OPPORTUNITIES
Following are just a few of the many events on the PWC calendar. For more information about ongoing programs and ministries, please choose your area of interest above.
Women’s Bible Study – Untangle Your Emotions
All women are invited to join the Women’s Bible Study as they explore and discuss Untangle Your Emotions by Jennie Allen. This study uses scientific research, biblical insight, and personal stories to help you learn to notice, name, and process your emotions in healthy ways.
Event Contact: Candace Shaw
Threads of Faith
Anyone interested in joining a team that enjoys company while they knit or crochet. The goal is to provide shawls that have been prayed over as they are created that can then be distributed to new babies, wedding couples, and anyone going through a challenging time. Beginners welcome!
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
Blankets of Hope
If you enjoy quilting, or just want to learn how, please join our current quilting group. Each blanket is lovingly and prayerfully prepared to be shared with graduating youth, new infants, nursing home residents, and others going through trials. We’ve even sent some to Pine Ridge for their cold winters! Along with piecing together the quilts, we enjoy the laughter and fellowship of the group experience.
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
Living with Loss Support Group - Sept/Oct
Traveling the journey of grief was never meant to be a journey we walked through alone. Our Care Ministry provides a weekly support group for anyone seeking to heal after a loss. Our leaders have training and personal experience with loss. This is a hybrid class that meets in-person and online.
Cost: Donation for cost of book
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel - Please email Vicki for the Zoom link
Threads of Faith - Evening Edition
For those who enjoy crocheting or knitting, and those just learning how, please join us on Monday evenings at 6:30 for the evening edition of Threads of Faith. We put together prayer shawls for infants, wedding couples, and anyone going through challenging seasons. We pray for each other and the shawls we create. Beginners are welcome!
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
The Chosen Season 3 Watch Parties
The Chosen TV series is back for a third season and Platte Woods Church is excited to host watch parties once again on Wednesday evenings from 6-7:45 p.m. beginning Sept. 11. We hope you will join us to watch, discuss, and learn about the lives and ministry of Jesus and the disciples through this engaging series. Childcare is available.
Event Contact: Candace Shaw
Fall Food Drive
We are excited to announce the start our annual Fall Food Drive, an outreach project aimed to support local pantries and ensure that families in our community can enjoy the warmth of a hearty meal during the upcoming months!
Donations can be dropped off in the collection bins in the Gathering Space on Sundays throughout the month of October or at “Trunk-R Treat: So Others Can Eat” on October 27th. Accepted items include: non-perishable canned goods (soup, veggies, fruit), spaghetti, white rice, peanut butter, pancake mix, mac& cheese, instant potatoes, and hygiene products.
Alternatively, you can support this project by making a financial contribution to the church. Simply mark your gift as “Outreach – Fall Food Drive”.
Event Contact: Brandi Molina
Threads of Faith
Anyone interested in joining a team that enjoys company while they knit or crochet. The goal is to provide shawls that have been prayed over as they are created that can then be distributed to new babies, wedding couples, and anyone going through a challenging time. Beginners welcome!
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
Women’s Bible Study – Untangle Your Emotions
All women are invited to join the Women’s Bible Study as they explore and discuss Untangle Your Emotions by Jennie Allen. This study uses scientific research, biblical insight, and personal stories to help you learn to notice, name, and process your emotions in healthy ways.
Event Contact: Candace Shaw
Living with Loss Support Group - Sept/Oct
Traveling the journey of grief was never meant to be a journey we walked through alone. Our Care Ministry provides a weekly support group for anyone seeking to heal after a loss. Our leaders have training and personal experience with loss. This is a hybrid class that meets in-person and online.
Cost: Donation for cost of book
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel - Please email Vicki for the Zoom link
Threads of Faith - Evening Edition
For those who enjoy crocheting or knitting, and those just learning how, please join us on Monday evenings at 6:30 for the evening edition of Threads of Faith. We put together prayer shawls for infants, wedding couples, and anyone going through challenging seasons. We pray for each other and the shawls we create. Beginners are welcome!
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
The Chosen Season 3 Watch Parties
The Chosen TV series is back for a third season and Platte Woods Church is excited to host watch parties once again on Wednesday evenings from 6-7:45 p.m. beginning Sept. 11. We hope you will join us to watch, discuss, and learn about the lives and ministry of Jesus and the disciples through this engaging series. Childcare is available.
Event Contact: Candace Shaw
Justice Ministry Team Meeting
Platte Woods Justice Ministry Team (JMT) is working toward a world where inclusion, diversity and the well-being of all people are not just dreams, but realities!
We are motivated by the words of Micah 6:8, which call us “… to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God,” and are further spurred to action by the words of John Wesley, “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”
The Justice Ministry Team is currently exploring the topics of human sexuality, race relations and community organizing.
Event Contact: Brandi Molina - Please contact Brandi if you are interested in learning more about the Justice Ministry Team or if you are planning to attend a meeting for the first time.
