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The Healthy Congregations Recognition program, recognized Kansas United Methodist congregations for their efforts to nurture, reach out and educate through ministries of health, healing and wholeness. For 2009, the Recognition program has been superseded by the new Healthy Congregations Covenant program, with a simplified, new approach to foster greater participation and results. The Healthy Congregations Hall of Fame serves as an archive of the historic Recognition program. We hope you'll find it interesting and join us in the new Healthy Congregations Covenant program.
Healthy Congregations Recognition Details for Stark UMC:
HC = Healthy Congregation; HCY = Healthy Congregation of the Year
| Congregation | Location | '96 | '97 | '98 | '99 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 |
| Stark UMC | Stark | HC | HC | HC | HC |
Highlighted Activities for Stark UMC (1):
Activities listed below were specially chosen from among all reported activities for the listed year. These highlighted activities were featured in the Healthy Congregations recognition brochure for the listed year.
| Year | Highlighted Activities |
| 2005 | With a rising awareness of the numbers of Stark UMC's members lost to cancer over the years, the "Relay for Life" committee pledged themselves to working to help find a cure for cancer. Over $3,300 was raised through donation of a handmade quilt, a stuffed animal sale, concession stands at local games, aluminum can drives, t-shirt sales, and other efforts. One creative fundraiser was a "food sale by order blank." Volunteers pledged to make and deliver a variety of foods to buyers that signed up for each item -- from pies to salads to enchiladas -- at a set price. The Stark UMC youth held a "Hair Cut Party," with the leader providing haircuts for anyone who had at least 10 inches of hair they would donate to Locks of Love, an organization which makes wigs for those who have lost their natural hair from chemotherapy treatments. |