Evangelical Friends Church Mid America

04/11/2026

From Jesse Penna:

Greetings to those churches in Western Region! (and a few churches who might prefer going to Fowler as opposed to Chandler on November 7th in terms of proximity.)

I wanted to share registration information and a QR code for our next Camp Quaker Haven Fundraiser and ask 2 questions:

Can you share this with your congregations over the next 2 weeks? We have shared this date broadly with our pastor network, but want to make sure that it gets in the hands of everyone.

Is there anyone in your congregation who attended the first camp in 1950 who might be willing to share briefly at our gathering?

Please let me know if you have any questions or any persons I should contact directly. 316-641-9961

Now to the "official" invitation and registration info that we encourage you to share with your congregations:

Camp Quaker Haven Celebration and Fundraiser on April 25th at Fowler Friends Church from 4:00 - 6:00

We would like to take the 75th anniversary of Camp Quaker Haven “on the road” and gather as many persons as possible to help celebrate all that God has done at Camp Quaker Haven in the past 75 years and to hear about how we envision moving into the future. We are looking for past Camp Quaker haven attendees, any parents or students of current Camp Quaker Haven attendees, or persons who may want to support the work of building a retreat center so that we can utilize the CQH grounds year around as opposed to primarily just the summer. Join us for a night of worship, celebration and a meal as we hear about what God has done, and will continue to do at Camp Quaker Haven: Building for Generations inspired by faith.
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Registration can be found: Camp Quaker Haven Celebration and Fundraiser - Fowler:

Registration closes April 18!We are taking the 75th Anniversary of Camp Quaker Haven "On the Road"!Let's gather as many persons as possible to help celebrate all that God has done at Camp Quaker Haven over the past 75 years and hear about how we envision moving into the future. Please register to co...

10/19/2025

Learn. Pray. Give. Go.

This is late notice, but please visit www.friendsmultiply.org to find informative bulletin inserts, helpful videos, and other ideas for Instructions/Suggestions for the National Friends Church Planting Sunday
October 26, 2025!

The suggestions below could take just a few minutes or your entire worship service (depending on what you choose to do). At the very minimum, we would ask you to show the NFCPS Video (3 min), and use the Bulletin Insert/Flier and/or the PowerPoint slide as you invite people to pray, give, and go to fulfill the Great Commission and plant new churches.

1. Learn –

o Please show the NFCPS Video (3 min). There’s also a 2-minute and 90-second version available.
o Consider printing and sharing the Bulletin Insert/Flier that also has a Response Form – see attached.
o Consider using/adapting the “Script” (see attached) to introduce the video and explain what we are doing.
o If you have time, consider preaching a sermon related to the Great Commission, outreach, or church planting (or use one of the videos from the most recent International Friends Church Multiplication Conference - links to our recommendations are in the Additional Resources – see attached).

2. Pray – Please take a moment in your worship service to pray for church planting in your region and in other parts of the US wherever the Lord leads us to go. Pray also for more church planters and teams.

3. Give – Please invite people to give to a special offering for church planting, and send it to your Yearly Meeting/regional office. They will keep the majority of the offering (determined by them) for planting churches in your region, and send a portion to help plant churches around the country. People can also give electronically at friendsmultiply.org.

4. Go – Please invite people to consider becoming church planters, to join a church planting team, or to find out more about it. If you print the Bulletin Insert/Flier, you could ask people to turn the Response Form in to you (or mail it to the address indicated). Or, you could ask them to visit our website: friendsmultiply.org, to complete an online interest form by using the QR code on the flier. This form will also be available at friendsmultiply.org. Some might be interested to find out what kind of church planter they are. They can take a short quiz to find out if church planting is right for them. Slides are available for this on our resource page friendsmultiply.org/nfcps.

If you have any questions about the NFCPS, the video, the resources, or anything else, please visit friendsmultiply.org/nfcps, or contact us at [email protected].
Thank you!

10/14/2025

📣 National Friends Church Planting Sunday is coming October 26!

Friends churches nationwide will unite to focus on the Great Commission—spreading the gospel and planting new churches. Each new church = new hope, new community, and changed lives.

Let’s pray. Let’s celebrate. Let’s multiply. 🌿

p.s. looking for resources? Email us at [email protected] and we'll get 'em to ya!

