Somethings Missing...

November 24th, 2023

Yesterday, while stuffing our faces 😊 with Thanksgiving dinner, we randomly picked “Thanksgiving conversation prompts” from a bowl and then went around the table.

My particular prompt was, “What’s the most unique or unexpected thing you’re thankful for this Thanksgiving?”

I have plenty for which to be thankful….my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Leigh-Ann, our five kids, our church family, so many incredible leaders and friends…I could go on….

But my unexpected reason for gratitude was my wallet…..

Yep, on Saturday, I noticed my wallet was missing…and not that big of a deal, but certainly an annoyance. I went to church Sunday morning and by mid-afternoon really had no need for it….but then it started to take up serious real estate in my thoughts…

I searched my brain for where it could possibly be…and then looked everywhere possible…the kitchen, our bedroom, the cars, my office….nothing….

I checked our cards online to see if it had been stolen….and then kept looking….borderline obsessing over it….

Sunday turned into Monday and then Tuesday…..nothing…I offered the kids a $40 reward for finding it….and still no wallet…

Wednesday evening, I was waiting for dinner and decided to empty out a rarely used email address that gets the voicemails for our home phone…and…when I least expected it, someone was trying to locate me because they had found my wallet.

One of our neighboring business owners found it on Sunday when he arrived for work. My wallet must have fallen out while I was helping put some trash in the dumpster on Saturday afternoon… it sat in the alley behind the church overnight….and everything is in the wallet, except for some cash….which I would have had to pay to my kids anyway 😊.

Wallets aren’t the only thing that we can lose….as I contemplate this past sermon series about becoming a missional church, I think it’s possible to lose our passion for sharing the Gospel. This Sunday, Pastor Dave is going to share a shortened sermon from Luke 6:12-19 about movements and then he and I are going to have a discussion as a part of the sermon time.

We would love to be a part of a movement God uses to bring the Gospel to Kansas City and beyond. In addition, we have a pretty fun challenge for everyone in attendance…it is related to Aaron’s New Life Story.

I hope to see you at 8:00, 9:15 (Full KidCity available), or 10:45 am (Full KidCity available), or you can watch the Livestream on YouTube (Like and Subscribe) or Facebook at 9:15 am. Additionally, we are also publishing our sermons on Spotify.

Enjoy this time for Thanksgiving,

Troy