Podcasts featuring messages from Lead Pastor Jim West, as well as associate pastors and guest speakers. Join in person for worship Sundays! Overland Park Campus 8/9/10:30 AM or South Kansas City Campus 10:30 AM. And if you can't make it, we are LIVE online at 10:30 AM, colonialkc.org/watch.
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What’s the Story, Pekin?-a podcast where we share stories of what’s happening in Pekin as told by their authors. We will discuss the community’s profile and personalities, attempting to be an objective source of information on topics of interest to many of us. In the process, we hope to discover the power of possibilities and find reasons for much needed optimism.
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FAQ #1: Why Women Pastors and Elders? - Pastor Jim West
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Four Frequently Asked Questions at many churches: 1) Why Women Pastors and Elders? 2) Why Infant Baptism? 3) Why Presbyterian? and 4) What About Predestination? Today we address the first question. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org
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WMBD Radio Greg Batton
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Greg Batton is a familiar voice in the Peoria area and has been co-hosting The Greg and Dan Show on WMBD Radio since 2005 with partner Dan Diorio. This week, Gary sits down and talks with Gary about his upbringing in Pekin.Gary Gillis - Host
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Proclaiming the Year of the Lord’s Favor - Luke 4:14-30 - Dr. Mary Ho
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We in Kansas City can be part of both going to and welcoming the least reached. We can create ripple effects of blessing from Kansas to the nations. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org
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26 -Jonah: Jesus and the Sign of Jonah - Matthew 16:1-4; Luke 11:29-32; Matthew 12:38-42 - Pastor Jim West
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I hope you can see that the story of Jonah is the story of God’s love and unmerited grace for the worst of sinners, and the tendency for self-righteous religious people with idolatrous nationalistic tendencies to miss the point of God’s grace. Find your place in the story and be honest about where you are — then respond with repentance and faith. S…
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An Interview with Pekin Native Larry Kenney
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This week Gary talks with Larry Kenney who is a graduate of Pekin Hight School and has been in radio broadcasting in several markets including Peoria, and a famous voice in many Cartoons, and other shows. Don't miss this fascinating podcast.Gary Gillis - Host
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25 - Jonah: Living As Exiles - Jonah 1:1-3; 1 Peter 2:11-17 - Pastor Jim West
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We are to trust God, live as people who are free, conduct ourselves honorably, love our brothers, and honor whoever sits in the chair on Capitol Hill. That is our duty as Jesus followers. That is our role as sojourners and exiles. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org…
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24 - Jonah: On the Love of Nation - Jonah 3:10-4:1 & 1 Peter 2:9-17 - Pastor Jim West
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As the community of the redeemed, we live in this country, and every country...in every tribe, tongue and nation...as exiles and sojourners. Our true country is not this land...for our citizenship is in the Kingdom of God, and as Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world.” Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram…
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In the Beginning- the Pekin Park District Story
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This week Gary shares the store of how the Pekin Park District was born.Gary Gillis - Host
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23-Jonah: Everyone Needs Grace - Jonah 4:10-11 and Luke 15:31-32 - Pastor Jim West
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These Biblical stories, Jonah and the Prodigal Son, are a gift to us all because everyone you know...everyone, including you, needs grace. Find yourself in these stories. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org
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A Look Back in Time - Ray Bianchi & Joyce Johnson
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Gary talks with Ray and Joyce about what Pekin looked like when they were younger. Ray & Joyce talk about the popular places in town they would visit that are no longer there.Gary Gillis - Host
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22-Jonah: Learning the Hot Way-Jonah 4:1-11- Pastor Jim West
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Anytime we become convinced that “those people” are the enemy, “those people” are the reason for our suffering, “those people” are the threat that will take us out, “those people” are the reason the world is going straight to hell...we are channeling our inner Jonah. We are perched under our self-made tent of self-righteousness, waiting to see and …
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21-Jonah: The Jonah in Us - Jonah 4:1-11 - Pastor Jim West
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There are many other lessons we can learn from Jonah’s pity-party, and I don’t mean to pick on Jonah because, again, it is only by Jonah’s humility and redeemed life...a life that eventually grew into spiritual maturity...that we have the privilege of reading this story and learning from it. I pray, that by God’s grace, we will all grow into spirit…
