Weekly Update

7/3/2025

A Note from Ryan

Since I got to Kansas, I've heard countless people tell me, "If you don't like the weather, wait 5-minutes."  Turns out we learned that lesson the hard way last Sunday at our Picnic.  Weather forecast looked great before service, but changed during service, and we experienced quite the storm during our picnic.  I feel horrible the picnic did not go as planned, but you all were amazing.  Everyone stuck around, seemed to have a good time, and nobody complained.  Thank you all for making the best of a "less than ideal" situation.

For the next two weeks, I am going to be at Scout camp with Ellie.  Thanks to all of you for letting me take the time to serve these kids.  In my place we have a couple guest speakers.  This Sunday we'll have Jesse Nelson.  Sunday 7/13, we'll have Kylie Groves.  Both from Olathe Wesleyan.  I'm excited for you all to hear from some new voices, and I'm looking forward to streaming the messages when I get back.

While I'm out, there will be no "Walking in the Word Wednesday" or Thursday update.

As always, my door is always open.  If you’d like to talk about anything, give me a call, shoot me an e-mail (Ryan.Hanson@TheLightKC.org), or stop by the church.

Looking forward to seeing you all Sunday at 10:00 AM,
Ryan Hanson

Upcoming Events

Sunday Worship Service

10:00 AM
Prayer group at 9:15 AM
Continental breakfast at 9:30 AM

Small Groups

Tuesday 1 PM: Women's Bible Study
Tuesday 7 PM: Men's Group
2nd Thursday 6 PM - Young(ish) Ladies Group
4th Saturday 11:30 AM: Single Ladies Group

Wednesday Night

6:00 PM
Adult Bible Study: Open to all
Students: 6th – 12th Grade
Kids: 3yr – 5th Grade
Nursery: 0 – 2 yr

Hot One's Sermon Series

Starting June 1st @ 10:00 AM
Join us as we tackle your hardest hitting faith questions.
We're not holding any punches, just proving solid biblical truth.  The chicken nuggets are hot, but your questions are even hotter.

Rooted Discipleship Group

Wednesday June 4th - August 8th
Come build a strong foundation in Christian beliefs while practicing the 7 rhythms of discipleship found in the New Testament.  Youth and Adults will be going through this study together.
https://thelightkc.subspla.sh/link/groups/1ce17c29-c796-4213-bdb8-7b569954d80d

Pastor Ryan's Ordination

July 25th at 9 AM
Connect Church - Lawrence KS

Annual Garage Sale

Setup: July 31st
Sale: August 1-2
Money raised this year will go to support the kids of Apache ES

Habitat Build Day

September 6th from 8:30 AM to 3 PM
Help a deserving family get safe, decent, and affordable housing.
8 Spots Available
https://www.thelightkc.org/event/hqzpb67/habitat-build-day

Habitat Build Day

November 8th from 8:30 AM to 3 PM
Help a deserving family get safe, decent, and affordable housing.
8 Spots Available
https://www.thelightkc.org/event/3xhf95p/habitat-build-day

Re-Watch Sunday's Message

Message 5 in our series "Hot One's" by Ryan Hanson titled "How should I, as a Christian, engage in politics?"

We all have to deal with politics in almost every aspect of our lives; social groups, organizations, corporations, and government. Each group has their own rules and authority structures. As Christians, how are we called to navigate those with earthly authority over us? How are we to respond when the groups we are a part of act contrary to the values of God? That's what we're going to talk about today as we answer this week's HOT ONEs question of the week, "How should we, as Christians, engage in politics?"

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