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metro kansas city VISIT US AT EDITION facebook/metrovoicenews STAR or metrovoicenews.com WARS ‘The Force Awakens’ for a new Rend generation Collective PAGE 18 Concerts & Events | PAGE 14 “Finn” John Boyega CELEBRATING FAITH, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY IN KANSAS CITY VOLUME 27 • NUMBER 1 January 2016 FREE– TAKE ONE! K-12 Education & What it means to College Expo Mar. 5 RESPECT Metro Voice will hold the 2016 Christian Education and College Expo Saturday, March 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Colonial Pres - byterian Church. This year, a K-12 Open House has also been planned for the Northland on Monday evening, March 7 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Gladstone Community Center. For the March 5 event, parents looking both at K-12 options and high school students scouting colleges can come with specific questions in mind, said Anita Widaman, who started the Expo in 1999. “Parents of younger students want to know: what curriculum is used? What is the Anita Widaman | Metro Voice worldview of the school? Is there an estab - What does it mean to “respect life?” lished fine arts program? What testing meas - Lif e ure is used? What about sports and Whether it is protecting the life of extracurricular activities? and, of course, can the unborn child or serving the child I afford it?” she stated. The area’s best Chris - tian private K-12 schools have booths and fac - born with special needs or ulty and administrators will attend. GUIDE the grandparent with The free Expo also features 50 Christian BEGINS ON universities from 17 states and free mini-sem - Alzheimer’s, there are inars on everything from homeschooling to PAGE 5! many faces to the pro-life finding financial aid and taking the ACT. “For high school students, prayerfully efforts of millions of choosing the right college can still be a daunt - Americans. See how you can play ing task,” said Dwight Widaman, Metro Voice editor and Expo coordinator. “There are so a part in our special “Respect many excellent choices”. Life” section on page 5. More info at www.metrovoicenews.com WHY MILLENNIALS QUIT CHURCH College students spend summer in Kansas City discovering seven ways to win them back by Annika Bergen tell you to do.” The rest of the conversation slipped While at Shawnee Mission Park, I out of earshot, leaving me to ponder the 3 6 overheard snippets from a couple’s con - state of my generation. As a fellow mil - 0 4 6 versation as they hiked. lennial (born between 1980 and 2000), O “Any religion?” the girl asked—a 20- I worry over my generation’s statistics. M , something with bleached, buzz-cut hair. According to the Pew Research Center, t 4 i 1 e “Atheist,” the guy replied. one-third of adults under 30 claim no m 1 c 1 i m “Amen, hallelujah!” she said laughing. religion. With 75 million millennials in o u X V S O “I can’t stand how Christians think the U.S., that’s just over 24 million that o s ’ r B t e Calvin Beck (left), a senior at Colorado Christian University, and Joseph they’re so ‘welcoming’ as long as you be - don’t subscribe to any faith whatsoever. e O e M P L High (right), a freshman at Lipscomb University in Nashville. lieve what they believe and do what they See MILLENNIALS page 23 GET 50% OFF YOUR ADVERTISING! CALL 816-524-4522 OR EMAIL [email protected] 2 • January 2016 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– metrovoicenews.com n facebook.com/metrovoicenews –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Metro Voice Kansas teen’s shoe drive BOARD APPROVES FINANCING PACKAGE gains national attention FOR NEW ST. LOUIS FOOTBALL STADIUM Amelia Flores had a goal of collecting 2,000 pairs of shoes by December 18. After collecting 1,000 pairs herself, the New Rams Stadium in St. Louis not supported by NFL goal was met overnight with a tweet by Kim Kardashian West. "I woke up and had a ton of messages from people who I did not know," said the 17-year-old. "They were showing me these tweets from Kim Kardashian." The tweets said the following: “I'm up breastfeeding & watching this show Dish Nation. I heard the cutest story of a girl who is trying to find 1000 pairs of shoes to donate to this charity Soles For Souls! They helped her during Hur - Amelia has made a huge difference ricane Katrina. I think I know the de - fundraising and raising awareness. signer of Shoe of the Year Award!” hoping to raise 25,000 pairs of shoes by "I'm so grateful. I don't think she un - March 1. derstands how much this means to me. Andover High School will continue I'm just glad that she helped with the collecting shoes for Flores' drive until publicity