas from delegates and others who participated in the small groups. 
            Members of the Board will be hosting workshops about the Revised District Structure throughout Western Plains in June and  July.  

Sun, June         6          Prince of Peace CoB, Littleton, CO        Presentation after 10 AM (MDT) worship and fellowship meal Lisa Hazen, presenter

Sun, June    6   McPherson CoB, 
Community Room 3:30 - 5:30 PM (CDT) 
Bob Dell, presenter

Sun, June   24  First CoB, Wichita KS
Presentation after 10:45 (CDT) worship and meal
Lisa Hazen, presenter

Sat, July 31     McPherson CoB, District Conference
Breakout sessions before the motion comes to the District Conference floor.                                                             (Check your District Conference Booklet for time and place).
Lisa Hazen and/or others presenting.

             If your congregation would like someone to come to you to review the Revised Structure document, please contact, Lisa Hazen, Board Chair. (316.263.0274).

Please note that Community Church of the Brethren in Hutchinson, Kan. has changed its email address to hutchcob@att.net .

Directed Ignatian Retreat

Sunday, July 25 —Saturday, July 31, 2010 
Heartland Center for Spirituality,  Great Bend, Kansas

Come and be drawn into a deeper relationship with Christ through this silent, directed retreat. Retreatants will be invited to pray with scripture based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Each day you will meet with a spiritual director to reflect on your times of prayer. There will also be a time for worship/prayer each day with the others on retreat. 

As a retreatant, expect to spend several hours through the day in prayer, eat in silence with other retreatants, and experience a renewed sense of God’s love for you. More information will be provided to retreatants upon registering. 

Directors for this retreat will be Sr. Susan Seeby, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes, and Rev. Connie Burkholder, a Church of the Brethren ordained minister and a Partner in Mission with the Dominican Sisters of Peace in Great Bend where she is on the Heartland Center Team as a spiritual director and retreat leader. 

Cost for the retreat is $450. This includes lodging, meals, and cost of spiritual direction during the retreat. 

Accommodations are at Heartland Center for Spirituality, a ministry of the Dominican Sisters of Peace in Great Bend. Heartland Center provides a quiet, peaceful atmosphere and pleasant grounds/garden area. Retreatants will have private rooms and use a shared bathroom. 

If you are interested in receiving a brochure about this retreat, please contact Kendra Flory at wpdcb@sbcglobal.net or 620-241-4241.