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Memorial Day Weekend Services

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Join us for services on Memorial Day Weekend. We will have regularly scheduled services at with limited ministry environments.

We will only have Early Childhood services at 9:30 & 11:00am. There will be no Grade School services, Middle School Services, or High School Underground on this Sunday. Your KiDS and students will join the service in the community room as we continue our series, Unshakeable Kingdom.

If you have questions or would like to talk to one of our KiDS and Student Ministry Leaders, see below.
Caleb Klinger, Student Ministry Director (cklinger@westsideleavenworth.com)
Lori Laps, Grade School Director (llaps@westsideleavenworth.com)
Caroline Webster, Early Childhood Director (llaps@westsideleavenworth.com)

 
 

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What to do in solitude: (From the teaching)

  • Identify a time and place to be alone with God.

  • Listen to God through scripture and listen for His whisper in

    silence.

  • Pray scripture to pray for God’s will.

  • Pray the way Jesus teaches in Matthew 6:9-13.

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Matthew 11:28–30 (NIV)

Example Prayer: Father, I need the courage to choose to come to You to find rest. May I give up my way of life and embrace Jesus' way of life so I can learn from Him. Thank you for being gentle and humble. I trust that you will give me rest for my soul. I trust that your way of life is truly easy and that following you is not a burden.

It's a busy season at Westside. We don't want you to miss these opportunities.

In you "busy," don't get hurried :)

Serve this Summer


If you are not currently serving, will you prayerfully consider serving two or three times over the summer? We have many who will be vacationing or moving and you can make a big impact in a small way. Fill out the link below to let us know you're interested in serving.

May 7 Is Sending Sunday!

We will honor our military families who are moving to their new installation by thanking them and praying for them during all of our services.

Active Duty Family Dinner

We will serve dinner to all of our active duty families. If you are active duty, RSVP below. If you want to help us serve them, sign-up to bring a dish.

Mother's Day is May 14

Bring mom and we all will help honor her. We will also have a photo booth!



Waste the Haste Series Resources

Videos
Right Now Media:
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
Get free access to Right Now Media (our gift to you)!

Books
Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
An Unhurried Life by Alan Falding
Margin by Richard A Swenson
Soul Keeping by John Ortberg
Emotionally Healthy Discipleship by Pete Scazzero

Stay Connected:

***If you caught the misspelling, let us know :)
(email krobinson@westsideleavenworth.com to tell him you saw it)

Invite Opportunities for Easter

Guest Speakers

March 19: Lance Coffman from Wallula Christian Church
March 26: Bishop Dr. Calvin Lewis from Sunflower Missionary Baptist Church

Party in the Village

March 25, 11:00-2:00pm

Help us throw a Party in the Village with Sunflower Missionary Baptist Church.

Invite someone to Easter

Invite someone to join you for our Good Friday Prayer journey or to come to an Easter Service.

Please consider attending our 8:15am or 11:00am service on Easter Sunday to make room for those bringing guests at 9:30am.

Learn more and get invite images at the link below.

Prepare for the New Year

 

Watch to see how you can preparing for the new year

Click below to watch the video:

New Series starts Jan 1

2 services at 9:30 or 11:00am

Discover 7 practices of discipleship that leads to deep transformation and emotional health. To go further in study, purchase Emotionally Healthy Discipleship by Pete Scazzero. We have a limited supply of books for sale on Sunday.

23 Days of Fasting, Prayer, & Scripture

Click the link below to learn more and to let us know you're joining us.

Learn more or sign up

Lead a Group

Groups begin on February 19. Open your home or a space to host a group. We will be watching portions of the book of Luke. Our series will be called, The Storyteller. We will look at the key parables in the Gospel of Luke.

Lead a Group

Find Your Place to Serve

Interested in serving in one of our ministries? We have two ServeLink Lunches to give you the opportunity to explore the ways you can serve with us.

January 15 | Worship Arts & Production + First Impresssions
January 22 | Family Ministries (Early Childhood, Grade School, Middle School, & High School)

Learn More

Not too late

It's not too late to give a year-end gift. Your generosity fuels all of Westside's efforts to expand God's kingdom and release an Unshakeable Love in Leavenworth County and beyond. Thank you for your faithful generosity.

Give Now

In Christ, we are Unshakeable!
Kasey Robinson

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We are prepared for a great Christmas Season!

Celebrating Christmas Together

Click below to watch the video:

Celebrating our start to UNSHAKEABLE

We can't wait to share with you how we started off Unshakeable by giving away an expression of Unshakeable love. Join us on Dec 18 to hear all about it!

