Greetings again from Galveston, Texas. After spending Monday and Tuesday sheet rocking our group moved to Central United Methodist Church today. At Central we spent the day preparing shower facilities for the large number of volunteers that the church houses. We did roofing, framing, shower assembly and various other tasks during our time there today. On Thursday we get back to sheet rocking and then we will spend one more day working on Friday.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
Greetings from Galveston, TX where College Life and Young Adult ministry are on a mission trip. Seventeen young adults and college students arrived safely in Galveston Sunday night. We spent our first day working at a families home doing sheet rock (drywall) work. (See pics below) We will be spending a few more days finishing the sheet rock and painting. It looks like we will start gutting out some homes later in the week.
We will try to write a few more blog posts while we are in Galveston. Continue to pray for us as we continue to show the love of God to those whose lives have been drastically altered by Hurrican Ike.
On March 26, Young Adult Ministry at Resurrection and College Life Ministry will start back monthly Worship Experiences for Young Adults and College Students. The Worship Experience will be at 7pm in the Wesley Chapel, and will include music, a brief message, and experiential ways in which to worship.
I’m excited to announce two new opportunities to experience community and to grow in faith!
The Sunday morning group will begin meeting this week, February 8, at 9:30am in Room 224 in the East Building. The Sunday evening group will begin meeting on March 1 at 6:30pm in the West Building (exact location to be determined).
If you’re interested in these groups, e-mail Nathan (nathan.webb@cor.org) —or just show up! These are open groups…each week’s study stands alone, so come when you can!
We will be taking a mission trip (combined with College Life) to the Gulf Coast! This trip is to help aid those affected by hurricane Ike. We will be doing light construction work, while providing emotional and spiritual support.
When: March 15th -21st
Where: Houston/Galveston/Port Arthur area (we will be staying in a church)
Deadline to sign up: February 27th
Required Training Meeting: Sunday, March 1st @ 3:00pm in room 221 of the East Building
Commissioning Date: Sunday, March 8 @ 10:45am in Vibe.
In order to participate in this mission trip, there are several forms to fill out. Please begin by sending in your application with a $60 check to reserve your spot. Click here for full application. The remaining $140 will be due 2 weeks prior to the trip (February 27th).
Make check payable to Church of the Resurrection and put the trip code (DR090315B) on the description line.
Send to this address:
United Methodist Church of the Resurrection
Missions Office: ATTN: Charlotte O’Keefe
13720 Roe Avenue
Leawood, KS 66224-3588
Other costs: The $200 covers everything except meals on the way down and back, and any souvenirs you wish to purchase.
To view this information from the Resurrection website click HERE.
This week I’m blogging to spread the word about Justice Jam, a benefit concert featuring Waterdeep. John Shirley from The Gathering will lead worship, and Rob Morris, co-founder of Love146, will explain how the organization works to fight child sex slavery and exploitation. A suggested donation of $10 will be accepted at the door.
You can check out the Facebook event and help spread the word by inviting your friends to the concert!
Watch this video to get in idea about what Love146 is about…
Attending a Serving God Learning Community is an awesome way to meet other young adults, while taking a look at how you can use your spiritual gifts. Also if you’re looking to get into a small group, Learning Communities are a great way to get a group started. In just the last few months, 6 new young adult small groups have formed by going through a Learning Community!
The next learning community, Serving God, will be offered on Wednesday mornings, 9:30-11:30am, and evenings, 6:30-8:30pm, starting January 14, 2009.
For more information and to register go to www.cor.org/lc.
Join us after the 10:45am worship services for lunch and a discussion of Pasor Adam Hamilton’s sermon series “When Christians Get It Wrong.” This series explores some of the reasons many young people across the nation are avoiding church and looks at some of the information from David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons’ book unChristian. Cost is $10 per person per session and includes a catered lunch. You can register at www.cor.org/lunch.
One of the Resurrection Young Adult Small Groups is going Christmas caroling and wants to invite any other young adults to come along!
When: Thursday, December 18th
Time: Meet between 6 and 6:30. We will help the residents to their seats so get there as soon as you can.
Where: The Greens at Creekside (Blueridge & Wornall)
What: We will be singing Christmas songs (feel free to make some suggestions). If the residents are up to it, we will play games with them afterward.
Time: Meet between 6 and 6:30. We will help the residents to their seats so get there as soon as you can.
Where: The Greens at Creekside (Blueridge & Wornall)
What: We will be singing Christmas songs (feel free to make some suggestions). If the residents are up to it, we will play games with them afterward.
If you’re interested in going, please send Michelle Watts an email at michelle.watts@cor.org.
It was an awesome weekend for Resurrection Young Adults! We had our very first Christmas Sweater Party, which produced some amazing Christmas outfits. Check out some of the outfits below.
This weekend was the Hillcrest Transitional Housing Open House for their newest facility. Over the past several months, dozens of young adults at Resurrection have put in a lot of hard work into this facility. It was really cool to see some of the apartments finished and ready to house residents. A group will be going back to Hillcrest on Dec. 20 to work on finishing up a couple more of the apartments. Let me know if you’re interested in serving there!
