Sunday, March 22, 2015 - Living Grace Fellowship

YOUR SERVANT LEADERS
Lead Pastor
Jason & Julie Frantz
jason.frantz@gci.org
913.314.2013
A congregation of Grace Communion International
Associate Pastor
Assistant Pastor
Jack & Marilyn Zvorak
jzvorak@kc.rr.com
816.436.6959
Mike Castro
fidel119@aol.com
913.515.5464
Assistant Pastor
Living and sharing
God’s love and grace
Martin & Sarah Koenig
martin.koenig@gmail.com sarahkoenig27@gmail.com
913.231.0542 913.752.7085
Praise & Worship Ministries
Prayer Ministries
Sarah Koenig
sarahkoenig27@gmail.com
913.752.7085
Searle Engel
searleengel@msn.com
816.977.5095
Children's Ministries
Women's Ministries
Sarah Healy
slohealy@yahoo.com
913.669.6667
Julie Frantz
j4forjc@aol.com
913.322.2729
Communications Ministries
Men's Ministries
Martin Koenig
martin.koenig@gmail.com
913.231.0542
Tom Wempe
tomvic@embarqmail.com
913.709.1514
Ushering/Safety
Treasurer
Tom Wempe
tomvic@embarqmail.com
913.709.1514
Shirley Everman
shirlevrmn@cs.com
816.524.3834
Advisory Council
Gabriel Ben-Okoh
Harvey Gilley
Sarah Healy
Barbara Leatherman
Alyssia Stover
James Warren
LGF website: lgfkc.gcichurches.org
GCI website: www.gci.org
Local offerings may be sent to:
LGF-KC, P.O. Box 8636, Kansas City, MO 64114
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Worship with us Sundays at 10:30am at
Whitefield Academy, 8929 Holmes, Kansas City, MO
lgfkc.gcichurches.org
www.facebook.com/lgfkcpage
TODAY’S SERVICE
Praise Team Leader – Faith Reeder
Worship Music ........................................................................Praise Team
Church Life, Prayer & Praise ................................................. Troy Roark
Offering Message ...................................................................... Troy Roark
Worship Music ........................................................................Praise Team
Kids' Corner .............................................................................. Ray Meyer
** Children are dismissed for Children’s Church **
Sermon........................................................................................ Ray Meyer
Why Jesus Wept
John 11
Closing Song ............................................................................Praise Team
Benediction.................................................................................... Together
ACTIVITIES  EVENTS  UPDATES
2015 DIRECTORY
The Updated directory is available on the information table in the foyer.
BLESSING OF THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Next Sunday, March 29, during services we will have a special blessing of the
little children. Contact Pastor Jason if you have any children or grandchildren
that you would like to include in the service, or if you know of anyone that would
like to have their children included. The celebration continues with a potluck
after services.
LORD’S SUPPER REMEMBRANCE
Join us Thursday, April 2, starting at 6:30 at Whitefield Academy to
commemorate the Last Supper. We will worship downstairs in the
fellowship hall with a light snack, a brief message, communion, and
foot washing. Please enter through the south parking lot entrance, and bring
your bucket and a towel if you plan to participate in the foot washing.
RESURRECTION CELEBRATION SERVICE
Easter Resurrection Service: Join us on Sunday, April 5, to celebrate
the resurrection of our Lord and Savior with a special service. Invite
family and friends for the service and a reception afterward with
snacks and drinks.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who
believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by
believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:25-26
PRAISE REPORTS & PRAYER REQUESTS
Forms are at the Information Table to have prayer requests and praise
reports mentioned during the service. Please hand your form to the person
listed for Prayer & Praise. You may also email your requests ahead of time.
OFFERING ENVELOPES
If you need envelopes, please see an usher or visit the Information Table.
Please fill out the envelope tab completely. See Tom Wempe if you need
personalized labels and envelopes to prepare ahead of time.
NEW GCI PUBLICATION
A new bi-monthly publication called "INcluded" will be printed and available at services.
The first issue is available today on the information table in the foyer.
Bulletin submissions should be sent no later than 8:00pm Thursday
each week to martin.koenig@gmail.com or call/text 913.231.0542
GRACE GROUPS
Shawnee Home Group
Monday, April 13 & 27, 7:00pm
Koenigs’ home
Prayer Group
1st, 2nd & 3rd Sundays, after services
at 12:15pm in the Teacher's Lounge
Men's Fellowship
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00am
Overland Park Lutheran Church
SUPPORTING
SPOFFORD
Items requested for the
month of March:
Nighttime Pull-Ups
Girls’ underwear
Jeans (size 12-18)
Small and medium training bras
Boys’ ankle socks (bigger sizes)
Combs and brushes
See the bulletin board or contact
Mattie Laughlin (816.833.4217)
for details
Donations may be placed in the
Spofford basket in the foyer
PRAYER CORNER
SPEAKING OF LIFE
Calling Out For Help
Karen Anderson ................................................................................... COPD
Janice Bass ................................................in rehab recovering from strokes
Yvonnette Benich .............................................................. chronic back pain
Kaitlyn Brooks .............................................. autoimmune disease, arthritis
Rita Caskey ............................................................................ trouble walking
Dean Hesting ....................................... recovering from pancreatic surgery
Martha Irvin ........................................................................ in nursing home
Beverly Johnson ...................................... limited mobility, in nursing home
Kim Kissell.................................................................... bone marrow cancer
Sarah Koenig ............................ emotional and physical healing, torn ACL
Ethel L’Hommedieu .................................................. late stage Parkinson’s
Stuart Roberts ..................................................................... prostate troubles
Charles Smith .................................................................................. glaucoma
Suzanne Sullenger ................cervical dystonia, torticollis, back pain, TMJ
Last year while hiking near Sacramento, Mike Vilhauer got
lost. He wandered off the path and suddenly realized he couldn’t
find his way back. As the sun sank, Mike crawled under some
shelter – and over the next five days, he weathered storms,
battled hunger and even fought off an angry wolverine! But as
he grew weaker, he started to think he’d never be rescued.
Have you ever felt this way? Like you’re hopelessly lost? We
all go through trying times. And when I start to feel this way, I
open up my Bible and turn to the Psalms. If anyone knows what
it feels like to be lost, overwhelmed and abandoned, it’s King
David. See how he writes about it in Psalm 22 –
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you
so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God,
I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no
rest... Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me” (Psalm
22:1-2; 22:16).
What David was feeling here is sometimes called “the Dark
Night of the Soul,” a term coined by the 16th-century Catholic
mystic, Saint John of the Cross. Now widely recognized among
scholars worldwide, this term has even been picked up by
Hollywood screenwriters. It’s that point in the movie where the
hero feels like there’s no hope left. But that’s not where this
biblical story ends. Listen to how David finishes his Psalm -“For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the
afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has
listened to his cry for help” (Psalm 22:24).
I love that last verse about crying out for help. It’s a truth we
should never forget. Mike Vilhauer sure didn’t. Instead, he made
an 8-foot sign that read – “HELP.” Searchers saw it and were
able to save his life. The next time we’re feeling deserted,
overwhelmed or alone; remember that our Triune God is
faithful to hear us when we call on him. He will never abandon
us or forsake us. And that’s a promise we can count on.
I’m Joseph Tkach, Speaking of LIFE.