and getting attention," Flores March 1. said. You can also donate shoes for Flores' Now that her goal is met, the teen is Drive by contacting Soles4Souls.org. The proposed new football stadium would be open air and located on the edge of the Mississippi River. The St. Louis board of Aldermen voted in late Decem - its owners are expected to vote in Jan - ber in favor of a funding package for a new NFL stadium uary on relocation requests. Rams that has many calling it the biggest boondoggle in state owner Stan Kroenke has expressed history. In fact, NFL Commisioner Roger Goodell is even interest in moving the team to Los against it, telling Governor Jay Nixon that the stadium pro - Angeles. posal “is fundamentally inconsistent with the NFL’s pro - No agreements have been made to gram of stadium financing.” bring another team to St. Louis if the Under a task force’s proposal, the city would finance Rams leave. $150 million of the $1.1 billion project. The rest of the GOODELL If Nixon and his task force don’t get money would be footed by Missouri taxpayers at the ex - the financial assistance from the NFL, their stadium deal pense of state roads and bridges, the NFL and $250 million might not break ground. That has some die-hard Rams from the team owner. fans upset but, seeing that football is big business with total Goodell said the NFL provides a maximum of $200 revenue approaching $8 billion in 2014, taxpayers may ex - million, whereas the bill approved included $300 million. press a sign of relief if it doesn’t go through. St. Louis could be running out of time. The NFL and Highways Ministries fundraiser to benefit the Orphan Justice Center Highways Ministries is selling "Ten Josh Swain's testimony at World Revival Keys to Raising Kids That Love God" for Church of surviving an accident with a a suggested donation of $18 to raise semi-truck. "Josh said that God showed funds for the Orphan Justice Center, him that He spared his life because of based in Grandview. "Ten Keys to Rais - his daughter that he and his wife, Sab - ing Kids That Love rina, had fostered and were now adopt - God" was written ing." All net proceeds from the book will by Leilani Hay - be donated to The Orphan Justice Cen - wood, an award- ter. winning writer and "We at Orphan Justice Center are online editor for very excited to have award-winning SpiritLed Woman. writer, Leilani Haywood and Highways The book is full Ministries stand with us as we fight for HAYWOOD of heart-warming Justice and walk out James 1:27 to - stories woven with practical advice for gether,” says Maria Singh, spokesperson might consider underprivileged, in their raising Christian kids in a hostile, secu - for The Orphan Justice Center. “We times of need. Thanks to Leilani for lar culture. The book includes a Bible know that not everyone is called to having a desire to equip and empower study for parents and caregivers to cre - adopt but everyone can do something." families, as well as giving resources and ate their own parenting goals. "This D'Lynn Watts, founder of Highways financial help to the Orphan Justice book will make an excellent tool to give Ministries added, “As an adoptive family Center.” parents insight, instruction and encour - ourselves, getting behind Leilani Hay - Orphan Justice Center has a three- agement," say former Charisma editor wood's vision and heart to donate all the fold mission of facilitating adoption, Lee Grady and Grady. proceeds from her book, The Orphan rescue and fostering of children and Haywood, who also served as editor Justice Center, was a no-brainer. High - working with distressed families. of Metro Voice in the past, was inspired ways Ministries considers it an honor "I'm excited to partner with High - to sell the book to raise funds for the and a privilege to help orphans and ways Ministries and the Orphan Justice Orphan Justice Center after hearing widows or any one who the world Center for my book," Haywood says. Metro Voice –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– metrovoicenews.com n facebook.com/metrovoicenews –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– January 2016 • 3 Bill would open restrooms news briefs to both men and women Elsewhere in the Middle East, Qatar ranked 32, Lebanon 67, Jordan 80 and Egypt Fear of vaccines leads If one Missouri state senator is suc - 108 with Syria coming in at 134. The highest to Ukraine polio spike cessful, businesses, churches and schools Muslim country to make the list was Qatar (WNS)--In early December, the World could be forced to allow the opposite sex while the majority were in the bottom one- Health Organization (WHO) did not mince use of their rest - third of the rankings.