About September 11

On Sunday, September 11, the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Kaw Prairie took some time to thank the people who serve in our communities, putting their lives on the line for the well being of others, while also thanking God for the blessing of being able to live and worship in this great country.
We remembered with sadness the losses of that day 10 years ago, and we were inspired once again by the example of those who stepped up to help, at any cost whatsoever to themselves.
We have two identical worship services at KP; one is at 9am and the other at 10:45am. We started off the morning by singing out Hosanna to the God who saves us and who alone is worthy of our praises.
Then we sang America the Beautiful. It was during the first service when, at the end of the song, we sang as a reprise the last line "America, America, God shed His grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea." It was right after that I was notified by our tech team that as we were singing that together the clock hit 9:11am.

Thank you Lord for the privilege of living in this beautiful country. May we, like those who've come before us, make the sacrifices each day that will keep this country alive and well, knowing that it is by following in the footsteps of Jesus that we can ultimately make any country, city, or even family, the dwelling place of the Most High, and that our calling is to be the hands and feet of the Father to a whole world of hurting people. Amen.

Worship Set August 14, 2011

We had a great time worshiping together this week. We did the Blessing of the Backpack to pray over the kiddos who were starting school this week and it was so great seeing all those little guys and gals come forward to prayed for.

We sang:
God of Wonders as by Third Day
Everlasting God as by Lincoln Brewster
Mighty to Save as by Laura Story
Sweetly Broken as by Jeremy Riddle
Beautiful One as by By The Tree

Lake Baptism Service August 7th, 2011

On Sunday evening we had the joy and privilege of worshiping together at Shawnee Mission Park Lake, right on the beach, of dedicating two children from our church, of baptizing several people, both young and grown, and of witnessing the affirmation of baptism of several young people from Kaw Prairie. It was a wonderful night of worship and testimony of God's Grace.

Here are the songs we sang together on the beach that night:

Everything Glorious as by David Crowder Band
Jesus Paid it All as by Kristian Stanfill
Take My Life as by Chris Tomlin
Grace that is Greater as by Bart Millard
Amazing Grace (My chains are gone) as by Chris Tomlin
Happy Day as by Tim Hughes

Sunday August 7th: Morning Worship Set

These are the songs we sang this week at church:

Agnus Dei as by Third Day
O Praise Him as by David Crowder Band
Grace that is Greater as by Bart Millard
One Pure and Holy Passion as by Passion Worship Band
You are Holy (Prince of Peace) as by Michael W. Smith

A weekend full of music

This weekend a few different KP music teams did a bunch of ministry all over the place.

Friday night a group of our teenage musicians, from our youth program "WILD," played outdoors at the Family Movie Night of New Summit Church, in Lee's Summit, Missouri. They did a great job.

Saturday morning three of us played at the Sunflower Artfest at the Zimmerman Kill Creek Farm. It was casual, relaxed, and fun. The Desoto Explorer even put our picture in their publication.

Sunday morning we did our weekly worship services and sang:

Everything Glorious as by David Crowder Band
Majestic as by Lincoln Brewster
Take My Life as by Chris Tomlin
Love the Lord as by Lincoln Brewster

We also had the privilege Sunday of hearing Andrea Hamilton sing two of her songs. She was a big blessing to all of us. Thank you Andrea!

To finish up the weekend, although it happened on Monday, another team lead worship at our Servant and Leadership Training. We sang

Beautiful the Blood as by Fee
Salvation is Here as by Lincoln Brewster
Come Thou Fount as by David Crowder Band
How He Loves as by David Crowder Band


It was a great weekend of music, ministry, and fellowship. Thanks to all of you who are a part of these awesome teams.