Recently, a rain shower trapped me in my car as I arrived at the K-State athletic complex. As I waited for the storm to pass, I watched a large flock of seagulls descend on the parking lot around me. They were scavenging for food left on the ground from football game tailgaters. As I was shooting photos of the gulls, two of them passed through my viewfinder to make a graceful, ethereal image.
-scott weaver
Recently, I photographed Peggy Noland at her store in Kansas City, Missouri for a portrait session. Peggy is fun, genuine and amazingly creative. She is an art teacher, a fashion designer and a business woman. Her small space is wallpapered with thousands of stuffed animals. Twice a year, she changes the display theme of the store. Once, she covered the walls, ceiling and floor with cotton so it resembled a cloud. Although people may enter her store to see the decorations, they leave after buying her clothes. Her unique styles are selling well enough that she opened her second store in Berlin, Germany three months ago.
-scott weaver
On Sunday, November 1, 2009, Heartland Community Church held its first service in our new home nearly two years after we purchased and renovated the old Rhodes furniture building in Olathe, Kansas. God is awesome.
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A Halloween display in the front yard of a house in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.
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Thunderstorms soaked Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, October 29, 2009.
A shuttlecock sculpture is seen through a rain streaked window at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, October 29, 2009.
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The colors of the autumn season are everywhere around Kansas City, Missouri.
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Belle, a K-State equestrian team horse, whinnies against Baylor at Fox Creek farm in Manhattan, Kansas on October 17, 2009. K-State defeated Baylor 10-9.
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“As a prisoner of the Lord, I beg you to live in a way that is worthy of the people God has chosen to be his own. Always be humble and gentle. Patiently put up with each other and love each other.” – Ephesians 4:1-2 (CEV)
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Marcia Merrick, left, passes out clothing to strangers on December 25, 2007.
I met Marcia Merrick a few years ago through my church. She is the director of Reaching Out, Inc., a missions ministry that helps the homeless in Kansas City, Missouri. She is an amazing woman whose heart for others is surpassed only by her heart for Christ Jesus. She has given away her own mattress, her own dining room table, her own food, money, clothes and her life to the less fortunate.
Recently, Marcia was nominated for The View’s Ultimate Volunteer on ABC. She received over 50,000 votes and placed third out of the ten finalists. I was disappointed for Marcia that she didn’t win the grand prize: one million Starpoints from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii, the equivalent of 25 round trip tickets from Los Angeles to Honolulu or a five night stay at the Royal Hawaiian Resort for ten years. After the contest, Marcia posted a Facebook message stating, “Nobody should be disappointed. We won getting people aware of the homeless people of Kansas City. Thanks again for all your help.”
“Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.” - Hebrews 13:2 (NIV)
-scott weaver
Vespa scooters parked on 19th Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
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