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Grace at Work Partnership Day – Della Lamb

Saturday, Nov 13 9:00 - 10:30 or 10:30 - Noon The Metro Mission Team is seeking volunteers to help with Della Lamb's Operation Holidays. Volunteers will be inventorying and sorting items and donations. We will be working inside the large gym with masking and safety protocols. Two shifts are available. Children are welcome to help Read More...

2021-11-15T11:19:14-06:00July 21, 2021|Categories: Serve Our Church|

Praying

How do we pray when life is not going well? Sometimes it feels like we are doing everything right but life just keeps falling apart. In his book Meditations of the Heart, Howard Thurman begins a poetic prayer like this, “At times when the strain is heaviest upon us, and our tired Read More...

2021-07-16T08:08:41-05:00July 16, 2021|Categories: Carla Aday, Senior Minister Blog|Tags: |

July Sermon Series: Broken Open

All of us are broken, but how do we become vulnerable rather than hardened during times of crises?  This three-part series looks at moments in the Bible when the people experienced challenging situations that opened them up to become more engaged in life.  

2022-10-25T10:09:28-05:00June 30, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|

God’s Hope Sermon Series

“God’s Hope” is a sermon series on the prophets, beginning June 9. What might these prophets of old have to say to us in a world slowly emerging from a global pandemic? What might need to change when instead of returning to normal, we move into a new future? June 6 - Read More...

2022-10-25T10:09:46-05:00June 3, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|

Youth Summer Socials

Friday, July 23 High School Pool Party, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. High schoolers are invited to an afternoon pool party at the McGuire’s! Snacks & refreshments provided. RSVP to Tyler for address. Friday, July 23 Middle School SkyZone Social, 6:00-8:00 p.m.  Middle schoolers are invited to join for a night at SkyZone in Shawnee! Cost is Read More...

2021-07-14T13:48:36-05:00May 26, 2021|Categories: Youth Ministry|

MOPS Summer Gatherings

MOPS (Mothers of PreSchoolers) will host a series of summer gatherings. If you or a friend would enjoy connecting with other moms, please join us. For more information and details, email April. June  2 - Playdate, 4:30-6:00 p.m., Franklin Park June 22 - Social, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Contact April for details. July 7 - Playdate, Read More...

2021-05-24T14:11:19-05:00May 24, 2021|Categories: Children & Families, MOPS|

Week of Compassion: Responding To The COVID-19 Crisis In India

In India, COVID-19 infection rates are rising exponentially and the health system is collapsing under the burden. Hospitals in urban centers are overcrowded and often turn people away. Supplies, including oxygen, are running low, and various strains of the virus more frequently require that patients be treated with oxygen. Families that already Read More...

2021-05-24T13:47:13-05:00May 23, 2021|Categories: Metro Service, Serve, Serve Our Church, The Well|

Summer Service Learning Trip Registration

Registration is officially open for both the Middle School and High School Summer Service-Learning Weeks. Both weeks will invite youth to local service-learning projects throughout the week along with an overnight excursion. Below is more information for both! Middle School Summer Service-Learning Week Saturday, June 26 - Thursday, July 1 Youth who Read More...

2021-06-10T10:44:56-05:00May 23, 2021|Categories: Metro Service, Mission Trips, Serve, Serve Our Church, Youth Ministry|

Bold Courage

His faith failed him. Though he made bold promises, when the going got tough he followed at a distance. Peter denies even knowing Jesus, not once but three times. In the cover of darkness he betrays Jesus, saying to the maid, “Woman, I don’t know him.” And Peter is left weeping bitterly Read More...

2021-05-21T07:13:37-05:00May 21, 2021|Categories: Carla Aday, Senior Minister Blog|Tags: |
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