Messages at Kaw Prairie are usually grouped in series, sometimes with playful names but usually with profound learnings. Despite their topical titles, they're Bible-based and real-life applicable!
Upcoming Message Series:
- July 2010 When in Rome: Summer School with St. Paul's Superbook
- August 2010 NUMB3RS: Numerology & the Bible
- September 2010 the Marriage Ref
- October 2010 the 4G Network Challenge
- Halloween 2010 So You're Dead...Now What?
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WARNING: Regular exposure to Kaw Prairie messages, when ingested with a humble spirit and hunger for God, can result in significant life-change, especially for those experiencing intellectual and Biblical curiosity. Sermons work best when accompanied by good sense of humor, and lack of pretentiousness, self-righteouness or legalism. If life-change persists for more than 48 hours, contact the great physician with thanksgiving.
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When in Rome: Summer School in Theology
Halfway through the One-Year-Bible that most Kaw Prairiers are reading through, we'll be starting St Paul's theological opus, the Epistle to the Romans--which begins on Monday, July 12. For these four Sundays, Pastor Dan will introduce us to the next week's worth of readings and challenge us not only to learn it, but to live it...whether we're in Rome, Kansas, or anywhere in between!
- July 11 Romans 1-4: You don't know me, but I know you're sinning ...including Paul's riff on sins, including yours!
- July 18 Romans 5-9: What it means to be "saved" ...with special appearance from Rev. John Rutsindintwarane, Secretary General of the Lutheran Church of Rwanda
- July 25 Romans 10-14: Church Members and Citizens: Volunteer & Vote -- or Serve & Obey?
- Aug 1 Romans 15-16: Say hi to the gang! ...including the role of women in the early church
NUMB3RS: What they mean in the Bible--and what they don't
People have been fascinated by numbers for eons--and Christians aren't immune to the curiosity. Unfortunately for our country, though, many of us are far more eager to learn numerology than mathematics, and in fact we like to even flirt with a gnostic curiosity about the hidden meanings of numbers in scripture. But this fall, Kaw Prairiers are going to get to have it both ways: we'll learn not only some fascinating details about biblical numbers, but get re-grounded in God's big picture too. For everyone who struggled with algebra and trig, the good news is that God's big picture is about as non-numerical as you can get! And no worries-- there are no course pre-requisites, either...
- Aug 8 7: the Key to the Good Life with Evening Immersion Baptisms at Shawnee Mission Park Lake
- Aug 15 12: that's what Friends are For
- Aug 22 40: Getting through the Hard Times
- Aug 29 666: the Devil's in the Details
- Sept 5 144,000: End-Times Arithmetic??
the Marriage Ref
There are so many things that can gnaw away at our marriages--and we married-types turn to all sorts of places for answers to keep the teeth of trial & trouble away-- even to crazy TV shows! But at Kaw Prairie, we look first to God's word to make the calls. Join us after Labor Day as we turn to the Ultimate Marriage Ref--for three weeks of scriptural umpiring in all of our marriages!
- Sept 12 You always...! How Healthy Couples Fight Fair
- Sept 19 Oops--did we have something planned? Keeping the Love Bank in the Black
- Sept 26 No, there's nothing going on... Affairs of the Heart
the 4G Network Challenge
Telecom titan & hometown hero Sprint has rolled out the long-awaited 4G Network in Kansas City, and folks with the new handsets can do all sorts of awesome things from their phones--provided, of course, they're on the network! Jesus also invites us to upgrade to a far more robust and rewarding lifestyle than the self-focused, worldly life can offer. Pastor Dan will lead us through the Christ-follower's own 4G Network, and challenge us to sign-up for a life unimaginably deeper--and more gratifying--than anything we've known before! Unlike Sprint's network, though, it won't be 10x faster-- in fact, it'll probably be somewhat slower. But it will be 10x better. Best of all, there's no contract to sign; just a covenant--with Jesus!
- Oct 3 1st G: Grouped
- Oct 10 2nd G: Growing
- Oct 17 3rd G: Grounded
- Oct 24 4th G: Gifted
So You're Dead...Now What?
Halloween & the day after were long ago a time to give thanks for the 'saints who've gone before us'-- back when they were called All Halloweds' Eve and All Halloweds' Day. In 2010, with Halloween falling on a Sunday, we'll use the opportunity to think about where people actually go when they depart this life.
- Oct 31 So you're Dead
- Nov 7 What's the Hell?
- Nov 14 Heaven on our Mind with Don't Take it to the Grave Organ Donation Commitment Opportunity