Welcome to the weekly bulletin 👋
This is your one-stop spot for everything happening in our church family. From kids to adults, small groups to special events, here's how you can get connected over the next seven days.
Sunday
- 9:00am - Discipleship: Learn more about the Christian Faith, Bible Study, God, and how to live the Christian Life.
- 9:00am - Junior Bible Quiz: Kids learn and memorize Bible facts, doctrine, and verses directly from the Bible.
- 10:15am - Sunday Worship: Worship through Song, Sermon, Communion, and Prayer.
Monday
- Camp Day 2026: join us for a Labor Day celebration and fun activities for the whole family.
- West Family Life Group: Learn more here.
Camp Day '26
Tuesday
- 7pm Singles Young Adults Life Group - Click here to learn more.
- 7pm Married Young Adults Life Group - Click here to learn more.
Wednesday
- Ps. Abram’s Bible Study - @ SummitView Terrace. 10:30am.
- First Priority Raytown High School - 1pm. Students preaching the Gospel at RHS.
- Midweek Prayer - 6:30pm in the Sanctuary.
- Commission Youth - 6:30pm in the Classroom. Click here to learn more.
Thursday
- NONE
Friday
- NONE
Saturday
- Men's Bible study - 8 to 9:30am at the church. Click here to learn more.
Upcoming Events
- KC Day of Hope - Saturday, September 19th. Our fall outreach to bless our community.
- Trunk or Treat - Saturday, October 31, 4-6 pm
KC Day of Hope
Free Trunk or Treat in South Kansas City 🎃
You can find a full list of our events on our calendar here.
This Week's Message
Watch last week’s sermon 👇
Waiting Is Hard | Dr. Fel Bagunu | Song of Solomon 3:1–5
Waiting Is Hard | Dr. Fel Bagunu | Song of Solomon 3:1–5
🌙 WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN LONELINESS MAKES YOU RESTLESS?
At 2 AM, anxiety can get loud. We want to be known. We want to be seen. We want connection. And when waiting becomes painful, it can become tempting to chase relationships, validation, or intimacy before the right time.
In this message from our Sacred Symphony series, Dr. Fel Bagunu walks through Song of Solomon 3:1–5 and shows us why waiting is hard, but loneliness is an awful driver.
📖 In Song of Solomon 3, a young woman becomes restless when she cannot find the one she loves. Rather than waiting, her anxiety sends her searching through the city at night. Her experience gives us a remarkably relevant picture of relationships in our own culture.
We may not wander the streets of ancient Jerusalem, but we scroll at 2 AM. We reread old texts. We chase likes, dating apps, superficial connections, and sometimes unhealthy relationships because being alone feels worse than ignoring the warning signs.
But God offers us another way. ❤️
✨ In this message:
• Why loneliness can lead us toward unhealthy decisions
• How anxiety affects dating and relationships
• Why God's boundaries are meant to protect us
• Why we shouldn't ignore the "guardrails" God places in our lives
• How anxious attachment can suffocate healthy relationships
• Why real intimacy requires time, commitment, and emotional safety
• How to embrace seasons of singleness without seeing them as punishment
• Why our deepest identity must be grounded in Jesus
💬 Key Reminder:
“Loneliness is an awful driver.”
When we're desperate for connection, it's easy to rush something that needs time to grow. Our culture offers microwave relationships, but biblical love develops through commitment, trust, respect, and patience.
❤️ If you're single or waiting:
Protect the pace. Stop chasing people who only want you when it's convenient. Don't mistake a quiet season for God's punishment. You are worth a relationship characterized by commitment, respect, and mutual effort.
Most importantly, don't ask another person to provide an identity that can ultimately only be secured in Christ.
🙏 Your identity is found in Jesus.
God's love isn't frantic. He isn't ghosting you. He isn't playing games with your heart. His love is steady, and you can trust Him even when waiting is hard.
⛪ Join us at Commission Church
📖 Discipleship — Sundays at 9:00 AM
🙌 Worship Service — Sundays at 10:15 AM
Whether you've followed Jesus for decades, are navigating a season of singleness, are rebuilding after a broken relationship, or are simply exploring faith, there's a place for you here.
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Community Prayer
We carry each other through the spiritual practice of prayer. Here are a few needs our community is lifting up this week:
🙏 Rose’s Family: grieving the loss of her brother
🙏 A brand-new school year for all of our students and education faculty
🙏 Norris's work
🙏 Jillian’s healing for hip and back
🙏 Evan’s healing
🙏 Healing of those with cancer
Submit your own prayer request here or pray for the whole list of needs by opening up the prayer hub.
Giving
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Services: Sunday discipleship at 9am | Sunday worship at 10:15 am
11801 E. Bannister Rd., Kansas City, MO 64138
