Due to potentially damaging weather this afternoon and evening, the children’s musical and pre-show events in the Leawood Sanctuary have been cancelled and will be rescheduled.
Scheduled programming has resumed for Thursday, February 13 at all Resurrection locations.
Community members and hunger relief organizations gathered at Resurrection Leawood for Loving One Another in Our Hungry World. The symposium explored food insecurity close to home and around the world, and it showed how much more we can do when we work together.
In Malawi, young graduates had built a thriving tree nursery—and a more secure future. Then they decided to give something away. Their question, “How can we help the next group?” opens a story of faith, fruit trees, and global missions that keeps growing long after graduation. Discover what happened next.
Rev. Cheryl Jefferson Bell was walking through a sunflower field in September when a butterfly landed on her finger — and stayed. What happened next turned into a reflection on justice, courage, and the promise that no matter where we go, we are not alone.
A toothbrush, floss, and toothpaste may seem small, but for neighbors without routine oral care, they’re a real gift. Hear how Resurrection Overland Park volunteers packed hundreds of dental kits for Health Partnership Clinic, and how you can help pack more at Family Serve Night.
The people we set out to serve often end up discipling us. At Resurrection, we believe service is discipleship, and there’s a place for you in it. Come serve with us with an open heart and discover what God might teach you along the way.
Over 60 volunteers gathered on September 9 to launch the 2026–2027 season of Backpacks for Hunger, Resurrection’s weekend food program for students facing food insecurity. In week one alone, the team assembled 1,756 bags for nine Partner Schools — a number expected to grow past 1,900 bags a week as more students enroll.
Over 60 volunteers gathered on September 9 to launch the 2026–2027 season of Backpacks for Hunger, Resurrection’s weekend food program for students facing food insecurity. In week one alone, the team assembled 1,756 bags for nine Partner Schools — a number expected to grow past 1,900 bags a week as more students enroll.
When storms left thousands of Kansas City families without power, Resurrection’s Hunger Ministry volunteers stepped in — delivering meal boxes and sack lunches to displaced students, funding hotel stays for families without electricity, and running a drive-through pantry that reached 300 families with fresh groceries.
Resurrection Overland Park opened its doors to host the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment’s Community Baby Shower, connecting expectant and new parents with practical resources, safety education, and support for their newest family members.
In Malawi, a farmer kneels in the dirt, turning what was once waste into new life. It’s unexpected. It’s messy. And it’s changing everything. Through global missions, communities are discovering a better way to grow food—and hope—in places where both once felt out of reach.
Eunice Kennedy left school in 10th grade in Malawi’s Chikwawa District, selling cloth in markets just to help her family survive. A vocational program through Resurrection’s global missions partnerships gave her skills, income, and a vision bigger than herself. Her story doesn’t end with her.
At 20, Evason Byson was farming fields in Malawi just to help his family survive. Then a vocational program — supported through Resurrection’s global missions partnerships — handed him a sewing machine. His story is proof that opportunity, not circumstance, writes the final chapter.
Rev. Cheryl Jefferson Bell will be the first to admit that loving her neighbor is something she still struggles with. Then she met a typewriter poet named Nika Renee — and walked away with a poem that’s been a mirror and a challenge ever since.
Rev. Cheryl Jefferson Bell spent Martin Luther King Jr. weekend at a celebration where the preacher declared we are in the second civil rights movement. She believes he’s right. And she’s calling Resurrection’s justice ministry — and you — to respond with intention in 2026.
As a child, Rev. Cheryl Jefferson Bell memorized the Preamble to the Constitution with pride — not yet understanding it wasn’t written with her in mind. Decades later, she’s still holding onto hope. And she’s calling the church to do the hard, holy work of justice.
