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Asbury Sunday Worship:
9 & 11 am: Worship in the Sanctuary
10 am: Sunday School
11 am: Live-Streamed Worship
| Follow us on social media! | | Lenten Musical Meditation Begins Monday, February 23 | |
You are invited to a half-hour meditation in the Sanctuary on Mondays during Lent, from 6:00-6:30 pm in the Sanctuary (Feb. 23-Mar. 30).
Each meditation features the reading of scripture, poetry, prose, or prayer, piano performance by Pastor Daekyung Kim of several hymns beautifully arranged by various composers, and a time for meditation in silence.
| | "What is Truth?" Lenten Film Study: Beginning Wednesday, February 25 | |
This Lent, we ask the question ‘What is Truth?’ We’ll explore three movies that toy with or expand our understanding of how we perceive ‘truth.’
Beginning Wednesday, February 25 at 11 am in the Parlor, this six-week study will alternate between watching film one week and discussing it the following week. We’ll explore how our faith informs our response to the world through the lens of film.
We’ll watch The Truman Show (1998), Nickel Boys (2024), and Being There (1979). Sign up by contacting the church office at 913-432-5573 or email our Office Coordinator, Phyllis Williams, at PhyllisW@visitasbury.org.
| | "Woven Women" - March 6 & 7 at Monticello UMC & Lifebridge UMC | |
Dates: Friday, March 6 & Saturday, March 7
Location: Monticello UMC and Lifebridge UMC
Times: Friday, 6-9 pm (Dinner & Worship)
Saturday, 9 am-3 pm (Speakers & Interactive Experiences)
Please note: The retreat is open to all women, regardless of church affiliation.
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Asbury ladies, you are invited to the 5th Annual Woven Women retreat, hosted by Pastors Ali Haynes and Bailey Amtower of Monticello UMC & Lifebridge UMC.
Woven Women was created as a space where women from across our wider Christian community can gather in the name of Christ—to build relationships rooted in friendship, care, and reassurance, and to support one another as we live out our faith.
This year’s theme, Holy Chaos, will explore how God builds beloved community in the midst of busy lives, uncertainty, and change—and how grace is often found right in the middle of the mess. Sign up by clicking here.
| | Troop 299 Pancake Breakfast: Sunday, March 8 | |
Scout Troop 299 is holding a pancake breakfast at Asbury on Sunday, March 8 from 8 am to 1 pm in Hager Hall. Tickets are $5 if you buy them early or $8 at the door.
Drew and Sara Coe will be selling tickets in the Welcome Center on Sunday, March 1. Stop by to say hello and to get your ticket from them! Breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, and a drink. Thank you for supporting our local Scouts!
| | Join the Brown Bag Prayer / Congregational Care Team | | |
We invite you to consider joining our two dedicated teams of volunteers, Brown Bag Prayer and the Congregational Care Team. These two teams play a vital role in providing compassionate support to both our church members and their families and friends during times of need, praying, calling, visiting, sending cards, delivering flowers, etc.
If you would like to join or have questions, please contact Pastor Daekyung at DaekyungK@visitasbury.org.
| | Join the "Pride Support Team" | |
A new ministry team will be created to support the two Pride Festivals in Kansas City and Johnson County this year. This team will help secure a booth at the festivals, attend the events, volunteer, represent Asbury UMC, and more. Please contact Pastor Daekyung at DaekyungK@visitasbury.org if you are interested in joining the team.
• KC PrideFest 2026: Early to mid-June
• JoCo Pride 2026: In the fall
| | Thank You to Our Food Pantry Friends! | | | | |
We have some pretty amazing partners for our Food Pantry ministry that help keep us running each and every day. We'd like to highlight a couple today!
Prairie Baptist (just down the street from us) brought us over 160 cans of soup yesterday. They had a church dinner last Saturday and the price of admission was a can of soup for our Pantry. Leawood UMC brought us 200 cans of soup on Monday from their Souper Bowl contest.
