News — Westside Family Church Leavenworth

WSM Family Service

WSM invites all the parents of our students to join us for a Sunday service in the Loft Sept 24th

We want to give you a chance to see what WSM is all about!


Join us in worship with our student worship band, meet the volunteers who are leading small groups and discussions, who are investing in students and equipping them for the future. 

Get signed up for email updates and connect with our various social media platforms to ensure you know EXACTLY what WSM is up to this year!

Make a Meaningful Impact: Provide Hygiene Packs

Bring Items on June 18 & 25

We are taking hygiene packs over to our One Life sponsored children in Wells Estate, South Africa on our WFC trip in July. You can make a meaningful impact by purchasing as many of the following and bringing them with you when you attend our services on June 18 & June 25.

  • Washcloths
  • Roll-on Deodorant
  • Travel Size Toothpaste
  • Toothbrushes
  • Small Vaselines
  • Quart-Size Zip Lock Bags

Our One Life kids are underprivileged children who are orphaned or practically orphaned because their parents cannot care for their basic needs. One Life is a non-profit organization who Westside has supported since it's inception. We are grateful for their heart and vision for the children in South Africa, Thailand, Laos, & India. You can read more about them here. 

Begin With Prayer by Signing up for BLESSEveryhome.com

1. Sign up for an account... Easy as 1,2,3.

  • Visit https://blesseveryhome.com and fill out the form asking for your address.* Click “Continue to Step 2.”
  • Fill in your login information (name, email, account password, and church—”Westside Family Church Leavenworth.” Click “Continue to Step 3.”
  • Choose how many homes you want to adopt by praying for God to BLESS them. Select what days you would like to be emailed to be reminded to pray for them. Choose if you want to let others in our church know you are a light who is praying for your neighbors and if you want to be notified when someone new moves into your neighborhood. Accept the terms and conditions. Finish by clicking “Finish.”

2. Pray for the homes that are emailed to you.

You will receive an email with a small list of the homes in your neighborhood based on public record.  The email will include a suggested prayer you can pray for those homes. You will see two buttons to click to acknowledge you’ve prayed for those homes. 

3. Track how you are BLESSing those homes.

By logging into your dashboard at blesseveryhome.com, you can track your progress as you are Beginning with prayer, Listening, Eating & Engaging, Serving, & Sharing God’s story with them. 

*Your personal information is not shared by BlessEveryHome.com or its parent ministry, Mapping Center for Evangelism & Church Growth, with any other institution. Residential information is strictly used to map neighbors from open public records in order to create neighborhood lists. No data collected on our site is shared or sold. The information provided in prayer lists is all public data and not collected from any private sources.

BLESS Groups

There are two ways to connect to a BLESS Group:

  1. Our list of groups can be found by clicking here. Just call or email the leader to ask any questions and let them know that you are coming. They really want you to contact them!
  2. During our services tomorrow, Sunday, May 21st, we will have a bulletin insert that you can look at the groups. You can then fill out a connect card and indicate which group you want to be a part of and the leader will contact you.

COLLEGE STUDENTS: Please note that there is a college BLESS Group for you to be a part of!!! If you are a student or you know a college student please share so that we can get our college students together this Summer.

If you have any questions please contact David at dbeauchamp@westsideleavenworth.com or (913) 981-3253. If you still want to lead a BLESS Group, just let David know!

SUPER SUMMER!

Westside Student Ministry will be attending Super Summer Youth Camp this year! Located in Salina, KS; Super Summer is a 5-day youth camp for students who are going into 6th-12th grades. Super Summer is designed to be both an outreach and discipling event. Encourage your students to bring their friends!

Please click on the link for additional details regarding the camp.

Registration deadline is 7/2.

There will be a parent meeting on 7/9 from 12:15-2pm in the East Venue | WFC Lenexa

https://wfc.ccbchurch.com/form_response.php?id=1114

HELP US CLEAN UP A CITY BLOCK - Saturday at 9 AM

Help the City of Leavenworth meet its goal to pick up all the trash throughout the City in one day. Westside Leavenworth gets to clean up the big block that we are located on. Just come to the church building at 9 AM. We will have trash bags and gloves. With us all working together we should be done within a couple of hours (or less). See you Saturday! For those who registered we will have your T-Shirt! (No need to go to Leavenworth Elementary.)

CLEAN THE CITY - GET A T-SHIRT!

Help the City of Leavenworth meet its goal to pick up all the trash throughout the City in one day. The City will provide gloves, trash bags, and assign each volunteer group an area to pick up trash.

Volunteers will meet at 8:30 a.m. Saturday May 6 at Henry Leavenworth Elementary School to receive their cleanup supplies, map, instructions and a light breakfast of doughnuts and drinks. We will have a Westside check-in to put you in groups to have a specific area to clean up.

Fill out the on-line form by Thursday Night, April 13th in order to get a free T-Shirt. You can use this form for up to 4 volunteers: https://wfclv.ccbchurch.com/form_response.php?id=59

Save the Date for Kids Gig!

KIDSGIG 2017 | GADGETS & GIZMOS!

Ages: 4 years old to 5th grade

This summer, discover how the creator of all things created us to know and love Him through the theme Gadgets & Gizmos! This theme is geared to capture kids' imaginations about their Creator so they can discover they are....
MADE by God
MADE for a relationship with Jesus
and MADE to love others.

Memory verse for KidsGiG: 

“Let your light shine so others can see it. Then they will see the good things you do. And they will bring glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 (NIrV)

JUNE 19-22 | 6:00-8:00PM

Autism Awareness

The Lansing High School’s Puzzle Club promotes Autism awareness through their Special Education efforts. They are partnering with June’s Northland to host Dana Bowman on April 6th. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Lansing’s Special Education program and participants. 

Tickets are $15 now, or $20 at the door and can be purchased by contacting Azja Butler, Lansing Puzzle Club Secretary (azja.butler11@gmail.com)

Read more about this event here.

Easter Food Drive: Support Local Children

Every day in Lansing and Leavenworth children go to bed hungry. Westside is partnering with Second Harvest Community Food Bank who’s programs, Backpack Buddies and Campus Cupboard, support the local hunger needs for the children in our community schools and neighborhoods. 

These programs provide food for children who arrive at school every day without having breakfast, and no expectation of meals when they get home at night or on the weekends.

Bring your food donations on Easter Sunday and place them in our donation trailer and be part of making a difference in the community we live.

Items to bring:

  • Boxed dinners (i.e. mac and cheese, pastas, rice)
  • Pasta sauce
  • Ravioli
  • Peanut butter
  • Canned tuna
  • Soups
  • Cereals
  • Pancake mix
  • Syrup
  • Healthy snacks

 

You may make monetary donations directly to Second Harvest Community Food Bank on their website.