Colonial Church in Prairie Village

An Earth Day Message Have you heard of the term "decision paralysis?" Often, we can surround ourselves with so much information that we become overwhelmed with options and we don't take any action at all. Join us this Sunday as we explore an antidote for this kind of thinking, and discover how we can transform our "standing still" into steps that move us to take concrete action for ourselves and t...

Celebrating the Gospel Easter hope. Pastor Aaron preaching.

Worship Series: Jesus and Pilate How is it that people become the very thing they hate? People who are bullied become bullies. It's a trap in which the Temple priests and Pontius Pilate found themselves. This weekend we're going to look to Jesus' Way of living for hope in the mess.

Worship Series: Jesus and Pilate We’re all surrounded by disinformation and lies. We live in a post-truth time, in which sources of facts and values that once served have been compromised. Jesus once asked the man who would sentence him to death about what is true. How do you know what is true?  On our Lenten journey of reflection, we’re going to consider what and whom you trust.

Worship Series: "The Great Realization" As our series on the poem and video "The Great Realization," comes to a close, we remember what happened after the pandemic drew us into our homes, and how in spite of this distancing we found tangible ways to connect with others. In 2020 a new world opened itself to us – a world of community and connection in the midst of challenge – and it offered us an op...

Worship Series: "The Great Realization" The mountains burst forth! (Isaiah 55) Just days after people in the Punjab region of India went into COVID isolation, the mountains burst into view for the first time in decades. God's Creation is ready and waiting to heal. In our worship this weekend, we will grasp hold of the hope that remains with us. This is a moment for us to remember the power we have...

Worship Series: "The Great Realization" It is two years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bedtime story called "The Great Realization" imagines this pandemic as the moment when one day humanity will look back at how we addressed the sickness - the dis-ease of our time. It’s a vision of hope. Our present reality is that we’re exhausted. Millions upon millions of people have left the...

Worship Series: "Lessons from the Black Church" Music has been a gift and blessing of the Black church. Music comes out of our experience and touches our souls. Yet, there isn't one universal style of music. Over the years, God's Spirit changed the music of the Black church.  We're going to look through the lens of music for an important lesson for the future.

Richard Harvey Cain Worship in Worship Series "Lessons from the Black Church" We are turning to lessons that God’s Spirit shares from the experience of the Black Church in this nation. This series is looking to lessons from black church leaders that aren’t necessarily the big names, such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and the Rev. William Barber II who make headlines. Yet the stories and the le...

Worship Series: "Lessons from the Black Church" It takes courage to share God’s vision of equity and justice. Throughout the history of the Christian faith in the United States, women of color have spoken prophetically of God’s insistence that all people be treated with dignity. This week we’ll learn about Jarena Lee who, in 1819, used her voice to speak publicly about the immorality of slavery. H...

Worship Series: "Lessons from the Black Church" Over the next few weeks, we are going to turn to lessons that God’s Spirit shares from the experience of the Black Church in this nation. This Sunday, we're going to hear the story of Richard Allen. It’s the story that marks the beginning of the Black Church in this nation. It’s a story of how a wicked and terrible act can result in new life and savi...

The experience of feeling disconnected is very common these days. People describe it as feeling as if they are becoming invisible. This is a spiritual condition - one that Jesus saw, too. This Sunday we're going to turn to God's Spirit for guidance for how we can apply Christ's teaching and healing power to this experience that so many are feeling.

Epiphany - manifestation of light. Sometimes we stay on the journey even when we cannot see the light because we faith the light is still there. Scripture: Isaiah 60 Rev. Peter Luckey

December 26, 2021 Sermon by Colonial Church in Prairie Village

Worship Series The Inn: Housing the Holy Each week of Advent we’ve been turning to the words of the prophets of old. On Sunday, we’ll hear from the M’s - Micah and Mary. Their words have carried the light of hope for those in poverty for thousands of years, and they still do. They proclaim the vision that propels Christ and his church’s mission in the world. A mission that has the power to dispel...

Worship Series The Inn: Housing the Holy There's going to be a special Christmas challenge for you in worship this weekend. We’re going to listen and respond to the words of prophets of old and be challenged by prophets of today. Hopefully, by responding to their prompting, you will experience special joy this Christmas. And, if it all works out, we’ll have something special to offer Jesus as we c...

Worship Series The Inn: Housing the Holy The prophet Jeremiah warned that if the nation didn’t concern itself with poor and the marginalized people, that the nation would fall...which it did. However, those who survived recovered a sense of true justice. It's often only when people no longer have any say in the making of laws or how justice is carried out that they become very interested in the pe...

The pandemic has laid bare, and widened, economic disparity locally and globally. As we enter the Advent season, how can churches become houses where the Holy will be born anew – offering respite, sustenance and care, opening the doors ever wider to those seeking shelter from the onslaught of life?  No one church can do it all, but each can do something. As we study the biblical prophets that cal...

We’re going to consider the stories of pivotal moments that came from sharing food. Particularly moments that push people towards inclusivity. Because when we choose a different path, horrible things happen. So in the hope of the core value of inclusivity and sharing food in the Way of Jesus, let's worship!

Worship Series Celebrating Potential Our worship service is going to be a little different. After all, these are different days - things that we took for granted broke...even Starbucks. There is an opportunity right now to consider deeply - prayerfully - what our priorities are as individuals, as a community, and as a nation. God’s Spirit speaks through the stories of our ancestors. God’s Spirit s...

Worship Series "Celebrating Potential" God’s Spirit inspires and calls out the potential in each of us to make a difference. As we honor the saints - those sisters and brothers in Christ - who came before us, who encouraged and nurtured the potential in others. We’re going to hear their stories that call us to take our place today. This is a time for gratitude for people that shape us into the ima...

Communion Worship Service in the series Celebrating Potential Humanity is facing one of the greatest challenges in human existence as our climate changes. It affects all life and all people. At the same time we are in a pandemic that has claimed the lives of nearly 5 million souls. This Sunday, we’re going to hear the Biblical story of another time when another plague struck - and some of the wisd...

Rev. Michael Vollbrecht, the candidate for associate pastor to assist Pastor Aaron, will preach.

Our own Kar Woo - the founder of Artists Helping the Homeless - will share a message about his experience this past year - both with COVID, and its effect on the homeless in our city, while at the same time facing cancer. All of us are experiencing "COVID malaise" - even exhaustion. Woo brings a message of spiritual power that comes from God.

Our Fairy Tale Mashup this week begins with a riddle (You may recognize it from the Game of Thrones series.) “In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a sellsword, a little man of common birth and no great mind. Each of the great ones bids him slay the other two. ‘Do it,’ says the king, ‘for I am your lawful ruler.’ ‘Do it,’ says the priest...