10/13/2025

Here's a note concerning needs for the November 8 Run for Missions Relay.

WANTED:
Runners to cover a couple legs of our relay.
Van drivers to transport runners to and from their vehicles.
Cheerleaders along the route.
People praying for runners and the cause.
Generous, joy-filled givers to bless our cause.

If you'd like to support the Great Lakes Leadership Training initiative which trains pastors and leaders in the Friends churches in Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda, Africa, you may do so by following the link below.

https://efcmaym.org/news/2025-run-for-missions

If you want to avoid losing some of your donation to fees, you can send a check to the following address:

Friends Ministry Center
2018 West Maple St.
Wichita, Kansas 67213

09/26/2025

This year's Run for Missions Relay on November 8 will be raising funds and awareness for the Great Lakes Leadership Training program of Evangelical Friends Mission. (Please follow the Run for Missions Relay page and plan to give.)

09/13/2025

Blessed to attend the United for Recovery Gala at Mark Arts in Wichita to raise money and support for those in recovery from addiction through the Wichita Recovery Coalition and Wichita Recovery Hub. May God give grace and mercy to each person who desires to walk in greater freedom from substance abuse, mental health disorders, drug abuse, and alcoholism. May each person find freedom through the love of Jesus Christ who takes away the sins of the world.

08/21/2025

08/03/2025

CHOSEN, HOLY, and BELOVED!



Friends Women’s Retreat: Chosen, Holy, Beloved September 19-21 2025!

LADIES! Only FIVE days left! Register by August 8th: go to www.friendswomen.com and scroll down to events and then scroll down to find the link to register and pay!

YOU ARE INVITED to the next Friends Women’s Retreat held in Wichita, Kansas on September 19-21! You will not want to miss this fall retreat! Cindy Aufrance, a missionary in Hong Kong for 45 years, skilled in the areas of counseling and ministry, is the main speaker. Stacey Wheeler will be leading worship with her two daughters, Adele and Audrey, and this year we have a special guest comedian from Topeka, Connie Hall, who will speak on Saturday night during our banquet.

What is this women’s retreat all about? This retreat is designed to draw like-minded women together who want to laugh, cry, eat great food, worship God, learn about the Bible, and enjoy the fellowship of other women in Christian community while supporting missionaries around the world. A silent auction is a highlight where women (YOU!) can donate special items to be auctioned on Saturday night. If you love it, then other women probably will, too! Homemade items are always a big hit at the auction. Then bid on items you love—just sign up and write what you would pay—highest bid wins! A fun way to raise important funds for our mission projects!

What to bring: bring your hunger for God, your Bible, fun snacks, your friend, your flannel shirts and cozy fall sweaters, your dress-up clothes for the banquet (or just wear jeans!), and your smile for your neighbor. If you have some African beaded jewelry, bring that and wear it, too!
Most importantly, bring your family and friends and come and see that you are CHOSEN, HOLY, and BELOVED!

Pictures below from our retreat in 2024!

06/26/2025

06/21/2025

Hello Everyone!

If you haven't already registered, this is a quick reminder that this Sunday (June 22) is the last day to register for Ministry Conference without incurring a late fee. Registration closes on June 30.

Register today!

https://efcmaym.org/news/2025-ministry-conference/

The Church Works! 2025 Ministry Conference at Friends University:

We look forward to having you with us in Wichita July 11-13 as we gather to worship, celebrate and seek God’s leading for the upcoming years of Evangelical Friends in the heart of North America.

Our theme for this year’s gathering is, “The Church Works”. This year’s Ministry Conference will feature ways the church is “working” across Mid-America.

On July 10-11 we are conducting a special pre-conference event for our pastors and their families before our first session on Friday evening.

From 5-7 p.m. on Friday evening we will gather in the basement of the Casado cafeteria to share dinner and a special time of equipping from our EFM Executive Director, Stan Leach.

Then, at 7:30 p.m., we will gather for our first worship session in the Riney Fine Arts Center where Dr. Donald Sunukjian will be our guest speaker.

Throughout the weekend we will hear how God is at work in churches from across our region.

Included in your packet will be a detailed schedule of events. Please read this for some final reminders and important updates regarding this year’s Ministry Conference.

