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Bob Kahle has been involved in camping ministry in one form or another for the past 50 years.  And even though he’s retiring as director of camping services for Great Plains Camps at the end of the year, it doesn’t mean that ...

The Rev. Aleze M. Fulbright, secretary of the General Conference, has announced how many delegates each annual conference can elect to the 2028 General ...

By: David Burke

OMAHA — Physically The Tent, one of three new church starts in the Great Plains Conference, is actually a sturdy building in south Omaha, constructed as a ...

By: David Burke

Six clergy and two laity will help set the strategic plan for the Great Plains Conference staff operations into 2026 and beyond.  Selected for the task force ...

By: David Burke

NORFOLK, Neb. – Ten minutes into Norfolk First United Methodist Church’s “Pancakes with Santa,” a voice came bellowing into its Wesley Hall. “HO, HO, HO,” the...

By: Todd Seifert

The Bishop Richard and Julia Wilke Institute for Discipleship is tucked in a corner of the campus at Southwestern College. But its reach goes far beyond its ...

By: David Burke

Days after the announcement of the Jan. 20 closure of Tyson Foods’ beef plant in Lexington, the south central Nebraska city is still in shock. “This was a ...

By: David Burke

To the dozens of parishioners at Brookville United Methodist Church in central Kansas, Jaron Bell is their pastor.  To a growing number of fans across the ...

By: David Burke

A new strategic plan for the Great Plains Conference took its first steps thanks to the approval of $40,000 in funds Nov. 8 by the Connecting Council.  It would...
WASHINGTON, D. C.  The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church has completed canvassing the votes of annual conferences on the four constitutional ...