Missionary Renegade: Weekly eNote from Pastor Scott - Friday, 5 June 2015. from The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection Downtown of Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Weekly eNote from Pastor Scott - Friday, 5 June 2015. from The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection Downtown of Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Greetings RezDowntowners,
I am so proud to serve as the pastor of Resurrection Downtown. Over the past month, you not only met our goal of supplying diapers for 100 children in need throughout the Kansas City area, but you more than doubled it by supplying diapers for 229 children in Kansas City. Your faithful generosity is a blessing beyond belief for those children and their families, but it is also a tangible way of transforming this city into a reflection of Thy kingdom come. Thank you for your unbelievable and consistent generosity. I am so proud to be your pastor as you consistently come through to care for the littlest ones in our community! I also want to thank those of you who volunteered to serve in our KidsCOR program at least once a month. I was excited to see so many people step forward (approximately 40 of you) to serve in that way. Thank you for making RezDowntown a place where children can experience the grace and peace of Jesus Christ. We always have needs for more people to serve, if you’re interested in participating in our KidsCOR, please email Kris.Drummond@cor.org.
This weekend, I’m excited to share that we are continuing in our sermon series on God and Baseball. I’ll be spending most of my time this week focusing on the importance of practice. I had the privilege of interviewing Jason Adam this week, who is a member of the church and a promising pitching prospect for the first-place Minnesota Twins. I’m really excited to share his story along with several other stories from some other big leaguers. I hope you’ll invite friends and join us.
Lastly, tonight is shaping up to be a great night in downtown Kansas City. It is First Fridays and we’ll have a group of people handing out cookies on the corner of 20th and Baltimore. They’ll be sharing the story of our church along with invitations for people to join us. If you’re looking for something to do, please join them or at least stop by to say ‘Hi,’ and enjoy some of the best creativity this city has to offer by being apart of First Fridays. If you would like to take part in First Fridays for the church in the coming months, please email me and I’ll be happy to get you plugged in!
In the meantime, here are a variety of ways to get plugged into the life of our church.
SWAT (Singles With A Twist – 35-and-older) Brunch Club, Sunday, June 7, 12:30 pm
Register for Vacation Bible Camp! June 15-18, 5:30-8:30 pm at 1522 McGee.
I want to volunteer at Vacation Bible Camp
The National Worship Leader Conference - June 22-25, Volunteer Opportunities.
Summer Service Opportunities
Now Hiring: Dir. of Tech Arts & Facilities Manager & Volunteer & Worship Logistics Coordinator
SWAT (Singles With A Twist – 35-and-older) SWAT Brunch Club –SWAT will meet thisSunday, June 7, at 12:30 pm at Nick and Jake’s on Main, 5031 Main Street, Kansas City, MO. Join the group for great food and fellowship. Contact Stephanie Meyers with questions atsmeyers91@gmail.com or visit rezdowntown.org/swat.
SWAT Coffee & Conversation – Join us for coffee and conversation as we discuss “Forgiving Myself,” Thursday, June 11, 6:30 pm at Quay Coffee, 412 Delaware St., Kansas City, MO. Visitrezdowntown.org/swat or contact Dan Smith at dansmithjr@yahoo.com.
Make Sure Your Child Has a Spot at Vacation Bible Camp! June 15-18, 5:30-8:30 pm at 1522 McGee. The theme is Despicable Me – whoops it’s Disciple Me! Your Minions – I mean Finionswill have a blast! There will be dinner each night, a camp T-shirt, crafts, snacks, music and so much more. VBC is for children age 3 (as of Sept. 1, 2014) through current 5th grade. Younger children may attend, but only with an adult who is volunteering with VBC. To volunteer or to register your child, visit rezdowntown.org/vbc or contact Kris Drummond atKris.Drummond@cor.org.
Vacation Bible Camp –We Need You! June 15-18, 5:30-8:30 pm – No experience? No problem. We will have everything you need, and you can choose the area you would like to volunteer in—from crafts to games to handing out snacks. We need many volunteers to make sure this is a wonderful week for our youngest ones on their journey in faith. Kids from Resurrection Downtown families, local schools and the surrounding community will be coming. Your help would make a big difference. To volunteer, contact Bailey Amtower at baileyew@gmail.com.
The National Worship Leader Conference hosted at our Leawood Campus June 22-25 needs volunteers from all campuses! Serve on the hospitality team to welcome more than 1200 worship leaders from all over the U.S., or help with the café, conference meals, beverages, greeting, giving directions, CD sales, ushering and more. Day and evening positions available. Volunteers can stay to enjoy the evening concerts. For more information and to sign up to volunteer, visitcor.org/worshipconference.
Will you volunteer once a month this summer? Each of our worship services requires almost 40 volunteers and we have five services every weekend. Whether you are new or have been coming to Resurrection Downtown for a while, we would love to have your help. Here are our biggest needs for volunteers by worship service:
Saturday 5:10 pm – Ushers, Communion Servers
Sunday 9 am – Ushers, Greeters
Sunday 10:45 am – Ushers, Communion Servers, Greeters
Sunday 10:15 am at 1508 Grand – Communion Servers, Greeters
Sunday 5 pm – Ushers, Greeters
It takes an entire community of volunteers for our weekend services to happen. If you could serve just once a month in one of the areas listed above, it would make a huge difference! Please emailJackie.Thomas@cor.org to let her know when and how you’d like to serve.
Employment Opportunities – cor.org/employment
Director of Technical Arts & Facilities Manager, Resurrection Downtown (40 hours/week, FT)The Director of Technical Arts and Facilities Manager will directly oversee and provide all technical production support to the Resurrection Downtown campus, managing the planning and execution of all technical components of worship, including, but not limited to facilities, audio, lighting, graphics, video and staging. Oversees teams of volunteers for technical production and security on Sundays. In addition, he or she will manage ongoing facilities matters ranging from routine upkeep, coordinating the relationship with the Facilities Liaison in Leawood for maintenance and repair, overseeing existing and ongoing contracts with regular contracted service providers, and overseeing volunteer/contract staff for external events including but not limited to weddings and funerals. Qualified candidates will have a minimum of 3 years-experience mixing Front of House and working in the main areas of technical production (audio/lighting/video/staging) as well as an advanced working knowledge of digital audio consoles, IEMs and RF signal management. To submit your cover letter and resume, please visit cor.org/employment . Cover letters submitted must be combined with resume into one document.
Resurrection Downtown Volunteer & Worship Logistics Coordinator (25 hours/week, PT) Resurrection Downtown is an active and engaged congregation located in the heart of the city. The Volunteer & Worship Logistics Coordinator provides leadership and logistical support in helping the newest and existing members become deeply committed Christians by connecting them into the volunteer and service opportunities of the church pertaining to worship logistics. This person will be well versed in the church-wide volunteer opportunities and will provide leadership, training, delegation and holistic support to volunteer ministry teams at Church of the Resurrection Downtown and will serve as a resource for all church staff and church members. To be successful, one must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be detail-oriented, and have excellent follow-through. Experience recruiting and leading multiple volunteer teams is preferred. This position primarily works Sunday through Thursday. To submit your cover letter and resume, please cor.org/employment. Cover letters submitted must be combined with resume into one document.I am excited to be preachng live this weekend and each day I consider it a privilege to serve Christ alongside you in this city. I am looking forward to continuing this sermon series on Baseball and I hope you'll invite friends and join us as we continue building Christian community in the center of this city. Have a God-filled Friday and I'll look forward to seeing you soon!
Grace and Peace,
Scott

@scottchrostek
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