Invite Someone

We have 3 great opportunities for you to invite someone to join you. Don't know who to invite? Here are some ideas:
Who around you is hurting?
Who is in a time of transition (ie. new to the area, having a baby, etc)?
Who is close to you but far from God?

Invite them to join you at:

1. This Sunday's conclusion to Advent At the Movies—it's on Joy!
2. Christmas Eve at Westside (3:30, 5:00, or 6:30pm)
3. New Series beginning Jan 1, Becoming Emotionally Healthy.
Get the book to compliment the series: Emotionally Healthy Discipleship by Pete Scazzero.
(Limited supply for purchase on Sundays. Find it on amazon or your Christian bookstore)

Get Christmas Invite Images Get the book

Start the New Year off building an UNSHAKEABLE faith

We invite you to 23 days of prayer, fasting, and scripture to seek first God's Kingdom so you can build an UNSHAKEABLE faith.

Get more info or join us

Because of you!

This year, we saw God work in incredible ways through our church family—including seeing 53 people be baptized. Your generosity makes it possible. As you prayerfully consider a year-end gift, know that your faithful giving plays a part in helping change someone’s life.

Give a year-end gift

Don't forget to invite someone,

In Christ, we are unshakeable!

Kasey

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Active Duty? Don't Miss Sending Sunday

We want to thank all of our Military Families for making Westside Family Church their home church while they are stationed at Fort Leavenworth. We know that many of our military families are moving soon and we want to come alongside you to support you, if you are moving. 

We also want to invite you to join us for Sending Sunday and I want to invite you into being one of our "Military on Mission."

Sending Sunday on May 22

We want to invite you to attend our Sending Sunday. During each of our three services on May 22, we will be honoring all of our military families who will be moving. Please let us know if you will be moving and if you can or cannot attend our Sending Sunday using the form below. We will take 7 minutes in the service to acknowledge you, pray for you, and send you off with a small token as a gift.

Military on Mission

I want to invite you to become one of our Military on Mission. We have dozens of Military on Mission families around the world right now and we'd love to include you in this group of people on mission with us. A Military on Mission is someone who will commit to these three things:

  1. Live out this mission of loving Jesus, becoming like Jesus, and sharing Jesus wherever you go to BLESS others.

  2. Be a point of contact wherever you are stationed.

  3. Allow us to support you however we can for as long as you allow.

You can read more about our Military on Mission here.

Thank you for being on mission together with us. 

We are grateful for you and the time we get to share with you!

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Week of Prayer Kick-off

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April 3 @ 6:30pm | Night of Worship at First United Methodist Church

4th & Chestnut, Leavenworth, KS 66048
A night of worship and prayer with all the churches in Leavenworth and Lansing who are participating in One with us.

April 5 | Day of Prayer

Will you set aside 10-15 minutes on Tuesday, April 5 to pray for our cities?
Our building will be open from 6am to 7pm for anyone who would like to have a space to pray in our Community Room.

April 10, 3-5pm | Easter Egg Hunt at Wallula Christian Church

We will join families from churches in Leavenworth County for a united Easter egg hunt. There will be inflatables, candy, and games.
Egg Hunt begins at 3:15pm.
Remember to bring your basket!

KiDS Bible Video Lessons! 1/30/22

Hey Westside KiDS parents,

We are so excited to offer you a chance to watch your child’s Sunday morning Bible videos at home. Each week our kiddos learn a basic truth about God through their grade appropriate Bible lesson. Click the links below to watch.


Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058

For help, more activities, or prayer request please contact us at: 

Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058

KiDS Bible Video Lessons! 1/23/22

Hey Westside KiDS parents,

We are so excited to offer you a chance to watch your child’s Sunday morning Bible videos at home. Each week our kiddos learn a basic truth about God through their grade appropriate Bible lesson. Click the links below to watch.


Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058

For help, more activities, or prayer request please contact us at: 

Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058

KiDS Bible Video Lessons! 1/16/22

Hey Westside KiDS parents,

We are so excited to offer you a chance to watch your child’s Sunday morning Bible videos at home. Each week our kiddos learn a basic truth about God through their grade appropriate Bible lesson. Click the links below to watch.


Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058

For help, more activities, or prayer request please contact us at: 

Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058

Happy 6th Anniversary

Happy Anniversary!

On January 10, 2016, we had our un-official, but official service as Westside Family Church Leavenworth. One of our leaders sent me this pic on Tuesday, as it popped up on his phone. I couldn't help but reflect and be grateful for those who helped us prepare for that day, showed up on that day, and have been on mission together with us since that day. 

Thank you for being one of the hundreds of people who have been on mission together with us, loving Jesus, becoming like Jesus, and sharing Jesus in Leavenworth County!

