Church members gathered on Sat., Oct. 9 at Concourse Park to plant trees throughout the park and into the surrounding neighborhoods in the Northeast Kansas City as a service component marking our centennial celebration. Working with Heartland Tree Alliance (HTA), trees were planted in the park area, on street property and in individual neighbors' Read More...
Country Club Christian Church provides the food at least once a month for the Monday evening Micah Ministry meals and we are in need of homemade desserts; cookies or brownies. Please package in individual servings (two medium cookies or one large brownie per zip lock) and bring to church weekdays 8:00 a.m.- 3:30 Read More...
I have always been uncomfortable with the “week of the ministry” as set apart by our denominational leaders or even now by Hallmark. While it is nice to receive cards of gratitude, my own theology is that all of us are ministers. So what I do is not more special to God Read More...
Sun., Oct. 24, 4:00- 6:00 p.m. Children, youth and families will be hosting Trunk or Treat/Harvest Festival Sunday. There are lots of ways to get involved! Bring your super heroes, princesses, ghosts and ninjas for an afternoon of fall fun. Host a trunk or a game. Let April know how you'd like to participate. Don't Read More...
Last Sunday was the culmination of six years of planning. I cannot begin to adequately thank the Centennial Steering Committee under the leadership of Peter and Lesley Holt, and Honorary Chairs Tom Van Dyke and Kay Barnes. And the entire clergy and staff team worked so hard for so long on the Read More...
On September 30, the City Council of Kansas City, Missouri, presented a special action resolution honoring our church’s Centennial. I was honored to receive the action, along with Lesley Holt, co-chair of the Centennial, from our member, Councilwoman Andrea Bough who also represents our district. It read in part...WHEREAS, the contributions of Read More...
Books celebrating the Centennial are now available for purchase. A City Church: The First Century of Service, written by historian Linna Place about the church's first 100 years, is available for purchase in The Well Bookstore for $24, or online at this link (book price plus shipping is $28.50). Complimentary copies of Read More...
In these uncut video and audio links, Former Senior Ministers Glen Miles, Bob Cueni and Gene Brice share memories of their time at Country Club Christian Church on the occasion of the church's Centennial, and wishes for the next 100 years of love and service. https://youtu.be/W3vT4lqW5Dk https://youtu.be/G8jpxCJZjos https://youtu.be/elCpBsaHhYk
In partnership with Bridging the Gap and Heartland Tree Alliance, the church will plant 100 trees in Northeast Kansas City on Sat., Oct. 9.
Our church has had eight Senior Ministers in its first 100 years. I was lucky enough to know four of them and be one of them. Dr. Bash was small in stature but had a booming voice. Long before it was popular, he invited people of different faith traditions to gather Read More...
Tues., Oct. 5 ~ 6:30 p.m. Country Club Christian Church is hosting a viewing party for this special conversation on how America came together a century ago and how we can do it again. This timely discussion will feature Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett, authors of Upswing. All are invited to Read More...
When we have drifted apart, how do we come home to each other? When we have lost connection with our own spiritual center, how do we come home to ourselves? When God seems distant, how do we come home to God? This three part series will invite us to renew, deepen and celebrate our Read More...
When I saw it for the first time, I cried. I held it in my hands and marveled. So much work. So much hope. So much beauty. So many stories. So much love. All wrapped into one book. The First Century of Service: A City Church by Dr. Linna Place captures what Read More...
Sun., Sept. 26, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Club Kids (Grades 3-5) and Youth Group (grades 6-12) Bowling Night. Join us for our first off-site Sunday night social with an hour of bowling at Ward Parkway Lanes (1523 W 89th St, KCMO). Cost is $5. RSVP to April or Tyler.
As we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11, I recall driving to pick up my kindergartener son on that tragic and eerie day. While the memories of horror are vivid for many of us, for others, including our youth minister who was only 8 years old at the time, it is something Read More...
