by John Collins on February 29, 2008
Kansas Area Bishop Scott Jones will be preaching at a combined worship service Sunday morning at 10:50 am and leading a workshop on Evangelism Sunday afternoon at 1:30 pm. Here’s a very short biography provided by his office.
Scott Jameson Jones currently serves as the resident bishop of the Kansas Area of the United Methodist Church with offices in Wichita and Topeka, Kansas. He was born in 1954 in Nashville, Tennessee and was raised in Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana and Colorado. He received degrees from the University of Kansas (B.A. in Philosophy), Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University (Master of Theology) and Southern Methodist University (Ph.D. in Religious Studies). His dissertation research was focused on Wesley Studies and the History of Biblical Interpretation.
He was ordained deacon in the Kansas East Annual Conference and elder in the North Texas Annual Conference. From 1986 to 1997 he served as pastor of three congregations: the United Methodist churches in Prosper, Howe and Commerce, Texas. In 2003-2004 he served as interim pastor at Stonebridge UMC in McKinney, Texas. From 1997 to 2004 he served on the faculty of Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. In 2004 he was elected a bishop by the South Central Jurisdictional Conference and assigned to serve as the resident bishop of the Kansas Area as of September 1, 2004.
His most recent books are United Methodist Doctrine: The Extreme Center and The Evangelistic Love of God and Neighbor: A Theology of Discipleship and Witness, (Abingdon Press). He has been named associate editor of volumes 5 and 6 in the Bicentennial Edition of The Works of John Wesley, the scholarly edition of Wesley’s Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament.
Scott and Mary Lou Reece have been married since 1979. They have three children. Jameson, Arthur and Marynell.
A short (as opposed to the above very short) biography can be found on our website in the downloads section.
by John Collins on February 28, 2008
Since my posts in opposition to torture have shown an area of disagreement I have with the current Bush administration, I wanted to highlight an area where I appreciate the president’s work: assistance to Africa. The blog Gods Politics has the full story (and the title) by Brian McLaren.
by John Collins on February 28, 2008
Internet search company Google is giving free voice mail to every homeless person in San Francisco. The numbers will be especially helpful for people filling out employment applications or waiting for the results of medical tests. You can read the whole story here at salon.com (Warning, you have to wait a few seconds on an ad.)
by John Collins on February 27, 2008
It’s been more than 24 hours since I registered a fever and so I should be non-contageous. I’ll be in the office for a while this morning. Then up to Independence for a LTRO meeting, then back down to First UMC for the Lenten Luncheon.
by John Collins on February 26, 2008
Via Sojourners:
Do not lose by saving, but gather in by scattering. Give to the poor, and you give to yourself. You will not be allowed to keep what you have refused to give others.
— Saint Peter Chrysologus, Sermon 43
by John Collins on February 25, 2008
I know that you don’t turn to this blog for technical information, but I thought you might find the Google Advanced Search helpful in your web searching.
Link: http://www.google.com/advanced_search
by John Collins on February 23, 2008
Jenny, Elizabeth and I all have the flu, influenza, the real McCoy, they took a test and everything. We’re been grounded because we are contagious. Marcee Carter, a certified lay speaker from Independence will be filling the pulpit.
by John Collins on February 21, 2008
On March 2, we will have only the 10:50 worship service to better welcome Bishop Scott Jones. He’ll be preaching on Jeremiah 29.1-14 with a sermon titled “A Future with Hope.”
by John Collins on February 21, 2008
The church office will be closed today due to ice.
by John Collins on February 19, 2008
100% of the offering received during tomorrow’s U2 Eucharist will go to the United Methodist Global Aids Fund.
