Virginia Reed Food Drive During the month of September, we are collecting peanut butter, cereal and mac and cheese. Drop off donations anytime in the baskets located at the entry doors or at the Food Drive table in the parlor every third Sunday.
This fall we invite you to take a new look at Country Club Christian Church's 11:00 a.m. worship service. Be inspired by the traditional worship. Be renewed by the classical music. Be challenged by the progressive message.
What happens when a Christian preacher and a Jewish rabbi sit next to each other on a flight home from Israel? Dr. Mike Graves will tell us in this series. Aug. 18, 25 and Sept. 1 Aug. 18 - Noah, Genesis 9:8-17 Aug. 25 - Abraham, Genesis 12:1-9 Sept. 1 - Jacob, Genesis 32:22-31
New this fall, this ministry is for individuals ages mid-20s to mid-30s. Maybe you just graduated college, moved to Kansas City, started a first career, are dating, single, or married, thinking about having kids but not quite yet… or at any of the “in-between” stages of finding your way through the early Read More...
Rev. Tyler Heston, Minister to Youth One of the most surprising personal revelations I had in seminary was how much I liked sci-fi. It began when I devoured the entirety of The X-Files series during my sparse free time and continued with films and shows like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Black Mirror, Read More...
Why Preach, Why Listen is the title of a book I read many years ago. But the title still haunts me. Why do I preach and why do you listen? It isn’t to be “preachy,” which has become a negative word that conjures up a haranguing of sorts, where a speaker Read More...
Friday, Aug. 23, 6:00-8:30 p.m. Youth will provide a Parents' Night Out for children 3rd grade and under. Snacks provided, please serve your child dinner at home. Children 2 and under will be with childcare staff; 3 and older will be with youth and adult leaders. Cost is $10 per child with Read More...
On Sunday morning before church I visited with the police officer who supports our Sunday morning security team. I wanted to know if he was ok because he helped apprehended the shooter who took the life of a pastor’s 25 year old daughter on Friday night with a stray bullet fired into Read More...
Rev. Catherine Stark-Corn, Minister to Children and Families My eldest son has been an intern this summer with a non-profit in northeast KC. Each day after several hours of work, the interns gather with the staff and any other volunteers for lunch. They come together after their morning work, sharing conversation and Read More...
There is a story about Leonardo da Vinci… Early in his career he was painting a picture of Christ and found a beautiful young male to model for his portrait of Jesus. Many years later, Leonardo was painting a picture that included Judas. He walked through the streets of Florence looking for Read More...
It’s as much art and luck as it is science and skill. I’ve spent 26 years both teaching it in my professional role and practicing at it in my private life and it still confounds me at times. When it works well, it feels like a holy miracle. And when it doesn’t Read More...
Dr. Mike Graves, Scholar in Residence If you’re sick and tired of hearing about our recent trip to Israel, my apologies. Ask anyone who went (and who is now over the jet lag and weather-related rerouting) and they will tell you what an amazing adventure it was. Walking in the footsteps of Read More...
By Rev. Tyler Heston, Minister to Youth Last month, 18 of us traveled to Otavalo, Ecuador, for the high school mission trip. We spent a week partnering with FEDICE to work with a community center on renovation projects at their daycare, Mushuk Muyu (“New Seeds”). We spent the week with FEDICE’s executive Read More...
What if the land could talk? What if you could stand at the corner of 61st and Ward Parkway and listen to the stories that the earth witnessed? The soil could speak to us about the blood shed upon it during the Civil War. During Battle of Westport, the Confederate soldiers retreated Read More...
I had never really thought about it this way. I knew the stories but had not put them together in a pattern. But recently I read that repeatedly in the story of Jesus, the people who are closest to him erect barriers around him to keep others out. They push the children Read More...
