Weekly UPdate 10/04/26

Welcome to the weekly update 👋 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. This Sunday, October 4th: Prayer Team: Meets in the Family Room at 9:30a (anyone can join) 10:00am Worship Gathering: Join us for Sunday service in person or online. New Series Begins: Yes, You—Called for Kingdom Purpose Kids Ministry: Age-specific programming during the service each Sunday Staff Mtg: 11:30 in the Conference Room Wednesday, October 7th: Women’s Wednesday morning group meets in the Welcome Center at 10am. Women’s Wednesday evening group meets in the Family Room at 6:30pm. BEMA group meets in the Conference Room at 6:30pm - anyone can join Upcoming Events: HAVERHILL ROAD CLOSURE: closed to through traffic EACH DIRECTION from 5-7:30 am/pm every day until Oct 19. There’s a Place for You God uses spiritual disciplines to make us more like Jesus and form us into a family. When we study, serve and give, we worship God, grow personally and bless others. When you give and serve at Real Life, you help students find friends, kids learn to follow Jesus, babies experience love, and people in person and online find belonging. Serving and giving go beyond filling roles and paying bills. God uses them to shape us and the people we reach. Helping every person possible takes every person present. Where might God be inviting you to step in or step up?Serve at Real LifeGive at Real Life We’re continuing to work a yard at a time toward replacing carpet throughout much of Real Life. The project works out to about $32 per square yard, and we’re starting with the Fellowship and Family Rooms. So far, we’re received enough to cover 62 square yards.Help Us Cover A Lot Of Ground This Week's Message "You Matter" Pastor Corey • Do you ever feel like Heaven must have a quota and somehow you made the cut. Jesus teaches us to begin our prayers with the words “Our Father.” Our relationship with God is deeply personal, but it was never meant to be private. Through Jesus, we are welcomed into God’s family and joined to a body where every person matters. In this message, we will see that we matter not because we are unusually visible, gifted, or important, but because God knows us, loves us, and has given us a place among His people. Can’t be here in person on Sunday?Join Us Online Daily Message Moments email Get daily inspiration delivered right to your inbox weekday mornings at 6am to help you look more like Jesus every day.Get The Daily Message Moments Email Watch last week’s message 👇Subscribe To Our Podcast Women’s Ministry If you are interested in Women’s Ministry Events please subscribe to the Women’s Ministry Posts. You’ll be automatically informed each time a new post is made available so you’ll never miss a Women’s event... if you check your email 😉Subscribe Here Our StudentLife Ministry meets on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 - 7:30p. They currently meet in the Welcome Center but will transition to the Fellowship room once that is completed. Do you have kids involved in Student Life? Keep up with our student ministry; get important updates, event info, schedule changes and more by subscribing to our StudentLife posts!Keep up with everything our students are doing Every week during the school year our youth walk into Student Life carrying school pressure and big questions about who they are. For a few hours, they enter a place where they are known and reminded that they matter to God. And the first thing they do is sit around the table and share a meal. But it’s more than just feeding their bodies, it’s providing them with a sense of belonging. As they eat they talk, they laugh, they share... and they grow closer together. You don’t have to be in the room to make an impact. You can prepare a meal, join the meal rotation, or give money to help others prepare the meal. When you feed students, you’re not just filling plates—you’re creating space for God to work. Use the link below to provide a meal or contribute financially this school year.Help Create a Place Through a Plate Prayer Team: This may be the most important thing that happens on Sunday mornings. Our prayer team meets at 9:30 in the Family Room and prays for YOU, the Sunday service, our volunteers, staff, guests and for transformation as we strive to look more like Jesus ever day. If you have a prayer request please let us know! For more information email Ray Blanket Ministry Team: Our blanket ministry provides blankets as a physical display of God’s love when needed most. Blankets are donated to those in the hospital or baby blankets are delivered to Branches Pregnancy Centers and other organizations. If you’d like to help make blankets or want info email Jessica Pyle. If you’d like to stop and pray over the blankets we have they are in the Family Room Care Team: Our Care Team meets with individuals following the service who are seeking prayer or wanting to take their next step with Jesus. If you’re good with people and have a heart to pray with and walk with people in that moment when God is stirring in their heart this might be a great ministry opportunity for you. For more information email Terry Cleaning Team: This team helps us create a clean and welcoming environment for our guests and regulars who come to the building each week. A clean church shows our thankfulness for what God has provided and removes stumbling blocks to those we welcome to worship every Sunday and throughout the week. If you’d like to join this group email Corey and we’ll get you the details. Could you take Erin’s place on Nov 15th? Erin had surgery on her foot and is non-weight bearing. If you’ve got some time and could help fill the schedule on Nov 15 we’d love the help! Let Corey know if you can cover the date for us. Cleaning Schedule: October: 04 - Crisps 11 - Jehners 18 - Corey L 25 - Pam K 🛄 Hungry? We have a FOOD PANTRY: The Food Pantry is available to anyone at Real Life who may need help with a meal or more between paychecks or when struggling for various reasons. If you’d like to pick up a meal or two (or want to know more about this ministry) let pastor Corey know after the service. Community Prayer We’ve been having more people take advantage of prayer with our Care Team following the service. If you’d like to assist our Care Team by praying/talking with people after the service please see the Care Team info above. Your prayers are appreciated for Pam, Tyson and Kelli at the passing of Kenny Kretz on 9/30/26. Donations for final expenses can be made to the church, put “Kretz” in the memo. Do you have a prayer request for our Care Team?Submit Your Prayer Here Your generosity helps fund the mission and ministries God has called us to here at Real Life. Thank You for giving! New to our community? No pressure. Today, just be our guest.Give to God at Real Life Here Fellowship Room Update: Would you like to help? If you’re able to help with the masonry work, or hanging ceiling grid and want to just come down and work on it when you have time we’d love the help! Talk to Corey about what you can do and when and we’ll get it set up. We are down to a few projects left to complete. Masonry work on East Wall Painting the newly completed drywall work Drop ceiling removed in South part of room Drop ceiling installed in South part of room and along West wall New carpet is being chosen - lead time is 6-7 weeks New carpet installed Electrical fixed in South part of room New base moulding installed Stage built and sound/video installed We appreciate your continued financial and physical support as we work to finish this space out so that ministry that leads to transformation can begin to take place in this previously unused part of the building. Stay Connected 📩 Subscribe to this Collection to get these updates delivered directly to your inbox. 📸 Follow us on Facebook and YouTube 💬 Pastoral care or questions? Connect with us here. Real Life Stats: Last Sunday’s Attendance: 133 Last Sunday’s Giving: $3,186 Avg. YTD Attendance: 125 Avg. YTD Giving: $3,210 2026 Weekly Budget: $3,077 Services: Sundays at 10:00 AM 9110 SW Haverhill Rd, Augusta, KS 67010 Here’s Some Community Causes To Check Out The goal of Explorer Post 140 is to provide young adults with meaningful career exploration in EMS, Rescue Operations, Public Safety, and Community Service through hands-on training, leadership development, mentorship, and service to others. See you soon ☀️