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New Service Times Starting April 1st!

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Coming this Easter at Journey Church…

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Here is a recent update from Jerry and Rossane Briscoe. They are missionaries that we support. So far this year we have given $3000 towards what God is doing through the Briscoes in the Philippines.

Dear Journey Church,

Thank you so much for your support of our mission work in the Philippines. God has graciously used you to make it possible for us to return to Manila this Friday, July 15. We will fly out of the K.C. airport early Fri. morning and arrive 27 hours later in Manila.

Although we aren’t really looking forward to the plane ride, we are eager to be back with our students at Faith Academy. We know God is going to continue to do great things through them & their parents.

For His glory,

Jerry & Rosanne Briscoe

SEND International

admin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:10:10 +0000

Don’t forget about the outreach event on Saturday at Harvesters! Check out the calendar section of our website for details!

Joplin relief video

admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:13:25 +0000

Last week we did an outreach to collect donations for those affected by the Joplin tornado. So many people from Journey Church stepped up to the plate and made it happen! What a great way to be the hands and feet of Jesus! Here’s the video we showed last Sunday….

Joplin from Journey Church on Vimeo.

Missions

admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:00:29 +0000

We don’t always have as much time as I’d like during our gatherings on Sunday mornings to talk about all we are doing as a church so I thought I’d let you know more through the blog about some of the missionaries that we support. Some of you will remember when Jerry and Rosanne came and spoke earlier this year at Journey. I wanted to give you an opportunity to learn more about them and see if God speaks to any of you to support what they are doing.

Jerry and Rosanne Briscoe, SEND International missionaries, began teaching at Faith Academy in August 2006. Faith Academy is a K-12 Christian school in the Philippines. The Briscoes teach at the Manila campus which has about 600 students from 20 different countries. About 90% of the students are the children of missionaries. Teachers, like the Briscoes, are all missionaries who are supported by the faithful gifts of churches and individuals. Since Faith Academy does not have to pay the teachers, missionaries are able to afford the cost of sending their children to a high quality, international, Christian school.

Faith Academy is currently observing a time of fasting and prayer as they call upon God to provide the teachers for the 2011-12 school year. The Briscoes need $450 per month in faith promises by June 15 in order to buy plane tickets and return to the Philippines in July. They need more individuals to partner with them and support the work at Faith Academy. You can do this by making a faith promise through SEND International. Here are ways to give:

Online: www.send.org Choose Philippines Sending in the list of countries at the bottom of the home page and then choose Briscoe. You will find a Giving link on our page.

E-mail: kcole@send.org

Phone: 800-SEND-808

Mail: SEND International

PO Box 513, Farmington, MI 48332

Watch this video to see how you can impact the world for Christ through Faith Academy.

http://www.youtube.com/user/FaithAcademyManila#p/u/0/0Mg1zqA8Urk

Way to Go!

admin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:47:18 +0000

We had a great time last Saturday at the Outreach Day! So proud of all of the Journey people coming out to pass out door hangers and what a great job the guys did building the wheel chair ramp! Way to go! Here are a couple pics…

Outreach Day this Saturday!

admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:35:41 +0000

This Saturday we’ll be doing an outreach in Gladstone! There are several things going on that you can jump in and participate with! 1. We’re going to be helping a family by building a much needed wheel chair ramp for their daughter. 2. We’re going to send teams out into the community to hang door hanger invites. 3. We’re going to be cooking some hot-dogs for everybody! Check out the calendar section of the website for more details. www.journeykc.com Come on out and join the fun!

Free Concert

admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:05:14 +0000

Hey everybody, just wanted to let you know about a free concert coming up this month for all who are interested….

Real Life in Prayer

admin — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:37:40 +0000

Recently I preached a message called “Real Life in Prayer”. We had some technical problems and didn’t get the message recorded so I thought I would post the notes here:
“Our prayers lay the track down on which God’s power can come.
Like a mighty locomotive, His power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.” —Watchman Nee

The necessity of prayer – Prayer is the difference between a good year and a GOD year!

Jesus talked about how we should pray….

Matthew 6:5-6
“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get. 6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

1. Not just for professionals

Prayer is not a spiritual office or spiritual gift/ it’s not limited to certain kinds of people/ not to say some people aren’t more bent that way but you don’t find it expressly in scripture. We can all have a powerful prayer life!

James 5:16
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

Because of Jesus we are all righteous and can pray this kind of effective prayer!

Matthew 6:7-8
“When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. 8 Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!

2. Not a bunch of flowery phrases and perfect speech

“True prayer is measured by weight—not by length. A single groan
before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length.” —Charles H. Spurgeon

3. Not easy because of all the clutter of life

We are bombarded with distractions…have to cut through the clutter to hear His voice:

New York Times contains more info than the average person in the 17th century England would encounter in a lifetime!

Our world will make more information available this decade than has been discovered in all of human history!

The Pattern of Prayer: How did Jesus teach us to pray – Lords prayer

Matthew 6:9-13
Pray like this:Our Father in heaven,may your name be kept holy.10 May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.11 Give us today the food we need,12 and forgive us our sins,as we have forgiven those who sin against us.13 And don’t let us yield to temptation,but rescue us from the evil one.

This is a pattern prayer not one you HAVE to recite necessarily

- Prayer is to proceed problems, not just be a response to them
- If we prayed more proactive prayers we wouldn’t have to pray so many reactive prayers

“The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came.… Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.” —R. A. Torrey

There is Power in Prayer

“We must never forget that the highest kind of prayer is never the
making of requests. Prayer at its holiest moment is the entering into
God, to a place of such blessed union as it makes miracles seem
tame and remarkable answers to prayer appear something very far
short of wonderful by comparison.” —A. W. Tozer

The amazing thing is that we can approach God with boldness and confidence!

Do you approach God with timidity or confidence? You can seek God boldly today knowing you are fully forgiven and Jesus has made you righteous.

Hebrews 4:16
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

It’s intimidating to think about taking a fearless, confident, bold attitude when coming before God in prayer. Yet this is exactly what we are told to do! God has already settled the issue of our access to Him!

When we pray, we come to God in the authority of Jesus’ name, and we can be confident that we will find grace, mercy, and perfectly timed help.