February 26, 2020 - Ash Wednesday
Scripture: Mark 9:30-37 

February 23: Making a Difference (and Keeping Your Friends)
We all want to help set the world right. We'll talk about leadership and the barriers to becoming leaders. What if leadership looked more like following?
This class included 3 TED Talks in the recorded audio. To watch the talks click on the titles or embedded below:
Everyday leadership, by Drew Dudley
The antidote to apathy, by Dave Meslin
How to start a movement, by Derek Sivers
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February 16, 2020 - Contemporary Issues 
Contemporary Issues this week will will discuss the spiritual practices that keep us open to our neighbors and attentive to God's activity in the community around us.
​This class included a video in the recorded audio. To watch the video click HERE or embedded below:

February 8, 2020 - Presbytery of Des Moines Stated Meeting Educational Presentation
Topic: 21st Century Reformation: Seven Trends that are changing and challenging the church.
Description: The Protestant Reformation was a time of upheaval and dramatic change for the Roman Catholic Church and the emerging Protestant churches. Many church historians are arguing that the church today is facing a similar time of threats and opportunities. What does it mean to be called to be a leader in these days? Together, we will explore seven trends that are challenging us to be more thoughtful, more agile, more inventive, and ultimately, more faithful!
Speaker: Dr. Rev. Rodger Nishioka serves as the senior associate pastor at Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, KS. Prior to his joining the ministry at Village, he served for 15 years as the Benton Professor of Christian Education at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA.
This class included a video in the recorded audio. To watch the video click HERE or embedded below:

February 8, 2020 - Presbytery of Des Moines Stated Meeting
Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-12:2; Jeremiah 31:31-34
Sermon: Hope in the Midst of Change
Preacher:  Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka

February 9, 2020 - Contemporary Issues 
Contemporary Issues this week will look at "Integrating Our Space." We share space with our neighbors all the time, but we're not always intentional about how we do it. How can the spaces we share reflect a vision of mutual investment in one another? 
​This class included a video in the recorded audio. To watch the video click HERE or embedded below:

February 2, 2020 - Contemporary Issues 
Contemporary Issues this week will continue to discuss "The DNA of Listening." Listening to God and to others is the foundation of incarnational mission. Only by taking the time to hear each other’s stories—beginning in our pews, then fanning out to the community around us—will we clear the way for God to do something new and exciting.
​This class included a video in the recorded audio. To watch the video click HERE or embedded below: