Weekly eNote from Pastor Jason Gant for Friday, 16 December 2016 from The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection West of Olathe, Kansas, United States
Resurrection West,
This Saturday, Dec. 17th, is our Cookies & Carols Event! We hope you’ll join us and invite your family, friends, and neighbors to this celebration designed to bring the family and community together. Choose a time that works best for you: 10-11:30 am or 6-7:30 pm. You’ll be able to serve and give back as we make Christmas cards for first responders, ornaments for area nursing homes, hear stories from Santa and Mrs. Claus, pose for fun photos, enjoy Christmas cookies and sing all our favorite songs – together! Press pause on the busyness of the season to make a few lasting memories, and don’t forget to invite your neighbors and loved ones!
Then join us on Sunday at 8am, 9:30am, 11am, or 5pm as we wear our ugliest, tackiest, most outlandish Christmas attire to share some fun & joy in worship together! Come early to enjoy a fun prelude prepared by our worship team! Stop by the “photo booth” after each worship service to capture the moment to share on social media throughout this Christmas season. Who knows? You may even capture a photo worthy of next year’s Christmas card!
We are deep in prayer and preparations for our seven Candlelight Christmas Eve services on Dec. 23rd & 24th at West. Each year we welcome many visitors and guests to hear the hope found in the gift of Christ. Who will you invite this year? Also please consider worshiping at the bolded service times as we make room to welcome all this Christmas Eve.
Dec. 23rd
5pm & 7pm (with children singing at both and Holy Communion served at the 7pm)
Dec. 24th
11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, & 7pm (with Holy Communion served at the 7pm)
One task that is always needed at Christmas time is to black out all the glass to help set the tone for the passing of the candlelight for the services during daylight hours, so come and help blackout windows for Candlelight Christmas Eve – 6:30pm to 9:30pm this Tuesday, December 20. Adults may wish to bring along step ladders 8 ft and shorter if you have one. Please let travis.morgan@cor.org know if you can help and if you plan to bring a ladder.
More volunteers, especially in the role of greeters (15-20 needed) to hand out bulletins and candles at the Candlelight Christmas Eve services. Serving as a greeter is such an important role as you have the opportunity to make a first impression offering a warm greeting, smile, and direction as we seek to share hospitality beyond measure. You can sign up to serve at cor.org/west/christmas
KiDSCOR is Singing Friday, Dec. 23! Resurrection West continues the tradition of having children sing in the Candlelight Christmas “Eve Eve” worship services on Dec. 23. Choose from 5 pm or 7 pm services. The children are learning Christmas songs in Sunday School and they’re excited for all to hear them. If your Early Childhood or Elementary age child would like to participate, you may register them for a service time at cor.org/west/signup.
Joyfully Offer Yourself in Serving... That's JOY! Stop by the JOY table today to explore the many ways you can impact the KC area this holiday season. Current opportunities include adopting a family for Christmas and taking a Christmas tree tag to buy a gift for a child in need. New serving opportunities added each week. Thank you for helping bring joy and hope to those in need. For more information, contact Chris.Holliday@cor.org.
Give Hope This Christmas – By giving to the offering collected on Christmas Eve, you will provide hope and opportunity for neighbors living in poverty in Kansas City and around the world. Please consider giving an offering equal to the amount you typically spend on Christmas gifts—100% of the Christmas Eve offering goes directly to those in need. By participating, your gift will help: Rebuild schools and clinics in Haiti following the devastation of Hurricane Matthew, Provide counseling, education, housing and support to at-risk teens aging out of the foster care system in Kansas and Missouri, and Break the cycle of poverty in Kansas City and beyond. Visit cor.org/west/Christmas for more information about the 2016 Christmas Eve Offering. And if you're looking for a special gift for someone special, pick up a Christmas Eve offering card at the table outside the Sanctuary that you can give to the person to let them know you are honoring them with a donation.
I wanted to celebrate that many of you have been experiencing Joy In Serving this Advent season. Over 230 children and families celebrated a meal served by our members last week at Ridgeview Elementary and many of you served in the Ridgeview Elementary Christmas store this week. This is always such a meaningful experience to the children to be able to pick out gifts for their loved ones at the store you provide. Well done church!
Finally, please join me in welcoming Vince Weston to our staff team as our new Facilities Technician. Vince is a committed member here at RezWest and is excited to serve in this new part-time role. His job will be to care for the maintenance of our new expanded building (along with support from our larger multi-campus facilities team), set-up and tear down of rooms, and general repairs needed. Vince will be always looking to welcome volunteers to serve beside him as our space is filled almost every day of the week with many great and impactful ministry gatherings! Welcome to the staff team Vince!
Looking forward to worshipping with you Sunday,
Pastor Jason
The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection West
24000 West Valley Parkway
Olathe, Kansas 66061, United States
West office - 913-538-7800
For an after hours urgent pastoal care need call 913-338-9477
Resurrection West Staff
Travis Morgan - Director of Staffing and Operations
Chris Holliday - Associate Pastor, Care and Missions
David Robertson - Director of Community Life
Lindsay Hefner - Director of Worship Arts
Ryan Rancudo - Assistant Director of Worship Arts
Yolanda Byers - Guest Connections and Communications
Rick Webb - Director of rezlife Student Ministries
Christie Walker - Director of KiDS COR Children's Ministries
Britli Fuller - Elementary Program Director
Lynnlea Nelson - Early Childhood Program Director
Malerie Luttrell - Nursery Coordinator
Debbie Dietz - Coordinating Assistant to Pastor Jason
Carol Townsend - Coordinating Assistant for Programs and Ministries
James Wear - Technical Producer Media and Graphics
Vince Weston - Facilities Technician
The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection West
24000 West Valley Parkway
Olathe, Kansas 66061, United States
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