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Churches sought for ABIDE program Written: 10/13/2009 10:32:49 AM WICHITA—Kansas Area leaders are seeking the next class of small-membership church Incubator participants. Twelve churches will be selected to send the pastor and a lay team to a ABIDE series of retreats beginning Feb. 26-27 at Cross Winds Conference Center in Hesston. Follow-up retreats will be March 27 and April 24, also in Hesston. Eligible churches have 50-ish or fewer in worship and who can form a team of at least three laity plus the pastor. Team members should be willing to commit to growing as spiritual leaders and to seeing the church transformed. Congregations that participated in the first ABIDE class are seeing results. New Hope UMC in Topeka has nearly doubled worship attendance. Blue Mound UMC has increased worship attendance by 40 percent. Many congregations are seeing increased outreach in their communities. The cost to the church is $250, plus a per-person meal charge to be determined. The ABIDE study materials are provided primarily through PowerPoint presentations. If your congregation is interested in participating, contact your district superintendent. Click on the links below for contact information.
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