151st Street Church of Christ of Olathe

151st Street Church of Christ of Olathe First Service: 8am
Sunday Morning Bible Class 9:30am,
Second Service:10:30 am
Sunday evenings: 5pm
Wednesday Bible class: 7 pm

Movies often include tropes, familiar devices, character types, or plot points that help audiences recognize the genre, ...
07/05/2026

Movies often include tropes, familiar devices, character types, or plot points that help audiences recognize the genre, tone, and rules of its story. They provide a structural framework that helps viewers understand the film, offering familiarity that can bring comfort or be subverted to create surprise.

The question, “Do you trust me?” offers an example of a trope. Typically, a character asks the question right before a crucial moment in the movie, signaling that the other character must abandon their logic. This trope illustrates a common portrayal of trust in our culture – it is a ‘blind leap of faith,’ something separate from facts and reason. However, this understanding stands in opposition to the Bible’s presentation of trust. The Bible calls readers to trust God based on its record of His actions, which reveal His consistent and good character. But trust does not exist in isolation; the Bible’s call for trust inseparably ties to its expectation of humility, which it defines as trusting God rather than oneself.

This month, our lessons will explore stories of Jesus’ apostles that offer insight into what it looks like to be his disciple. This lesson considers Luke’s account of Jesus calling Peter to follow him, emphasizing the humility Peter demonstrated in his response.

In Matthew 23:23, Jesus rebukes the Pharisees because while they carefully observed even the smallest details of the law...
06/28/2026

In Matthew 23:23, Jesus rebukes the Pharisees because while they carefully observed even the smallest details of the law, they neglected the “weightier matters” of justice, mercy, and faithfulness. Their religion had become focused on external performance rather than inward transformation. Through Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 23 and the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector in Luke 18, we see how legalism replaces relationship with God, produces pride rather than humility, and causes people to trust in their own righteousness rather than in God’s grace. True discipleship is not about proving our worth through religious activity but responding to God’s grace with loving obedience. As followers of Jesus, we are called not merely to know God’s commands, but to become people whose lives increasingly reflect His justice, mercy, faithfulness, and love.

The Bible describes God’s globe-spanning mission to bless “all the nations of the earth” (Genesis 22:17-18), the same mi...
06/14/2026

The Bible describes God’s globe-spanning mission to bless “all the nations of the earth” (Genesis 22:17-18), the same mission Jesus commissions his disciples to carry out (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8). However, that mission encounters resistance from the seemingly endless number of categories we use to define our relationships with others. There is a tendency to use categories like black/white, Republican/Democrat, foreigner/citizen, liberal/conservative in divisive rather than descriptive ways – ways that reveal and reinforce prejudices that undermine God and Jesus’ mission.

Jesus commissions us to advance his kingdom’s global mission by representing his identity and will. The gospels provide insight into this mission through their account of the Pharisees, the Jewish religious leaders whose behavior shows how NOT to be a disciple of Jesus. This lesson will examine the Pharisees’ prejudices against people who were not like them.

The church picnic will be AT THE BUILDING!
06/07/2026

The church picnic will be AT THE BUILDING!

Don’t forget the church picnic is TONIGHT. Food at 5:00. Please check your email on whether we will be at the shelter in...
06/07/2026

Don’t forget the church picnic is TONIGHT. Food at 5:00. Please check your email on whether we will be at the shelter in Heritage Park or if the weather will push us to the building. Call to be made at 3:00.

Our elders have repeatedly stated their dedication to remaining a church-planting church. However, we must first be a gr...
05/31/2026

Our elders have repeatedly stated their dedication to remaining a church-planting church. However, we must first be a growing church to be a church-planting church. Deacons play a vital role in that growth. Working alongside elders and ministers, deacons take responsibility for ministries that meet the needs of our church family and support our development. A few weeks ago, the elders announced a search for additional deacons, and today we will recognize the appointment of four new deacons to our church leadership: Garry Ahlgren, Jeremy Heusal, Matt Price, and Colin Dalli-Smith.

Several of our deacons have been meeting regularly over the past couple of years to develop plans for implementing our e...
05/17/2026

Several of our deacons have been meeting regularly over the past couple of years to develop plans for implementing our elders’ vision through improved communication and collaboration. Part of their efforts involves choosing an annual theme to direct their activities. They selected the following theme for this year:

Equipped for the mission: every disciple, every place

Their theme motivates our current sermon series, which explores the question, “What does it look like to be equipped for the mission?” We are focusing our study on Paul’s letter to the Colossians because it records his instruction to his audience to “put on” certain attitudes and practices (Colossians 3:12-14), which, together, form the portrait of an equipped disciple. This lesson examines the paired expectation of tolerance and forgiveness that the Colossians were to practice (Colossians 3:12).

Several of our deacons have been meeting regularly over the past couple of years to develop plans for implementing our e...
05/03/2026

Several of our deacons have been meeting regularly over the past couple of years to develop plans for implementing our elders’ vision through improved communication and collaboration. Part of their efforts involves choosing an annual theme to direct their activities. They selected the following theme for this year:
Equipped for the mission: every disciple, every place.

Their theme motivates our current sermon series, which explores the question, “What does it look like to be equipped for the mission?” We are focusing our study on Paul’s letter to the Colossians because it records his instruction to his audience to “put on” certain attitudes and practices (Colossians 3:12-14), which, together, form the portrait of an equipped disciple. This lesson examines the “meekness” that the Colossians were to practice (Colossians 3:12).

In Colossians 3:12–14, Paul calls believers to “put on” humility as a defining mark of those who belong to Christ and ar...
04/19/2026

In Colossians 3:12–14, Paul calls believers to “put on” humility as a defining mark of those who belong to Christ and are equipped for His mission. Grounded in their identity as God’s chosen, holy, and beloved people, Christians are to intentionally clothe themselves with humility in everyday life, especially in moments of tension and offense. The story of David and Nabal reveals how quickly even a faithful servant of God can be driven by wounded pride, while the example of Abigail shows humility as active, courageous, and peace-making, stepping into conflict to absorb tension and redirect destruction. Ultimately, her response points forward to Jesus, who perfectly embodies humility by entering our brokenness and fully bearing the judgment we deserved on the cross. Since we are united with Christ, humility is not merely an ideal to admire but a life to embody. As we learn to “put on” humility, we become a community marked by peace, unity, and Christlike character, and are therefore equipped to participate faithfully in God’s mission in the world.

In 2019, Forbes Magazine reported that US organizations alone spent an estimated $166 billion on leadership training (th...
04/12/2026

In 2019, Forbes Magazine reported that US organizations alone spent an estimated $166 billion on leadership training (the global amount exceeds $366 billion). Clearly, our nation and our world believe in the importance of leaders. Jesus shares our world’s assessment of leaders’ importance. Paul wrote that Jesus “gave gifts to men” in the form of leaders, “the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers” (Ephesians 4:7-11). Today, we begin a search for additional deacons to serve our church family. Because we recognize leaders’ impact, our elders have laid out a six-week plan to find and appoint additional deacons that begins with today’s lesson. So, let’s consider the office of the deacon to frame our efforts to find additional deacons to serve our church family.

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13875 W 151st Street
Olathe, KS
66062

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Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
7pm - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 11:30am
5pm - 6pm

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+19138295596

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