Friday, February 3, 2017

Weekly eNote from Pastor Jason Gant for Friday, 3 February 2017 from The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection West in Olathe, Kansas, United States

Weekly eNote from Pastor Jason Gant for Friday, 3 February 2017 from The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection West in Olathe, Kansas, United States
Resurrection West,
We had quite a celebration last Sunday evening as we reflected on 2016 and heard powerful testimonies. It was exciting to see the Sanctuary packed out on Friday night and then on Sunday welcome 1,000 in worship! Below are the strategic objectives I laid out as we visioned forward into 2017…
*Launch a mid-week parenting class for Upward sports parents during practices
*New summer lake picnic event with swimming fun and a baptismal worship service by the lake
*Launch neighborhood “Kingdom parties” to reach out to our neighbors
*Emphasis on reading the Bible this fall with new Disciple classes designed to take a small group through the entire Bible
*Starting a new Communion class for families (similar to our baptism class) to help children, teens, and all ages understand this sacrament
*Develop a marriage retreat to strengthen and enrich marriages throughout our congregation and community
*Increase our engagement with our partner school, Ridgeview Elementary, by ramping up volunteer tutors for Ridgeview children
*Grow in average worship attendance of 1,000 per Sunday in 2017!
As you read through these, my hope is you get excited about them and they help further God’s mission for our church of building a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians. If any of these speak to your heart and get you excited to serve, let me know so we can connect you into the program, event, or objective! We will be revisiting these from time to time as we grow in 2017!
This Sunday Pastor Adam will continue in this series on fear and we will also be sharing in Holy Communion. Some of you may not know that we have some of the most committed volunteers preparing communion each week at our 5pm service and each month at our morning services. Colby Jones has been a faithful coordinator of our morning communion preparations for years and is taking a break. Colby is serving around West in many other ways, including coaching one of our Upward basketball teams. Jill and Mark Harsh, who have coordinated communion at 5pm for years, have agreed to step up and manage the inventory of bread and juice. Our hope is to identify new coordinators for each worship service that would come beside Mark and Jill to manage and organize communion servers each month. This is a very rewarding way to serve God here at RezWest! It was a very powerful moment when I served with my own daughter at Candlelight Christmas Eve and it was Jill who suggested I should - thanks Jill! If you are interested in serving as coordinator or a server, please reach out to me at jason.gant@cor.org. Yolanda Byers, our Guest Connections and Communications Director will work closely with this team to support and guide their service to the church.
Worship time change this Sunday! The 5pm service will be gathering at 4pm due to the Superbowl. The morning service times remain 8am, 9:30am, 11am. Bring in your food for the Super Bowl Food Drive to fill our local food pantries for those in need.
Blood Drive this Tuesday from 1pm-7pm at RezWest. Please take the time to give the gift of life. Walk-ins are welcome!
FaithWork on Saturday, February 11th, 9am-11:30am - All ages are welcome. Meet at Resurrection West for prayer, breakfast snacks and instructions. Then, participate in a variety of serving opportunities including preparing used LEGOs for children in need via The Giving Brick, making special tote bags for those in need and creating Valentines for nursing home residents and first responders. Adults, students and children of all ages are welcome. No sign-up required—just come and serve. For more information, contact Chris.Holliday@cor.org.
Five Love Languages Class Feb. 12th & Feb. 19th 6:30-8pm - This 2-week course helps couple discover each partners specific love language to help equip couples know how to bless one another. Register at cor.org/west/signup
RezWest KiDSCOR Classroom Leaders – Would you like to invest in the spiritual lives of the children attending the childcare program? Weekday morning Classroom Leaders are needed. If interested, email Malerie Luttrell at malerie.luttrell@cor.org.
Last Sunday we welcomed 39 here at Coffee with the Pastors. Please welcome these newest members of our church family.
  • Scott & Christine Cuba
  • Kirstin and Haley
  • Colette & Christopher Rowe
  • Colton and Ashlyn
  • Dustin & Brooke Ottesen
  • Stella & Selby
  • Ron & Susan Miller
  • Stacy McCollum and Cameron
  • Jeff Holmes
  • Jeanne Taylor
  • Michael & Sheila Bishop
  • Todd & Stacey Sands
  • Adelyn and Hudson
  • Lisa Adams
  • JT and Hannah
  • Tyge & Suzanne Hess
  • James Brown
  • Emma Likens
  • Matt & Kim Sidarous
  • Barrett
  • Allegra Swift and Genevieve
  • David & Kate Boss
  • George
I've got to get to work on my lesson for Saturday morning men's tomorrow. Join us from 8-9:30am with a $5 breakfast by HyVee. The guys have been working through a book entitled A Game & Much More: Applying Principles of Basketball to the Christian Life and I will be teaching on chapter 5 - The community of a team & chapter 6 - Style. After that I'll be heading over to Cedar Creek Elementary to coach my Upward basketball team! Its going to be a great weekend!
Looking forward to worshiping with you on 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 pastoral care need call 913-338-9477
Resurrection West Staff

The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection West
24000 West Valley Parkway
Olathe, Kansas 66061, United States
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