Here are some updates and exciting news concerning Youth Ministry at the KCI Campus:
-Sunday morning youth time will be 9am, meeting in Suite 206 on the second floor. Youth in grades 6-12 should plan to attend. If you are not there, I will come looking for you! LOL
-Praise God for supplying a HUGE FREE space for the youth to use on Sunday mornings. (You should see the closet we were going to use before God stepped in!!)
-Youth will be worshipping during the 10:30 service with their families. (Hey, we want to get to lunch early too!)
-This weeks lesson will be from Genesis 1:1-2 and will address the new church start. You won't want to miss this high maginitude event of historic proportions.
-I am in NEED of adult youth workers to help on Sunday mornings, especially men. Here is a list of the criteria for filling these spots. Youth workers must:
1. Love God
2. Like Students
3. Have a noticable pulse
Please see me if you meet any 2 out of the 3 criteria, as you are a potential Youth Worker.
See you on Sunday morning, January 4th.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
First Sunday at the KCI Campus Jan. 4!
Woohoo! It is finally here! We begin services at the KCI Campus this coming Sunday! We are rushing around getting last minute items together to prep for this weekend. We will have two weeks of services before our grand opening on Jan. 18.
This past Sunday, we had a great time of worship with just under 100 people in the Student Center. Megan did a great job of leading the worship music time and Tim Overby brought a great challenge to share Christ's love with those relationships that we have around us.
As we approach this Sunday, don't forget that our worship times are:
9:00 am, and
10:30 am
The exciting thing is - starting at 10:30 - we will finish in time to beat the Methodist and the Presbyterians to lunch! Sweet ! LOL!
This past Sunday, we had a great time of worship with just under 100 people in the Student Center. Megan did a great job of leading the worship music time and Tim Overby brought a great challenge to share Christ's love with those relationships that we have around us.
As we approach this Sunday, don't forget that our worship times are:
9:00 am, and
10:30 am
The exciting thing is - starting at 10:30 - we will finish in time to beat the Methodist and the Presbyterians to lunch! Sweet ! LOL!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Second Trial Run Service
Well, we finished our second service at the Liberty campus and wow was it great! I love Christmas songs! and we had some great ones! Vernon gave a great challenge of closing the service gap in our lives to be a 'torchlighter' of love and hope to our community.
Also, if you did not get a chance to attend our informational/training sessions for serving opportunities, we are doing them again this Sunday, December 28th 9:15 am. To get to the rooms, go down the east stairwell, turn left and walk towards the preschool desk - we are in the set of rooms to the right of the desk. Here is the breakout of rooms:
Hospitality (Ushers, Greeters, Emergency Response, Follow Up) → Meet with Jim Daum in Room 129
Children's Ministry – Nursery and Preschool → Meet with Karyn Chastain in Room 125
Children's Ministry - Kindergarten through 5th Grade → Meet with Ace Chambers in Room 127
Student Ministry → Meet with Chip Bruce in Room 128
Worship / Technology →Meet with Megan Eastland in Room 126
Also, if you did not get a chance to attend our informational/training sessions for serving opportunities, we are doing them again this Sunday, December 28th 9:15 am. To get to the rooms, go down the east stairwell, turn left and walk towards the preschool desk - we are in the set of rooms to the right of the desk. Here is the breakout of rooms:
Hospitality (Ushers, Greeters, Emergency Response, Follow Up) → Meet with Jim Daum in Room 129
Children's Ministry – Nursery and Preschool → Meet with Karyn Chastain in Room 125
Children's Ministry - Kindergarten through 5th Grade → Meet with Ace Chambers in Room 127
Student Ministry → Meet with Chip Bruce in Room 128
Worship / Technology →Meet with Megan Eastland in Room 126
Monday, December 15, 2008
1st Service Completed!!
What a great time we had on Sunday! God was so gracious during our worship time together in the Student Center on Sunday. Although there were some sound difficulties during rehearsals, everything went very well during our service!
I was so excited about our time together, that I was blazing through the announcements and introductions so fast that Ace commented that I almost reached 'auctioneer status'. LOL!
All in all, the worship time in music was fantastic. Megan lead truly from a worshipful heart. The band sounded great together and you could see the joy of music on their faces. The ushers and greeters did a great job of welcoming people and helping out with the offering as well. The tech team did a fabulous job working on the sound and video for the space. Merle gave an incredible sermon about the incarnation of Christ - Christ dwelling among us - that was powerful and insightful into God's grace and His love for us. Great stuff!!
