This quarter's discipleship emphasis is Spending Time With God. So, on our Sabbath Sunday, March 30, we're hitting pause, encouraging you to gather up a small group of people including family and/or friends, and providing an opportunity to spend time with God through our Full Bloom Grow with God Experience. 

The Easter season is the perfect time for us to pause and take a moment to reflect on what Jesus has done and how it impacts our lives. No matter where we are on our spiritual journeys, this activity is designed to help us discover something new about God. Throughout your "garden," in The Grow with God Experience, you can experience how meaningful and helpful it can be to spend time with God. We'll walk through the Easter story and practice a few spiritual habits along the way to help encourage our growth.

Church planting is at the heart of the Evangelical Covenant Church and Engage's calling as a movement. Every church has a role to play. Churches across the ECC have been invited to identify themselves in one or more of three categories:

• A Church Plant – A new community taking root and trusting God to bring growth.
• A Planting Church – A church committed to sending, equipping, and supporting new plants.
• A Partner Church – A vital part of the mission through prayer and financial support.

At Engage, we are a church plant, but we desire to be a planting and partner church, too. 

As a new church plant forms in Manhattan, Kansas – Manhattan Covenant Church – Pastor Lexi has had the privilege of working alongside the planters Sam Creager and Amanda Brahn in her role as Director of Church Planting for the Midwest Conference and Engager Claire McClun is serving as their church planting coach. Here's a little about MCC:

We'd love to be able to bless MCC as a partner church. We've set up a fund dedicated to MCC. You can find in through our giving site by selecting Manhattan KS Church Plant. The Langs have committed $25 per month. Would you join us in a monthly or one-time gift of any amount to help launch this new plant? We'll have opportunities to hear from Sam and Amanda soon and we'll keep you posted on the church's progress. If you know anyone who lives in or near Manhattan, please help us spread the word about MCC.

We'd also invite you to be praying for Sam and Amanda and other planters. Starting new churches requires deep dependence on the Holy Spirit. As Paul wrote, "I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow" (1 Corinthians 3:6). As you pray, ask God to:

• Protect and provide for pastors and their families.
• Give them eyes to see where God is already at work.
• Surround them with healthy, encouraging, and life-giving teams.

Your prayers make a difference! Will you join us in asking God to grow his Church? You can join the Midwest Conference Church Planting Prayer Team to receive monthly messages with prayer requests from our church plants and about planting opportunities across the Midwest Conference (Kansas, western Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming) by emailing lexi@midwestcovenant.org. 

Join us for an unforgettable weekend April 4-6, 2025, as we attend Young Christians’ Weekend at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo. We'll be departing at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday and returning home Sunday late afternoon/early evening. This weekend trip brings together young people and families for worship, workshops and a whole lot of fun at one of America’s top theme parks.  

Register soon! Space is limited. 

Reservations REQUIRED by April 12: engagechurchmovement@gmail.com

We’ve had another fun, creative semester of Fine Arts at the Johnson County Department of Corrections Adult Residential Center (ARC)! Under Rachel Larson’s leadership, students have explored new artistic skills and expressed their creativity in meaningful ways.

What better way to celebrate Holy Week than by witnessing the power of transformation and redemption through art? Just as Holy Week reminds us of renewal and restoration, this show highlights the beauty of new beginnings and personal growth in our students' lives. Come and be encouraged by their work!

This week, we hear Jesus share a story about giving a fig tree another chance to produce fruit.

BIG IDEA: God gives us second chances.

BIBLE: Luke 13:6–9

Find our GROW @ HOME sheet for this month here.

Each week of Summer Club, we’ll go on a field trip, we’ll grow in relationship with God and others, we’ll make art, play games, serve in the city and create summer memories. Field trip locations will be announced the week prior to each trip to accommodate for weather adjustments.

Day/Time: Wednesdays, from 9 a.m. to noon, with pick up from 12-1 p.m.

Dates: June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, July 16, July 23, July 30

Ages: Students who’ve completed 2nd grade and up may attend without a guardian. Younger children are welcome to join with a guardian.

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This summer, we’re excited to invite our junior highers, grades 7 and 8, to join us for camp at Covenant Cedars Bible Camp June 29 - July 4. Our theme is “Prodigal." Luke reminds us that we have a Father who loves us no matter what – in fact, He wants to bring us back home to Him! We’re hard at work planning and getting ready for the summer, so don’t miss out on a week at camp.