It happened so quickly. Immediately I tried to replay, rewind, undo, but while waiting in the ER, reality set in, I broke my arm on Dec. 20. All it took was a slip of the boot on a pool of greasy water on a tile floor in a darkened hallway of a Read More...
A new partnership will bring together church members who cannot drive to church and those who are able to offer rides.
In January our students raised $1,269.88 for the Virginia Reed Food Drive at Country Club Christian Church as part of the Souper Bowl of Caring.
Individuals are needed to help staff The Well gift and book shop on Sunday mornings. There are two shifts each Sunday, 8:30-10:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Holy Land in 2019 If you are interested in the Pilgrimage to the Holy Land trip being led by Rev. Carla Aday, Dr. Mike Graves and Dr. David May from May 20-29, contact Dr. Graves today at [email protected] or 816-381-9255 for more information. This trip starts in Galilee, coming down the Jordan Read More...
Lara Schopp, Director of Communications W hen Glen Miles was the Senior Minister, he used to tell a story about good-hearted and well-intentioned lay leader who was passionate about a church project. “Glen, we’ve got to tell more people about this. Nobody knows it’s happening. We need to promote it. It needs Read More...
Rachel Clement, Director of Finance I am blessed to receive your annual giving pledges but also to see your gifts at work. Each time I write a check to pay a bill I am reminded that your contributions make so many things possible. The generosity of your gifts should be celebrated. This Read More...
Our interfaith and intercultural singing group, formed in partnership with Della Lamb Community Services, resumes weekly rehearsals starting Thurs., June 7 at 6:00 p.m. at the Kansas City University Alumni Center. Singers of any skill level are invited to join this group. Please email Corey Meyer if you wish to join.
As 2018 comes to a close, we invite you to consider making a year-end gift to the church. You may email Finance Director Rachel Clement or call 816.381.9256 for more information, or to set up a credit card payment or arrange for a stock transfer. Please note that the church offices will be open Read More...
There will be on service only on Sun., Dec. 30, at 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Rev. Tyler Heston will be preaching.
As we begin a new calendar year we will look at how Jesus began his life changing mission.
One of the little boys in our church’s preschool raised his hand and volunteered to be a donkey in the annual preschool Christmas pageant. Then a few days later one of his friends told him it was “stupid” to be an animal. So he went home and told his mother he was Read More...
John 3: 16-19 A 13 year old’s Christmas Morning Checklist: Open stockings. Eat cinnamon rolls. Call paramedics. Wait, what?! Paramedics aren’t on the list. There’s supposed to be church and a big meal and playing with presents, right? Well, that long-ago Christmas morning in our house there were paramedics. Then a call Read More...
Mark 1:1-3 The Christmas tree has been trying to tell me something. It’s the perfect Currier & Ives tree. So pretty you can almost hear the baby angels singing O Holy Night. But moments after we think the tree is secure in the stand, the cat innocently sashays underneath and you can guess what Read More...
Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 Scholars call it intertextuality, placing one thing next to another. One of the classic examples is how the prodigal son parable in Luke’s Gospel could be echoing the Jacob story in Genesis. Lots of reverberations there when you set those two next to each other. Whenever I read these Read More...
