MIDWEST ANNUAL CONFERENCE
132nd Session - KANSAS-NEBRASKA
125th Session - NORTHWEST MISSOURI
August 25-31, 2008
Host
Committee Chair, Rev. Spencer Barrett, Pastor
Bethel A.M.E Church, Kansas City, MO
Host Presiding Elders: Revs. Donna Roberson,
Theodore Evans, Steven
A. Cousin,
SERMONS:
Annual
Rev. Mark Smith, Pastor
St. Paul A.M.E. Church-Wichita, KS
Missionary
To be Announced
Solidarity Sermon
Rev. James A. Terrance, Jr.
Friendship Baptist Church, Kansas City, MO
Institute — Conference Deans
Committees
Judiciary, Ministerial Efficiency, Finance:
To be elected/appointed
Board of Examiners:
Revs. Spencer Barrett, Betty Hanna Witherspoon, Carmi Woods,
Roger Jackson, Robert Shaw, Sherrie
Wood-Powe, Rachel Williams-Glenn,
Anthony Steele, Adrian Young,
Mark Smith, Fran Cary, V. Gordon Glenn, Donald Baker, Euzell Ball,
Percel Hector
Board of Instruction:
Revs. Spencer Barrett, Betty Hanna Witherspoon,
Rachel Williams-Glenn, Robert Shaw, Carmi Woods,
Anthony Steele, Donald Baker, Sylvia
Harris, Adrian
Young, Verdell Taylor, Mark Smith, V. Gordon Glenn
State of the Church: Revs.
Betty Hanna Witherspoon, Sherri Powe, Gary Charles, Samuel Kyser, Edward
Walzer, Viola Jones, Karla Cooper,
Delegates: Ebenezer/Grant, St. Joseph;
Gregg Tabernacle, KC; Ebenezer, KC; Bethel, Hutchinson; St. Luke,
Lawrence; St. John, Omaha; Campbell, Atchison; Allen Chapel, KCK
State of the Country:
Revs. Eraina Aseme, Karla Cooper, Shirley Heermance, Keith
Cordier, Valencia Jackson, Donald Baker, Euzell Ball, Willie Morris,
Delegates:
Bethel, KC; Bethel, Macon; Zion, Mayview; St. John, KC;
Quinn Chapel, Sedalia; Gregg, Omaha; Trinity, Kansas City, KS; Bethel,
Omaha; Bethel, Leavenworth
Temperance:
Revs. C. N. Austin, Edwin Donaldson, Steven Barnes, Michelle Brown,
Shirley Heermance, Verdell Taylor, Marilyn Robinson, Donald Morrison
Delegates:
Bethel/Chillicothe; Grant/Moberly; Lovell
Chapel, Huntsville; St. Paul,
Independence; Halls Chapel, Newton; Grant, Wichita
Evangelism:
Revs. Euzell Ball, Steven Barnes, Benjamin Finnell, Brenda Smith,
Helen Benton-Harris, V. Gordon Glenn,
Sandra Radford, Patricia Winfrey
Delegates:
Power of Faith, KC; St. Luke,
Norborne; St. Luke, Salisbury; Zion, Brunswick;
Handy Chapel, Joplin; Allen Chapel, Salina; Allen Chapel, KC; Bethel,
Manhattan; Bethel, Coffeyville; St. Mark, Topeka; Gilbert
Memorial, KC; Brooks Chapel, Butler
Christian Stewardship:
Revs. V. Gordon Glenn, Roger Jackson. Robert Shaw,
Mayetta Hall, George Stewart, Penny Pitchford,
Delegates; Mariah Walker, KC;
Ebenezer-Grant, St. Joseph; St. Matthew’s Chapel, Boonville; Gilbert
Memorial, KC; Grant, Wichita; Campbell, Atchison; St. James, Arkansas
City; St. Paul, Wichita.
