Country Club Christian Church, in Partnership with The Land Institute, Presents Renowned Author Wendell Berry Renowned poet, farmer, novelist, and essayist Wendell Berry will appear at Country Club Christian Church, 6101 Ward Parkway, on Thursday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m. to speak about his novel Andy Catlett: Early Travels. The author's appearance Read More...
Loving and Gracious God, We are grateful for the countless blessings that you have given to us. You have shown us so many times how the time and money that we give to you and your work become even larger when used for your service, even as those gifts lead us to Read More...
Loving and Gracious God, We are grateful for the countless blessings that you have given to us. You have shown us so many times how the time and money that we give to you and your work is never missed. It is ever and always returned to us in abundance. Strengthen our Read More...
Regardless of where we are in our faith journey, the call to love, serve and give in the name of God is strong. Stewardship is one way of acting on this invitation. Our annual stewardship campaign is underway, and this year's theme is Love, Serve, Give. The goal of our annual stewardship Read More...
1919Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bowen, city missionaries for the Christian Church, identified a need for a church in this area of Kansas City, Missouri. 1920Home meeting at 63rd & Brookside for interested persons. Lot purchased at 61st and Ward Parkway. Dr. Combs begins ministry with 382 members. 1921Ground breaking for the first Read More...
The first meeting for the organization of a Christian Church and Bible School in the Country Club district of Kansas City, Missouri, was held in the Community Hall at Brookside in October of 1920. Initiated by city missionaries, Frank and Mary Bowen, attendance grew rapidly and soon the new congregation searched for Read More...
full circle. back in managua after an amazing week, a wonderful experience. i think it{s (hee hee) safe to say that we’re all a little beat.where did we leave off? Read More…
3. It’s Thursday, day 3 of the clinic. Today, the village of Castillo is in matasano to see the docs, the dentist and hear the home health care talk that Sandy gives (she does the whole thing in Spanish and it’s great. Bart…well…think Vanna White. He displays the stuff while Sandy does Read More...
Shout outs from the team Just a few messages for those at home tonight: Read More…
2. Roosters crowing long before sun-up. Hugo calling out to Jessica (yes’-si-kuh). The grind of the gears as the bus slows. The pounding of rocks against its sides. Read More…
First day of work in the village Tuesday, February 22 Today the team split between traveling to Matasano and staying at the farm. My day began at the farm. Andrea, Jane and I stayed at the farm and completed the home health kits while the construction crew of Carty, Bill and EJ Read More...
1. Grab some coffee and get comfy for this one. It’s tuesday, mid-morning. Most of the crew is in matasano (lori and andrea just headed that way too after we received a note from the clinic that they need more medicine). It will (ooh look, the computer is correcting my caps at Read More...
Settling in Monday, February 22 10:15 a.m. From Lori I can’t keep up with EJ’s wit, but I will try to type with caps and apostrophes. Yesterday was a day full of travel and getting settled into our home for the week. We left Managua early in the morning and traveled to Read More...
A few photos from Sunday. See EJ’s post for more about Sunday’s adventures. Read More…
Time: 0730, Monday morning.Place: About to leave Managuaan early morning today, breakfast at 730. i won’t bother you with trivial details like the weather (sunny and hot).about 6:45 am, the fire brigade assembled, moving box after box after box after suitcase after box after duffel after box after…you get the idea… Read More...
