The 2019 Middle School Mission Trip will take youth who have completed grades 6-8 to Des Moines, Iowa, for service-learning projects and other fun activities. The trip will provide a special opportunity for youth to know each other better, create lifelong memories with their church community, and explore community work being done Read More...
Beautiful silver cross pendants styled like the cross in our Sanctuary chancel are available in The Well for $120. Stop in and pick up a sacred gift for someone special.
The Sewing Ministry Team needs sheets of any size, color or condition for sewing projects including sheets and bed pads for cancer patients and dresses for children. Please leave sheets at reception desk on the ground floor.
Now that Ward Parkway has been repaved, we can drive at full speed. Winter slowed us down. Between the icy sidewalks, the sub-zero temps and the potholes, we were forced to pause. Spring brings a new urgency.
By Lara Schopp, Director of Communications Here’s my idea,” I say. I yammer on for about 10 minutes trying to explain what I’m thinking. My colleague Leslie Tenjack tilts her head to the side and makes ‘that’ face…the one I know means she has no idea what I’m talking about. I’m a Read More...
By Rev. Joe Walker, Minister of Congregational Care Summer is all about doing things a little differently, isn’t it? Get out of your comfort zone, leave your Zip Code in the rearview mirror. Explore exotic locales, eat food you can’t identify, get bit by different kinds of mosquitos, sleep in a tent or Read More...
This year, our Easter Offering recipients are two organizations that are paving the way for a sustainable future one community at a time.
Serve dinner at Micah Ministry from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., on the second Monday of each month. Meet in the chapel lot at 4:30 p.m. to carpool. Return to church at 7:30 p.m. Carpool to Independence Boulevard Christian Church. For more information, contact Jackie Cunningham at 816-246-6202.
The Green Team will gathers to care for the church grounds on Mondays at 5:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m. through October. Both meet in the Chapel Lot. If you enjoy gardening you’re invited to join this team. For more information contact Mary McClure at [email protected].
Not in God’s Name: Religion and Violence with Dr. Mike Graves Apr. 29 and May 6, 7:00 p.m., Social Hall Throughout history, religion has often been blamed for promoting violence, everything from the Crusades to the Holocaust. And it doesn’t help that the Bible itself contains violence in many parts, including the Read More...
Jesus had modeled for them a way of peace. Welcoming the stranger, dining with sinners, turning the other cheek, healing the outcasts, empowering the poor, reconciling families.
You are invited to tune your heart to God’s grace as we celebrate the many gifts of time, talent and treasure which comprise our church family.
Rev. Corey Meyer, Director of Mission Partnerships It has been tough to answer the question, “How was Puerto Rico?!” without immediately thinking of the warm 80-degree weather every day and stunning view of mountains for miles all around us. I was amazed at the beauty of the island from the moment that Read More...
I try to write this column about one theme. But today I cannot decide. Part of me wants to describe the overwhelming joy unfolding. I could recount the electric energy of 300 folks at the Spring Fling last Sunday, the beaming smiles of toddlers hunting Easter eggs and petting the animals and Read More...
My grandson Lincoln has never seen a superhero costume that he didn't want to instantly wear. He likes trying out those powers that he doesn't possess: flying, leaping, zapping. I thought of Lincoln as I toured a superhero art exhibit at Crystal Bridges called "Men of Steel, Women of Wonder." As our Read More...
