Weekly Update from Pastor Adam - September 20, 2024
Dear Resurrection Family,
THIS WEEKEND: THE ACTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Pastor Scott will be preaching, allowing me to write my Leadership Institute talks. He’s got a powerful sermon planned as he walks us through what happened on the Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came upon those first disciples, and then empowered the first Christians to take the gospel to the world.
Don’t miss worship this weekend. If you are in town, plan to worship in person, and if you are traveling or out of town, join us by worshiping online.
LORD’S PRAYER MILESTONE FOR FIRST GRADERS
SPECIAL SERVE SATURDAY AND YARD SIGN BLITZ TOMORROW!
SHOWING HOLY FRIT FILM ABOUT THE RESURRECTION WINDOW THURSDAY
There will also be Resurrection Window jigsaw puzzles available for free to those who attend the showing of Holy Frit. Puzzles are available first come, first served, until they are gone!
HOW TO RAISE A CITIZEN PRESENTATION
DO UNTO OTHERS KINDNESS CAMPAIGN WORKSHOP SERIES
Week one features author and Enneagram expert Jenn Whitmer. Week two welcomes John Fletcher, UMC lay leader and Louisiana State University professor, introducing the Braver Angels approach to improving dialogue skills and “disagreeing better.” The series concludes with Curtis Chang, consultant and former pastor, presenting “The After Party,” a pre-recorded talk on Christian political engagement followed by roundtable discussions. My hope is that Resurrection’s Republicans, Democrats and Independents will come together for these amazing events.
Each of these sessions offers information and tools to help us bridge the partisan divide and enhance our relationships with family, friends and co-workers. The cost for attending all workshops is $30. A meal is included for those attending the workshops in person at Leawood, and childcare is available for those attending in person. You can learn more and register here.
All of this is part of Resurrection’s 2030 Vision of Closing the Kindness and Civility Gap in Kansas City.
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TUESDAY VESPERS TO BECOME “MAKING SENSE OF” PODCAST
Over the last few years, we’ve also been considering how Tuesday Vespers might have a broader reach, connecting with both thoughtful Christians, but also with people who have questions and doubts, non-religious and nominally religious people, something that would be easy for you to share with your friends or family who don’t go to church. We would like to keep the same conversational feeling of Vespers but take it up a notch in terms of quality and make it available to people who don’t use Facebook but do listen and watch podcasts.
We’ve had several people looking at this, and meeting with a consultant who has helped develop some of the leading religious podcasts in the U.S. As they asked about my passion as a pastor and our passion as a church, the answers focused on helping people make sense of life, faith, the Bible, theology, spirituality, religion, and ethics including challenging moral issues.
Beginning after the election, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, we’ll launch this new podcast. We’re tentatively calling it, “Making Sense of Faith,” or “Making Sense of Religion” though we’re still nailing this down. It would have the conversational feel of Vespers but come in the format of a podcast. We’ll take on questions and topics that will interest both Christians and non-Christians, and I hope to reach a broad audience and, I hope, draw listeners to Christ and consider getting involved in a local church. The week it launches, the topic will be the two things polite people are not to talk about, “Religion and Politics.”
If you have any suggestions for names of the podcast, topics or questions we should consider addressing, or anything else that might be helpful, click here and email Matt Williams who is driving this project.
I’m looking forward to an amazing weekend in worship!
Adam
Adam Hamilton
Resurrection Senior Pastor
Reverend Adam Hamilton is the senior pastor of Church of the Resurrection and the author of 22 books. He has been married to LaVon since 1982, and she has been a critical partner in every dimension of Adam’s work. They have two daughters and one granddaughter.
Adam’s writings are known for helping readers make sense of challenging theological questions, exploring the significance of the biblical stories, and equipping Christian leaders to be more effective in their work. He earned his MDiv from Perkins School of Theology and graduated with honors from Oral Roberts University with a degree in Pastoral Ministry.
