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Awards & Recognitions

Honors and Awards Opportunities Announced
Each year at Annual Conference a variety of honors and awards are presented as a part of the Celebration of Ministries.

The list includes:

  • Culture of the Call Church Award nomination form - The Foundation for Evangelism annually selects one United Methodist congregation with a culture that encourages young people to respond to God's call to full-time Christian service as a result of their being active in the life of that church.  The award highlights the outstanding work happening in local churches.  Due April 1, mail nominations to:  The Foundation for Evangelism, P O Box 985, Lake Junaluska, NC 28745 or email nominations@foundationforevangelism.org.

Francis Asbury Award
United Methodist Campus Ministry in Kansas awards the Francis Asbury Award to people who are supportive of campus ministry efforts at Kansas Area campus ministry locations.  For more information, contact the President of UMCM in Kansas.  Review a basic award descriptive.

Doc Wollen Camping Award
The Camp Chippewa Advisory Board awards the Doc Wollen Award to people who are supportive of the camping ministry program.  For more information, contact the chairperson of the advisory board.

Merit Scholarship
Annual Conference can award scholarships to United Methodist students attending UM-related colleges or universities.  Click HERE for details and an application form.  Click HERE to view a listing of previous recipients.

Great Plains UM Rural Advocates' Award of Merit (formerly Kansas Area United Methodist Rural Fellowship)
The GPUMRA Executive Committee gives the Award of Merit to the person who best relates to the four purposes of GPUMRA:

  • Promote effective ministry and service in rural areas.
  • Be an advocate for rural ministry.
  • Provide programming with an emphasis on rural needs.
  • Promote cooperative ministry.

Click HERE to download the GPUMRA Award of Merit nomination form.

150 Years of Ministry Recognition
Do you know how old your congregation is? When it was chartered? The life of a congregation tells a story about the people within. The anniversary of your congregation is indeed a time to celebrate and reflect on the ministry you have performed.

At Annual Conference, the Kansas Area Commission on Archives and History will recognize those congregations celebrating 150 years of ministry.  If your congregation is celebrating 150 years, please contact either Jen McCullough, Kansas Area archivist, at 785-594-8380, or Rev. Larry Danforth, committee chairperson, at 785-743-2040 or charles.danforth@yahoo.com. Even if your congregation isn't yet celebrating 150 years, please stop by the Archives and History booth at Annual Conference and give your congregation’s charter date.