August 25 Colonial Church News

"The Unknown Country" Worship on August 29

Photo by Stefan Cosma on Unsplash

Worship Series These Are the Voyages

Come to Colonial Church to worship at 8:30 or 10:15 a.m.
Connect to online worship at 8:30 or 10:15 a.m. at https://colonialucc.online.church/
Or, you can worship anytime via YouTube at https://bit.ly/CCYouTubeVid

Online Children's Sunday School. This week's Sunday School Bible story will go live on Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. https://bit.ly/CCYouTubeVid

Online Coffee & Conversation

Immediately following our online worship service at 9:15 a.m., grab a mug and come over to our community's Coffee & Conversation online. You can connect at https://bit.ly/CCCoffeeCon.

Masks Required

Due to the spike in COVID infections in our area we are following the recommendation to return to wearing masks during worship until levels drop back into the green. Please wear a mask when you come on Sunday and keep it on during worship.

Congregational Meeting This Sunday, August 29

Please plan to attend a congregational meeting on Sunday, August 29 after the 10:15 a.m. service. The meeting will be held in person in the sanctuary or remotely at meet.google.com/jvv-xvdt-zqb. We have two items on the agenda: 1) an update on capital campaign plans, and 2) a congregational vote to approve capital campaign expenses in excess of the $20,000 limit set by the bylaws.

Highlights from August 22 Colonial Council Meeting

Colonial Women announced the Rummage Sale will be held October 17-19. If the event must be cancelled due to COVID the backup plan is to use Savers.

The Board of Stewardship outlined initial plans for the annual fall Stewardship Drive.

The Board of Parish Life announced Gathering Sunday will feature an outdoor ice cream social.

The Council approved plans to undertake a capital campaign in 2022.

Bill Sanderson, moderator

Read the full minutes here.

As we prepare for Gathering Sunday and fall programming, I feel refreshed and ready to meet the challenges of the coming year, as I hope you do as well.

I hadn't taken much time off for nearly a year because of COVID, and it had taken a toll. But this summer, I have taken vacation time to rest and reconnect with family and friends. I appreciate that the schedule has allowed me to do this.

With work on a capital campaign, my son in the midst of high school, and my feeling that God's Spirit continues to call me to serve this church community, I am glad to be here! I love this church community very much, and I am committed to continue the walk together.

~ Pastor Aaron

Please Join Us for Gathering Sunday

Our favorite soda jerks will be on hand to provide root beer floats on the lawn to kickoff our fall programming on Sunday, September 12, following the 10:15 service. You don't want to miss this delicious treat provided by these popular guys.

Masks Required at All Meetings at Colonial

As of August 24, masks or other face coverings must be worn in all indoor spaces that are open to the public in Prairie Village. The Prairie Village City Council approved Ordinance No. 2454 at its meeting August 16. The mask requirement will remain in place until at least September 30 and could be extended based on the state of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While an exception is made for religious services, the Colonial Council already has returned to a requirement for masks during worship.

Head Start Toothpaste Fund Drive

Every August our Board of Outreach supports Wyandotte County Head Start by purchasing toothbrushes to coincide with the start of the school year. The toothbrushes are already purchased, but we are now seeking monetary donations to buy toothpaste. Donations can be made here by selecting “Toothpaste - Head Start” from the dropdown menu. Checks can be made out to Colonial Church with toothpaste in the memo.

Please Complete the Sunday School Survey

The Colonial Church Board of Christian Education is conducting a survey to explore how Colonial parents with children in kindergarten through 3rd grade (K-3) as of the 2021-2022 school year feel about in-person Sunday School offerings, potentially beginning in the next few weeks. Take the survey here:

https://colonialucc.breezechms.com/form/945696

Writers Group

Writers Group will meet via Zoom (thanks to the Delta Variant) on Wednesday, September 8, at 9:30 a.m. We will enjoy hearing whatever you write but here are suggestions.

Colonial Friends Going to Italy!