We are SO grateful for their help with our Food Pantry. We couldn't do our work without them - and without all of you!
| | Submit Your Asbury Ministry Grant Applications through Mar. 1 | |
The Asbury Endowment Committee is currently accepting 2026 First Quarter ministry grant applications through March 1.
Asbury endowed funds are underwriting grants of up to $1000. Individuals, committees, and small groups are encouraged to use these grants to create, enhance, or sustain mission and ministries within the Asbury faith community.
Application deadline for the first quarter is March 1. Application and instructions can be found by clicking here.
For questions, please contact Dan Clevenger at DanC@visitasbury.org.
| | Help Serve Lunch at Cross-Lines on Thursday, March 12 | |
We need six servers to help serve lunch on Thursday, March 12 from 10 am - 1 pm at Cross-Lines (736 Shawnee Ave, Kansas City, KS 66105). This is a great way to have fellowship with other Asbury members while getting to help serve the local community!
If you would like to participate, or if you have any questions, please contact the church at 913-432-5573 or email Communications Director Sharlynn Verner at SharlynnV@visitasbury.org. Thank you for your willingness to help!
| | Our "Food of the Month" is Dried Beans! | |
The Asbury Food Pantry's "Food of the Month" for February is dried beans. Beans are an easy, delicious addition to any meal that add both fiber and protein to our diets, and it's economical, too!
Help our food pantry guests get the hearty meals they need this winter by placing your donations on the table in the Welcome Center or on the cart by the main entrance. Thanks!
| | Save the Date! Habitat for Humanity Serve Dates in April | |
Our Mission Team is busy planning a couple of serve dates at Habitat for Humanity in April. More information will be forthcoming, but here are the dates so you can mark your calendars!
- Monday, April 13 - Volunteering at the ReStore in Lenexa
- Saturday, April 18 - Assisting at a build site
- Monday, April 27 - Volunteering at the ReStore in Lenexa
| | Resisting Christian Nationalism Workshops | | |
Beginning February 21, the Great Plains Justice and Mercy Team will be hosting free workshops focusing on resisting Christian nationalism throughout the first half of the year at six different locations across the Great Plains Conference.
The workshop leader will be Rev. Neil Christie, executive director of The Religious Nationalism Project. Lunch will be provided for all attendees.
In 2025, the conference passed the resolution “Christian Nationalism: Mercy and Justice,” which rejected the tenets of Christian nationalism and committed to sponsoring workshops “to provide education on understanding, recognizing, and eliminating the tenets of Christian Nationalism from worship and ministry in their congregation.”
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Pastor Jeff is planning to attend the workshop in Lawrence on March 28, and Pastor Daekyung will be one of the hosts as a Justice and Mercy team member. Contact Phyllis Williams (phyllisw@visitasbury.org) once you've registered through the link below!
Click here for more information and registration.
| | ICE Watch and Community Defense Training | |
Join a 90-minute training from States at the Core that features experienced Chicago community defenders on effectively protecting our neighborhoods from federal enforcement incursions.
This training will share important skills for building neighborhood resilience, documenting ICE activity, and supporting neighbors. In addition to covering the basics of ICE Watch, participants will discuss new analysis on ICE operations, community responses, and safety guidance.
Click here to register.
| | Kansas Interfaith Action (KIFA) Advocacy Day 2026 | |
Kansas Interfaith Action is a statewide, multi-faith issue-advocacy organization that “puts faith into action” by educating, engaging and advocating on behalf of people of faith and the public regarding critical social, economic, and climate justice issues.
RSVP for the 2026 KIFA Annual Advocacy Day at the Capitol on Tuesday, March 10! All who gather will be advocating for KIFA’s priorities for the 2026 Kansas legislature together. Join KIFA for meetings with legislators, inspiring activists, and community building.
Click here to RSVP.
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- Electronic Fund Transfer
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Online through Easy Tithe
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| | | Sunday Nursery Hours: 8:30 am-12:30 pm | |
9 am: The nursery is open for children who need it, up to 3rd grade.
