May 7 -May 13, 2017 {Sit With Us: Immigrants} By Sarah Hahs I taught for five years in the Kansas City Kansas School District at Wyandotte High School, down the street from Mission Adelante. When I heard Jarrett speaking this morning about immigrants and refugees, the faces of...
April 30-May 6, 2017 {Sit With Us: Wounded Healer} By Debbie Kirk Wounded healing. It took me a moment to wrap my mind around this concept as Dylan Mortimer shared his overwhelming story of healing. His struggle, pain and recent healing paints the most beautiful picture of God’s...
April 23-29, 2017 {Sit With Us: Racial Healing} By Katrina Kanary What does it take to raise a child whose racial makeup does not reflect your own? When our youngest two sons joined our family we had anticipated differences. We attended classes about the intricacies of adoption, support that...
April 16-22, 2017 {Sit With Us: Easter’s Great Invitation} By Adam Pontier The lonelier I felt the more I drew into isolation. This cycle of isolation and loneliness continued and the hole felt like it only grew bigger. Today’s sermon reminded me what it was like to feel...
April 9-15, 2017 {Sit With Us: Special Needs & Disabilities} By Nanette Haskins, in collaboration with Steve Darner When have you felt uninvited, rejected, or unwelcome? It may have been an intentional slight or (more likely) an unintentional lack of awareness. Too often we get so caught up...
April 2-8, 2017 {The Sharing Economy: Holistic Relationships} By Adam Pontier I’ve spent a lot of time worrying about how I am going to be successful. And then worrying about how I’m going to maintain what I have . . . while striving for more. It was such...
March 26-April 1, 2017 {The Sharing Economy: Our Five Capitals} By Bill McMurtrey Everyone loves a story about those who give back through sharing. Today when Dan had Carina up on stage talking about what she does, I couldn’t help but smile and think, "Wow, what a great...
March 19-25, 2017 {Sherpa: Adventure & Risk} By Lisa Zulke discovery noun dis·cov·ery \dis-ˈkə-v(ə-)rē\ : the act of finding or learning something for the first time God drew us up that mountain with discovery—every 50 yards we literally started seeing heart shaped rocks. For real (we carried some...
March 12-18, 2017 {Sherpa: To Teach With Joy} By Presley Wilson I am a teacher. “You know teachers don’t get paid, like, anything, right?” “Middle school?! Bless your heart!” “Well, at least you get summers off…” Although I’ve heard many other things when I tell people that I...
March 5-11, 2017 {Sherpa: Part 1} By Bill McMurtrey Brooke spoke about Mt. Everest as a metaphor for the mountains that we climb in our lives. As she so eloquently put it, "The reality is WE’RE ALL CLIMBING SOMETHING….in this thing called LIFE." She went on to say that...