Heartland has recently implemented Church Community Builder (CCB), a web-based church management system. It's a revolutionary tool that will allow everyone in the church to interact with one another, promote community, and communicate easily within one's small groups and ministry teams.
CCB offers the following features:
1) Database - with contact information, birthdays, photo directory, and the eventually the ability to look up your own financial information.
2) Room reservations online.
3) Matching spiritual gifts and skills with volunteers and job positions.
4) Equipping and facilitating communication within small groups and ministry teams.

Soon we will have online registration, payment, and giving. When we move to the new facility we will offer a secure child check-in feature. Each Heartland member with an email will receive a username (usually your email) and a password. (note to self - always change your password to one that you can remember) From there, each person may login and update their own profile. It's a clean, simple and intuitive interface.

To learn more about Church Community Builder, click here to watch this 12 minute overview.

Lastly, a couple notes on security and privacy. Children aged 12 and under have restricted profiles. No one will able to view their information unless authorized by church leadership. Your actual email address is not visible in the system. You will be able to email anyone at the church - but only through the CCB system. You decide on the amount of information that you want to share with others.

We plan to launch to the entire church in early September. We're still tweaking the system a bit, but if you are Interested in diving right in? Click here to get a username and password and you can get started right away.

The Singles' ministry will meet this coming Sunday for Fusion Sunday Night will be at 6:00 - 8:30 pm, Sunday, August 17th. We will be meeting at the Quaff Bar and Grill, 1010 Broadway, Kansas City, MO. Click here for a map. Plan to stay afterward for a great meal and fun with your Fusion friends. Click here for more details and more events. Click here to email Harold Eastman, director.

Heartland's All Church Baptism will be held on August 24th at Kill Creek Park. (Click here for a map) The Baptism will be our Sunday service at 10:00 am. There will be no service at Heartland that day.

Click here to register online. If you are considering being baptized we would love to talk to you about it, click here to email Britton Gregory or stop by the grow space on Sunday.

Mothers of babies and soon to be moms - Come for fellowship and encouragement as we explore the topic, "The Joy of Mothering: A journey in making joy last". We will examine joy and barriers to joy, unconditional love, as well as the unexpected benefit of a deepened understanding of God and our relationship to Him through our mothering role. We will meet every other Thursday beginning September 11 at Heartland from 9:15-11:00. Of course, BYOB - Bring your own baby! (childcare also available for older children) Click here to email Kathy McDonald to register or call (913) 383-1486 if you have any questions.

Interested in Women's Small Groups? Monday, Wednesday and Thursday morning groups begin mid-September from 9-11am and childcare is available. Evening groups begin mid-September and specific groups provide childcare. Click here to register online or visit the Grow Space.

Are looking for a way to grow and connect with others this summer? Get involved in a small group this summer! We are offering a first step experience in the Gallery from 6:30-8:30pm on Wednesday nights in 5N. (Except the 1st Wednesday of the month when we will attend the New Community service.) We will open the time by talking about the Sunday message and discuss the Journey devotional for the week. Stop by the grow space on Sunday for more info or to pick up a Journey devotional and a bible and your ready to get started! Childcare is available, click here to contact Jeff Shrout to make a childcare reservation or if you have questions. Hope to see you there!

Starting August 30th Heartland is coordinating the Sunday sermon series Road Trip with the small group resource Just Walk Across the Room. During this series, we will ask people to join Just Walk Across the Room small groups. Our hope is for people to stay in their existing groups and not "jump ship" to join these new groups. To help retain your group's cohesiveness and to help us move forward with momentum, would you consider using this material in your group as well?

We are also asking for new leaders to step forward to lead these new groups to accommodate the interest generated by this sermon series. Click here to email Britton Gregory to let us know your intentions or to let us know if you know of anyone who may want to lead a new small group.

We will ask people to sign up September 7th and 14th for new groups. These groups and hopefully yours will start the material Oct 8th. This material can be covered in either a four-week experience or an eleven-week experience.

Small group leader training for this material will be offered during Leadership Community August 23rd. RSVPs for the training are requested.

If you'd like to learn more about automated giving, click here to download an Electronic Fund Transfer card. Just attach a voided check and drop in the offering box at the back of the sanctuary or mail to our offices. Your support allows lives to be changed like the ones you've read about in this newsletter. If you would like more information about automating your giving click here to contact Patty Johnson.

Heartland's Ministry Fund (Operating) Budget is 2.5 Million for the 2008 Fiscal Year (Jan. - Dec. 2008). Heartland is accredited by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. Click here to view their website and the standards under which we operate.

Thank you all very much for contributing to the Ministry Fund and the go. Campaign! Your support helps make lives change so that more will come to know Christ. Thanks to you it's possible.

We want to thank everyone who made an investment in LTP 2008. Many of you had interns hanging out with your children, you donated to YES! Day and you fed them lunches. We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for embracing each intern and loving on them in such a Heartland fashion. The end of their summer was extremely busy and here you'll see a few shots from YES! Day and OFA. YES! Day was filled with a lot of serving, rain and having great attitudes! Our volunteers served in places like Harvesters, The Hope Center, Mission Adelante! and Heartland. Way to go interns and volunteers!

OFA was a great week as the interns really served the parents and kids in attendance. Kenyon Anderson, a mom who took her three kids to OFA had this to say about the interns: "When I ask the kids what their favorite part of OFA was, they unanimously shout- "THE INTERNS!!!!" I agree. Their servant spirits are such a blessing to this mom, and my kids can't wait to walk in their footsteps." Thank you Heartland for your continued investment in building leaders from the next generation! - Glenn Kahler

Volunteer Position Spotlights:

Great Beginnings: Come be a part of helping kids fall in love with Jesus! Great Beginnings is looking for volunteers to join our storytelling and music teams. Story and music time is a favorite time of the morning for Heartland's kids, so come join the fun! Click here to email Lynn Hawley if you are interested.

Great Adventure: Calling all Actors! Great Adventure needs you! We are having drama auditions for our great adventure drama team on August 17th at 12:30 in the gym. We will feed you lunch and provide you with material needed to audition. We also looking for once a month volunteers for our craft team and our tech team to help us with computer and sound equipment on Sundays! Questions? Click here to contact Angela Reed.

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Heartland Community Church
8301 Lamar
Overland Park, KS 66207
913.341.5820

Heartland is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. The ECFA is an accreditation agency dedicated to helping Christian ministries earn the public's trust through adherence to seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship. Founded in 1979, ECFA provides accreditation to leading Christian nonprofit organizations that faithfully demonstrate compliance with established standards for financial accountability, fund-raising and board governance. Click here to learn more about the ECFA.