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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 For 2009, the Recognition program has been superseded by the new Healthy Congregations Covenant program, with a simplified, new approach to foster greater participation and results.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 Ellis UMC:
HC = Healthy Congregation; HCY = Healthy Congregation of the Year
| Congregation | Location | '96 | '97 | '98 | '99 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 |
| Ellis UMC | Ellis | HC | HC | HCY | HC | HC | HC | HC | HC | HCY |
Highlighted Activities for Ellis UMC (5):
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 |
| 1999 | Ellis UMC sponsored seven Fifth Quarter events in the church basement after Friday night home football and basketball games. The events provided a drug- and alcohol-free place for high school students to go after the games. Prizes, music, and games attracted up to 50 students for each event. A $1,000 grant from the Ellis County Community Partnership helped with expenses. The Partnership presented a Certificate of Recognition to the Church for outstanding community service. |
| 2001 | Ellis UMC enhanced their congregational care by continuing to serve a mini-breakfast before Sunday morning Christian education classes. The breakfasts, served by volunteers and supported by donations, help increase adult and youth Sunday school attendance, create a social setting for genuine inter-generational nurturance, and foster a "family-like" atmosphere. |
| 2003 | Ellis UMC invited a special guest missionary speaker who works with the Wycliff Bible Translator in Papua, New Guinea. Phillip Lambrecht, son of Stockton UMC's Rev. Buzz Lambrecht, spoke about the serious need for more people to translate the Bible. He noted that 3,000 languages remain without any Bible translation and that it would take 150 years at the current rate of progress to fill that need. The presentation shed light on a critical yet often overlooked component of mission success. |
| 2004 | Ellis UMC was asked by The Caring for Self and Others Committee of a grade school to display "character words" to raise awareness of good character traits both in and out of school. The group selected Ellis UMC because of the church's involvement with community children through Fifth Quarter, Kids' Club, Youth Group, and VBS. The character words are displayed in the church and church members reinforce the message by complimenting students on the good character traits they display while in the church. |
| 2006 | Ellis UMC: Fifth Quarter is an ongoing program of the church. It was started nine years ago with the goal of providing a safe place -- free of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs -- for Ellis High School students to have fun. The events take place on Friday nights following home football and basketball games as well as home wrestling matches. The teens are invited to the church Fellowship Hall for food, drinks, door prizes, and games (ping pong; darts; foosball; air hockey; and video, board, and card games). The teens arrive shortly after the sporting event ends and can stay until 11:45 pm. Fifth Quarter attendance has grown through the years. On one occasion, 111 of the 138 total high school students attended the Fifth Quarter! |