eNote Archive
Friday, May 11, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
I hope you are doing well today. It has been a roller coaster week here at the church. Last Sunday night we had to evacuate the sanctuary as we were completing communion due to the sighting of funnel...
[more]Friday, May 04, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
I'm writing this note while at General Conference in Tampa, Florida. Today is the final day of the conference; I fly home tonight to be in worship this weekend. With me will be Pastor Daniel...
[more]Friday, April 27, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
As you read this I'm in Tampa at our once-every-four-years General Conference. This conference is where United Methodists from around the world gather to consider changes to our Book of Discipline, to...
[more]Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
As I told you in my eNote on Friday, I am in Tampa, Florida, for General Conference this week. This 12-day conference is held once every four years. I’ll be joining 1,000 elected...
[more]Friday, April 20, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
I hope this note finds you doing great today. I thought I'd take a few minutes today to cover a broad array of topics ranging from this weekend's sermon to the things the United Methodist Church will be...
[more]Friday, April 13, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
What a great Easter weekend we had last week! It was beautiful and exciting. We had a record attendance this year with 23,526 physically present and another 2,349 who joined us for Easter online, for a...
[more]Friday, April 06, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
Today is Good Friday - the day when Jesus was crucified. All day we have a prayer vigil in which we invite you to remember Christ's crucifixion by coming to one of our locations to spend time in prayer...
[more]Friday, March 30, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
This weekend we begin Holy Week - it is Palm Sunday. I'm looking forward to worship as we recount the events of the final week of Jesus' life. Without this weekend it is difficult to appreciate the joy...
[more]Friday, March 23, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
As you read this I am in meetings all day here in Kansas City with delegations of United Methodist pastors and laity from Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, as we interview 10 pastors who are candidates for...
[more]Friday, March 16, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
I know many of you have been on Spring Break this week. If you are on your way back this weekend, join us for the Sunday evening service. It starts at 5:00 and we'll have a powerful service...
[more]Friday, March 09, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
Last weekend in worship we journeyed with Jesus to the town of Capernaum by the Sea. He made this village his hometown during the three years in which most of the events of the gospels occur. We...
[more]Friday, March 02, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
It is great to be back home after a terrific trip to the Holy Land. My body is still confused about what time it is; hence I got up at 4:30 am today to write this e-mail. This weekend I'll be back in...
[more]Friday, February 24, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
I'm sitting on the deck at our hotel on the base of the Golan Heights watching the sun set over the Sea of Galilee as I write this note. A sliver of the moon and Jupiter and Venus are...
[more]Friday, February 17, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
LaVon and I and two of our A/V staff arrived in Israel on Tuesday of this week. We've been filming in multiple locations each day for our upcoming Lenten sermon series, In the Footsteps of Jesus. We...
[more]Friday, February 10, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
This weekend we end the sermon series on Love, Sex and Marriage - we planned for this series to culminate two days before Valentine's Day. We'll look at what it takes to share a love that lasts a...
[more]Friday, February 03, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
I hope you are staying dry on this soggy Friday. We've had a terrific 8 days here at Resurrection. This week Resurrection Downtown and Resurrection Blue Springs had their January Coffee with the...
[more]Friday, January 27, 2012
January 27, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
What an exciting week this has been! Last Sunday afternoon we had our largest Coffee with the Pastors ever with 391 adults and children joining the church. It was awesome! Of these,...
[more]Monday, January 23, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
I’d like to encourage you to take a moment right now and register online for our All-Church Gathering coming up this Friday night, January 27. This is the most important event for the leadership...
[more]Friday, January 20, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
First, I'd like to welcome those of you who are new to the Church of the Resurrection and receiving my e-note for the first time. Welcome! Each week there are three e-mails you will likely receive from...
[more]Friday, January 13, 2012
Dear Resurrection Family,
It's been an exciting few weeks here at Resurrection as we've celebrated Christmas Eve, rung in the New Year and kicked off a new sermon series. Last weekend we announced that on Christmas Eve we...
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