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Mercy Street will meet tomorrow, September 29th at 5:30pm at Lakeland Community Church in Lee’s Summit.  Childcare will be provided.  If you need childcare please leave a comment below or e-mail mercystreetkc (at) gmail.com.  This is just so we know how many kiddos to expect.

Tomorrow will be our last meeting covering Step 12.

Last week we read the poem I Stand at the Door by Sam Shoemaker.  It is a great poem related to Step 12.

In last week’s meeting there was also a reference to how faith is like a slinky.  It may feel repetitive as you go around and around and around.  But each time you go around you are actually going a little bit deeper with God.

Finally, it’s really feeling like fall now!  We have coffee at our meetings, so come and warm up with a cup.  You can warm up your soul at the same time.

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 5-6 – The Enneagram and Contemplative Spirituality @ Avila University.  Taught by Chris and Phileena Heuertz.  Register here.

October 6 – Silent Saturday @ Sanctuary of Hope.  More information here.

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions please feel free to leave an anonymous comment below or you may send any questions via e-mail to mercystreetkc (at) gmail.com.  Your information will always be kept confidential.

Mercy Street will meet tomorrow, September 22nd at 5:30pm at Lakeland Community Church in Lee’s Summit.  Our meeting will be held upstairs in the youth room (as usual).  Childcare will be provided.

We will continue our discussion on Step 12.  Working the 12th step is not just about sharing your personal story with others or sponsoring newcomers.  Step 12 is also very much “setting the example”.  Here are some practical ways to live out the 12th step:

1. Attend meetings!
2. Help set up before or tear down after
3. Make coffee
4. Give rides to those who may not otherwise attend
5. Offer to do a reading

Your presence at a meeting brings comfort to others and shows them that they are not alone.

RESOURCES

Emotional Sobriety – a free audio teaching by Richard Rohr.  The 12th step is also about reaching a level of emotional sobriety.  This free, 80-minute audio teaching can serve as another step on that path.

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 5-6 – The Enneagram and Contemplative Spirituality @ Avila University.  Taught by Chris and Phileena Heuertz.  Register here.

October 6 – Silent Saturday @ Sanctuary of Hope.  More information here.

QUESTIONS?

If you have questions please leave a comment below or e-mail mercystreetkc (at) gmail.com.  Your information will always be kept confidential.

Mercy Street will meet this Saturday, September 15th at 5:30pm at Lakeland Community Church in Lee’s Summit.  Childcare will be provided.

We will continue our focus on Step 12.

Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Richard Rohr writes:

“The real authority that changes the world is an inner authority that comes from people who have lost, let go, and are re-found on a new level.  These are the people who can heal, reconcile, understand, and change others.”

Share your experience, your hope, your strength and your struggles with others.  While it may or may not help the other person, it will definitely reinforce your own spiritual journey.

Read Richard Rohr’s full blog post on Step 12.

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 5-6 – The Enneagram and Contemplative Spirituality @ Avila University.  Taught by Chris and Phileena Heuertz.  Register here.

October 6 – Silent Saturday @ Sanctuary of Hope.  More information here.

If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment below or contact mercystreetkc (at) gmail.com.  Your information will always be kept confidential.

Mercy Street will meet this Saturday, September 1st at 5:30pm at Lakeland Community Church in Lee’s Summit.  Child care will be provided.

This Saturday marks the start of a new month and thus a new step focus.  For the month of September we will be focusing on Step 12:

Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

And the biblical comparison:

Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently.  But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.  – Galatians 6:1

RESOURCES

The transcript of the prayer of examen video that was shown last Saturday has been added to the Resources page under the section for Prayers.  You may also find it by clicking here.

Emotional Sobriety – a free audio teaching by Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr invites us toward an authentic, full sobriety that includes body, mind and heart.  When “happiness” eludes us, – as eventually it always will – we have an opportunity to examine our programmed responses and choose a different path.  You may access this free 80-minute audio teaching here on the Center for Action and Contemplation website

UPCOMING EVENTS

September 8th – Silent Saturday.  Check in at 9:00am, with silence from 9:15am to 11:30am.  There will be five 20 minute periods of centering prayer with breaks in between.  Held at Sanctuary of Hope.  More information here.

September 10 – November 12 – Exploring the Enneagram Master Class @ Jacob’s Well.  Mondays from 7:00 – 8:30pm.  Taught by Jim Gum.

October 5 – 6 – The Enneagram and Contemplative Spirituality @ Avila University.  Taught by Chris and Phileena Heuertz.  Register here.

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Mercy Street will meet this Saturday, August 25th at 5:30pm at Lakeland Community Church in Lee’s Summit.  Childcare will be provided.

At Mercy Street we highlight one of the twelve steps each month, beginning with Step One each October.  In August we are focusing on Step Eleven.  You do not have to be on Step Eleven to attend meetings this month.  No matter where you are on your journey, you are welcome.  There is always something to learn and take away.

A few new things have been added to the website this week.  On the Resources page, a Prayers section has been added.  The Serenity Prayer is now posted as well as the Visual Benediction that was shown last Saturday.

Also the Twelve Steps and their biblical comparison from the NIV version have been added.  This is the most common version that we use at our meetings.

UPCOMING EVENTS

August 25th – The National Eating Disorders Awareness (“NEDA”) walk will take place from 8-10am.  More information here.

September 8th – Silent Saturday.  Check-in at 9:00 am, with silence from 9:15 to 11:30am. There will be five 20-minute periods of centering prayer with breaks in between.  Held at Sanctuary of Hope.  More information here.

September 10th – November 12th – Exploring the Enneagram Master Class @ Jacob’s Well.  Mondays 7:00 – 8:30pm for 10 weeks.  

As always if you have questions please e-mail mercystreetkc (at) gmail.com.  Your information will always be kept confidential.