Riverside United - Prayers for Pets
Pet-owners, animal lovers, and kids of all ages are invited to bring their favorite animal friends – real or stuffed, furry or finned, slippery or slithering – to EH Young Dog Park in Riverside on Saturday, October 19 from 1pm – 3pm for our first annual “Prayers for Pets” event. Hosted by the Riverside United Launch Team, “Prayers for Pets” will feature Pastor Yvi and Pastor Jess praying for and blessing your favorite animal friends near the Dog Park entrance. Come meet other animal lovers as well as local vendors and enter to win gift cards too! All are welcome and invited to attend!
Event Contact: Jess Horsley
Fall Food Drive
We are excited to announce the start our annual Fall Food Drive, an outreach project aimed to support local pantries and ensure that families in our community can enjoy the warmth of a hearty meal during the upcoming months!
Donations can be dropped off in the collection bins in the Gathering Space on Sundays throughout the month of October or at “Trunk-R Treat: So Others Can Eat” on October 27th. Accepted items include: non-perishable canned goods (soup, veggies, fruit), spaghetti, white rice, peanut butter, pancake mix, mac& cheese, instant potatoes, and hygiene products.
Alternatively, you can support this project by making a financial contribution to the church. Simply mark your gift as “Outreach – Fall Food Drive”.
Event Contact: Brandi Molina
Threads of Faith
Anyone interested in joining a team that enjoys company while they knit or crochet. The goal is to provide shawls that have been prayed over as they are created that can then be distributed to new babies, wedding couples, and anyone going through a challenging time. Beginners welcome!
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
Blankets of Hope
If you enjoy quilting, or just want to learn how, please join our current quilting group. Each blanket is lovingly and prayerfully prepared to be shared with graduating youth, new infants, nursing home residents, and others going through trials. We’ve even sent some to Pine Ridge for their cold winters! Along with piecing together the quilts, we enjoy the laughter and fellowship of the group experience.
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
Threads of Faith - Evening Edition
For those who enjoy crocheting or knitting, and those just learning how, please join us on Monday evenings at 6:30 for the evening edition of Threads of Faith. We put together prayer shawls for infants, wedding couples, and anyone going through challenging seasons. We pray for each other and the shawls we create. Beginners are welcome!
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
The Chosen Season 3 Watch Parties
The Chosen TV series is back for a third season and Platte Woods Church is excited to host watch parties once again on Wednesday evenings from 6-7:45 p.m. beginning Sept. 11. We hope you will join us to watch, discuss, and learn about the lives and ministry of Jesus and the disciples through this engaging series. Childcare is available.
Event Contact: Candace Shaw
Fall Food Drive
We are excited to announce the start our annual Fall Food Drive, an outreach project aimed to support local pantries and ensure that families in our community can enjoy the warmth of a hearty meal during the upcoming months!
Donations can be dropped off in the collection bins in the Gathering Space on Sundays throughout the month of October or at “Trunk-R Treat: So Others Can Eat” on October 27th. Accepted items include: non-perishable canned goods (soup, veggies, fruit), spaghetti, white rice, peanut butter, pancake mix, mac& cheese, instant potatoes, and hygiene products.
Alternatively, you can support this project by making a financial contribution to the church. Simply mark your gift as “Outreach – Fall Food Drive”.
Event Contact: Brandi Molina
Baptism and New Member Sunday
Every fourth Sunday we celebrate baptisms and new members in our church. These steps in faith occur at our 9:30 and 11:00 am worship services. For information about joining the church or baptisms of yourself or a family member, contact our Welcome and Connections Coordinator Michael.
Event Contact - Michael Elliott
Trunk R Treat so Others Can Eat
It’s time to Trunk R Treat so Others Can Eat! Kids, come dressed in your favorite costume and bring a food item to donate to our food drive. Trunk R Treat will take place indoors, so no need to worry about the weather! We are collecting the following items this year: canned soup, canned veggies/fruit, spaghetti, white rice, peanut butter, pancake mix, mac and cheese, and instant potatoes.
Event Contact: Mandy Phillips
Threads of Faith
Anyone interested in joining a team that enjoys company while they knit or crochet. The goal is to provide shawls that have been prayed over as they are created that can then be distributed to new babies, wedding couples, and anyone going through a challenging time. Beginners welcome!
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
Threads of Faith - Evening Edition
For those who enjoy crocheting or knitting, and those just learning how, please join us on Monday evenings at 6:30 for the evening edition of Threads of Faith. We put together prayer shawls for infants, wedding couples, and anyone going through challenging seasons. We pray for each other and the shawls we create. Beginners are welcome!
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
The Chosen Season 3 Watch Parties
The Chosen TV series is back for a third season and Platte Woods Church is excited to host watch parties once again on Wednesday evenings from 6-7:45 p.m. beginning Sept. 11. We hope you will join us to watch, discuss, and learn about the lives and ministry of Jesus and the disciples through this engaging series. Childcare is available.