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Jared Olar and the History of Schools in Pekin
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This week Gary and Jared go way back and discuss the history of Pekin Schools including the very first school house in Pekin.Gary Gillis - Host
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20-Jonah: What Your Anger Reveals - Jonah 3:10-4:4 - Pastor Jim West
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Keep talking to God. Trust Him enough to be angry and to be honest. Know that God can handle your doubts, your frustrations, and even your very wrong thinking about Him! And remember Jonah. Jonah is well-intentioned but wrong, and he’s a bit of blockhead right up to the end of this story. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook…
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Pekin Alliance for Literacy Success - Len Ealey
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This week Gary talks with Superintendent of District 108 about the new Pekin Alliance for Literacy Success program.Gary Gillis - Host
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4-Bearing Fruit Takes Time - Mark 11:12-14; 20-21- Pastor Tami Lundgren
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If you want to bear fruit, or bear more fruit. You will likely have to slow down. You will have to reassess how you spend your time. You’ll probably have to let go of one or more of things in your life and fill that space with Jesus. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org…
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The 52nd Annual Pekin Marigold Festival Plans
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This week Bailey Gambetti and Amy McCoy join Gary to talk about new additions to the Festival this year and more!Gary Gillis - Host
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3-Serving Like Christ - Mark 10:43b-45 - Pastor Mark Potter
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Serving like Christ is not a drag. It’s fun! And more importantly, it’s significant and fulfilling because when we serve, we serve within the Body of Christ to advance His mission in the world. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org
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The Brotherton Museum
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This week is a visit with the curator of Pekin's great museum facility in the old Franklin School, Roger Brotherton.Gary Gillis - Host
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2-Growing In Christ - John 15:1-8 - Pastor Jeff Sparks
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Pruning keeps the vine productive. Pruning looks devastating at times, nothing left but stems. Yet pruning brings better grapes or more abundant fruit. The same is true for us. Actively meeting with just 1 PERSON Every Week for 1 year is Passing the baton to others, walking with them when the pruning takes place, THIS is at the heart of DISCIPLE-MA…
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Dave Molleck - Editor of the "Hometown Voice" newspaper
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This week Gary talks with Dave Molleck, the Editor of Pekin's new "Hometown Voice" monthly newpaper.Gary Gillis - Host
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1-Called To Follow - Matthew 4:18-22 - Pastor Jeff Sparks
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JESUS' ultimate purpose for you and me is to "MAKE DISCIPLES" BUT . . . just like Peter, Andrew, James, and John, and just like all other Disciples who Make Disciples throughout the history of the Church, we must "FOLLOW JESUS" first, and be DISCIPLED FIRST. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonia…
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"The Good Old Days" with Dick Schermer
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This week Gary is joined by Dick Schermer - member of the PCHS Class of 1962 who looks back at the City from years ago.Gary Gillis - Host
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Student Sunday: Life On a Mission - LUKE 19:1-10 - Michael Otto, Student Ministry Director OP
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Studying the Five Traits of Jesus -Awareness -Availability -Acceptance -Abiding -Self-Abandonment Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org
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The Veterans Memorial Arena Story
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This week Gary talks again with Shawn Powers about the History and interesting facts about the Veterans Memorial Arena.Gary Gillis - Host
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19-Jonah: The Nature of Repentance - Jonah 3:4-10 - Pastor Jim West
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Remember that God’s nature is to love and show mercy to His enemies. That doesn’t mean that He devalues justice, but wherever there is a bit of repentance, His nature is to forgive and to be patient, even when people continue to get it wrong. That was true for the Ninevites, that was true for us, and that remains true for those who offend and threa…
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18-Jonah: Repentance and the Sign of Jonah - Jonah 3:4-10 - Pastor Jim West
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The Ninevites repented at the preaching of Jonah. The Ninevites repented and turned from their wicked ways when they encountered the Sign of Jonah. And the men of Nineveh will rise up and condemn this evil generation because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here! Support the show Thanks for listen…
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Tiffany White of the Dirksen Center and Gary visit on the importance and challenges surrounding the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Gary Gillis - Host