Actually, their taste buds are making the journey. Join Colonial Friends for the first lunch in a couple of years on Wednesday, September 15 at Tu Bene, the new Italian restaurant in Corinth Square (where Urban Table used to be next to Salty Iguana). Please email Bill Sanderson at bills043@gmail.com to reserve your spot as soon as you can. Masks are required in the restaurant except while actually eating.

Serve Meals for Homeless

We have resumed our support of the work that Woo and Artists Helping the Homeless offers by preparing and serving a meal on the fourth Sunday of each month. But we need your help to make this successful. We need volunteers to come to the church to prepare the food, bakers to fill our freezer with cookies and folks to serve at Mill Creek Park near the Plaza. Your next opportunity is September 26. Let us know if you can help by signing up at https://tinyurl.com/AHH-Colonial21. Thanks for your help with this important outreach.

Colonial Women Activities

Colonial Women Breakfast - 9:30 a.m. on Monday, September 6, First Watch.
Colonial Women Blue Moose Tuesday - 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 14. Blue Moose Prairie Village.
Colonial Women Book Group - Note Date Change - 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 24, Stacey Algren's home. We will discuss “Still Life” by Louise Penny.

Upcoming Events

Wall Mural Paint Party and Movie - August 28, 2:00 p.m. at Colonial.
Colonial Youth Monthly Family Dinner - August 29, 5:30-7:30 p.m. We will be having a chopped style cooking competition.

For more information about any event, email Meredith Griffiths, youth group leader.

Help Fill the Red Wagon!

Thanks to everyone who is bringing food for the red wagon in the narthex. Cereal, peanut butter, tuna fish, anything thing you might place in your grocery cart is welcome. Food pantries have even higher demand in the summer when kids are receiving meals at school. We also deliver perishable items and fresh produce you might have left over from your garden or a farmers’ market. Just place the donation in the refrigerator in the Heritage Room kitchen and leave a note in the red wagon to let us know. Board of Outreach members will deliver donations to Village Church Food Pantry, Catholic Charities, Cross-Lines Community Services, and Shawnee Food Pantry.

Your Support Matters

Our work together matters - to each other and to the community. Your pledges help Colonial do its work. You may mail in your pledge checks, as well as any other payments. An easier alternative is to make contributions online. You just fill in your banking information or provide a credit card and your name and email and what fund you are paying (Stewardship, food pantry, etc.) and the amount. Click the donate button below.

If you have any questions, you may email or call Heather in the office or Jayne Quimby, Financial Recorder.

Donate

Thursday Morning Bible Study

Thursday Morning Bible Study is moving to the multipurpose room at The Forum (3501 W 95th St, Overland Park, KS 66206) beginning on Thursday, August 26 and starting a little earlier – 10:00 a.m. We will begin with a 6 week study of the book of Job. Job cuts straight to the heart of what it means to be human. It wrestles with some of life's most perplexing questions. We'll also keep these studies as hybrid in-person and online through Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88527356861?pwd=bzU5MHBiUVV5N2VxbTRWbXFDR3UzQT09.

Celebrations!

Please remember these folks who are celebrating milestones.

Happy Birthday!

18 Marsha Owen

19 JoAnn Dickey, Jessica Keane

20 John Sullivan

22 Frances Lafferty

26 Diane Kuhn

31 Reese Algren

Happy Anniversary!

19 Wayne & Joyce Fick

24 Bob & Judy LeVeau

26 Jim & Kathi Cook

27 Hope & Wes Cotten, Rusty & Kim Mann

Greeters & Ushers Needed!

Sunday morning is a great time to volunteer. We need ushers and greeters for the 10:15 service.

Ushers greet people and help close down the sanctuary.
Hospitality Table helpers greet everyone and make visitors feel welcome and ask them to fill out the information sheet. Hospitality table helpers stay at the table for the first 15 minutes of the service.

Contact Heather with questions or to learn more. Sign up at:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4faeae28a20-worship5