Weekly Digital Bulletin


We are glad you are here and we hope this place and these people feel like home to you. Whether you are a first time guest or a regular attender, we are better with you here. We are #TogetherForTheGood. Use this information to stay connected, follow along, and engage your faith and the community during the week. Feel free to explore this site to learn more about our church and liturgy

We welcome everyone here, regardless of who they are or where they have been. We receive communion (the Eucharist) weekly and practice an open table – all are welcome to participate. To eliminate any and all barriers to participation we use grape juice and vegan, gluten free bread.

If you have a little one here, we want you to know we are unbothered by noise and activity and a child being a child. There is an area toward the back where they can play if you’d like. If you need a quiet place for whatever reason, including diaper changes, the last room on the right is set aside for your use.

Baby image. Created by Aneeque Ahmed from The Noun Project
Sunday, November 3, 2024 | 25th Sunday after Pentecost, Ordinary Time

Our main text for today is from 1 Kings. Read it here.

Monthly calendar here. Volunteer calendar here.

Small Group

Click this link to help us plan our next small group study, starting in January.

Upcoming dates
  • 11/7 – Justice Together Assembly
  • 11/16 – Friendsgiving and Untalent Show
  • 11/20 – Christmas Decorating
  • 12/15 – Christmas Party
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Children’s Church Schedule​​​

If you’d like to be added to or removed from this schedule, talk with Sarah W.

Sunday November 17
Kristin, Maggie
Sunday November 24
Family Worship
Sunday December 1
Kristin, Maggie
Sunday December 8
Family Worship
Hospitality Bar Schedule​​​

If you’d like to be added to or removed from this schedule, talk with Chris.

Sunday November 17
Sarah T
Sunday November 24
Abby
Sunday December 1
Parker
Sunday December 8
Tabbie
Upcoming Scriptures

If you like to read ahead to prepare for our gathered worship times, these are the texts we are planning to explore.

  • 11/3 – 1 Kings 17:1-24 – Elijah and the Widow
  • 11/10 – Jonah 1:1-17; 3:1-10 – Jonah and the Big Fish
  • 11/17 – Isaiah 6:1-8 – Isaiah’s Vision
  • 11/24 – Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-28; 31:31-34 – A New Covenant
  • 12/1 – Daniel 6:6-27 – Hope in the Lions’ Den
  • 12/8 – Joel 2:12-13, 28-29 – Joel’s Prophecy of Hope
  • 12/15 – Isaiah 61:1-11 – Isaiah’s Prophecy of Hope
  • 12/22 – Luke 1:26-45 [46-56] – Mary and Elizabeth’s Visitors
  • 12/29 – Luke 2:21-38 – Baby Jesus in the Temple

For daily Scripture readings that work through the story of Scripture, click here or download this file:

We focus prayers on the needs of our community both as a congregation and outside our walls. Each week we ask you to pray for the ministries and health of a church in our city, as well as a group of people who are likely to need the extra prayer support.​

Wichita Area Church: Hope Mennonite Church

Special Focus: This week we pray for refugees around the world. Those fleeing unsafe circumstances at home, those waiting and waiting for a new place to live, and those settling into for foreign lands and cultures. We pray for peace, comfort, healing, joy, provision, and community for these vulnerable ones.

We encourage you to find ways to engage your faith beyond Sundays. The things we focus on and the actions we take help form our faith, values and lives. We sometimes post suggested practices on social media on Mondays, but we also encourage you to:​

  • Read through the bible in a year with The Story that Changes Everything. A brief, daily podcast to help you navigate each daily reading. More information here
  • Do you like podcasts? Here are a couple that we listen or have listened too on things of faith. You may not always agree with them, they come from a variety of backgrounds, but they can help you grow and stretch your faith.
    • Forward Movement – Multiple podcasts for daily prayer or devotional reading from the Episcopal Church. Podcasts are a great way to add prayer and reflection to your daily spiritual practice. Listen on your morning walk, evening commute, or anywhere in between.
    • BEMA – The BEMA Podcast is a walk-through of the context of the Bible and the Text itself, as well as surrounding history. We deconstruct our common readings of the Bible and attempt to reconstruct them through the lens of historical context.​​​
    • The Bible for Normal People – A weekly podcast talk show having serious talks about the sacred book. Hosted by Peter Enns and Jared Byas. 
    • Bible Worm – A weekly look at the Narrative Lectionary text we look at in our worship gatherings. One host is a Christian pastor and one is a Jewish rabbi. 
  • Spend time in prayer (private, out loud, journaling, whatever) about what new thing(s) you’d like God to do in your faith, life, church, community? What might it look like for you to work toward these things? What new things have you experienced in the recent past?​

If you are new or have questions about our church we’d love to connect with you. Text CONNECT to 316.333.7275 or click this button.

You can also reach out on social media and at [email protected]

If you’d like more information about what happens in our gatherings, click  here.

We believe in living a life of generosity as individuals and a faith community. We long to be a resource for the needs of our city and world through radical generosity. We invite you to follow Jesus and worship God through giving as you are able – and we commit to sharing those resources in ways that benefit those who need it.​

You can give financially via website, by texting GIVE to 316.333.7275, or by placing cash or check in the giving box in the back corner.