Event Contact: Candace Shaw
Threads of Faith
Anyone interested in joining a team that enjoys company while they knit or crochet. The goal is to provide shawls that have been prayed over as they are created that can then be distributed to new babies, wedding couples, and anyone going through a challenging time. Beginners welcome!
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
Threads of Faith - Evening Edition
For those who enjoy crocheting or knitting, and those just learning how, please join us on Monday evenings at 6:30 for the evening edition of Threads of Faith. We put together prayer shawls for infants, wedding couples, and anyone going through challenging seasons. We pray for each other and the shawls we create. Beginners are welcome!
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel
Living with Loss Support Group - Nov/Dec
Traveling the journey of grief was never meant to be a journey we walked through alone. Our Care Ministry provides a weekly support group for anyone seeking to heal after a loss. Our leaders have training and personal experience with loss. This is a hybrid class that meets in-person and online.
Cost: Donation for cost of book
Event Contact: Vicki Krehbiel - Please email Vicki for the Zoom link
Saturday Go Serve
Saturday Go Serve Opportunities
Saturday Go Serve is a time to focus on how we can begin (or continue) a spiritual rhythm of going in acts of mercy and justice and pilgrimage through serving with our ministry partners. PWC has traditionally set aside the 2nd Saturday of each month to serve in the community.
Hillcrest Clearance Outlet: Hillcrest Platte County offers supportive services for individuals and families who are homeless or insecurely housed to achieve sustainable independence. The thrift stores exist to help pay the bills for those who participate in the Hillcrest Transitional Housing programs. By volunteering at the clearance outlet, you are helping support their programs and providing a hand up to those working to transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency. Volunteers in the Clearance Outlet help sort and organize donations and clean the store. This opportunity is most appropriate for ages 8 and up. Volunteers 15 and under should be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Lazarus Table/Boutique: Every weekend Lazarus Ministries serves around 100 hot meals through their meal program known as Lazarus Table. They have kitchen staff that cook and clean dishes and utilize volunteer teams of 10-12 people each day to set up, prep, and serve meals restaurant style and clean up afterward. This is an opportunity of fellowship and serving those facing poverty or homelessness in the urban core of Kansas City. This opportunity is for all ages and abilities. Volunteers 15 and under should be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Northland Community Clean-up: This is a grassroots non-profit organization that is led by PWC member, Nancy Gorton. This group of volunteers work to improve the cleanliness, beauty, and safety of our community through on-going litter clean-up efforts. PWC partners with them every 2nd Saturday in various locations throughout the Northland. Most clean-up events take place along busy roads/highways. This opportunity is open to ages 14 and up with parent/guardian participation unless noted on the sign-up.
Sleep In Heavenly Peace Bed Build:
Volunteers – under the guidance of SHP chapter team members – will build bunks in an assembly line setup. There will be stations for sawing, sanding, drilling, assembling, staining, and branding the wood. What starts out as a pile of lumber will become a usable bunk bed for children in our community.
Registration is required and all participants over age 10 are welcome but minors must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. We are also collecting pillows and bedding in support of this project. These donations can be dropped off in the donation bins in the Gathering Space on Sundays before or after worship.
Event Contact: Brandi Molina, Director of Missions - Reach out to Brandi if you have questions or concerns about specific volunteer locations.
Register for your project below! Volunteers meet at their respective serve location on Saturday morning.
Baptism & New Member Sunday
Every fourth Sunday we celebrate baptisms and new members in our church. These steps in faith occur at our 9:30 and 11:00 am worship services.
For information about joining the church or baptisms of yourself or a family member, contact our Welcome and Connections Coordinator Michael melliott@plattewoodschurch.org.
Justice Ministry Team Meeting
Platte Woods Justice Ministry Team (JMT) is working toward a world where inclusion, diversity and the well-being of all people are not just dreams, but realities!
We are motivated by the words of Micah 6:8, which call us “… to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God,” and are further spurred to action by the words of John Wesley, “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”
The Justice Ministry Team is currently exploring the topics of human sexuality, race relations and community organizing.
Please contact bmolina@plattewoodschurch.org if you are interested in learning more about the Justice Ministry Team or if you are planning to attend a meeting for the first time.
Connect & Commit Class – August 2024
Do you want to join the church and become a member at Platte Woods UMC? Register NOW for the Connect & Commit Class and discover what it means to be a part of Platte Woods UMC!
During this 2-hour class, you’ll learn the basic beliefs of Methodism and explore what it means to be a United Methodist at Platte Woods UMC. Your registration includes a catered lunch for you and your family and childcare is available for those with children (infants – 5th grade with advance registration). Discover what it means to be a part of the PWUMC faith family as you commit to gather, grow, give and go at Platte Woods UMC!
Concerts With Walter August 2024
It’s hot, and so is the music! Come for an evening of music and community with Walter Bryant and Friends!