Take a quick look at upcoming events/activites below:
Easter Egg Hunt
Maundy Thursday Supper and Tenabrae
Easter Worship Times
Help us prepare for Easter
Covenant Bible Study
Prayer Course
Premarital Class
20th Anniversary Resurrection Golf Classic and Auction
rezlife 7/8th Grade Summer Camp
Greetings Resurrection Blue Springs,
We've been watching the weather and it appears the snow is going to be farther to the east but it will still be chilly in the morning for our Easter Egg Hunt. This party is the launch of our Holy Week activities. The KiDSCOR crew has been working hard this week and have all the eggs stuffed and all kinds of fun things planned for the children tomorrow. Make sure the kids come in warm coats and hats because the egg hunt and petting zoo will be outside. It's at 10 am, rain (snow) or shine. I'll have to admit we're saying a little prayer for "shine." Don't forget we're collecting 18-oz jars of peanut butter for our Healthy Foundations backpack ministry. If you'd like to contribute bring a jar when you come.
This Sunday is Palm Sunday, the day that marks Jesus’ triumphant entry into the holy city of Jerusalem before he began his journey to the cross. As he entered into the city, people greeted him like a conquering king waiving palm braches and shouting, “Hosanna, in the Highest.” This weekend we’ll have a chance to do the same thing in worship with our KidsCOR children leading the way in a Palm procession at both of our services. During the sermon, we'll continue with our "Witnesses at the Cross" sermon series with a look at the Roman soldiers. How they mocked Jesus, struck him, spat on him and took his clothes and yet one who was with them at the cross became the first to proclaim Jesus as the Son of God.
After this weekend, we'll gather for Maundy Thursday at 6:30 pm for a simple meal, holy communion and a tenabrae service where we remember the final moments of Jesus' life through the characters we've been exploring these last few weeks. In this service the light will grow increasingly dimmer as we approach Jesus' last breath. Good Friday we want to encourage each of you to spend some time in prayer. We will provide prayers guides for you to pick up after worship this Sunday to guide your personal prayer time. Then Easter Sunday we will offer three worship services at 7:30, 9:00 and 10:45 am. There will not be KidsCOR on Easter but we will have nursery for our youngest and worship packets available for the kids in worship.
We didn't make t-shirts as Andrew suggested last week but we do have stickers for our usher/greeters this week to remind our regular attenders to "Park Far, Sit Close and Come Early" on Easter Sunday in order to provide radical hospitality to our guests. Also, please consider offering an hour of your time to serve at one of the Holy Week activities, either as an usher, greeter, parking lot attendant, childcare worker or be an extra pair of hands at our Easter party tomorrow. Help us show radical hospitality to all who come through our doors! I'm excited to share this week with our community and am praying for a full house at all three of our worship services. I hope you've already extended an invitation or are thinking about who you might invite this week to join us.
Here are more details about what's coming up:
Community Easter Egg Hunt Join us for this awesome family event for early childhood - elementary age children on Saturday, March 28, at 10 am (rain or shine). We will have a petting zoo, a variety of kid-friendly activities and crafts and, of course, an egg hunt! No registration is required, just bring your kids, their friends, the neighbors and don't forget the Easter baskets. Please consider donating an 18-oz jar of peanut butter for our Healthy Foundations backpack ministry when you come. We could still use extra hands, so if you’d be willing to volunteer, contact Diane.Enlow@cor.org.
Maundy Thursday Supper and Tenebrae Service Thursday, April 2nd at 6:30 pm. At this service, we remember the night Jesus shared the Last Supper with his disciples, washed their feet and gave the command to love one another as he entrusted them to continue living this way after he was gone. We'll share a meal ending with holy communion and then close the evening with a Tenabrae (meaning "darkness") service with meditations from witnesses of the final hours of Jesus' life. This is always a powerful evening. The children are encouraged to stay through the meal and communion and then the youngest may want to go back for childcare as the tone becomes more somber and the lights extinguish through the service.
Easter Worship Services We hope you will come worship with us this Easter as we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ. We welcome many visitors on Easter weekend - some who may be searching for a church home. To make room for them, we need our regular attenders to commit to sit close, park far and come early! Service times are 7:30, 9:00 and 10:45 am. There will not be KidsCOR on Easter but we will have nursery for our youngest and worship packets available for the kids in worship.
Help us Prepare for Easter and Serve on Easter Sunday, April 5:
–Bulletin Stuffing – Thursday, April 2, 2 pm, in the coffee area at Resurrection Blue Springs.
