Register for Village Kids Summer Camps
Sign up for Kids Day Out (ages 2-3), Music & Drama Camp (grades K-5) Family VBS (all kids and their families) and Village Kids Camps (age 4-Grade 2) . Camps will be held at the Mission Campus. Register now. |
Sacred Banquet with Te Deum Choir
7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1 Mission Campus Sanctuary Te Deum Choir presents “Sacred Banquet." The program that explores the sacred texts of the Feast of Corpus Christi. Composers include Arvo Pärt, Olivier Messiaen, Roderick Williams, Vytautas Miškini, Palestrina and the repertory of 10th and 11th-century Gregorian chant. Tickets are available at te-deum.org |
Sunday Funday
Summer Lighthouse for Village Kids 9 a.m. Sundays, June 2-July 21 Mission Campus All elementary schoolers (ages 5-incoming 6th graders) meet in our big room (307/9/11.) Ages 2-4 meet in Room 107. Babies and toddlers combine in the nursery (Room 114). Feel free to wear summer play clothes because we might get dirty and messy with paints, etc. |
Faith & Grief Support Gathering Luncheon
noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, June 4 Friendship Hall-Mission Campus Guest speaker Sarah Thomas will talk about how pulling together photos for her mother’s memorial service helped lift her out of a dark place, remaindering her of her love for live and light. Facilitated table conversations provide a safe place to listen, remember and pray together. All are welcome. There is no cost to attend. A complimentary box lunch is provided for those who pre-register. |
Remembering Vietnam with Lou Eisenbrandt
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 4 Friendship Hall-Mission Campus Lou Eisenbrandt, First Lieutenant and registered nurse, will share her experiences as a nurse in Vietnam and share her unique insights regarding the best-seller, "The Women," by Kristin Hannah. Reading the book isn’t required, just an interest in hearing Lou’s riveting story. Dessert will be served. Email Becky Anderson to register. There is no cost to attend. |
Wear Orange Rally
9 a.m. Saturday, June 8 Harmon Park, 77th Place and Delmar in Prairie Village June 7-9 is National Gun Violence Awareness and Wear Orange Weekend. Village for Gun Sense and other gun violence prevention organizations unite for this city and this cause for the Johnson County Wear Orange Rally on Saturday, June 8. Make a sign, wear orange, light your front porch with orange bulbs, or just be present to support that senseless tragedies of gun violence must end. Prairie Village Police Chief Byron Roberson will speak at 9 a.m. We will hear from other speakers and then walk through the Shops of Prairie Village. |
Intergenerational Family VBS
6-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, June 12, 19 and 26 Various Locations in Prairie Village and Overland Park We will provide tangible, immersive family experiences with three local non-profits—one each Wednesday. We'll explore what it means to love God’s people and how we might widen our wingspan in our efforts. June 12 will be at the Mission Campus, June 19 is at Meadowbrook Park and June 26 is at the Antioch Campus. It’s going to be a blast and incredibly meaningful. Program fee is $15 per person, a max of $60 per family (includes dinner). CLICK HERE to register. |
4th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration
4-8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 15 Harmon Park, 7728 Delmar in Prairie Village STAND Up for Black Lives+ Prairie Village, the city of Prairie Village, Village Presbyterian Church and the Johnson County NAACP are sponsoring the 4th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration. Enjoy food, drink and a concert with Brass and Boujee . Activities for the entire family include face painting, balloon artists, arts and crafts, games, inflatables and a water feature. Prairie Village children ages 5-12 are invited to participate in the 2024 Juneteenth Freedom Celebration Poster Contest, “What Juneteenth Freedom Means to Me.” Posters must be submitted by June 7. Get more details about how to enter the poster contest at standupblacklives.com. |
Presbyterian Women Churchwide Gathering
Aug. 8-11 St. Louis, Missouri The 2024 PW Gathering will be an exciting, faith-filled time to renew our connections within and across PW groups from across the country. Join us to be invigorated, equipped for your PW life, welcomed into community by hundreds of other PWs and empowered to “Do everything in love.” CLICK HERE to register. If you have registered, please let us know. We would like to make sure attendees from Village are able to connect with each other and possibly arrange a carpool. |
Village Pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain
Aug. 30-Sept. 13 Join Rev. Melanie Hardison to explore walking as a spiritual practice, as we walk 69 miles of this ancient pilgrimage route over nine days. An information session will be held Sunday, June 2 (10 a.m. in Room 230-Mission Campus). The registration deadline is June 15. Visit villagepres.org/camino for details. |