Be Peace. Wage Peace. Love One Another.

Every. Single. Other.

Navigating Turbulent Times

a workshop with Shelli & Ben Carman-Brown
Sunday, August 24 at 11:30 am
Peace Church KC (1801 McGee St.)

Starting with Self: What working with students has taught us about navigating turbulent times

Shelli and Ben Carman-Brown have spent most of their 14 years as educators teaching and leading at the Kauffman School in KCMO. In this workshop, they’ll help us practice strategies for self-awareness and intentionality to show up for ourselves and others during seasons of challenge, conflict, and stress.

This is Peace Church’s annual “Healthy Church Workshop” to underline our commitment, individually and as a community, to attend to our physical, relational and spiritual health. We will have lunch and child care available for our Peace kids. 

Email WeeklyPeaceNews@gmail.com with the subject line “Workshop RSVP” to let us know if you plan to attend.

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Worship Reimagined

Join us on Sunday at 10:30 in person:
1801 McGee Street, Kansas City, MO

And on Zoom:

Delightful, humble, courageous… and fun.

Peace church is an open, progressive community of faith. Our worship is our front door. It’s the way folks come to know us, to know themselves, to know the grace of God who is the generous loving ground on which we stand each day.

Peace Church is an Open and Affirming congregation. As Christians, we joyfully welcome into God’s house all people, celebrating our diversity in race, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identities, gender expression, nationality, faith background, education, and abilities.

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What to Expect

Worship at Peace is part family reunion (where there’s always room to set another place at the table!), part musical showcase, and part storytelling master class with an emphasis on relating scripture in a way that resonates with our complicated and busy lives…

  • My mom commented that she has never felt so welcomed somewhere before and loved the experience. - Eric

  • As soon as I walked in, it felt like home. Never before did I feel so much love and peace in church. ...and I am so looking forward to coming back and getting to know you all better. - Mary

  • You really have a knack of folding everyday experiences into narratives a guy like me can relate to. Doubly impressed with your baseball knowledge and Royals connection. Because of that, your point of sympathetic joy and it’s importance are burned into my mind. Something I will never take lightly or forget. - Joe

  • Thank you for the thought-provoking work you do that continues to ripple into the lives of so many you may never meet. - Shelia

  • We have been wanting to find a church that is truly loving and supportive of ALL people, and honestly I didn't think a church like that existed. I walked away from my former belief system primarily due to their views and beliefs regarding the LGBTQ+ community. It has been incredibly refreshing to see how you and your congregation actively support BLM, trans people and so on. - J

  • Holly, it was a wonderful experience. It was my first Protestant Sunday morning worship in over 20 years. It was one of the important way a church service should be. I will be back, much to my surprise and delight. Thanks for all you do and will do.

  • Your sermons just keep us all going, couldn’t be better. Don’t know how you do that!! - Lori

  • Your messages continue to inspire your flock. They continue to provide comfort, hope, and warmth. Grateful for Zoom. Peace always. - Bob

  • Your sermon today was ‘drop the mic’ over the top spectacular! Beth voiced my thoughts when she said to me, “How does she do it! She gets better every week!” - Liz

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Kids & Youth

What we teach our children in church about their place in the world and their relationship to others can leave a profound impression. At Peace, our education program for children enhances the worship experience by teaching children what we believe: in short, that each of us is a beloved child of God and that we are the hands, the feet, the face of God, to one another…

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Small Groups

You’ll find lots of opportunities for fellowship with other Peace members. We have several small groups, centered around common interests, that meet at various times and locations.

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Justice & Service

Jesus came to live a life on Earth primarily to serve, to include, to welcome, and to lift up all people that society pushed to the margins – and it is our privilege to do so, too. At Peace Church, working for justice and caring for others through service is an integral part of how we worship God…