The Midwest Christian Education and College Expo has

been set for Saturday, March 6.

By Anita Widaman

            Looking for a get-away to celebrate the New Year or Christmas Break?  Don’t look any further than Kansas City’s own back yard. Great Wolf Lodge offers family an all-inclusive vacation package that includes a spa for mom, tons water for the kids and convenient shopping for outdoors gear for dad.

            It’s a perfect way to wrap up your Christmas break celebrations for parents who want to deplete the level of sugar in their children’s body or rid the kids of cabin fever.  If that is your goal, head for the Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City, Kansas.

 By Dwight Widaman

With the continuing debate over President Obama’s and the Democrat Congress’ health care bill, voters are finding that information is power.

With a bill that will give the government control of, in addition to the nation’s banking and auto industry, over 1/6 of the nation’s economy, how can the average person understand what it really means to their family, their pocketbook, their future?  The Liberty Counsel, with the help of a renowned physician, Dr. Peter Fleckenstein, and their own medical and legal experts, has reviewed the bill and discovered the following mandates that should be of concern to all Americans. 

Find out for yourself what all the warnings are about. See if you agree. All the references in Metro Voice articles are to what can be found in this document, the U.S. House of Representatives' "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009." Click Photo to read the bill. Click Comments below to read or leave a comment.

From the Assembly of God News Service

As hundreds of thousands of Kansas and Missouri students begin school this month, parents should be aware that one of the greatest threats to their teen’s safety and future could be at children’s hands––their cell phone. 

What it is

It's confusing parents, teachers and even lawmakers. It's scary. It's called "sexting."

Statistically, 20 percent of teen guys and 22 percent of teen girls have "sexted," sending nude or semi-nude photos of themselves either through cell phones or posting them online.

By Lillian Kwon

Compared to attendees of a typical Protestant church, people who attend megachurches are more likely to be young, single, more educated and wealthier, a new survey reveals.

Beaming God’s Love From Space

Elizabeth Rosenberger | Metro Voice

What do we know about our neighbors across the ocean in the Middle East and North African Christian communities?

In the city of Cairo alone, a baby is born every 23 seconds, adding to a total growth rate of one million people per month in the Middle East. In the year 1900, Arab Christians made up about 20% of the local population. That number is now only about 4% across the region and continues to decrease in many areas. There are still sizable numbers of Christians in some countries, but many have limited or no access to discipleship or leadership training so local churches survive and thrive.

NO CHANGE IN DEMOCRATS’ ATTITUDES ABOUT WHAT IS MORALLY ACCEPTABLE

According to Gallup's annual "moral acceptability" measure, updated in May, Americans have moved to the right on a handful of the 15 issues rated, including divorce, gambling, abortion and embryonic stem-cell research.

ALSO, FEWER THINK ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL “UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES”

A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves "pro-life" on the issue of abortion and only 42% "pro-choice." This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking this question in 1995.

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April 21, 2009 - Grassroots opposition to wasteful government spending and President Obama’s stimulus package culminated on April 15 with the biggest one-day protest so far. Fueled by groups such as the American Family Association (AFA), FairTaxKC and individual citizens, protestors will gathered in more than 1,000 U.S. cities for modern day “TEA (Taxed Enough Already) parties.” Kansas City’s two main events were at Liberty Memorial in Midtown Kansas City, and at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park.

By Michael Spencer

Editor’s Note: A recent column in a leading national newspaper has opened many eyes and created quite a controversy. We reprint it here to encourage thoughtful debate.

April 1, 2009 / Oneida, Ky. – We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity. This breakdown will follow the deterioration of the mainline Protestant world and it will fundamentally alter the religious and cultural environment in the West.