Mason Memorial Community Church – UMC of Kansas City, KS

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“Living and Loving Courageously”

April 5, 2026

“Living and Loving Courageously”

Date Preached: April 5, 2026

Speaker: Ron King

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“Living and Loving Courageously”

“The Source of Our Salvation”

March 29, 2026

“The Source of Our Salvation”

Date Preached: March 29, 2026

Series: "From Trial to Triumph"

Speaker: Ron King

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“The Source of Our Salvation”

“The Triumphant Life”

March 22, 2026

“The Triumphant Life”

Date Preached: March 22, 2026

Series: "From Trial to Triumph"

Speaker: Ron King

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“The Triumphant Life”

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Adult Ministries

Connect with other adults and participate in church projects

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Men's Ministry

Connect and grow together with other men in the church

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Justice Ministries

A local organization of congregations of different denominations

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Mid-Week Bible Study on Isaiah

Join us for an exciting journey into the prophetic book of Isaiah. Learn and un… Read More

Mid-Week Bible Study on Isaiah

Join us for an exciting journey into the prophetic book of Isaiah. Learn and understand the word of God from one of God's chosen sent to proclaim the word of God to God's people — the one who said "Here I am Lord. Send me." Isaiah is heralded as one of the most significant prophets of all time. Join us as we study what "thus sayeth the Lord" to the Prophet Isaiah.

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Saturday, April 18, 2026 — Luke 24:45-48

What do we do when we are witnesses to something that is truly amazing? My first guess is… Read More

Saturday, April 18, 2026 — Luke 24:45-48

45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things.

What do we do when we are witnesses to something that is truly amazing? My first guess is that we can hardly wait to tell someone what we’ve experienced. Our first instinct is to tell every detail because of our excitement. And we often do. We cover every aspect of the incident as if we were making a “BREAKING NEWS STORY” on whatever station is the most watched or listened to. But I’m not so sure we’re as anxious to share our excitement and tell what we know about our God and our Christ as we would be if we were in the bank when it was being robbed or seeing and touching our favorite musician or celebrity. And yet, as people of faith, that is our charge. Our charge is to become witnesses to God’s promise of faithfulness that Jesus would suffer, die, and be raised from the dead on the third day so that repentance and the forgiveness of sins could be preached in his name to all nations. A daunting task for sure — but a task that is built upon God’s faithful witness of who Jesus Christ was, what he did, how he died, and his resurrection to new life.

All we’re tasked with is the responsibility to be faithful witnesses of God about the truth of Jesus Christ. Our only responsibility is to verify and testify to God’s faithfulness in Jesus Christ and how Christ’s faithfulness has bought our salvation. Our job is simply to tell the story as God has told it to us, and as Jesus has lived it before us, and as we now have and know the truth of the story as told to us by other faithful witnesses. We’re just one faithful witness telling the story of other faithful witnesses who have heard and believed before they became faithful witnesses of Christ.

Who were those faithful witnesses who first told you the story of the risen Christ?
Were there other ways you heard the story (i.e., songs, poems, prayers, etc.) that led you to believe in God’s faithfulness and Christ’s resurrection?

Todays Prayer

Today’s Prayer —
Loving Christ, empower me to become a more faithful witness of Your resurrection and the power it has to save us all.

Friday, April 17, 2026 — Psalm 16:9-11

God’s promise to his Son, Jesus, the Christ, is perhaps one of the most significant records of t… Read More

Friday, April 17, 2026 — Psalm 16:9-11

9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

God’s promise to his Son, Jesus, the Christ, is perhaps one of the most significant records of the life of Christ we have. There was nothing secret about it. It was prophesied and promised thousands of years before it became evident. Perhaps that’s what made it so difficult to accept. The length of time between a promise and the fulfillment of it can be a real party stopper. We all want things to happen in a time where we can have a full ‘eyes-on’ experience of the event. And yet none of us were here when Christ walked the earth, but we trust that those who witnessed his presence were truthful in the sharing of his life. None of us were here when Christ was crucified. Yet we trust that those who witnessed the event and reported it among the people were telling the truth. None of us were here that Sunday morning the stone was rolled away, and the ladies came to the tomb and found it empty but for an angel telling them to not be afraid, telling them that Jesus — the one whom they were looking for — was risen. And none of us were here to verify that he indeed showed himself to the twelve and thousands of others following his burial and resurrection, yet we take the word of faithful witnesses that experienced exactly what God prophesied that he did.

We live with the truth of the witness of all of the faithful persons who came before us. And we trust their witness to be true because we’ve had our own spiritual experiences to confirm that what they have witnessed is true. But it all leads back to God and God’s faithfulness to do what God said God would do. There was no time frame established about when it would happen. Just God’s faithful witness that it would. And it did. And now, we’re charged with the responsibility to add our faithful witness to the long list of anonymous believers who faithfully told their story in a way that led us to believe. There is tremendous power in the witness of the faithful when they pass on the faithful witness of God to God’s people.

What does it mean for you to realize that you are one of God’s faithful witnesses charged with the responsibility of telling the story of God’s salvation of humanity through Jesus Christ?
Does coming to that reality make it harder or easier to tell the story of God’s faithfulness rather than your own?

Todays Prayer

Today’s Prayer —
Holy and loving God, strengthen me to become better at being a faithful witness for You. Help me to tell the story of Your faithfulness as it relates to the life of Your Son, Jesus Christ.

Thursday, April 16, 2026 — Acts 13:29-33

Sometimes we get confused about the story. And I’ll say that I’m guilty as well. We… Read More

Thursday, April 16, 2026 — Acts 13:29-33

29 When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. 30 But God raised him from the dead, 31 and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people.
32 “We tell you the good news: What God promised our ancestors 33 he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus.

