Kansas Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists (KNCSB)

Plan now to attend KNCSB annual meeting

Kansas-Nebraska Southern Baptists are involved in a busy summer of camps, mission trips and family vacations. But now is the time to begin making plans to attend the 2008 KNCSB annual meeting.

It will be held Oct. 13-14 at Westside Family Church, 8500 Woodsonia Dr., Lenexa, Kan. Find directions  On Kansas Highway 7, exit at 87th Street, go east to Woodsonia and then south to the church campus.

The meeting theme is “Balanced Kingdom Leadership: Embracing Treasures Old and New.”

Churches are urged to begin thinking about electing messengers for the meeting. Pre-registration is now requested, and the deadline is Sept. 8. For more information, contact Peg Davis at KNCSB, 800.984.9092, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

There will not be a designated headquarters hotel this year. For lodging information, visit the following Web sites:

• Bonner Springs
 
• Overland Park Convention & Visitors Bureau
 
• Lenexa Convention & Visitors Bureau
 
• Shawnee Convention & Visitors Bureau
 
• Village West at I-435 and I-70

Activities will start with the KNCSB Pastors’ Conference. It will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, at Westside Family Church. Gregory Frizzell will be the featured speaker. He is president and founder of Gregory Frizzell Prayer and Renewal Ministries. Frizzell is director of prayer and spiritual awakening for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma.

Kansas-Nebraska Woman’s Missionary Union will hold its annual mission celebration from 4:15-6:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, at the church. Ray and Penny Young, missionaries to Portugal, will be the featured speakers. A meal is included, so pre-registration is required by Sept. 29. For more information, contact Heidi Nelson at KNCSB, 800.984.9092 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

KNCSB annual meeting session 1
Monday, Oct. 13, 6:45 to 8:45 p.m.
This session will include:

• Presentation of the 2009 KNCSB budget by R. Rex “Peck” Lindsay, KNCSB executive director
 
• The KNCSB president’s message by Steve Holdaway, pastor of LifeSpring Church, Bellevue, Neb.
 
• A presentation of the LifeWay Worship Project and the new Baptist Hymnal by David Manner. He is the KNCSB director of church worship and administration.

KNCSB annual meeting session 2
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 8:55 to 11:30 a.m.
This session will include election of officers and the annual sermon by Ken Beckner, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church, Augusta, Kan. Seminary luncheons will follow.

KNCSB annual meeting session 3
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 1:30 to 4:40 p.m.
This session will include the Webster Conference Center report, missions recognitions and the Midwestern Seminary report.

KNCSB annual meeting session 4
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 7 to 9 p.m.
The session will feature the keynote address by Emil Turner, executive director of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. The Kansas-Nebraska Singing Men will perform.