By Rev. Catherine Stark-Corn, Minister to Children and Families Recently a friend told me of a book she said I must read. It is not a new book – just one she happened upon in the library, and after reading she could not believe she had not heard of the story. Life Read More...
College students singing classic spirituals, concert pianists performing Bach and toddlers dancing to the sounds of a flute. These were our visions when we crafted the October concert series at the church. It would be a way to celebrate the classical music that graces our weekly 11:00 a.m. worship as well as Read More...
Ecuador (rescheduled from October 2019) The fall 2019 Ecuador service/learning trip was rescheduled to January 17 – 24 , 2020, and a few spaces remain open for this trip. For details contact Nancy Lear or Corey Meyer. Nicaragua February 23 – 29, 2020 Visiting our international partner CEPAD in Managua, Nicaragua to be present Read More...
Micah Ministry Serve dinner at Micah Ministry from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., on Mon., Oct. 14. Meet in the chapel lot at 4:30 p.m. to carpool. Return to church at 7:30 p.m. Questions? Contact Jackie Cunningham at 816-246-6202. Partnership Day The Metro Mission team has scheduled a partnership service day on Fri., Nov. Read More...
Horizons Stewardship recently completed a Feasibility Study to test the church’s readiness to enter into a capital campaign to address several needs with its facility. Key findings include a widely-held belief that the projects under consideration are important for the church’s future life and mission, that there is a deep trust and Read More...
Sly James, former mayor of Kansas City, will be the speaker at our annual Thanksgiving Dinner celebration on Thur., Nov. 21.
Bring your little ghosts, princesses and super heroes or decorate your vehicle with a festive theme for our trunk-or-treaters.
By Corey Meyer, Director of Mission Partnerships I was in my first 100 days at Country Club Christian when I first started hearing the words “affordable housing in Kansas City.” Invitations to public forums, Facebook posts, interviews on KCUR, and news articles were swirling around. At the same time as I was Read More...
By Rev. Tyler Heston, Minister to Youth We should really start a book club for the church staff. Soon after Catherine shared an article that mentioned The Overstory by Richard Powers, six of us were reading (or had already read) the book. The novel weaves the story of various people from across Read More...
For the last eight months, the church leadership has been listening to its members through a series of events: Centennial Conversations, First Impression Gatherings and a Feasibility Study. (See related article on results of that study on page 2.) But what I want to muse about is the theological or spiritual enterprise Read More...
During this series we'll reflect on the ways the divine presence arises today in real life, to discover what we might hear.
Years ago, I was a part of Lenten Study Group that was scheduled to meet for three weeks. But the group continued to meet for more than 10 years. We read books, went on retreats, dined in one another’s homes, shared secrets, shed tears and plotted together on big projects to make Read More...
Oct. 21, 7:00 p.m., Social Hall Learn family strategies to develop caregiving, health, financial, and residence plans in anticipation of aging and serious illness. Led by Helen Emmott, nurse, aging specialist and author of Without Regrets: Advice from a Nurse About Aging and Dying. Everyone welcome, no charge.
This article is part of a series highlighting the partnership agencies in Northeast Kansas City. Country Club Christian Church has partnerships with many fine organizations in Northeast Kansas City, but only one of them has its own aquaponics fish farm, The Urban Farming Guys (UFG). Ten years ago a group of folks Read More...
A few weeks ago in the parlor after worship, one of the little girls in church came up to me with a very quizzical look on her face. “I know that Easter is when Jesus rose and I know that Christmas is when he was born but what is Halloween?” I loved Read More...
