Weekly Update from Pastor Adam - March 17, 2023

EASTER EGG-VENTURE JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY!

This annual family-friendly free event is Saturday, April 1, from 10 am to noon, and will feature egg hunts, snacks, crafts and of course – the Easter Bunny! You can be part of the fun at locations across the city. Our Leawood, Blue Springs, West, Overland Park and Brookside locations will have Egg-Ventures on their sites, and Downtown will be hosting a city-wide Egg-Venture on the grounds of the National World War I Museum and Memorial. If you’re looking for a reason to invite a friend to church – this is the perfect event. Here is the link for some additional details. We can also use some additional volunteers to join the fun and you can sign up to help at your location here.

EASTER VOLUNTEERS

Speaking of volunteers, your smiling face could make all the difference to someone attending an Easter service for the first time! I want to invite you to experience the joy of welcoming someone to Easter services this year. Here’s the link to find more information on all the places and ways you can serve, and to sign up.

LENTEN CONCERT SERIES

• Resurrection Leawood, Wednesdays, 12:15 – 12:45 pm, Leawood Sanctuary and live streamed here.  The March 22 concert features Quintessential Woodwind Quintet with Heather Bass, Lisa England, Paul Jolley, Jerilyn Main, and Amy Schwartz.
• Resurrection Brookside, Tuesday, March 28, 7 pm, Brookside Sanctuary, organ concert.

SIGN UP TODAY FOR SERVE SATURDAY TOMORROW

Tomorrow is Serve Saturday, and we still have opportunities for you to sign up and serve in the community. Use this link to find your place to serve and sign up.

BIBLE STUDY FOR COLLEGE-AGE YOUNG ADULTS STARTS TUESDAY

We’ve got nearly 60 college students joining me on Tuesday nights for a three-week study of Luke: Jesus and the Outsiders, Outcast and Outlaws starting this next Tuesday night! About half are joining in person and half via Zoom. If you’re college-aged and looking to connect with others, I would love for you to join me beginning this Tuesday, from 7 – 8:30 pm at the Leawood location or on Zoom. We’ll eat and get to know one another from 7 to 7:30, then I’ll teach you a bit about Luke from 7:30 to 8. Then from 8 to 8:30 we’ll have table discussions about the material from Luke. If you join us in person at Leawood, pizza and my new book on Luke will be our gift to you. For those joining on Zoom, invite a friend, get your own pizza, and we’ll try to get your book mailed to you if we haven’t already sent it. Here’s thelink to sign up or learn more.

VESPERS TUESDAY, MARCH 21

Join me for Vespers this Tuesday, March 21, at 7:30 pm CST on my Pastor Adam Hamilton Facebook page. You’ll actually be joining me on Facebook Live while I’m teaching the young adults about Luke – so I’ll be teaching them and you, at the same time! If you can’t join us then, you can always watch the replay on my FB page or on our YouTubechannel after Tuesday.

ALLIES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE TEEN POET LAUREATE CONTEST

Allies for Racial Justice, a partnership between St. James UMC and Resurrection, is sponsoring a poetry contest for high school students who are part of either church (in person or online). The contest runs March 17 – April 21, and the winners will share their poems at our Juneteenth Celebration on June 24, 2023. You can learn more about the poetry competition and how to participate on the website.