LIVE STREAMING: The Sunday Morning Celebration will be live streamed from the Riney Fine Arts Center Auditorium, at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday Morning. The livestream can be accessed at: https://efcmaym.org/live-stream/

TRANSLATION: All of our (4) Worship Sessions will be translated through AI into Spanish, Nepali and Congolese. Those ESL attendees will be able to access the AI feeds while in attendance from their smartphone. (Bring wired or wireless earbuds for your device.) If you would like to provide the Sunday Morning Livestream back to your local church in a language other than English, please contact the Ministry Center.

CHECK-IN for the conference will take place for those attending the Free Pastors event on Thursday afternoon, July 10, from 4-6 p.m. in the atrium of the Riney Fine Arts Center on the campus of Friends University. All other conference attendees will check-in on Friday afternoon, July 11, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. If you have not completed payment, please plan to pay Kristin Thompson at the registration table.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING BEDDING, PILLOWS AND TOWELS as they are not provided by the university.

MEALS. Breakfast and lunch for Pastors and their families on Thursday, July 10, will be in the atrium of the Riney Fine Arts Center.

The Friday evening dinner and workshop with Stan Leach will be in the Casado gymnasium located in the basement of the Casado cafeteria. All meals on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday morning will be in the newly remodeled Casado Cafeteria.

PASTORS RESOURCING. On Friday morning from 9 a.m. to noon EFC-MAYM, in conjunction with the Barclay Preaching Initiative, will host a workshop for our pastors with Dr. Donald Sunukjian, professor emeritus at Talbot School of Theology on relevance in preaching. Dr. Sunukjian shares this about the workshop, “Relevancy occurs when the listeners “see” how a biblical truth applies to a specific situation. Until they get a mental “picture” of some real-life person, event, or circumstance in their everyday world, the biblical truth remains an abstraction—vague and unhelpful. These sessions, through four pages of outline notes and extensive audience interaction, will increase your ability to connect biblical truth to contemporary life.”

CHILDREN’S CONFERENCE. Our Children’s Conference will be conducted in Riney Fine Arts room E23 during the (4) worship sessions as well as the business session on Saturday afternoon. Abby Zortman is this year’s Children’s Conference Director.

KALEO-LITE. Those participating in Kaleo-lite will have all of their gathering in the Woolman Hall Conference Room.
CONFERENCE OFFERING. A special offering will be collected during each of the general sessions at this year’s conference to help provide for pastoral and church needs in Burundi, including helping to purchase bibles for their youth.

COFFEE HANGOUT. All pastor’s, director’s and superintendent’s wives are invited to join Stacey Wheeler for breakfast on Saturday morning from 7:30-9:00 a.m. in the President’s Dining Room at Casado Cafeteria.

FRIENDS WOMEN PRAYER LUNCHEON. Those who have signed up for the Friends Women Luncheon at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday will meet in the basement of Casado Cafeteria for this special gathering.

MINSTRY TEAM MEETINGS: Ministry Teams will meet on Friday afternoon from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Business and Technology Building on the campus of Friends University. Room assignments are as follows:
Home Missions (Room 103)
Mission Mobilizers (Room 102)
Elders (Room 101)

EQUIPPING WORKSHOP AND DINNER: On Friday evening, July 11, from 5-7 p.m. everyone will gather for dinner in the gymnasium located in the basement of the Casado Cafeteria where Stan Leach, EFM Executive Director, will lead us in a time of asking how we as local churches can serve to identify, raise up, and equip the next generation of church planters, pastors and missionaries for the Friends Church. Stan has a passion and gift for equipping others to help fulfill the Great Commission. Children will have dinner with their parents and then be dismissed to Children’s Ministry Conference for the remainder of the workshop.

DISPLAY TABLES: Any organization adhering to the mission and values of EFC-MAYM may set up a display table in the entry way of the Ross-Ellis Fine Arts Center. To sign up for a table please email [email protected].

CALL TO PRAYER. Please join our staff and elders in prayer for this year’s conference, asking the Lord to prepare the hearts of each and every participant, to equip and empower all of those who will be providing primary leadership throughout the weekend, and that each and every aspect of this gathering will be thoroughly Christ-centered, Spirit-led, and God-glorifying!

Please feel free to contact us directly if you have any additional questions. See you soon!