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metro kansas city VISIT US AT facebook/metrovoicenews EDITION or metrovoicenews.com From Branson to Oceans of Fun, Here are Some Staycation Ideas. Page 6 Concert & Events | PAGE 12 CELEBRATING FAITH, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY IN KANSAS CITY VOLUME 26 • NUMBER 6 June 2015 FREE– TAKE ONE! Where does LLOOKINGOOKING BBEYONDEYOND WWINSINS & LLOSSESOSSES KC Rank? Royals General Manager Dayton Moore Seeking True Success by Alan Goforth | Metro Voice News The best hitters in Major League Base- ball failtwo-thirds of the time. This Most unchurched year’s World Series champion likely will lose 60 games. Fans who praise the man- cities listed ager and players when they are winning often want them to be fired or traded by Michael F. Haverluck during a losing streak. A recent study conducted by the Barna After a lifetime in the game, Dayton Group has divulged where the 100 biggest Moore, senior vice president-baseball U.S. cities fall when it comes to going to operations and general manager of the church … and avoiding it. Kansas City Royals, has learned to never “Every week, nearly half of Americans at - get too high or too low. tend church,” Barna researchers discovered. “You have to be able to manage fail- “Nationwide, just over two in five Ameri - ure well if you want to be successful on cans (42 percent) are ‘very active’ churchgo - the field,” he said “Make sure you are ers — meaning they attend church weekly. not motivated by praise or defeated by That’s a substantial number — yet it’s only criticism.” four percentage points higher than the Moore has seen both sides of the coin number of Americans who haven’t attended since arriving in Kansas City nine years church in the past six months (38 percent) — people Barna Group defines as ‘church - less.’” Kansas City makes the top 50. See ROYALS page 23 Many cities, however, divert from the norm significantly. “However, church attendance varies FAITHFAITH AND AND FAMILY FAMILY NIGHT DAY A TAT T THEHE “ K“K”” J UJULYLY 1 1 11 widely from city to city and region to re - See UNCHURCHED CITIES page 22 Rebuilding Joplin, one photo at a time Photo recovery project reconnects owners Much of Joplin was leveled by the massive with photographs lost in 2011 tornado 2011 twister. An effort is underway to re - turn lost photos to survivors. by Ryan Schuessler The Leybas’ entire building was reduced to rubble. When the storm passed, they May 22, 2011, is a day Anita Leyba will pulled themselves out of the debris and saw never forget. a shadow of what was once their city. Anita 3 That evening, Joplin Missouri took a di - remembers the first thing she noticed: the 6 0 rect hit from a mile-wide, multiple-vortex trees, stripped bare of branches, leaves, and 4 6 EF5 tornado. Anita and her husband took bark. She recalled the piles of rubble — O shelter in their apartment. She recalled desolation for as far as she could see, in M , hearing the building being ripped apart every direction. t 4 i 1 e m around her. She paused. 1 c 1 i m o “I have never been so afraid in my life,” “We lost eight people in our apartment u X V S O she said. “I screamed, I cried, I prayed. You building,” she said softly. o s ’ r B t e could hear the timber cracking. e O e See JOPLIN page 23 M P L “It just got worse and worse and worse.” GET 50% OFF YOUR ADVERTISING! CALL 816-524-4522 OR EMAIL [email protected] 2 • June 2015 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––metrovoicenews.com n facebook.com/metrovoicenews ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Metro Voice Luis Palau moves to NYC ahead of massive Central Park crusade Evangelistic giant follows best to respond to the invitations if Pat and “To be able to gather in footsteps of Pope John I were living in the city, available at a mo - ment's notice." together in unity, in Paul II, Billy Graham Palau has personally preached the gospel one of the most iconic to more than 30 million people all over the by NICOLA MENZIE world since becoming a missionary with locations in the world, his wife in 1962, but the popular evangelist Evangelist Luis Palau, whose ministry is and give this gift to has never preached in New York City on based in Portland, Ore., has revealed that such a grand stage. When he takes to the the city — it's a privi - he and his wife will be moving temporarily “Great Lawn” this summer, the 80-year-old lege. And it wouldn't to New York City ahead of a massive, and Argentinian, known for his simple and ac - likely historical, evangelistic and celebratory have been possible cented gospel presentation and precise wit, event taking place this