Weekly Word
Juneteenth holiday (Friday, June 19) closures
Note: The Antioch Campus will be closed Thursday and Friday. Mission Campus and Child & Family Development Center will be closed Friday. The Food Pantry, however, will remain open!
Prairie Village’s Sixth Annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration – 6-8 p.m. this Friday, June 19 at Harmon Park Pavilion. This year’s celebration is a family reunion-style gathering—a time to come together in community, connection, and joy. Dinner will be catered by Holy Smoke BBQ and served at 6:30 p.m. This is a free event—all are welcome!
The Theology of K-Pop Demon Hunters
If you missed any sermons in this June series which explores the themes of good and evil, shame, identity, and the power of community, find them HERE.
Serve
Blood Drive at Antioch – 2-6 p.m. Thursday, June 25. The Community Blood Center will roll their bloodmobile to our parking lot since Fellowship Hall is under construction. Walk-ins are welcome but appointments preferred; register HERE. Use group code EH52.
Village Serves – On June 27, all are invited to help sort and organize at Front Porch Alliance. This service opportunity is best suited for ages 12 and up. Learn more about these, or other monthly opportunities, HERE.
Antioch Mission Projects – The Antioch Mission Committee wants your gently used books! All children’s books will go to Front Porch Alliance, and all adult titles will go to Uplift. There will be collection boxes in the Narthex all month. We also need community garden helpers and produce pickers. Contact Lisa Kelley.
Food Pantry – Help us stock our shelves with nonperishable packages of fruit or fruit juices. The Clothes Closet needs men‘s pants as well as summer clothes for all.
Engage, Grow, Celebrate
Men’s Breakfast Gathering – 8-9 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, Room 230 (Mission Campus). Enjoy breakfast, fellowship, and a presentation on Stephen Ministry. Suggested donation is $8.
Village Golf – 9 a.m. Monday, July 13 at Tomahawk Hills Golf Course in Shawnee. Fee is $49. RSVP to Brad Steil by July 6.
Congregational CARE
Hospitalized? If you or a loved one is hospitalized, please have a family member or the hospital chaplain call our department at 913-671-2327 and tell us the name of the hospital, the room number, and other pertinent information. After hours, call the church’s main number, 913-262-4200, and ask for the pastor on call. (Hospitals no longer automatically let churches know.)
music ministry
Free Choral Workshop – 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 20 in the Mission Sanctuary. Professional clinicians will engage adult singers of all skill levels in choral exercises. Register HERE.
livestreamED ORGAN RECITAL
Featuring Dr. Bickers
Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 17, at 6:30 p.m. (CST), Dr. Elisa Bickers will offer a solo organ recital at Methuen Memorial Music Hall outside of Boston. Methuen opened in 1909 and is the home of the first concert pipe organ ever built in the United States. This instrument is a “bucket list” organ for most professional American organists; it is a tremendous honor to be invited to perform there.
Dr. Bickers’ program, “Sojourns: In Honor of Juneteenth,” includes pieces that evoke the journey toward a better world, including several moving settings of spirituals. Even though July 4, 1776, marks the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, freedom for the wider population did not occur until Texas’ slaves were freed on June 19, 1865. Watch this special recital from the comfort of your couch on Wednesday evening!
Presbyterian women
Summer Book Club – 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, June 23 and July 7 in Room 8 (Mission Campus). We will read, “The Next Right Thing,” by Emily P. Freeman. Let’s learn simple, soulful practices for making life decisions. Sign up HERE.
Young ADults
Monthly Meetup – Come hang out with the YA leadership team and others at 5 p.m. this Friday, June 19 at KC Bier Co. On Saturday, June 27, we will serve with other Village Church folk at Front Porch Alliance.
youth ministry
Welcome baby Patterson! Director of youth ministry, Angel Patterson, and her husband Trevor, have welcomed their son, Avery, and all are doing well. Continue to keep them in your prayers.
green tip of the week
Evergy customers: To avoid paying higher prices during the summer, June-September, it is smart to shift energy usage to mornings, overnight, or weekends. The peak price occurs between 4-8 p.m. weekdays and is about four times as much as the off-peak rate.
Worship Times
MISSION CAMPUS: *SUMMER SCHEDULE: 10 a.m. (Sanctuary) and 4 p.m. (Friendship Hall) Sundays
ANTIOCH CAMPUS: 10 a.m. Sundays
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