11 am: The Nursery is open for children aged infant through 5-years-old (if they haven’t started Kindergarten yet). Children who have started Kindergarten are encouraged to join Children's Church.
| | Kids Hour: Sundays at 10 am | |
Kids' Hour is our Sunday school for kids, and is a great way for them to make friends and build community while learning Bible stories.
Kids (PreK-5th grade) are invited to join the fun of exploring Bible stories through hands on activities!
| | Children's Church: During the 11 am Sunday Service | Kids PreK - 3rd grade are welcome to join us for Children's Church after the Children's Moment at the 11 am service in the kids' wing (3rd floor east). We might make a craft, play a game, watch a movie, or learn a new song and dance. No matter the activity, kids will have fun learning and growing together! | | Does Your Child Want to Acolyte? | |
If you have a child in 3rd grade or older who would like to acolyte and has not been trained, please contact our acolyte coordinator, Hilary Duderstadt, at hduderstadt@att.net or 913-544-8744.
If your child has been trained as an acolyte, and they'd like to acolyte for an upcoming worship service, please use our SignUpGenius link to reserve a slot: click here.
| | 3rd Grade Bible Presentations: Sunday, March 8 | Parade of Palms: Sunday, March 29 | |
All kids are invited to help us celebrate Palm Sunday with a parade of palms at both the 9 am and 11 am services on Sunday, March 29. Kids will process around the sanctuary shouting hosanna and waving palm branches.
| | Kids Sing: Sunday, March 29 | |
Our next Kids Sing is coming!! Rehearsals begin Sunday, March 1. Kids will be dimissed from the 11 am service to rehearse with Ms. Alicia Wolff.
The plan is for the kids to sing with the choir. Rehearsals will be on Sunday, March 1, 8, and 22. On Sunday, March 29, kids will rehearse at 10:45 am in the Sanctuary and offer their song with the choir during the 11 am service.
| Vacation Bible School: Sunday, June 14 - Thursday, June 18 | |
Registration opens in March.
| | GodSquad: July 27-31 (4th-6th grade) | | |
GodSquad is our annual service week for those in 4th - 6th grade. We will serve at a variety of local nonprofits throughout the week. Participants will meet at the church at 9 am each day and head to the service sites, and will return to the church between 1 pm and 2 pm daily. Registration opens in March!
| | Coffee and Convos: Sundays at 10 am in the Youth Lounge | |
All youth in 6th-12th grade are invited to come enjoy goodies and conversation in the Youth Lounge.
| | Youth Group: Sundays at 6 pm in the Youth Lounge | |
All youth in 6th-12th grade are invited to come for dinner and planning for this year's Sunrise Service.
| | High School Youth Service Trip to Spirit Lake Ministries in North Dakota:
May 30 - June 6, 2026 | | |
Youth currently in 8th -12th grade are invited to spend the week of May 30 - June 6, 2026 working with Spirit Lake Ministries near Tokio, North Dakota. Spirit Lake Ministry Center (SLMC) is a year-round ministry site which works with, and in support of, the peoples of the Spirit Lake Nation. They provide ministry and fellowship opportunities throughout the year for adults, youth, children, and persons with disabilities.
We have 25 spots available. While we always welcome friends, first priority will be given to youth involved at Asbury. If you have a friend who is interested in attending our service trip, or if you have any questions, please contact our Director of Family Ministries, Heather Jackson, at heatherj@visitasbury.org.
Registration closes Sunday, February 22! Register ASAP and pay the $75 registration fee: CLICK HERE
Learn more about Spirit Lake Ministries: CLICK HERE
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| GodSquad: July 27 - 31 (4th-6th grade) | | |
GodSquad is our annual service week for those in 4th - 6th grade. We will serve at a variety of local nonprofits throughout the week. Participants will meet at the church at 9 am each day and head to the service sites, and will return to the church between 1 pm and 2 pm daily. Registration opens in March!
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