Children's Sunday School
Bring your kids to the Sunday School room on the lower level to check in at 10:15 a.m. To keep everyone safe, the class will be masked and held outside in the playground. The week's Sunday School Bible story will go live on Friday mornings.
The Week That Was
Our weekly time to discuss and reflect on the news in our world. Sundays at 9:15 a.m. in the Colonial library or connect online at meet.google.com/kgo-cuqt-hkx. We'll be meeting in hybrid fashion together. This combines with the coffee and conversation activity.
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Donation Drop-off at Social Hall:
Wednesday, October 13 – 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Sale items may be dropped off at the lower level east church entrance. Volunteers will be available to assist unloading.
Rummage Sale Open to the Public
Friday and Saturday, October 15 and 16, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 17, noon-4:00 p.m. Half-price day.
Help!! Rummage Sale Volunteers Needed
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Associate Pastor Candidate to Preach October 24
A candidate for associate pastor to assist Pastor Aaron will preach on Sunday, October 24, at both services and a congregational meeting immediately after will be held to vote on calling him as our new associate pastor.
Our conference minister, Edith Guffey, gave us the name of a candidate she felt met all our qualifications and was also an ordained minister who would be interested in a part-time position at Colonial. The search team interviewed him three weeks ago and felt he was a great fit. The next step for him will be to meet with the Council on October 17 for an interview prior to preaching on October 24.
An email will go out the week before the congregational meeting giving details on the candidate, including his activities and qualifications. There will be a meet and greet on October 24 after the 8:30 service and again after the 10:15 service so members can meet him personally.
The Colonial council has been searching for pastoral help for Pastor Aaron for some time and had advertised for a part-time Connections Coordinator but received few responses so this referral from Rev. Guffey was timely.
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Benefit Concert by Mr. Stinky Feet
Support for Jeni and a Book Drive
Please join Jim “Mr. Stinky Feet” Cosgrove and his band The Hiccups for a benefit concert to help with the cost of Jeni's medical care at this difficult time. Let's celebrate Jeni’s kind heart and brave spirit on Sunday, October 24, at 4:00 p.m. at Colonial Church (weather permitting, on the front lawn). Freewill donations will be accepted.
For 20 years, the Cosgrove family has promoted reading, singing, dancing, and laughing to bring people together and as healthy ways to make it through challenging times. Let's help the Cosgroves in their challenging time.
Jim’s children’s books, CDs, and T-shirts will be available for sale. And for each $15 donation, the Cosgroves will donate a book directly to Reach Out and Read Kansas City, a nonprofit organization giving young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.
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Kansas Interfaith Action 2021 Faith and Public Policy Forums
Kansas Interfaith Action is hosting a series of virtual conversations with advocates and activists on the most pressing social, economic, and climate justice issues facing Kansans. You are encouraged to participate, via Facebook Live, from 7:00-8:00 p.m.
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Thurs, 10/14 - Payday Loan Reform - RSVP now: bit.ly/FPPF21-PDL
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Mon, 10/25 - Racial Justice - RSVP now: bit.ly/FPPF21-RJ
- Thurs, 10/28 - Medicaid Expansion
- Thurs, 11/4 - Economic Justice
- Thurs, 11/11 - Voting Rights
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Meals for Artists Helping the Homeless
We support 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 October 24. Let us know if you can help by signing up at https://tinyurl.com/AHH-Colonial21. Thanks for your help with this important outreach.
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Colonial Friends October Get Together
Colonial Friends will lunch together and then take a guided tour of the John Wornall House near Loose Park on Wednesday, October 20. The pre-Civil War home was used as a temporary hospital during the Battle of Westport. Meet at the church parking lot by 11:15 if you would like to carpool. Lunch is scheduled for 11:30 at the Summit Grill, 520 W. 75 Street in Waldo. Our tour starts at 1:00 at the home located at 6115 Wornall Road, about 10 minutes away. Tickets will be $5 apiece and masks will be required. To RSVP, contact Bob Starcke (913-406-3572, rstarcke@gmail.com).
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Colonial Women Activities
Colonial Women Book Group - 7:00 p.m. Friday, October 29, Stacey Algren's home. We will discuss “The Beekeeper of Aleppo” by Christy Lefteri.
Colonial Women Breakfast - 9:30 a.m. on Monday, November 1.
Colonial Women Blue Moose Tuesday - 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 9. Blue Moose Prairie Village.
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Local elections are coming up on November 2. For information about registration, voting locations and ballots, you can go to vote411.org. Did you know that typically less that 20% of voters vote in local elections? |
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Last year, Bread for the World members like you helped convinced a strong bipartisan majority to recognize the importance of U.S. leadership in the global progress against maternal and child malnutrition by passing the Global Nutrition Resolution.
The next step is passing the Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 (H.R. 4693). This bipartisan legislation has the potential to improve the lives of tens of millions of women and children around the world. The bill will direct USAID to advance programs to reduce and treat malnutrition. We know how to end child hunger and malnutrition. Now it is time to take the next step to reach that goal.
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Help Fill the Red Wagon and Feed the Hungry!
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.
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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.
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Calling All Colonial Creative Souls!
Do you have an artistic hobby or are you a Maker? The wheels of Colonial’s 10th Annual Holiday Bazaar are starting to roll! November 13 and 14. If you are new to Colonial, every 2nd weekend in November we have a fun 2-day event with about 10 vendors selling their creative wares. 10% of the profits go to the Board of Outreach. If you are interested call or email Kim or Lisarae with a description of your craft and a photo attached. We also need volunteers to help with set-up and collecting money. Please let us know asap so we can save you a table!
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Masks Required at Colonial
Masks or other face coverings must be worn in all indoor spaces that are open to the public in Prairie Village per the Prairie Village City Council. 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.
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Thursday Morning Bible Study
Thursday Morning Bible Study meets in the multipurpose room at The Forum (3501 W 95th St, Overland Park, KS 66206) at 9:30 a.m. We are studying the book of Job. If you'd prefer to connect online, you can through Google Meet Video call link: https://meet.google.com/xft-qzry-giy
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Coffee with the Pastor
Coffee with the Pastor meets at Panera at 8300 Mission Road. Meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays for coffee with Pastor Aaron.
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Greeters & Ushers Needed!
Sunday morning is a great time to volunteer. We need ushers and greeters for the 10:15 service.
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Ushers greet people and help close down the sanctuary.
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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:
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Celebrations!
Please remember these folks who are celebrating milestones.
Happy Birthday!
14 Wes Cotten
15 Ashley Chavez
17 Phil Porter
18 Isaac Braithwaite, George Donnelly, Morgan Donnelly, Adella Lu
21 Carol Barclay, Trip Hagman
Happy Anniversary!
17 Brad & Karen Hodges
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Calendar
Sunday, October 17
10:15 a.m. Sunday School, Colonial playground
noon-4:00 p.m. Rummage Sale Open to Public
Tuesday, October 19
9:30 a.m. Book Group
Wednesday, October 20
9:30 a.m. Coffee with the Pastor, Panera at 83rd and Mission Rd
11:15 a.m. Colonial Friends Wornall House Tour and Lunch
Thursday, October 21
9:30 a.m. Thursday Morning Bible Study, The Forum
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Colonial Staff
Bell Choir Director: Hayden Ferguson
Organist: Dr. Joseph Kern
Building Maintenance: Edson Palacios-Castrejon
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