Ministries to the Youth:
Revs. Gordon Glenn, Ronnie McCowan, Rachel Williams‑Glenn,
Stacy Evans, Marilyn Robinson, Theodore Lee, Sylvia Harris, Thomas
Linden
Delegates:
Christ Our Redeemer, KC; Bethel, Macon; Ward Chapel, KC; Ebenezer,
KC; Handy Chapel, Joplin; First, Kansas City, KS; St. Mark,
Topeka; St. James, Higginsville;
Allen Chapel, KCK; St John, Topeka
Christian
Education: Revs. Edward Walzer,
Spencer Barrett, Rachel Williams-Glenn,
Verdell Taylor, Jr., C. N. Austin
Delegates:
Gregg Tabernacle, KC; St. Matthew, Boonville; Gilbert Memorial, KC;
St. John, Topeka; St. Paul,
Independence; Bethel, Omaha; Ward, Junction City; New Bethel,
Kansas City, KS; Grant, Kansas City, KS
Employment Security:
Revs. Eraina Aseme, Gary Charles, Stacy Evans, Darlene
Easley, Joe Bywaters, Penny Pitchford, Gloria Butler
Delegates: Benton Avenue, Springfield; Cain Grant, KC; Bethel, Hutchinson; St. Luke, Norborne; Zion, Brunswick; Ward Chapel, Richmond
Abandoned Property - Conference Trustees
Women's Missionary Society:
Supervisor, Mary L. Kirkland.
Sisters Thelma Cunningham, Wanda Jenkins
Memorials: Revs. Valencia Jackson, Helen Benton-Harris, George
Stewart, Mayetta
Hall, Gloria Butler, Suson Johnson-Williams
Delegates: St. Luke, Lawrence;
Quinn, Lincoln; Bethel, Winfield; Zion, Lexington; St. James,
Higginsville
Resolutions: Revs. Rachel Williams Glenn, Stacy Evans, Darlene
Easley,
Willie Morris. Marilyn Robinson
Delegates: Mt. Olive, Emporia;
New Bethel, Kansas City; Bethel, Hutchison; St. Luke, Norborne; Zion,
Brunswick; Ward Chapel, Richmond
Annual Conference Sunday School:
Gloria Watson, Henry Pearly
Lay Activities:
Bro. Luegene Hill, Bro. Donald P. Jones
Delegates: Trinity, Kansas City, KS; Allen Chapel, Kansas City; Allen
Chapel, Salina; Grant, Wichita: St. Luke, Kansas City; Greater Brown,
Topeka
Classification of Churches:
Revs. Patricia Winfrey, Brenda Smith,
Edwin Donaldson, Samuel Kyser
Delegates: Ward Chapel,
Junction City; Ward Chapel, Iola; St. Paul, Wichita: Grant, Kansas City,
KS; Halls Chapel, Newton; Bethel, Chillicothe; Christ Our Redeemer, KC;
St. Paul, Independence
Missions,
Circuits and Stations: Revs. Larry Lowe,
Roger Jackson, Sherrie Wood-Powe, Donald Morrison; Delegates: Benton
Avenue/Springfield; St. Luke/Liberty; St. Luke/Norborne; Grant Mobley
Classification
of Ministers: Revs. Karla Cooper,
Samuel Kyser, Betty Hanna Witherspoon, Joe Bywaters, Euzell Ball, Edith
Reed, Eraina Aseme; Delegates: Handy Chapel/Marshall; Ward
Chapel/Richmond; Brooks Chapel/Butler
Local Church Insurance:
Revs. William Sheppard, Karla Cooper, Steven Barnes, Jonathan Wright.
Brenda Smith; Delegates: Allen Chapel/Kansas City; Bethel/Kansas City;
Ebenezer/Kansas City; Bethel/Macon
Social Action: Revs. Purcell
Hector, Carmi Woods, Eraina Aseme, Fran Cary, Mark Smith, Euzell Ball;
Delegates: Quinn/Lincoln; St. Paul/Independence; Allen/Salina;
Bethel/Winfield; Willis Chapel/Kansas City;
Rearrangement
of Work,
Presiding Elders' Apportionment & Upkeep: Revs. Anthony
Steele, Fran Cary, Carmi Woods, Spencer Barrett, Donald Baker, Mark
Smith, Donna F. Robeson, Steven A. Cousin, Theodore R. Evans; Delegates:
Willis Chapel/Kansas City; Allen Chapel/Kansas City;Cain Grant/Kansas
City; Bethel/Kansas City; Ebenezer/Kansas City; Trinity/Kansas City;
Ward Chapel/Kansas City
SOS Directors:
Brothers Tim Goff, Paul Overman
Men's
Ministry: Rev.
Keith Cordier, Rev. Edward Walzer; Jr.
Daughters of Destiny: Rev.
Betty Hanna Witherspoon