Through a partnership with Compost Collective KC, the church has begun new efforts to care for the environment by composting food waste at various events. Initiated by the Preschool and Parents’ Day Out programs, and now extending to church-wide events like Trunk or Treat and Thanksgiving Dinner, the church is working to Read More...
Ecuador (rescheduled from October 2019) The fall 2019 Ecuador service/learning trip was rescheduled to January 17 – 24 , 2020, and a few spaces remain open for this trip. For details contact Nancy Lear or Corey Meyer. Nicaragua February 23 – 29, 2020 Visiting our international partner CEPAD in Managua, Nicaragua to be present Read More...
Micah Ministry Serve dinner at Micah Ministry from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., on Mon., Oct. 14. Meet in the chapel lot at 4:30 p.m. to carpool. Return to church at 7:30 p.m. Questions? Contact Jackie Cunningham at 816-246-6202. Partnership Day The Metro Mission team has scheduled a partnership service day on Fri., Nov. Read More...
By Corey Meyer, Director of Mission Partnerships I was in my first 100 days at Country Club Christian when I first started hearing the words “affordable housing in Kansas City.” Invitations to public forums, Facebook posts, interviews on KCUR, and news articles were swirling around. At the same time as I was Read More...
This article is part of a series highlighting the partnership agencies in Northeast Kansas City. Country Club Christian Church has partnerships with many fine organizations in Northeast Kansas City, but only one of them has its own aquaponics fish farm, The Urban Farming Guys (UFG). Ten years ago a group of folks Read More...
Grace at Work, our half-day service day is Sat., Oct. 5. Save the date or sign up below. For those interested in other weekend service projects, check out one of our Fall Partnership Days with service partners in the Northeast. Fri., Nov. 1, 1:00 p.m. at Sheffield Place Contact Rev. Corey Meyer Read More...
Virginia Reed Food Drive During the month of September, we are collecting peanut butter, cereal and mac and cheese. Drop off donations anytime in the baskets located at the entry doors or at the Food Drive table in the parlor every third Sunday.
By Rev. Tyler Heston, Minister to Youth Last month, 18 of us traveled to Otavalo, Ecuador, for the high school mission trip. We spent a week partnering with FEDICE to work with a community center on renovation projects at their daycare, Mushuk Muyu (“New Seeds”). We spent the week with FEDICE’s executive Read More...
Rev. Corey Meyer, Director of Mission Partnerships For over two decades, Bridging the Gap has been dreaming of programs to encourage Kansas City to think creatively about ways to promote environmental sustainability. During this year’s Easter season, you heard it from our worship leaders, read it in The Christian, and saw the Read More...
An international mission trip isn’t easy. There’s much to plan, much to purchase, much to prepare. The hardest part, however, may be readjusting to life back home. Beyond catching up on rest, it can be difficult to make sense of the memories and the transformation you’ve had while traveling; it can be Read More...
When I was told that we were meeting with some of the teens of the village that we were working with, admittedly I was a bit nervous. I don’t really speak much Spanish, and I was worried that the encounter would be awkward and forced. To my pleasant surprise, the meeting was Read More...
We started the day off with an amazing trip to the Tocagon Church. What started with a beautiful opening hymn, ended with a cute play put on by the kids in the village. The church service was far different from an American service. Lasting over two and a half hours, the service Read More...
Tyler and team have been sending lots of photos from their adventures. Check them out in the gallery below. [envira-gallery id="8688"]
Today was an earlier day than yesterday, and we had gotten through the listening part and into the doing. Even though the morning was full of painting and staining and finishing the ceiling we still had opportunities to learn about their culture through our work and observations. For example, on a walk Read More...
