Saturday, February 18, 2017

Weekly eNote from Pastor Jason Gant for Friday, 17 February 2017 from The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection West in Olarhe, Kansas, United States

Weekly eNote from Pastor Jason Gant for Friday, 17 February 2017 from The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection West in Olarhe, Kansas, United States

Resurrection West,
It’s wonderful to greet you on another beautiful February morning! This Sunday it will be my privilege to begin a new series called, When I Grow Up, and also welcome a guest worship leader!
Over the next three weeks we will explore together six key characteristics of spiritual mentorship and grow from insight in Scripture and testimony from our faith community. If you look throughout social media, blogs, and the like you will often see the word mentoring connected to another word - calling. What does it mean to be “called” to mentorship? Parents are certainly called to mentoring their children as they grow, but is this call for everyone? How did Jesus approach mentorship? How can I apply the principles He teaches to my life, my children’s lives, and my entire circle of friends and family? Join me on Sundays as we discover how to live into this calling of mentorship. Invite a friend and especially parents as we share practical parenting tips each week.
We will also be welcoming guest artist - Kenny Carter. Kenny Carter has been a singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, and recording engineer for most of his adult life. He has served professionally as a worship leader in Kansas City for the last 14 years and is a husband and a father of two. He is known as the leader of the local groove rock band, Trump Dawgs and as a former member of the band, Waterdeep. He has worked as a producer and engineer for numerous recordings for local KC acts over the last 21 years. His primary passions are Jesus, his family, music, conversation, laughter, and football. We’ve posted a picture and more about Kenny on our Facebook page here.
It will be a joy to welcome Kenny to lead us in praise and song this Sunday! Lindsay and her team will join Kenny as he shares his passion for worship, and an original song with powerful lyrics!
Many of you have asked how the expansion to four services are going and I’m glad to report, very well! Here are the January averages of the new service times (excluding the one Sunday where the ice storm of all ice storms was predicted, but never came. On that day we had 498 in worship, with 178 kids and youth in Sunday School)
  • 8am average in 2017 - 150 with 28 in KiDSCOR Sunday School
  • 9:30am average in 2017 - 381 with 133 in KiDSCOR and 24 in rezlife (6th-8th) Sunday School
  • 11am average in 2017 - 294 with 80 in KiDSCOR and 17 in rezlife (6th-8th) Sunday School
  • 5pm average in 2017 - 141 with 23 in KiDSCOR Sunday School
We are avergaing 966 in worship attendance (with nursery numbers always included), and an additional 305 kids and youth in Sunday School!
This is something to celebrate for sure! If you are able to worship at the 8am or 5pm and haven’t yet tried it, I want to encourage you to do so! And I want to thank our amazing volunteer ushers and greeters who have been flexible and helpful as we’ve learned to live into this new space. Thank you!
And with our growth of programs during the week, we are in need of some more part-time nursery staff to work with our Nursery Coordinator, Malerie Latrell, to care for our youngest. Looking for a few hours a week to work, especially on weekday mornings? Contact Malerie at malarie.luttrell@cor.org to find out more.
Join me in keeping our middle school students and their volunteer leaders in your prayers this weekend. Rick Webb, our youth pastor is leading them (52 in all) on a retreat to St. Louis (originally planned to snow tube in Des Moines - but guess what? No snow). Rick did an excellent job shifting to accommodate the unusually warm weather and still offer a great weekend experience for our 6th-8th graders to grow in God, community, and fun together!
Here are some more opportunities to grow, connect, and have fun together.
Spanish-English Small Group forming
Join RezChat on Sunday mornings
Depression/ Anxiety class in March
Lent is coming
Summer save the dates!
Spanish-English Small Group – A Spanish-English bilingual conversational Bible study group is forming on the Leawood campus. If you are a native Spanish speaker or a non-native speaker seeking to practice your Spanish, this group is created for you. We will meet on Monday or Tuesday evenings. If interested contact Kristine Acuna at kacuna77@gmail.com.
RezChat Sunday Morning Adult Bible Study – Would you like to look deeper into the meaning of scripture? You are invited to join this group any week on Sunday mornings at 9:30 in the annex building outside the back doors of the lower level. Topics vary from week to week, but all are focused on scripture.
Depression/Anxiety Help – Beginning Tuesday, March 7, 6:45-8:15 pm, join us for eight evenings of learning and support. Many in our society live with ongoing depression and anxiety. Know that you are not alone and that we are a church who cares. For more information or to register, contact chris.holliday@cor.org
Lenten season is coming and we hope you will commit to growing with us in this time of Lent. We will offer a Lenten study on Understanding gate Bible on Monday evenings, as well as special worship services designed to foster an understanding of this important season from Ash Wednesday to Maundy Thursday, into a day of prayer on Good Friday to the great celebration of Easter with a community-wide Egg hunt and Easter worship services! mark your calendars now and plan to be with us throughout this beautiful season of Lent!
Understanding the Bible - Monday nights, March 6, 13, 27; April 3, 10 - Have you ever thought about these questions: How do I understand the Bible? What kind of study Bible do I need? Where do I find something in the Bible? Does God really speak through the Bible? “Understanding the Bible” will tackle these questions and more. Childcare provided. Register for this 5-week study at cor.org/west/signup. Desserts served each week!
  • Ash Wednesday | March 1 | 7 pm Worship Service 
  • Maundy Thursday | April 13 | 7 pm Worship Service 
  • Good Friday Day of Prayer | April 14 | 7am–7pm 
  • Saturday Easter Egg Hunt | April 15 | 3-4:30 pm |
  • Saturday Easter Worship | April 15 | 5 pm 
  • Sunday Easter Worship | April 16 | 8 am, 9:30 am, 11:15 am, 5 pm
Save the date now for some of these great summer activities...
  • Kids Sports Camp | June 26–30 (morning) - corrected date from last week
  • Vacation Bible Camp | June 26–30 (afternoon) - corrected date from last week
  • Youthfront Summer Camps
  • 2nd-3rd Grades (Mini Camp) | July 10–12 
  • 4th – 5th Grades (Transition Camp) | July 5–8 
  • rezlife Mission Trip Save the Dates
  • 5th-7th Grades to Downtown KC | July 10–14 
  • 8th-12th Grades to Colorado | June 18–24 
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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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