Sometimes we get confused about the story. And I’ll say that I’m guilty as well. We make the sad mistake of believing that our witness about Jesus Christ, his life, his death, his resurrection is based on our faith and our faith alone. And to some extent, that is true. We each have a relationship with Christ that is based on our own personal experience and witness of his activity in our lives and Spirit. But that’s only a part of the truth. Our faithful witness doesn’t begin with our recognition of Christ and his life. Our faithful witness is really our witness to God’s faithfulness in Jesus Christ. It’s our affirmation that God has been faithful in fulfilling the promise made to people thousands of years ago, that now speaks of God’s faithfulness. When we point at Jesus Christ as witnesses, we’re actually pointing to God’s act of faithfulness to the Jewish ancestors that becomes God’s promise fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

Now, I don’t know if that takes the pressure off any of us. Mostly, what we know is what we know of Jesus Christ. But before Christ, there was a God who promised that Christ was coming. That’s a part of our faithful witness, as well. Our faithful witness is entrenched in the promises of God to God’s people. And that promise included those of us not of the Jewish faith so the faithful witness of God concerning the risen Christ, our Savior, could stretch across people from every nation and tongue, from generation to generation for the salvation of our souls. So, in reality, it’s our faithful witness about God’s faithfulness that we’re telling people about. Yes, it includes Jesus Christ because Jesus is God’s proof positive of God’s faithfulness. Our faithful witness just continues the message of good news.

How does knowing that your faithful witness of Christ is actually testifying to God’s faithfulness affect your faith and your ability to tell the story of Christ’s resurrection?
What would make your faithful witness easier for you to tell the story of God’s faithfulness?

Todays Prayer

Today’s Prayer —
Gracious God, help me to merge the story of Your promise of salvation into my faithful witness of Jesus’s resurrection as evidence of Your faithfulness to the world.

Adult Ministries

The Adult Ministries group at Mason Memorial Community Church is a spiritual group who’s goal is to help others grow to a mature faith in God while providing comradery and fellowship with the congregation. To be a focus point in our community, we select projects which will help the needs of others.

Some of the Adult Ministry’s projects/activities are as follows:

1. Sack lunches at the Willa Gill Center

2. Thanksgiving and/or Christmas Baskets

3. Angel tree gifts for children at Christmas

4. Parents Night Out which gives adults in the community and church time to fellowship along with Bible study and dinner. We also distribute Gospel/Bible tracts for discussion.

5. Sponsor an Annual Gospel Musical

6. Purchase gift cards for groceries & pharmaceuticals to help people in need in our congregation & community

7. Christmas caroling at nursing homes where our members reside The Adult Ministry group is always open to new ideas/suggestions and members. We embrace Matthew 9:37 “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few”.

Men's Ministry

The United Methodist Men’s ministry of our local church is a core group of men, partnering with their pastor, to invite and initiate spiritual growth opportunities for all men of the church. Everyone has different gifts, graces, and areas of interest. Therefore, opportunities for participation include diverse ministries of the church, such as

prayer groups
missions
Bible studies
Retreats
Workshops/Seminars
Discipleship Groups (small groups in the tradition of John Wesley where we hold each other accountable for our faith journey in Christ)

We encourage leading and participating on committees, teaching Sunday school classes, youth ministries, scouting, mentoring, and assisting in leading worship service. The focus is both inward and outward. Inward — concentrating on those who attend and participate in the ministries within the church, and outward — to all men, assisting them to engage in the process of spiritual growth.

Importance

Men lead others best by modeling Jesus Christ in thoughts, words, and deeds.
Spiritual maturity is signified in spiritual reproduction, as the faith of mature disciples passes on in others.
Men growing in Christ become effective spiritual leaders in their homes and congregations, working as partners with their spouses if they are married and congregational leaders-both lay and clergy.
Spiritually growing men help congregations to become vital and alive.
Everything desired from and through men comes as a result of men growing spiritually and maturing as disciples: family blessings, stewardship, service, outreach, prayer, spiritual leadership, lifestyle evangelism, and faithful obedience. Men are foundational to the life and health of the church.
When a man lives daily in surrendered faith, God is honored and many lives are blessed. Transformed hearts are forged when we surrender our hearts to Christ and center our lives in Christ.

Mission

Our mission is to support spiritual growth among men, helping men to mature as disciples as they encourage spiritual formation in others.

Goal

Our goal is to empower the ministry of Jesus Christ through men within our congregation as we seek to capture the vision of God for our church —

“to become a living example of Jesus Christ active in service to our community.”

Pathway

Our pathway is a lifelong commitment to spiritual growth to maturity as followers of Christ. Our spiritual formation is marked by spiritual reproduction as our faith.

Churches United for Justice

Churches United for Justice is a diverse and growing coalition of 17 churches throughout Wyandotte County. Members of these local parishes in Wyandotte county have come together based on the biblical imperative to “… do justice, ff.” (Micah 6:8), as well as Jesus’ reminder that while giving to the church is good, people of faith should pay more attention to the weightier matters of faith, justice, mercy, and faithfulness. (Matthew 23:23). In each of these reflections, justice is seen as primary for the health of the community and personal relationships. Justice in a biblical sense is the quality of being fair and reasonable. This often requires systemic change within communities.

The faiths participating in Churches United for Justice include United Methodist, Baptist, Philadelphia Bible, Peace and Fellowship, Church of Christ and Episcopal. These faith communities have come together believing that justice is a primary issue of faith and is the foundation of healthy relationships that build community.

Activity

Our church’s faith community participation is and will be in conjunction with the organization’s effort to focus on the need for affordable housing and curbing violence in our community.

Contact

Lead Organizer: Amber Adams
Associate Organizer: Brett Eisenhauer
Team Leader: Karen Shepherd