I can't wait for next week! I look forward to seeing you there!! - same bat time - same bat channel - 11 am Student Center at the Liberty Campus.
I was so excited about our time together, that I was blazing through the announcements and introductions so fast that Ace commented that I almost reached 'auctioneer status'. LOL!
All in all, the worship time in music was fantastic. Megan lead truly from a worshipful heart. The band sounded great together and you could see the joy of music on their faces. The ushers and greeters did a great job of welcoming people and helping out with the offering as well. The tech team did a fabulous job working on the sound and video for the space. Merle gave an incredible sermon about the incarnation of Christ - Christ dwelling among us - that was powerful and insightful into God's grace and His love for us. Great stuff!!
I can't wait for next week! I look forward to seeing you there!! - same bat time - same bat channel - 11 am Student Center at the Liberty Campus.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Do you have what it takes to be a Youth Worker?
When I talk to people about working in Youth Ministry, I am often told, "I don't know if I have what it takes." Since I am not sure if I have ever seen this topic addressed, I did some research and this is what I found out about the common characteristics possessed by most youth workers. All of them:
--Loved God, and
--Liked Students
That was it. I guess if you throw in, "Have a Pulse," then that would be a third characteristic. The list is not very long and maybe this describes you?
I believe everyone wants to have a dynamic youth ministry, but the dynamic part comes through those who serve in the ministry. If this describes you, I would love to talk to you about the possibility of serving in a spot on the Youth Ministry Team. You never know, serving youth may give you your pulse back!
--Loved God, and
--Liked Students
That was it. I guess if you throw in, "Have a Pulse," then that would be a third characteristic. The list is not very long and maybe this describes you?
I believe everyone wants to have a dynamic youth ministry, but the dynamic part comes through those who serve in the ministry. If this describes you, I would love to talk to you about the possibility of serving in a spot on the Youth Ministry Team. You never know, serving youth may give you your pulse back!
Monday, December 8, 2008
December 14th - First Service at Liberty Campus!!
Woah - it's been a week since I've posted. I'm letting myself get too busy! :-)
This coming Sunday is our first service at the Liberty campus! Woohoo! It's finally here!
We will be meeting at 11:00 am in the Student Center.
I am very excited about our opportunity to worship together!! It will be a lot of fun. Megan Eastland will be leading us in worship. I hope you had a chance to see her this past weekend in the services.
I look forward to seeing you there!!
This coming Sunday is our first service at the Liberty campus! Woohoo! It's finally here!
We will be meeting at 11:00 am in the Student Center.
I am very excited about our opportunity to worship together!! It will be a lot of fun. Megan Eastland will be leading us in worship. I hope you had a chance to see her this past weekend in the services.
I look forward to seeing you there!!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Official Campus Name
Some of the questions that I received yesterday revolved around, "What is the name of the church?" Good question, time to clarify . . . .
We decided to keep the name, Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, of which there is great name recognition and community involvment. This became very clear to me as I had visited many different regional and multi-site campus across Kansas City. I had attended Colonial Presbyterian's Quivera Campus way down south KC. While there, I realized that although Colonial Pres. does not have a huge awareness north of the river (their own admission), PV was well known that far south of the river. Therefore, Platte City would have just as much knowledge of PV. While encouraging as this might be, it was also daunting, keeping up with such a great and wonderful reputation for being a part of the community.
The next question involved campus naming. As with other multi-sites who utilize a "_____ Campus" strategy, we wrestled with different names for the campus. The one that stuck the most was 'KCI' due to location AND prominence with the community. Even the news names the airport 'KCI' (when the actually airport designation is MCI). Therefore, the name of the location is:
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church - KCI Campus
We decided to keep the name, Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, of which there is great name recognition and community involvment. This became very clear to me as I had visited many different regional and multi-site campus across Kansas City. I had attended Colonial Presbyterian's Quivera Campus way down south KC. While there, I realized that although Colonial Pres. does not have a huge awareness north of the river (their own admission), PV was well known that far south of the river. Therefore, Platte City would have just as much knowledge of PV. While encouraging as this might be, it was also daunting, keeping up with such a great and wonderful reputation for being a part of the community.
The next question involved campus naming. As with other multi-sites who utilize a "_____ Campus" strategy, we wrestled with different names for the campus. The one that stuck the most was 'KCI' due to location AND prominence with the community. Even the news names the airport 'KCI' (when the actually airport designation is MCI). Therefore, the name of the location is:
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church - KCI Campus
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