Ministries & Programs
Micah's Ministries
This new web page has chosen the words of the prophet Micah from the Old Testament. Micah proclaims the Lord requires each of us to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God.
Micah's Ministries: Spring Semester of Village University
Enrollment for the spring term for Village Church members and teachers only will begin on Monday, December 12. Registration for everyone else will begin on Thursday, December 15. To register, please call or e-mail Marianne Weber,913.671.2333. Registration forms are also available in the Adult Ministry Office (Room 119) during regular business hours.
Click here to register online.
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Lunch with Micah’s Ministries
Tuesdays — February 7, 14 and 21; 12:00–1:30 p.m.; Room 232. Bring a sack lunch. Drinks and cookies will be provided. Please register for each class separately. THESE CLASSES ARE FREE.
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The Kansas Death Penalty
Five years ago following the murder of his father, Bill Lucero co-founded the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty. He is also a charter member of Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation and has served on its national board as well as that of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Bill’s thought-provoking presentation explores the history and application of the Kansas death penalty and his own experience as a murder victim’s family member and a death penalty abolitionist. Led by Bill Lucero. Tuesday — February 7.
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Love is in the Air – Unless You are Talking Politics or Economics
A discussion of the latest collection of things to be worried about, upset by, fearful of and possibly, maybe, encouraged by. Led by Chris Kuehl. Dr. Chris Kuehl (PhD) is Managing Director of Armada Intelligence and one of its co-founders in 1999. He makes about a hundred presentations each year to business and industry associations in the US and overseas. He has a doctorate in Political Economics and advanced degrees in Soviet and Asian Studies. Tuesday — February 14.
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Insights into the Rabbinic Mind
The presentation will explore “how Jews think” and not just what Jews think. This will include some discussion of post-Biblical Jewish texts that shed light on the development of Jewish exegesis and Jewish las. Led by Rabbi Doug Alpert. Tuesday—February 21.
Rabbi Doug Alpert is the Spiritual Leader at Congregation Kol Ami. He has an M.A. in Judaic Studies from the Siegal College of Jewish Studies, and will receive his ordination as rabbi in May, 2012 from the Academy for Jewish Religion in Riverdale, NY. He has previously served as the Jewish Representative to the Interfaith Council of Greater Kansas City.
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Micah’s Ministries Evening Classes Wednesdays — 6:30–8:00 p.m.; Room 127. Please register for each class separately. THESE CLASSES ARE FREE.
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All God’s Children
A panel discussion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues (civil rights, ordination, marriage, etc.) with a particular focus on their relationship to the faith community. The panel will consist of representatives from PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), Randy Fowler, representing the LGBT community, and Jay McKell, Interim Associate Pastor for Pastoral Care and member of the Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians. Wednesday — April 11.
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Indigenous Americans: What the History Books Don’t Tell Us
Joseph Gray is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. He graduated from Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS in 2004 with a degree in American Indian Studies. He is a current employee of the Office of Special Trustee for American Indian at the American Indian Records Repository. He will share with us his perspective of American Indians in the past to present day struggles that we face. He will answer questions to give a better understanding of the history. Wednesday — April 18.
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Food, Showers, Clean Clothes, Family = Cherith Brook
A residential Christian Community located at 3308 E. 12th Street, KCMO, led by Rev. Eric Garbison, a Presbyterian minister, committee members and volunteers is on call 24/7. Begun in 2006, Eric, his wife Jodi and children located here to share table fellowship with strangers. Cherith Brook’s weekly schedule includes showers and clean clothing four mornings a week, prayers three evenings a week, Community meal on Thursday, Women’s Day monthly, men’s haircuts monthly, garden workday Mondays, and group workday 2nd Saturday. Led by Eric Garbison and Becky Lindley. Wednesday — April 25.
Join us to hear Eric and dedicated volunteer Rebecca Lindley retired school teacher share their commitment to Cherith Brook. Micah 6:8: comes to mind, “....and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.”
Supporting Those Serving Our Country
Packages Sent To:
Kai Siegle, Grandson of Bob and Shirley Meneilly
Ryan Scott Beall, Nephew of Scott and Lynnette Beall
Logan Kleen, Son of Cynthia Grant, Volunteer at Village Church Clothes Closet
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Gift Cards Sent To:
John Hoyt, Stepson of Cindy Dwigens
Brett Raundenbush, Son of Rex and Arlene Raudenbush
Gregory Scott Carr, Nephew of Scott and Lexa Carr
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Thank you, Care and Counseling Committee, for supporting this project.
Visit the Village Church Library, and you will find these new titles,
donated by friends of Micah's Ministries:
A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation
by Naim Stifan Ateek
(Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu)
Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the search for peace in the Holy Land
by Mark Braverman
(Foreword by Walter Brueggemann)
Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto
/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum / General
Editor, Dennis B. Klein
Justice, and Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation
by Naim Stifan Ateek
(Foreword by Rosemary Radford Ruether)
Occupied with Nonviolence: A Palestinian Woman Speaks
by Jean Zaru
(Foreword by Rosemary Radford Ruether)
The Holocaust Museum in Washington
by Jeshajahu Weinberg and Rina Elieli