{"id":52,"date":"2006-06-12T22:57:57","date_gmt":"2006-06-12T22:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?p=52"},"modified":"2006-06-12T22:57:57","modified_gmt":"2006-06-12T22:57:57","slug":"thank-you-westside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"Thank You Westside"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend was the opening of our new campus<\/a> in Lenexa, KS and what an amazing weekend it was. In fact it turned into quite a surreal experience for me. Some of you know this but I was
\njust a 15 year old, \u201cnon-practicing\u201d Catholic girl when I first stepped foot
\ninto Westside 7 years ago. At that time there were 500 people attending the church.<\/p>\n

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Before
\nthat first day, I had no desire to go to church ever again and didn’t have a relationship with Christ. But through the Student Ministry investing in me and showing what it was to accept Christ – I have found my home for last 7 years… and God willing for years to come.  Westside is now a church of 4500 and growing…  and I am even on staff. <\/p>\n

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I can\u2019t believe how incredibly awesome
\nGod is and how perfect His timing is. What a wild and crazy privilege to be a part of this amazing ride.<\/p>\n

I know there are tons of \u201cWestside
\nStories\u201d and mine is just one of many in the lives of the people at Westside. What an honor it is to receive God\u2019s gift of this new, beautiful building. Of course, it is not about the new building for I know it is
\nmerely a tool God will use through His people who are willing. So – let
\nus be faithful with it, friends. <\/p>\n

I am probably most excited to be part of the ministry that is to come in the next
\nchapters ahead. The love and appreciation for this church and my church family that I feel is like
\nnothing I ever had when I was younger. <\/p>\n

To my fellow Westsiders: thank you for being my friends and
\nfamily. <\/p>\n

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This past weekend was the opening of our new campus in Lenexa, KS and what an amazing weekend it was. In fact it turned into quite a surreal experience for me. Some of you know this but I was just a 15 year old, \u201cnon-practicing\u201d Catholic girl when I first stepped foot into Westside 7… Continue reading Thank You Westside<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}