summer at the Big will have joined the ranks of other influen - without the hard work Apple's iconic Central tial Christian leaders who have preached to Park. of hundreds of the masses at Central Park. "Pat and I are moving Pope John Paull II and evangelist Billy are expected to join Palau on the Great masses in New York City. churches and thou - to New York City! Please Graham both held worship services on the Lawn in July, along with several recording "To be able to gather together in unity, pray! We won't be there sands of individuals 55-acre open lawn, in 1995 and in 1991, re - artists, for the event called NY CityFest. The in one of the most iconic locations in the for good. Just through spectively. The New York Times reported seasoned evangelist shared at a missions world, and give this gift to the city — it's a right here in New York the summer ... until the that then-72-year-old Graham's "crusade conference in 2013 that he believed God privilege. And it wouldn't have been possi - evangelistic festival in City and around the PALAU of love and redemption" was attended by had given him a dream about preaching the ble without the hard work of hundreds of Central Park on July 11. an estimated 250,000 people, while the gospel in New York City, after he had lis - churches and thousands of individuals nation. ” It's a big move with a lot of details to iron pope, 75 at the time, welcomed "a chanting, tened to a Billy Graham crusade in 1959. right here in New York City and around the out," reads a statement from Palau's organ - CityFest would be an event to remember. cheering, joyously singing biblical multi - New York City, considered a global city, nation," Palau said. ization that was emailed to supporters. "It is my prayer and expectation that tude" of more than 125,000 to Mass on the is home to more than 8.4 million people The evangelist also gave special credit to "The opportunities for presenting the many people will look back on this effort Great Lawn. representing more than 500 people groups minority Christians who have lent their Gospel in NYC are many and seem to come years from now and see how God used this For his part, an estimated 60,000 people and 800 distinct languages across five bor - support to NY CityServe, the good works in a flash. The team decided it would be oughs, according to the 2013 census and compliment of NY CityFest: "Seeing time of their unity and service to do some - NYC Church Planting. Nearly 70 percent the minorities step up and lead the way in thing special in the lives of so many people of New Yorkers claim some kind of reli - this effort has been one of the greatest thrills in New York City," he said. gious affiliation, with Roman Catholics for me. Many of them see this as their op - Several guests will be on stage before acounting for 52.5 percent of all religious portunity to bless the city and nation that Palau presents his "message about the New Yorkers, according to City-Data. has given them so much. And now, to be transformative power of hope" to the Palau seemed most grateful to local able to work together to proclaim 'Good masses in July. Recording artists TobyMac, Christians and partners for helping to re - News in the City' — what a joy!" Israel Houghton, Matt Redman, Mandisa, alize his dream about preaching to the Palau also expressed the desire that NY See PALAU page 18 MBCH Children and Family Ministries expands human trafficking outreach MBCH Children and Family Min - class. This enhanced program will years. These ministries include istries has announced a major expansion provide 24-hour supervision as therapeutic group homes, preg - of its “Freedom 43:19” Human Trafficking well as work closely with the nancy services, transitional living Rescue program to include minors – clients to provide therapy, increase services, foster care case manage - those in state custody as well as those pri - knowledge of healthy living skills ment services, treatment foster vately placed into the program at MBCH’s and healthy relationship education. care, foster family and relative/kinship re - Lowe-Frillman Campus in Bridgeton, MBCH will also work closely with local source development programs and family Mo. public schools to meet educational needs reunification services. The agency has lo - The program, in existence since De - and provide other educational programs cations in St. Louis (Bridgeton), Spring - cember 2013, has until now focused on re - to meet the clients’ needs. field, Joplin, Mt. Vernon and locally in habilitation of up to 11 girls at a time MBCH Children and Family Min - Kansas City and Peculiar.

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