The Plan
Vibrant, Welcoming Entry Way
We are focused on creating a visible, hospitable entrance. We want all who enter our building, whether they are first time worshippers, families looking for children’s or student ministries, or food pantry guests and volunteers, to feel welcomed and have the ability to easily find their way.
Reaching Every Generation
This campaign is designed to ensure our 67,000 square foot building is a place for all generations by making renovations to create an experience that enhances community connection, a hub of ministry action, and transformational faith.
Plans for the remodeled entrance are designed to create an experience that takes people from the front door throughout our building and into a community of connection.
The renovations will honor the over sixty years of ministry that have built a foundation for generational impact. This campaign will help prepare our spaces for future ministry growth within our children and student ministries.
We will relocate the food pantry, allowing for additional space to expand and better adjacency to the kitchen. This provides an intentional opportunity to connect to families with children and youth in our community, and it creates a more dignified experience for those being served.
Resurrection History
In 1990, a group of visionaries shared a dream that they could build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people of all ages would become deeply committed Christians. Launching Resurrection in a funeral home, they laid a foundation for generations to come. They had no idea the number of lives that would be transformed or the impact the church would have on the community, but they trusted God and dreamed big.
Resurrection has always been about people whose lives can be transformed when they follow Jesus, and who in turn can change the world. But, as we’ve grown and expanded, we’ve recognized that facilities and resources are important tools for ministry. Today, as a thriving church with six physical locations and a growing online presence, we are committed to ensuring that our buildings and programs continue to welcome and care for our community – from those yet to be born, to teens and young adults, to our oldest adults.
Resurrection Overland Park Story
Future Resurrection Overland Park
In 1959, the founding members of Valley View UMC established a church with a dream to connect with the community of Overland Park. They opened their first sanctuary in 1961. This church would go on to become Resurrection Overland Park.
Grand Opening
In August of 2019, we welcomed over 1,200 adults and children to the grand opening of Resurrection Overland Park, marking the launch of Resurrection’s fifth location.
Resurrection Overland Park Food Pantry
Resurrection Overland Park became an outpost of hope for the community by distributing over 252,000 meals in 2021 through the Resurrection Food Pantry.
Generation to Generation
Resurrection Overland Park continues to welcome a growing number of people into our doors weekly for worship, kids and student ministry programs, recovery ministry, and community outreach.
Carol and Steve Campbell
We’re excited about giving to this campaign because the world needs more churches that make people say ‘there is a church that’s doing good within their community and you can see the impact being made.’ Hopefully that helps people realize that churches still
serve a vital part in the community.
The starting point to sacrificial giving is looking at how I spend my money, considering the things that I can put aside, so that I can give to something that’s going to have a lasting legacy.
Pay Down Debt and Expand Ministry
One of the goals of this campaign is to pay down some of our debt from previous building projects. A portion of our annual ministry budget goes to debt service. By reducing this debt and the associated interest, more funds will be directly available for programing, missions, and outreach.
A Vision for 2030
In 2019 our congregation helped shape, and then approved, a set of visions for the year 2030. Creating the right tools for ministry with new and remodeled spaces and reducing our debt will allow us to more effectively live into these visions:
- Closing the Spiritual Gap by helping our congregation and community grow in their faith
- Closing the Generational Gap by reaching future generations for Christ
- Closing the Kindness and Justice Gap by helping our city and world look more like the Kingdom of God
- Closing the Opportunity Gap through efforts focused on education with an emphasis on PreK education and by addressing poverty
Together We Can Ensure a Vital Ministry for Resurrection Overland Park for Generations to Come
Campaign Need $2.2 Million
Our leaders have prayerfully considered this campaign with faith in the future of our church, knowing that the size of our congregation and the size of our ministry budget pave the way for us to meet this realistic need of $2.2 million. But it will take sacrifice and it will take everyone’s help and participation.
How will we get there?
Capital campaigns are an investment in the future, and the legacy we leave behind. You are invited to consider the goals of the campaign, the ministry impact of the building and paying off debt, and then pray, inviting God to guide you to consider a sacrificial gift that can be given over a period of four tax years, a gift over and above your annual giving to the church.
Generation to Generation is a time of spiritual growth – for our church and for each of us individually. You have the opportunity to be part of something that will have a tremendous impact on the mission and ministry of the church. We need your commitment as we continue this incredible journey of transforming lives, renewing churches and changing the world. We hope you will join us in praying about making a sacrificial gift to ensure our congregation has a vital future caring for all our generations.
Bill and Marilyn Taylor
Our vision for the future of Resurrection is
a church full of families. And people of all ages.
Campaign Commitments
Investing in the Future Through Sacrificial Gifts
This is your opportunity to take a bold step in your spiritual journey, make a sacrificial gift to invest in God’s work, and experience the joy of knowing that you will be sharing Jesus with current and future generations.
Generational Ministry Impact Stories
