Week of March 23rd, 2020

Another week, another 238 changes. Right? I wanted to tell you some of the things we’re doing to stay connected through this crisis as well as answer some frequent questions we’ve been getting.

Keep Up To Date
We are updating Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and this website all the time. We use our weekly and all-church email lists, AND we will be adding either text communications/push notifications to your phones. The point is – we are trying to stay in touch, but if you hear of someone missing out – let us know. And let them know. Let’s close that communication gap!

Online Worship Services
Coming this Sunday, we will have a test-run of live streaming our worship services. Technically, it will not be live streaming but will give us the capability of watching the service we’ve already recorded together and chatting with each other while the service is going on. We will be offering THREE services – Sunday at 9 and 10:30 AM, and Sunday night at 5:00. The link for those services will be posted on our social media sites closer to Sunday. We will have the ability to take notes online, chat, and interact with a live prayer room. Don’t worry if you can’t make one of those times, you will still be able to view the service online just like always!

LEAD Night is coming back! Monday, March 30th, 6:30 pm
Set your calendar for Monday, March 30th at 6:30. If you want to attend LEAD Night LIVE that night, click here to register for the event. We’ve got room for a limited amount of people. If you can’t make it OR we run out of invites – DON’T PANIC! We are recording it and will post the video later that night.

Serve All Opportunities
Starting this week, Cullen will be updating us on how we can keep serving our community. This will include feeding kids through the school programs and making grocery store or pharmacy runs for folks who can’t get out. We’ve been compiling a list of folks who need help as well as those who have offered to give help.

Now let’s answer some questions….

What about Super Summer/Trash Mountain Honduras Trip?
The short answer is – we don’t know anything yet. Obviously our first priority is safety, and we will not compromise on that just for the sake of taking the trip. As soon as we know something definitive, we will pass on the information.

How can I get in a Connect Group?
The first step is to email Parker OR sign up online. We will do the rest. You’ll be getting an e-invite to check out a couple of different groups that are meeting online. I know it sounds weird, but it really isn’t. It does take a little getting used to, and once you learn to mute your microphone before yelling at your kids to quit playing with the water in the house, things work out fine.

I’m technologically challenged. I need some help.
Outstanding! We can offer help. Just email us. Or text us. Or send us some way to connect with you, and we will send help your way.

How’s the staff doing? Are we paying the staff?
The staff is good. Well, we are scrambling just like you are trying to figure out the new normal. And the church is paying the staff during this time. The Council made that a priority, and we do have some reserves to meet this need for a season. Having said that…

How can those of us who don’t give online continue to support the church financially?
You can give by texting GIVETOWHC to 73256 or send an electronic check through your bank. You can give online here. To give by cash or check, you can mail it to us (2900 SW Auburn Road, Topeka, KS 66614), or you can “Drive-Thru Tithe”. (Okay, that was a little corny.) We have a locked mailbox and a locked drop-off box right outside the door of the entrance near the office. So whether you mail your check or drop it off, it will be secure and we have people who check the mail and drop-off box weekly.

As always, we are praying with and for you. If you have a specific need, please reach out to us! Use Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, email, the website – just let us know!

Let’s go be the church,
Grant