Each year, half of the Pentecost Offering is designated to our local Christian Church of Mid-America  Regional Ministry in an effort to start and sustain new churches. The other half is used by Hope Partnership to support the recruitment, assessment, training and coaching of new church leaders.

On Sunday, June 10, the Broadway family will come together for one worship service at 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary to celebrate and give thanks for another great year of shared ministry.  And speaking of sharing - immediately following worship-, we will take a short stroll to the Christian Life Center - where we will share our traditional Chicken Dinner!  

Broadway's Fellowship Ministry will have plenty of chicken, green beans, rolls and beverages, and you are asked to bring a side dish (last name beginning with M-Z) or a dessert (last name beginning with A-L).    The cost for the meal will be $5 per person, or a family maximum of $20.   

Recently, Broadway's in-coming Board Chair, Susie Mathern, accepted a new position with Avila College in Kansas City.  In order to give our new incoming Vice-Chair, Steve Westgate, the next year to "learn the ropes" of Broadway's governance and structure,  current Board Chair John Poehlman was asked by the Nominating Committee and approved by the Church Board, to serve an additional year as Board Chair.  Leslie Clay has also agreed to continue as Personnel Chair for an additional year.

We wish Susie the best with her exciting new opportunity - and we will continue to see her on Sundays this summer!

Registration information for Broadway's 2018 Vacation Bible School will be available this Sunday!  VBS dates are July 23-26, from 8:30 a.m.-noon.  New this year - an "after-VBS" child care option, modeled after the Adventure Club after-school  program.  Please note that space will be limited for this new option, so it is important to register your elementary-age child early.  Please check the VBS registration brochure for details and register your children for another great week of VBS!

VBS Page 1      VBS Page 2

Last month, Senior Minister Tim Carson traveled to Chiapas, Mexico, with a group of ministers for a week of retreat and cultural immersion.  Tim has written an article for the Mid-America Messenger about his experiences in the "third Mexico," and you can read it  here.

Don Harter likes to stay busy, and if you know him at all, you know that he likes to stay busy helping others.  So it is only fitting that as Don nears retirement, he plans to pedal his bicycle 4,300 miles from Oregon to Virginia to raise funds for Boy Scouts and Enlace, our mission partner in El Salvador!

Don's goal is to raise at least $1 per mile, which would be divided between BSA and Enlace.  If you would like to help Don meet his goal, his online donation site is  here.

Broadway will bless Don on his way before he leaves for his June 2 trek across the United States!

No, no tomatoes yet - but the Farmer's Market is open in Fellowship Hall this Sunday!  For early season growers and gardeners, check the Table each Sunday for flowering bulbs, green house plants or garden starters.  As the season progresses, the Table will be home to fresh vegetable - with some of the best tomatoes you will find anywhere!  All proceeds will be used to purchase supplies for Festival of Sharing kits.

As we near the end of our fiscal year on June 30, now is a good time to review your 2017-2018 pledge.  If you have questions about any contribution to Broadway, please contact  Ingrid in the church office.  

The Christian Church of Mid-America's Summer Camp registration is open!  All of your favorite camps are returning, and you will find the complete schedule and registration information  here.  Time to make those summer plans! 

If you have a college student in your family who is graduating this spring - associate, bachelor or graduate degrees - please email that information to   Debby for publication in our June 6 newsletter.

...Carole Braun, Tom Brintnall, Tricia Crews, Joyce Godbee, Connie Johnson,, Terry Vache.

... to Carol Sulltrop and family, on the death of husband Jack Sulltrop, on May 12.  

... to Pat and Bob Klein and family, on the death of their daughter, Kim, on May 13. 

... to Carol Vance and family, on the death of her son-in-law on May 11.