Weekly Word
Ongoing Flood Relief Efforts
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is coordinating responses and assessing needs with the Synod of the Sun Presbyterian Disaster Network and Mission Presbytery in Texas Hill Country—including emotional and spiritual care. Support PDA’s efforts HERE.
First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville, Texas is also asking for donations for flood relief. All funds go directly toward supplies and helping cover expenses incurred by families affected by the disaster. (As you visit the giving portal, use the drop-down menu and select ‘Flood Relief Fund.’) Thank you.
Serve
Food Pantry and Clothes Closet – Non-perishable proteins (canned chicken, tuna, hearty soups, and other protiens) are always needed. Please donate jewelry you no longer wear to the Clothes Closet. Thank you!
Village Serves • July 30 – Join folks on Wednesday, July 30 from 9 a.m. to noon as we volunteer to make Kansas City a better place! This month we serve at Sunflower House cleaning toys and helping with yard work. Learn more and sign up HERE.
July Sock Drive – The Antioch Campus is collecting socks in July in support of Olathe School District students experiencing homelessness. Questions? Contact Lisa Kelley.
Operation Breakthrough – We need volunteers to help with a year-round tutoring program—just one hour per week. Volunteers work one-on-one to assist children with literacy and mathematics. Email Charlotte with questions and to volunteer.
Engage, Grow, and Celebrate
Warm Welcomes – We’re looking for friendly volunteers to serve as ushers to welcome guests and help with the offering on Sunday mornings. It is just a 2-4 hour commitment per month. Contact Carol to help out.
August Golf Outing Announced – We are playing at Dubs Dread in Kansas City, Kansas on Tuesday, Aug. 12. It is an 8 a.m. tee time. Course fee is $44. All men and women golfers who are interested RSVP by Aug. 1 to Brad D Steil.
ADULT EDUCATION
Men’s Breakfast Gathering – 8-10 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, Heritage Dining Room (Mission Campus). $8 donation. Fred Logan will discuss the Apostle Paul. Please come for food and fellowship!
INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY
See new photos from our trip to Kenya HERE! Along with doctors and nurses from Nairobi, our team hosted a medical clinic for more than 1,000 men, women, and children near Thwake, Kenya.
music ministry
July Summer Choir – Meet at 10 a.m. July 20 and 27 in the Mission Campus Chapel to rehearse an easy anthem for the 11 a.m. worship service. Sit with the congregation during the service. At Antioch, summer choir rehearsals began Sunday, June 29, following worship (10:35 a.m.). This is a casual environment for those wishing to test the choir waters. All ages and experience levels are welcome.
Pastoral care & Counseling
Faith & Grief is Aug. 6 – Join us at Faith & Grief at noon on Wed., Aug. 6, at Visitation Catholic Church. Dan Devine will share his journey with his wife, Michele, who had Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD).
New Virtual Support Groups – Are you currently caring for a loved one? Join others each month for a virtual gathering where you can share stories, struggles, and find support in a compassionate community. This gathering takes place on the fourth Monday of each month at 1 p.m. Register HERE.
Presbyterian Women
Summer Messenger is Online – Read a note from the Carol Solenberger, PW Advisor, and learn about upcoming events in the new Messenger!
young adults
College Pickleball – 8-10 p.m. tonight Tuesday, July 15, SERV (9051 Metcalf). If you’re one year or more out of high school, join us for a pickleball night! Cost is $10; register HERE.
Theology on Tap – 6 p.m. Thursday, July 24. Join us for a good beer & food and great conversation! We’ll gather at Casual Animal (1725 McGee St.) for fellowship and a theological question to guide our time together.
Service Saturday – 9 a.m. Saturday, July 26. One of the best parts of being a community of faith is serving our neighbors together. We’ll meet in the Young Adult room to complete service projects for several local organizations. Kids are welcome with their parent/s.
YOUTH Ministry
Float a Boat – It is not too late to sign up a middle-school student for the July 22-24 float trip. Weekly summer programs will continue until August. Find it all HERE.
green tip of the week:
Dust light bulbs regularly. Dust can reduce the light output and energy efficiency of your bulbs. *Village Presbyterian Church is a certified Earth Care Congregation.
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will. (Romans 12:2)
”It takes great self-control to not get swept up into the patterns and expectations of the world and instead to consider God in all things. It can be a hard question, though, to discern what is good and pleasing to God. What I know is that feeding people and welcoming the stranger will always be pleasing to God. What other things can you think of are part of God’s good, pleasing, and perfect will?“ –Rev. Maggie Johnson Phillips
Thanks to your generous giving, our Food Pantry at 99th and Mission Road serves 2,072 individuals every month!
Worship Times
9 and 11 a.m. (Sanctuary) and 4 p.m. for the Gathering service (Sanctuary, during Friendship Hall renovation) at the Mission Campus
and 9:30 a.m. at the Antioch Campus.
Let’s stay connected.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel (for past sermons, concerts, lectures, and more)—and sign up for other Village Church communication, daily devotionals, and more!