"Generation to Generation"
Genesis 33:1-9
Rev. Lee Johnson
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Dear Asbury Friends,
I want to say a word of thanks to the Pathways to Joy Sunday School class and also Cindy Simpson, for the beautiful landscaping they have done by the main entrance to the church and the MSR entrance. Please take a minute to look at the beautiful flowers that they have planted and are maintaining. On Sundays and throughout the week, these entrances to the church are frequently used, so they are a place where we are able to make a good first impression.
Thank you!
Rev. Gayla Rapp,
Senior Pastor
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 Sign Up for United Methodist Women (UMW)!
If you are looking for connection through women's ministries, Asbury United Methodist Women has a place for you! United Methodist Women (UMW) is a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ. We develop a creative, supportive fellowship through small groups called circles. We support mission both locally and through participation in the global ministries of the church. You may choose to be involved in regular meetings and activities or you may choose to help with specific projects/events. Whatever you choose, UMW welcomes you! Please contact Kim Peck at
[email protected] or call her at 816.550.8550 if you would like to join or if you would like more information.
Gun Violence Awareness Forum |Thursday, September 12 at 7 pm in the Sanctuary
The Asbury United Methodist Church Commission on Church and Society will present a Gun Violence Awareness Forum on Thursday, September 12 at 7 pm in the church sanctuary. Speakers include Kay Richter and Kansas State Senator Barbara Bollier. Richter has been an Asbury member since 1971. In October of 2012, her 29 year old son, Ross, was one of five people murdered in a Colorado restaurant. Bollier was elected a Kansas State Senator in 2016. She represents much of Prairie Village, KS. Previously, she served in the Kansas House of Representatives.
Lazarus Table | Saturday, September 14 from 10 am - 1 pm
Thank you to all who signed up to help serve meals at Lazarus Table! We have filled all of our volunteer slots for September 14. A reminder to those of you who volunteered, we will carpool from the Asbury parking lot at 9:30 am. Contact Kim Peck at
[email protected] or call 913.648.7249 with any questions.
Presentation on Midwife Training in Papua New Guinea | Sunday, September 15
at 12:15 pm in Hager Hall
A reminder for those of you who signed up for this lunchtime presentation, Carla Orner, Program Director for Heart to Heart International, will present a program on her experience as a Midwife trainer in Papua New Guinea. This event will take place on Sunday at 12:15 pm in Hager Hall. A light lunch will be served prior to the program.
Serve Others: Become a Homebound Communion Server | Training Session on Sunday, September 22 at noon in Room 208
On the first Sunday of each month, Holy Communion is taken and served to homebound Asbury members. The list of those receiving communion has recently grown, which means additional servers are now needed. If you would like to join in this ministry of service, please attend a one-time training session on Sunday, September 22 at noon in Room 208. Beth Bock and Pastor Lee Johnson will lead the session. Please email Beth or Lee to let them know you will attend. If you would like to serve, but will not be in church that Sunday, let them know, too. Beth =
[email protected] and Lee =
[email protected].
Science, Scripture and Sexuality Presentation | Thursday, September 26
from 7:00-8:30 pm in Hager Hall
Dr. Barbara Lukert and Rev. Lee Johnson will present their recent work, "Science, Scripture, and Sexuality" at Asbury on Thursday, September 26 in Hager Hall. Their work integrates recent scientific research on genetic and hormonal determinants of human sexuality with scripture and faith. Both Lukert and Johnson hope their work lends another way of considering a United Methodist response to human sexuality.
Sign Up for Altar Flowers
We still have several available dates for Altar Flower sign-up. E-mail Phyllis at
[email protected] or call 913.432.5573 to sign up. Let us know who they are in honor, celebration, or memory of and if you want them to go to a home-bound member or you wish to take them home.
Memorial Garden News
The upkeep for the garden still needs helpers as well as donations of $25 given in celebration of or memory of your loved ones. While many donations are given monthly, donations can be made in any amount or increment. You can sign up on the poster near the Memorial Garden entrance. To learn more about giving or volunteering, contact Kathie White at 913.362.5827 or email
[email protected]. Recent donations to the garden are from Carrie Lenahan, and also a gift in memory of Andrew Mullin was made by his parents, John and Charlotte Mullin.
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Children/Youth Ministry News
Heather Jackson, Director of Family Ministries
 WOW! Choir
WOW! Choir is Asbury's children's choir for singers in Kindergarten through 5th grade. We rehearse every Sunday during the school year from 9:30-10am in the children's Sunday school wing. During that time, your singer will participate in vocal warm-ups, learn a variety of performance and rehearsal songs, and participate in various movement and music theory activities. It's like a free private group lesson every week! We look forward to seeing your singer on Sunday!
Sunday School @ 10 am
 Toddler Tales with Gloria from 10-10:30 am in the Nursery
Children
(Prek-5
th
grade)
o Kids' Hour - A year-long adventure in loving God and loving neighbor in and through community.
o This week:
Welcoming Others (Mark 10:46-52)
o Next week: Communities Forgive (Luke 19:1-10)
Youth (6th-12th grade)
"Fathom: The Bible" - Middle School Sunday School (6th-8th grade) - Lead by Pam Ottaway in Room 353
The mission of
Fathom is to dive deep into the story of God that we find in the Bible. We'll encounter Scriptures filled with inspiration and encouragement, and we'll also explore passages that are more complicated and challenging. Each lesson will focus on one passage, but will also launch into the larger context of how God's story is being told through that passage. More importantly, each lesson will explore how God's story is intimately tied to our own stories, and how a God who is beyond our imagination can also be a God who loves us deeply and personally. We'll be invited to wrestle with this and more as we dive deep into God's story.
We will begin our quest with the book that is written for us but not to us: the Bible.
High School Sunday School (9th-12th grade) - Lead by Lori Wilkerson in the Youth Lounge
 Taking a cue from Mark Batterson's book
The Grave Robber, we will be looking at the seven miracles in the Book of John. Youth will discover how "Our impossible situations are God's greatest opportunity to reveal God's glory. There are miracles all around us all the time, but you won't see them if you don't know how to look for them."
Sunday, September 15 @ 6 pm - Youth Group
Sunday, September 22 @ 6 pm - Youth Group
Sunday, September 29 @ 6 pm - Youth Group
Open to all current 8th-12th
grade students!
Contact Heather
for more information.
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Thursday, September 12 @ 7 pm: Gun Violence Awareness Forum in the Sanctuary
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Tuesday, October 1 @ 7 pm: Family Ministries Book Club -
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
o Saturday O
ctober 5
: Camp Chippewa Fall Festival Day - RSVP at
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Saturday, October 12: Fall Day of Caring
If you are not receiving the children's ministry or youth ministry emails and would like to please email [email protected] to get on the list.
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SHOPPING ON AMAZON?
2. Search "Asbury Methodist Church"
3. Select the Prairie Village location...and SHOP!
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