Thursday, August 15, 2013

Shepherd's Center of KCK to present "Adventures in Learning" August 16

By MELISSA BYNUM

KANSAS CITY, KAN. --- Adventures in Learning, the free monthly program of the Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City, Kan., will take place Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, at Grace Lutheran Church, 3333 Wood Avenue. All are welcome to attend.

This month will feature a potluck picnic lunch and musical entertainment. Attendees are asked to bring a side dish to share with the group. Shepherd’s Center is providing hotdogs.

9:00—10:00 a.m. Health Screenings (no cost)
Blood Pressure checks by retired Health Professionals

9:00—9:50  Registration and Fellowship
(Coffee and Snacks)

10:00 – Noon: All programs will be held in the Fellowship Hall
Walter Woods and Judy Hershberger, Argentine Mennonite
Sheriff Don Ash—the “Singing Sheriff” - Maywood Community Church
Gabriel Harris, vocalist, voice student at KCKCC


Noon – Hotdog and Potluck Lunch
Presiding: Mary Hunt
Invocation: Rev. Ken Nettling, Pastor at Grace, Bethel, Immanuel and Faith Lutheran Churches


12:45 – Entertainment
Music, Music, Music!
Rev. Mic McGuire—Pastor, Living Water United Methodist Church
Tracy Case, organist, Welborn Community Church


Designed to celebrate and engage older adults, Adventures in Learning has been providing enrichment, fellowship and a noon meal for more than 27 years in Wyandotte County. Adventures in Learning provides free morning health screenings, selections of informational and educational workshops, and lunch with an entertaining program.

These monthly programs are free and everyone is welcome to attend; join in one workshop or stay for the entire program. Lunch is served at noon for $4. Please call the Shepherd’s Center office at 913-281-8908 for more information. Visit the Shepherd’s Center of KCK online at www.shepherdscenterkck.org.