Baptisms This Sunday

Last week, our teaching ended talking about baptism. If this is your next step of following Jesus, we'd love to help you take that next step. 

Fearless Women's Conference | January 29

I want to encourage our ladies to come to our Fearless Women's Conference. The cost is only $20 and includes your Chick-Fil-A lunch. We are grateful for the tribe of women who are rising up to live fearless.

Scholarships are available for those in need. Please reply to this email if you are in need of a scholarship or know someone who is.

Staying Well

We want to encourage you to stay home if you are feeling unwell or are showing symptoms of flu or Covid-19. Please continue to keep the health of our church family in mind as we are together on Sundays. 

Remember that we livestream our 9:30 & 11:00am services at https://online.westsideleavenworth.com.

If you are not well, please let us know so we can be praying for you. 

 22 Days of Fasting + Prayer + Scripture

We are about halfway through our 22 Days of Fasting. We are continuing to ask God:
"Where are you at work in me and how can I join you there?" and

"Where are you at work around me and how can I join You there?"

We believe that God will do something great in you and we believe God will show you where God is working around you as we continue to pursue His will together.

Thank you for being on mission together with us!

KiDS Bible Video Lessons! 1/9/22

Hey Westside KiDS parents,

We are so excited to offer you a chance to watch your child’s Sunday morning Bible videos at home. Each week our kiddos learn a basic truth about God through their grade appropriate Bible lesson. Click the links below to watch.


Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058

For help, more activities, or prayer request please contact us at: 

Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058

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One Service at 9:30am on Jan 2, 2022

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We will only have one service on January 2, 2022 at 9:30am.

We ask that you make the safest decision for you and your family during inclement weather. If you do choose to join us on site, please park on the south parking lot and walk safely. We look forward to seeing you here.

You can also watch live online at 9:30am. We will re-stream the service at 11:00am and 5:00pm for Church @home.

New Series Begins: Burn the Ships

God wants something for you so much that He was committed to die for you. We can experience the freedom and fulfillment Jesus gives when we Burn the Ships. Join us on site (one service only) or online

KiDS services at 9:30a

We will have KiDS services during the 9:30am service. Please bundle up and we will have it warm inside.

Middle School & High School

High School services resume on January 5.
Middle School services resume on January 9.

KiDS Bible Video Lessons! 1/2/22

Hey Westside KiDS parents,

We are so excited to offer you a chance to watch your child’s Sunday morning Bible videos at home. Each week our kiddos learn a basic truth about God through their grade appropriate Bible lesson. Click the links below to watch.


Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058

For help, more activities, or prayer request please contact us at: 

Caroline Webster (Early Childhood Director)
cwebster@westsideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4056

Lori Laps (Grade School Director)
llaps@westideleavenworth.com
D (913) 890 4058

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New Series Begins Jan 2 + Women's Conference Early Bird Deadline

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New Series Begins January 2: Burn the Ships

See why following Jesus means that we do not look back and discover what Jesus leads us to when we burn the ships in our lives. Share the invite below to invite someone to join you in person or watch with you online.

2022 Fearless Women's Conference 

Early Bird Deadline is Dec 31. Only $15.00!
Ladies, do not let fear stop you from joining a community of women who are learning how being perfectly loved leads to being FEARLESS. I don' t want you to miss out on being a part of this experience with other women focused on following Jesus. 

Go 22 with us in 2022! 

Join us in 22 days of fasting, prayer, and scripture beginning on January 3. Start this year in a bold way.

As you pray about what God may be asking you to fast, will you prayerfully consider going dark on social media by fasting Facebook, instagram, Snapchat, or Tictok for 22 days? I believe as we go dark on social media, God’s light will bring new life to our souls. You may consider fasting other things, like a meal, a food group, or a favorite beverage.

As you fast, I want to encourage you that fasting is just as much influenced by what you put into your life as it is influenced by what you give up. During this time we will be adding prayer. As you pray, I want to challenge you to pray a bold prayer with us as a church family: "Father, where are you at work in me and around me and how can I join you there?" We also have several Bible reading plans you can join in these 22 days to see God's truth transform you from the inside out. 

There has been a Psalm that has been transformational in me this past year.

"Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.
The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing." 
Psalm 34:9-10

Did you catch that those who pursue God lack nothing and lack no good thing. When we pursue God, we get Him. When you have Jesus you have everything you need. We believe God will do something amazing in you and through you as we seek God through these 22 days. We are praying for God to do something great in us and through us in 2022 according to His power that is at work within us as we continue to be on mission together, loving Jesus, becoming like Jesus, and sharing Jesus. 

Happy New Year!
Kasey Robinson
Lead Pastor

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