Colonial's new narrative budget tells the stories of how our community makes meaning. Click here to find out more about the many exciting and impactful groups and projects at Colonial.
Your Giving Makes Meaning
Good Faith Network
Stewardship at Colonial
Colonial’s values have been remarkably consistent across our 75-plus years. We care for the needy. We share with our neighbors. We teach and learn. We sing, pray, and worship. We grieve together and we celebrate one another.
This has been a good year for celebrating, because Rev. Michael Vollbrecht has accepted our call to be our senior minister. Michael’s dynamic sermons and big new ideas about worship, social justice, and spreading the word about Colonial have already made their mark on our church family.
Our task now is to nurture and sustain the communities we’ve developed, looking ahead to new opportunities while keeping ourselves rooted in our history as a progressive, open-minded Christian community.
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Matching Gifts
If you're a first-time pledger, you can double your impact when you pledge before year-end. A group of generous Colonial donors has agreed to match new pledges up to $2,000. The match may not be available in coming years, so pledge now to unlock these matching dollars.
Your giving makes meaning, for ourselves and for our neighbors. Colonial speaks for the voiceless by partnering with the Good Faith Network, a justice advocacy organization that brings together people of faith across Johnson County to urge our city and county government to do better on mental health crisis care, elder care, homelessness, and the lack of affordable housing. Watch this video to learn more about the Good Faith Network and the work we do with them.
For more information on Good Faith Network, click here https://www.thegoodfaithnetwork.org/ To get involved in Colonial's work with the Good Faith Network, contact Morgan Donnelly at morgan.l.donnelly@gmail.com.
Centering Prayer
Colonial's centering prayer group is a powerful way that Colonial folks connect with one another. Centering Prayer is an ancient Christian tradition designed to bring people closer to God through silence and contemplation. For information on how to practice centering prayer, click here https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/centering-prayer-method/ For more opportunities to practice centering prayer with Kansas City's centering prayer community, click here https://contemplativeoutreachkc.org/
Watch the video for insight into how your Colonial neighbors make centering prayer part of their lives.
Online Worship
Your giving makes meaning. When we come together on Sunday mornings, we share meaningful experiences like scripture, music, children's voices, shared prayers, and the simplicity of silence. These meaningful worship experiences happen not just in our sanctuary but also on the internet, where a growing community of Colonial members worship with us online.
Watch this video to learn how online worship started--and what it takes to make it happen.
For more information on the Our Whole Lives curriculum, click here: https://www.ucc.org/our-whole-lives/
To sign your child up for future Our Whole Lives classes, click here.
Our Whole Lives
Colonial provides an opportunity for kids and youth in our community to learn about sexuality in a friendly, science-based format. The Our Whole Lives curriculum teaches kids about human reproduction, puberty, sexuality, and a host of other topics that parents often struggle with.
This week's video shows how Our Whole Lives makes meaning, for both kids and grown-ups.