2010 Kansas Christian Ashram
 
LOCATION
STERLING COLLEGE www.sterling.edu
Sterling College is located on an attractive campus at 125 W. Cooper St. in Sterling, Kansas. Sterling is located 18 miles northwest of Hutchinson or about an hour northwest of Wichita on Kansas Highways 14 & 96 and has a population of 2,600.

DAILY ASHRAM SCHEDULE - July 21st-25th, 2010

  7:00am   Rising Bell
  7:30am   Corporate Devotions 
  8:00am   Breakfast
  9:00am   Bible Hour
10:00am   Prayer Groups
11:00am   Evangelist’s Hour
12:00pm   Lunch
  1:00pm   Free Time
  3:30pm   Bible Hour
  4:30pm   Prayer Groups
  5:30pm   Dinner (1st Meeting on Wednesday)
  6:00pm   Free Time
  7:00pm   Lay Witness Hour
  8:00pm   Evangelist’s Worship Service
  9:00pm   Refreshments and Fellowship
11:00pm   Discipline of silence until 7:30 am

Ashram begins Wednesday with registration beginning at 3:00 pm and dinner at 5:30 pm followed by "The Hour of the Open Heart" Orientation is at 7:00 pm Wednesday. The Youth Leaders will announce when the youth will meet separately from the adult schedule. The final Ashram activity ends before lunch on Saturday.
CAMPUS FACILITIES: Air-conditioned facilities assure a pleasant atmosphere for our daily schedule. Residence halls provide quiet sleeping quarters and rooms for small prayer groups. Larger meetings are held in the Student Center, which also offers the cafeteria, game room, and lounge areas.
RECREATION: Tennis, Basketball, Volleyball, Ping Pong and Pool Tables. Also available is the Sterling City Pool.

THE COST
REGISTRATION FEE (Due July 1st)
Adults and Youth: $10.00
Children: Free
After July 1st: $15.00

ROOM AND BOARD
Ages 12 through Adult: $140.00
Ages 4 through 11 years: $110.00
Ages 3 and under: Free Competent child care is provided without charge.

PART-TIME ATTENDEES: Will pay a $10.00 daily registration fee plus meals and room as used. Guests at evening worship services are welcome to attend free of charge.
FEE INCLUDES: Program costs, all meals, lodging and insurance.
SCHOLARSHIPS: There is a limited number of scholarships available at the rate of $40.00 each. To apply, simply mark the box next to "Check here if scholarship is requested" on the registration form located on the Ashram Brochure. Scholarships are awarded upon an earliest request basis. An offering will be taken during the week for the 2010 scholarship fund.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
REGISTRATION: A printable registration form located on the Ashram Brochure is available online. Simply print the brochure, fill out and detach the registration form and mail it to the address shown. Final registration and room assignments begins at 3:00 pm, July 21st, at Kilborn Hall located off of West Forrest Ave. Follow the Ashram signs.
WHAT TO BRING: Plan to dress informally. Bring your own robe, toiletries, towel, pillow, sheets, blankets, Bible and notebook. If you want to swim, bring a modest swimsuit, towel and a nominal Sterling city pool fee.
DISCIPLINES: Those participating in an Ashram abide by the disciplines as established. Participants are not to bring radios, tapes or CD players, and children and youth are to remain on campus during the Ashram unless accompanied by an adult.
EMERGENCY MESSAGES: In case of an emergency, Ashram participants can be reached at 316-259-1399 for Ashram Board Member Phil Newman.
KANSAS CHRISTIAN ASHRAM ENDOWMENT: Many people have found their lives eternally changed by the good news from the Kansas Christian Ashram. Like the believers in Acts 4:32-37, some have desired to offer a sustained source of financial stability through the Kansas Christian Ashram Endowment. For more information, please contact Mrs. Gerri Keating, Box 534, Abilene, Kansas 67410.

2010 Ashram Leadership

Evangelist
 
Dennis Wallace, Evangelist, has served in the Kansas West Conference of the UMC for over 20 years, first at Arlington and Abbyville UMCs, then the Emmanuel UMC in Abilene. He serves the Asbury Church in Wichita. He has conducted evangelistic meetings and has been a speaker at summer camps, youth rallies, family camps, etc.

A graduate of Asbury College and Candler School of Theology, Dennis has worked in youth ministry. His warmth, humor and dynamic preaching abilities are appreciated. Dennis is a trained Growth Plus Consultant and a leader in church growth and evangelism.
 

Bible Teacher
 
Steve Rankin, Bible Teacher, is the Chaplain at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. A native and long-time resident of Kansas and a clergy member of the Kansas West Conference of The United Methodist Church, Steve graduated from Saint Paul School of Theology and did a Ph.D Northwestern University and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He served congregations as pastor until 1995 when he went to Southwestern College as professor and campus minister. He joined the SMU staff in July 2009.

The abiding passion during Steve’s ministry has been the renewal and growth of people’s lives in Christ. Over the years he has combined scholarly work with this passion for renewal through preaching, teaching and mentoring people. Steve is married to Joni (Leeper) Rankin and they have four children and one grandson.

Youth Leader
 
Matt Stuckey, Youth Leader, is the Young Adult Coordinator at Wesley UMC in Iola. Matt graduated from Friends University this year, and is training at Perkins School of Youth Ministry at SMU, Dallas, TX. He was Youth Director at the Iola Wesley UMC from 2001 to 2008. He has directed VBS and helped create “Wake the Youth,” a coffee house ministry. Matt is Coordinator of Youth Ministries in the Five Rivers District of the Kansas East Conference of the UMC.

Matt believes his calling is youth ministry and sees youth as persons who have wonderful gifts to give to the world. His desire is to lead them into a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Children's Leader
 
Jennifer Wilson, Children’s Leader, works with children at The Benton Church. Under her leadership, the church has experienced successful VBSs and programs where the Bible is taught and Jesus is worshipped as Lord and Savior. She and her husband, Dan, reside in El Dorado, with their three children Katelynn, Daniel, and Gabriel..




 

Music Leaders
 
We welcome Cross Focus Praise Team for the 9th year to lead singing and worship. Their Christian lives and their enthusiasm for singing help draw us into the presence of God. Cross Focus seeks to point worshippers and seekers alike to the Cross of Christ. 1 Corinthians 1:18 is their signature verse: “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”