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  1. Keeping Faith

    June 13th, 2011 at 3:01 PM

    By Gil Hanke

    Greetings During the last few weeks there has been a great deal of travel, as I find myself in the season of traveling to different events.  Some are meetings of annual conferences, and those are wonderful.  Some travel is to men's events or to preach at a church and those are also a blessing.  Some of the m... read more

  2. Travel joys

    October 20th, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    By Gil Hanke

    Well my last blog entry was a promise to do better... that didn't work!  I will tell you that I have been very busy and in the middle of a 5 week travel blitz.  I am on the way home from a week long trip that has taken me to Virginia for a SoSA Board meeting, to preach at St. Paul's UMC in Houston for Laity Sunday... read more | 1 comment

  3. I will do better

    July 22nd, 2010 at 4:21 PM

    By Gil Hanke

    It is pretty embarrassing when I am reminded during the same week by the GCUMM staff and by my 25 year old son, that the purpose of having a blog is to WRITE something! Since my last post we have sold the house in Texas, bought a house in Tennessee, moved, I have been to 4 annual conference meetings, several other meetings... read more | 1 comment

  4. Back to my roots

    April 10th, 2010 at 8:39 PM

    By Gil Hanke

    This was a great day.  I am in Kansas and was blessed to address the Kansas East/West Event.  Many of you know that I have lived about 35 years in Texas, and that I grew up in Virginia.  But my roots go back to Kansas where both my parents grew up.  I was named after my grandfather, Rev. Gilbert Meyer, a... read more

  5. What have we done?

    April 9th, 2010 at 10:54 PM

    By Gil Hanke

    One thing leads to another, and so it is with our wonderful staff.  My last blog entry talked about 'Vital Connections' and some one asked how to start it.  The answer, just click on it, it takes some time to open, but that is because it is a big file.  Now we are playing with video.  At the request of ... read more