Men's Fellowship will begin a new seven-session study called I Believe in the Gospel of Jesus written by Jeff Kirby on Tuesday, September 8th. This class will be online using the Zoom platform. Join other men for thought-provoking talks, discussions and fellowship. To sign up for Men's Fellowship, register below.

Financial Peace University helps you make the right decisions with your money so you can accomplish your financial goals. FPU gives you the biblical and practical skills you need to be able to walk in financial peace!

Nearly 3,300 Resurrection members and guests have benefited from taking Financial Peace University, and hundreds of thousands of lives have been changed nationwide. This is a wonderful, exciting opportunity to learn how to better handle the financial resources you’ve been blessed with. (Please note that participants are not required to disclose or share personal financial information.)

Each class consists of financial lessons taught via video by Dave Ramsey, Rachel Cruz, and Chris Hogan over a 9-week period. Through the entertaining presentations and class discussion, the course covers these essential life-changing topics:

• Lesson 1 Baby Step 1 & Budgeting
• Lesson 2 Baby Step 2
• Lesson 3 Baby Step 3
• Lesson 4 Baby Steps 4, 5, 6, & 7
• Lesson 5 Buyer Beware
• Lesson 6 Understanding Insurance
• Lesson 7 Building Wealth
• Lesson 8 Real Estate & Mortgages
• Lesson 9 Outrageous Generosity

Like the Apostle Paul, John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, encouraged financial stewardship and generosity in all ways, and through all means: "Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can."

Wesley preached, "Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can."

Nearly 3,300 participants in Financial Peace University at Resurrection have:

• Paid off a total of $7.2 million in non-mortgage debt, an average of $2,200 per class participant
• Generated $4.6 million in savings, an average of $1,390 per class participant
• Destroyed 3,025 credit cards, approximately one credit card for each class participant

A community with other men who challenge you to grow spiritually, live out your faith by serving others and encourage one another through life's ups and downs.

For safety during social distancing, this group is meeting online via Zoom.

Interact with other men who understand. This ongoing group is designed to be a safe, confidential setting where men can share what it’s like to go through divorce. The class will include educational presentations and group discussion. Topics covered include loss and grief, stages of divorce, coping with anger, basic rights and needs, healthy relationships, effects on children, exploring forgiveness, negotiating the holidays and moving forward with confidence as we allow God to heal us.

Email Terry Smith for Zoom meeting information.

We offer two ongoing support groups for those affected by cancer. Both groups meet via Zoom at this time.

CANCER SUPPORT FOR MEN

1st Thursdays | 5:30-7 pm

The Men's Cancer Support Group is a monthly ministry for men in all stages of cancer treatment, offering emotional and spiritual support. This group is led by Congregational Care Minister David Contag.

CANCER SUPPORT FOR WOMEN

Thursdays | 6:30

The Women's Cancer Prayer Support Group, or Glow Girls (God Loving Optimistic Women), is a monthly ministry for women who are currently experiencing cancer treatment or learning to adjust to life after treatment. The ministry offers women of all ages prayerful comfort, encouragement, support and the compassion of new friendships. God walks with us as we journey through cancer and we feel this presence as we travel through both dark valleys and bright meadows. This group is led by Congregational Care Minister Sharon Lovell.

Please email Ashly Cooley or call 913.544.0238 for more information.

To help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, this group will not meet until further notice.

Job Seekers Prayer and Support, led by Congregational Care Minister and local business leader Elizabeth Allen, offers prayer, group support, encouragement and information during your career change. No registration necessary. Open to everyone.

About Rez ReEntry

Rez ReEntry is working to establish both a coordinated in-prison program and a reentry hub that graciously receives people back into the community after incarceration.

Ministry with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals is a richly rewarding experience where you get a front row seat to watch God change people’s lives. You can serve one-on-one or as part of a group of volunteers who seek to offer access to the physical, emotional and spiritual resources necessary to live the life that God intends for all of us.

Why focus on incarcerated individuals?

According to the Kansas Correctional Association newsletter, “most prisoners come from disadvantaged backgrounds. Many have not completed high school. Many can barely read. Roughly one-third were unemployed before imprisonment. Another third had annual income of less than $5,000. Children of incarcerated parents have an increased risk of anxiety, depression, aggression, truancy, attention disorders and poor scholastic performance. African Americans are 7.8 times more likely to be imprisoned than whites, when convicted of the same crime.” (KCA Eagle, January 2008).

Releasing people, who were already disadvantaged and now have a "criminal record", back into the community with little or no resources is simply unacceptable. The lack of coordinated reentry has become the fuel for mass incarceration. Within three years of release, about two-thirds of released prisoners are rearrested.

By the numbers:

• 4,000 people annually return to the KC Metro area from incarceration
• 80% of women who are experiencing incarceration are moms
• Roughly two-thirds of women in prison are women of color
• Nearly 20% of children entering the child welfare system have a parent incarcerated
• Approximately 75% of the children of offender parents will be offenders themselves

How you can get involved

• Alpha in Prison: Help facilitate Alpha with inmates in correctional facilities in Kansas. No previous Alpha participation is required, and you can explore this serving opportunity without any commitment or training. Learn more...

• Ministry to Incarcerated Families: Through the United Methodist Women, the Ministry to Incarcerated Families provides women in the Topeka correctional facility with parenting classes and retreats where they can engage with their kids and grandkids in constructive ways. Learn more...
  • Special donation opportunity: The area where children visit their mothers and grandmothers is being updated and we have been asked to assist (by Topeka UMW) with donations. To help make the rooms kid and family friendly, please consider donating: small floor rugs (in solid colors - pink, purple, green, or blue), child-sized beanbag chairs, NEW Barbie dolls and accessories, or gift cards to purchase needed items. For more information or to have the items picked up, contact Pat Bayless - pbayless@kc.rr.com and Debbie Hedenkamp - dhedenkamp@gmail.com

• Mentoring Opportunities: Provide one-on-one mentoring to inmates in correctional facilities in Kansas. Mentors should have a deeply grounded personal faith, a willingness to be fully present to another person and an openness for personal growth. A 12 month comittment is required and training is provided. Learn more...

"I was in prison and you came to visit me... Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." (Matthew 25:36c, 40b)

Resurrection's Car Ministry provides repairs to cars owned by qualified individuals who have no other means of transportation and could otherwise not afford to get their vehicles repaired. Teams of skilled mechanics and mechanics-in-training perform the repairs at a donated professional facility.

If you are a member or regularly attend services at The Church of the Resurrection and are unable to pay for needed car repairs, contact Jennifer Creagar or call 913-544-0739.

If you are not a member and need car repairs, contact Roberta Lyle or call 913-544-0254.