–Ushers, greeters, hospitality and parking attendants at 7:30, 9 & 10:45 am. Sign up at Guest Services or contact Stephanie.Weigel@cor.org.
–Deliver mugs to our first-time guests. Contact Stephanie.Weigel@cor.org.
–Help with childcare. Contact Diane.Enlow@cor.org.
Covenant Bible Study creates a learning experience where scripture meets everyday experience. It builds trust in others as well as confidence in scripture. And it provides an exciting new opportunity to better understand God’s call, love and unexpected favor. This in-depth Bible study explores the unique relationship God chooses to have with us. The 24-week study is divided into three 8-week segments, each exploring a different aspect of Covenant life. The second session begins April 8, and focuses on how the community lives out their Covenant in faithful love and how it’s applied to actual relationships in everyday life. A full participant guide for the class is $50, which includes all three installments, or you may purchase an 8-wk session for $20. Scholarships available. Class meets Wednesdays, April 8 – May 27, 7-8:30 pm. Dinner available from 6:30-7 pm. Sign up at Guest Services or online here. ContactMike.Ash@cor.org for more information.
Prayer Course – Do we really know what it means to pray the Lord's Prayer? How can the prayer that Jesus taught enable us to have a richer prayer life? This six-week journey through the Lord's Prayer covers topics such as intercession, dealing with disappointment, learning to listen and spiritual warfare. Sessions include a meal, a short talk and discussion. Join us for this 6-week course meeting Wednesdays at 6:30 pm starting April 15. For more information and to register, visitrezbluesprings.org/alpha or contact Mike.Ash@cor.org.
Premarital Class-Thursdays, April 16 - May 14, 6:30 pm, Leawood B200 (also offered on weekends). Classes led by Rev. Glen Shoup for engaged or newly-married couples. This course is required to be married by a Resurrection pastor. Download required registration form online.
20th Anniversary Resurrection Golf Classic and Auction - Monday, May 4, 10:30 am - 6:30 pm, Brookridge Golf and Fitness. Challenge yourself to 18 holes of golf at beautiful Brookridge Golf and Fitness Club for a day of fellowship and fundraising on the green. For registration or more information visit cor.org/golf.
For Men Only: Meeting Your Wife's Emotional Needs Workshop-Thursday, April 9, 6:30 -8:30 pm, Leawood Campus B200. Led by Grant Wood, LCMFT, workshop gives husbands clear, effective methods for understanding, interpreting and responding to the emotional needs of their wives. Join us. Registeronline.
Online Job Board-Employers are encouraged to post job openings and job seekers are encouraged to post their resumes. Once the job openings are posted, employers will receive a password to view posted resumes of job seekers. This online job board provides tools to help employers and job seekersconnect online.
rezlife 7/8th Grade Summer Camp - June 15-20. Summer Camp is an exciting, fun-filled, life changing experience. Each summer, hundreds of rezlife students come to camp for times of solitude, worship and sports activities including swimming, 4-wheeling, the Blob, high-ropes challenge course, paintball, theme nights, arts and crafts, sand volleyball and more! Register online.
Come for the fun on Saturday and Sunday to hear the continuing story of Jesus' journey to the cross.
Abundant Blessings,
Penny
For our Resurrection Blue Springs Campus Calendar: click here
Contact Our Staff:
Church Office Phone: (816)389-8900
Rev. Penny Ellwood, Campus Pastor penny.ellwood@rezbluesprings.org
Mike Ash, Worship Leader/Director of Community mike.ash@rezbluesprings.org
Diane Enlow, Director of Children's Ministry diane.enlow@rezbluesprings.org
Clark Johnson, Technical Producer clark.johnson@rezbluesprings.org
Heather Sooley, Operations Coordinating Assistant heather.sooley@rezbluesprings.org
Stephanie Weigel, Guest Services Coordinating Assistant stephanie.weigel@rezbluesprings.org
Caitlin Willis, Nursery Staff caitlin.willis@rezbluesprings.org
Lori Wolverton, Nursery Staff lori.wolverton@rezbluesprings.org
Visit us on the web:
www.rezbluesprings.org
www.facebook.com/rezbluesprings
For upcoming and ongoing programs and events at our Leawood Campus, visit www.cor.org.
Campus enotes: Leawood, Downtown, West
Resurrection Blue Springs
penny.ellwood@cor.org
Resurrecton Blue Springs
13720 Roe Avenue
Leawood, Kansas 66224 United States
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