eNote Archive
Friday, May 17, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
I'm writing this from my hotel room in Adrian, Michigan where I am speaking today (Friday) at the Detroit Annual Conference (this is the eastern half of Michigan plus the Upper Peninsula. I started...
[more]Thursday, May 09, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
I'm writing today instead of Friday to encourage those of you from the Leawood Campus (and any others who are interested) to attend the Town Hall meeting with our architects regarding our future...
[more]Friday, May 03, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
This week I was blessed to spend 90 minutes with Sonia Warshawski. Sonia was 16 when she entered the concentration camps in Poland. She watched her mother taken to the gas chambers. Her father and...
[more]Friday, April 26, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
Attention Leawood Vibe worshipers: This weekend we're asking you to join the sanctuary service at 10:45 am. I will lay out the vision for our future sanctuary and Vibe spaces and I'd like to do that...
[more]Friday, April 19, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
Tomorrow morning at 11:00 am we will celebrate the life of Cathy Swirbul. Cathy was the staff member that led our FaithWork ministry for many years. She played a key role in so many of our programs and...
[more]Friday, April 12, 2013
April 12, 2013 Dear Resurrection Family, This week we were meeting with our architects to review what is close to being our final site plan for our Leawood Campus. On the weekend of April 28 I'll share with you the latest...
[more]Friday, April 05, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
I hope you are having a terrific day on this Easter week. I want to thank each of you who volunteered your time to make Easter services happen at each of our campuses. We had hundreds of people who...
[more]Friday, March 29, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
I'd like to encourage you to please take a few minutes to read this entire e-note - it has very important information for Easter - information we missed giving many of you because of last week's snow...
[more]Friday, March 22, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
Tomorrow morning from 10:00 am to noon are our annual Easter Egg Hunts on the Leawood and Blue Springs campuses! Rain, snow or shine we're on. We're moving the hunts inside, with thousands of eggs...
[more]Friday, March 15, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
We were recently contacted and invited to provide our Easter worship service for broadcast on ABC affiliates across the country. Local ABC affiliates each decide whether to broadcast the service on...
[more]Friday, March 08, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
A quick reminder up front: Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend. Don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour this Saturday night before you go to bed. Each year we have people show up for worship...
[more]Friday, March 01, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
As you read this I'm on my way home from Oklahoma City. I delivered the Lemon Lectures at Oklahoma City University and the UM Church of the Servant yesterday. I also had a chance to meet with college...
[more]Friday, February 22, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
I hope you're able to enjoy the winter wonderland with the nearly one foot of snow I hear fell yesterday in Kansas City. LaVon and I missed the storm. About midnight on Tuesday night we received a call...
[more]Friday, February 15, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
This week marked the beginning of the season of Lent - the 40 days (excluding Sundays) leading up to the commemoration of Christ's death and the celebration of his Resurrection (Good Friday and Easter)....
[more]Friday, February 08, 2013
February 8, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
It's been a GREAT week around here. I'll tell you the results of our food drive in my sermon - they are still sorting, counting and packing the food - but it was a great drive. We also...
[more]Friday, February 01, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
First off, this weekend is our Souper Bowl weekend to coincide with the Super Bowl. I'd like to challenge each of us to bring one sack of groceries per person in worship. Our members will sort and...
[more]Friday, January 25, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
It's been a whirlwind week for LaVon and me as we flew to DC for the Inauguration and to preach at the National Prayer Service. Many of you have asked about the experience and I'll tell you a bit more...
[more]Friday, January 18, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
This coming Monday is Inauguration Day when the President will be publicly sworn into office to begin his second term. There are several major events related to the inauguration including the public...
[more]Friday, January 11, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
Last weekend we announced the total of the Christmas Eve offering. For those who were not able to be in worship, last year you gave $650,000 in this special offering that benefits children in poverty....
[more]Friday, January 04, 2013
Dear Resurrection Family,
I just received the report of the total given in our Christmas Eve offering. The total you gave was…Sorry, you'll have to come to worship this weekend to hear the total, but I can't wait to tell...
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