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Vacation Bible School 2016

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Sunday Worship, 10:30am

Christian Education, 9:30am

7406 Ward Parkway Kansas City , Missouri 64114

Office Hours M-F 9:00am -1:00pm Phone: 816.361.2200

Email: [email protected]

Church Staff Office Administrator, Tina Hill

Choir Director, Joseph Hill

Organist, Dr. Arthur Rinehart

Bookkeeper, Chuck Kneyse

Custodian, Scott Curry

Preschool Directors, Kim Manford

Leslie Bullington

Officers

Elders Worship: Diana Justus

Mission and Stewardship: Bob Liepsner

Personnel & Administration: Steve Nelson

Adult Discipleship: James Lusk

Youth Discipleship: Sean Stoy

Operations: Steve Guthrie

Clerk of Session:

Karen Wiederaenders

Deacons

Warren Bell, Jim Kurtz, Shirley Lytle, Emily Lantz

Susan Stewart & Pat Wiederaenders

Trustees James Lusk Jean Hunter Don Barta

Tom Stewart-Treasurer

Glorify God Grow Disciples Go Serve August/September 2016

Vacation Bible School 2016

THANK YOU VBS VOLUNTEERS! July 26-28th our church hosted 40 children for three fun-filled evenings of

Vacation Bible School. We ate, sang, learned about God, prayed and played. We learned that God is on the move among us!

Candis Lochmann-Director Kathy Montgomery, Sarah Guthrie and

Collen Lafferty-preschool Rosemary McDaneld, Sarah Nettles, and Janet North-

kindergarten and early elementary Susan Stewart-older elementary

Lara King-middle and high school Sean Stoy, Ken Bartlett, Ken North, Nick King and

Mike Lochmann-dinner crew Janet North and Shirley Lytle-welcome and registration

Heather Good and Diana Justus-crafts Jim Kurtz and Pricilla Edwards-music leaders

Emme Stoy and Quinn Stoy-Skipper and Snappy Steve Guthrie-AV and general all round fixer

Lynne Crossette, Diana Justus, Nightwatch crew-decorations Grace Guthrie and Kenzie Hite-recreation

See more photos on the back!

Interim Pastor Search Committee

Happy Birthday!

Will Hembree-August 12

Janet North-August 15 Richard Smith-August 17 Katie Crossette-August 18 Virginia Dodge-August 19

Ava Florkowski & Hans Guthrie-August 25 Lynne Crossette-August 28 Ira & Arlo Good-August 28

Eva Florkowski-September 5 Kathy Montgomery-September 8

Nick King-September 16 Aaron Florkowski-September 19

Doris Bowman-September 25 Thelma Haynes-September 25

Prayers

* Sarah Guthrie *Pat Wiederaenders

*Martha and Dale Lundhigh *Muriel Oldberg

*Sheldon Crossette, Scott Crossette’s Father *IrmaJean Barta

*Warren Bell *For our missionaries, Karla Koll in

Costa Rica and the Hendry family in Brazil

The Interim Pastor Search Committee has conducted interviews with multiple Interim Pastor candidates. This past week, we had a second interview, this one face-to-face, with the candidate who has emerged as the leading candi-date, with strong consensus within our group. This candidate is currently serving as an Interim Pastor at another church. The Pastor Nominating Committee at that church has given positive signals that a call could soon be ex-tended for their Installed Pastor position. Being a person of honor, our candidate will not leave that Interim Pastor position until that call has, in fact, been extended and accepted. We appreciate this integrity and are confident that we would be shown the same courtesy. As a group, we were extremely impressed with this person’s interim pastor training, communica-tion skills and genuineness. While operating with a sense of urgency, we were collectively impressed enough by this individual to allow a bit of time for the situation at the candidate’s current church to reach the necessary stage of completion. We ask you to continue to pray for guidance and discernment for our Committee, for the person God has in mind to be our Interim Pastor and for our congregation as we navigate through this time of transition. Karen Wiederaenders & Steve Guthrie for the Interim Pastor Search Committee

youth@wppc will meet on August 14 and 28 from 6:00-8:00pm at the Lochmann home . Get ready to splash around in the pool, have dinner,

prayer, a bible story, singing, games and fellowship! The Lochmann’s address is 1020 W. 55th Street. If you would like to sneak in some

extra pool time please feel free to come at 5:30. Questions? Call Candis at 816-213-6750.

Strangled by Love Vine Preschool News

The Cornerstone Bible Study Group continues the study of "THE STORY", a study of GOD and HIS people from Genesis thru Revelation. We have re-cently reviewed the chapter about the resurrection of Jesus and will be restarting our study in Chapter 28, "New Beginnings". Our next meeting will be on September 11th, in the Holy Grounds Room at 9:25am. We continue to have a faithful group of 10-12 members of our group who are actively involved in a deeper understanding of Gods upper story and the lower story that plays out in each of our daily lives. All are welcome to join us when we resume our study in September. If you have any questions please contact Mike Montgomery or Karen Wiederaenders.

Yes, our bushes are slowly being strangled by the insidious Love Vine. Weeds plus the occasional tree are devouring the rose bushes. Our sidewalks are steadily being cracked to death by an invasion of crab grass. We need your help. Who will step up to help keep our grounds in shape by volunteering two hours per week to clip Love vine -- and put a week killer on the vine -- pull crab grass from the sidewalk cracks, and keep the flower beds weed-free? A team of two working every week would help spruce up our grounds and make them more welcoming for members and visitors. Plus it's good for you -- according to Web MD "Gardening: pulling weeds, planting flowers, etc. burns 200-400 calories per hour. " Work two hours at a good rate and you will burn up enough calories for a slice of original cheese cake from the Cheese Cake Factory (710 calories perslice). (Steve Guthrie will buy the cheesecake if you pull the weeds.) Steve Guthrie is waiting for your response. . .

Choir Rehearsal Resumes Wednesday, August 31

We had a wonderful 7 weeks of summer camp during June and July! Children had fun with themes such as, Animal Planet, Construction, A Bug's Life, Party in the USA, Artful Antics, Fiesta, and Under the Sea. We had a great group of staff leading the fun, as well as a wonderful group of children attending. The children especially enjoyed sprinkler days every Wednesday! During the month of August, teachers attend workshops, and the building is prepped for the beginning of school on August 23. The preschool has hired a new staff member, Anna Fleming, to work along-side Debbie Beck in the 4-day Pre-K, upstairs in the Blue Room. Anna's child attended Ward Parkway Preschool several years ago, so we love that she is familiar with our school. She also taught 3rd grade at Visitation Catholic School for 7 years, so she knows many of our Ward Parkway families. Please help us welcome her to our staff! We are excited to begin our 50th year, and love the history that is woven into this school. We pray that our children and families this year, will feel the love that is ever so present in this church and school. Here's to a great year!

Kim and Leslie