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July 6th Bicentennial Bash
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This week Gary talks with Shawn Powers, Superintendent of Recreation for the Pekin Park District. They discuss the upcoming July 6th Bicentennial Bash held at the Pekin Park.Gary Gillis - Host
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Provision - Psalm 23:5 - Pastor Greg Ealey
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Do you know the shepherd? The good shepherd that prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies and overflows my cup, so that everyone and everything around me is affected by His goodness. Do you know the shepherd that gave his life for me, so I can live my life for him. Do you know the shepherd? If you don’t know Him. You need to get to …
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He Restores My Soul - Ps 23:3 - PASTOR GREG EALEY
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17-Jonah: Mission Impossible - Jonah 3:1-5 - Pastor Jim West
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Jonah’s story is a pre-Christian story of Christian conversion and mission! Such is why it’s so important that Jesus points back to the “sign of Jonah.” Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish as a rebellious soul captured by God’s justice. He cried out to God and was saved by God’s unmerited grace, and he reentered t…
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Economic Development in Pekin
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Gary talks with Josh Wray, Director of Economic Development for the City of Pekin. Gary and Josh talk about what it takes to bring new business to the City as well as some current projects in the works.Gary Gillis - Host
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16-Jonah: The New Man - Jonah 2:10-3:3a - Pastor Jim West
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Jonah now represents those who have been born again. He has been forgiven; God answered his prayer in the deep; and God has blessed his affliction to serve as a sincere and humble testimony of God’s severe judgments and God’s unmerited grace. Support the show Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org…
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Bicentennial Bytes - CB Smith - Pekin's first JailGary Gillis - Host
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Bicentennial Bytes - Washington School - Town PresidentGary Gillis - Host
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Bicentennial Bytes - Wilson School - NanceGary Gillis - Host
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Bicentennial Bytes - Scott AltmanGary Gillis - Host
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Bicentennial Bytes - Broadmoor JH - PioneersGary Gillis - Host
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Bicentennial Bytes - Dirksen School - Pekin AgreementGary Gillis - Host
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Bicentennial Bytes - Edison JH - First MayorGary Gillis - Host
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Bicentennial Bytes - L E Stark School - KelloggsGary Gillis - Host
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Bicentennial Bytes - Willow School - Hank BruderGary Gillis - Host
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Bicentennial Bytes - Jefferson School - Lost HotelGary Gillis - Host
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Gary talks with Jarod Olar about names of Iconic places around Pekin to find out who they were named after and why.Gary Gillis - Host
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15-Jonah: It’s Not About You - Jonah 2:10-3:3a - Pastor Jim West
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We cannot help but imagine Jonah’s humiliation as he emerges from three days in the belly of a fish, staggering onto the beach covered in fish vomit. Jonah’s story is our story...but ultimately, Jonah’s story is part of HIS STORY! So much of this man’s epic failure sets the stage for what Jesus will call, “The Sign of Jonah.” Support the show Thank…
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Keth McKeever talks about the effort to Honor Veterans
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Gary talks with Keith McKeever about efforts to honor Veterans at the June 15th Bicentennial Street Fair and Pekin's United Way.Gary Gillis - Host
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Jarod Olar and Bailey Gambetti talk Downtown Building History
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This week Gary talks with Bailey and Jarod about an exciting new idea that is taking shape downtown.Gary Gillis - Host
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From Coward to Conqueror – The Story of Gideon - Judges 6:11-16 - Pastor Greg Ealey
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God wants to supply the power to the humble---God wants to use the ordinary ...the regular...the poorest...the weakest...so that when it is all said and done their will be no question to where the power came from when you look in your rearview...you will know that it was God who pushed you...it was God who propelled you...it was God that gave you s…
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The Father’s Heart - Romans 8:14-17 - Pastor Mark Potter
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Jesus knows that His Father is not a distant disciplinarian, but a close, compassionate Daddy who hears His Son, loves His Son, and is eager to act on His Son’s desperate cries for help. There is no one in human history who made a greater sacrifice than Jesus Christ did by dying for us on that cross some 2,000 years ago. Let’s honor Him today, and …
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