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Visitor's Center Welcome! We invite you to come and get connected at Lenexa United Methodist Church! There are many opportunities to do this through worship, Sunday School, Wednesday Night Oasis ( during the school year ), music, ChristCare small groups, Preschool and Children's Day Out, and so much more! Below are questions newcomers often have we hope that providing answers you will quickly feel comfortable and welcome with us! We are part of the United Methodist Church. We share a common heritage with all Christians, confessing belief in the triune God a God we describe in a 3-fold nature as Father ( Creator ), Son ( Redeemer ), and Holy Spirit ( Counselor ). Our congregation has an "Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors" policy, welcoming everyone. For a more detailed description of what United Methodist believe, please visit the denomination's website United Methodist Beliefs. What are the worship services like? The 9am worship service has a contemporary flair to it, with music led by "The Spirit Singers". Many of the songs are contemporary and the service is multi-media, with song lyrics, words to the prayers, etc. on an overhead screen. This is the service our youth attend before heading to their own Sunday School at 10: 30. Communion is typically offered the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. The 10: 30am worship service is more traditional. We usually sing hymns from the United Methodist Hymnal and use printed bulletins that have the order of worship in them. This is a family-oriented service, with a special "Children's Moment" early enough in the service so children can go to 10: 30 Sunday School if they want, or to the Nursery. Communion is typically offered the 1st Sunday of each month. The summer Park service is very informal. Bring a lawn chair, dress casually, and enjoy live music by the Park Singers in this nature-filled service. You are invited to head to church after this to enjoy Sunday School at 9 or 10: 30am.

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a congregation of over a thousand baptized Christians who gather in central Topeka to hear God's Word proclaimed, to commune with Him in His Holy Supper, and to worship Him as Creator, Lord, and Savior. Filled with Christ and His Spirit through these His gifts we share God's love with others in our immediate neighborhood as well as in our individual callings. St. John's is a congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, an association of over 6, 000 congregations located throughout the United States. We confess the Christian faith as revealed in God's Word ( the Holy Bible ) and in accordance with the Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as contained in the Book of Concord of 1580. In our preaching and teaching we strive for a faithful and engaging proclamation of God's Word that is neither shallow nor beholden to cultural whims, but rather speaks faithfully and clearly the word and will of God to the world in which we live. Our goal is to excel in this ministry of God's Word to all ages, from the cradle to the grave. As Lutherans our worship is in keeping with the traditions of the one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We cherish beauty in music and art and strive to employ these gifts of God's creation in worship. Established in 1874, we are the mother church of all LCMS churches in Topeka. Since 1938 we have worshipped in the beautiful limestone building located on the corner of 9th and Fillmore, just one block west of Topeka High School. Since founding our own Lutheran parochial school in the first year of our existence, St. John's has been continuously committed to quality Lutheran education. Since 1952 we have been one of the founding members of Topeka Lutheran School Association.