Thank you to all who joined us in Salina – see below for resources. We hope to see you in 2025.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Designed for Great Plains United Methodists, the 2024 Healthy Congregations Retreat featured an interactive workshop Leaving a Legacy of Abundance in a Culture of Scarcity facilitated by Adam Barlow-Thompson, Executive Director & Co-Founder of The Neighboring Movement. In the workshop, participants practiced moving from scarcity to abundance. The activities and tools in the workshop are available for use in local settings and help churches see the power of becoming community connectors. The workshop focused as well on reducing the sense of isolation and loneliness that is created when doing ministry in a culture of scarcity.
Full event program flyer
Resources
Friday, April 19, 2024
Designed for participants from faith communities and the fields of public health, health care, and non-profits, along with community members, Intersections of Faith & Health explores current and emerging health issues with an emphasis on how stakeholders can work together and leverage their unique strengths to improve community health.
Participants heard from health experts from across the state on topics including food security, maternal and child health, Medicaid expansion, voting and civic engagement, child care, and more – then explored further and connected with resources through facilitated small-group conversations.
Resources
- Kansas Appleseed Food Security slides
- KBC Coverage of Community-Based Doula Care
- KBC Kansas Momnibus flyer
- KBC Maternal & Child Health in Kansas slides
- KIFA Caring for the Common Good slides
- KWU & UUMC Community Resilience slides
- Health Fund Supporting Thriving Families slides
- Voter Network Election Knowledge quiz
- Voter Network slides
- UMC Mercy and Justice slides
Featured presenters:
- Brenda Bandy, Executive Director, Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition
- Adam Barlow-Thompson, Executive Director & Co-Founder, The Neighboring Movement
- Lindsay Ford, Executive Director, The Voter Network
- Anne Gahn, Chair of the Great Plains Conference Mercy and Justice Team
- April Holman, Executive Director, Alliance for a Healthy Kansas
- Judy Johnston, Research Instructor, Dept. of Population Health, KU School of Medicine – Wichita
- Haley Kottler, Thriving and Civic Engagement Director, Kansas Appleseed
- Miranda Miller-Klugesherz, Director, Kansas Food Action Network (KFAN)
- Rev. Rachael Pryor, Director of Engagement, Kansas Interfaith Action
- Sabrina Rosario, Creation Care Minister/Community Garden Leader, University UMC Salina and Campus Coordinator, Community Resilience Hub, Kansas Wesleyan University
- John Wilson, President, Kansas Action for Children
We hope you’ll join us in 2025 for learning, conversation, and fellowship at this year’s event. Please note hotel rooms are no longer available. Through Health Fund sponsorship there is no registration cost, and hotel room/tax will be covered (travel costs and incidentals are the responsibility of each participant).
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