Wednesday, February 5, Childcare at Leawood, West, Overland Park will not be open during morning due to local public school systems announcing late arrival schedules. All church buildings will operate on regular schedule. However, at Leawood, West and Overland Park, programs requiring childcare will not be held prior to noon Wednesday.
On Sunday, February 9, we’re moving our regular 5 pm worship service to 4 pm so everyone can get home in time to watch the Chiefs play in the Super Bowl.
Serve locally with us on the third Saturday every month! Our events are designed as easy, low-commitment ways to make a positive impact on your neighbors in the metro area. Try something new or enjoy a familiar favorite. Either way, you’ll experience the powerful impact of helping others by becoming God’s hands and feet right here in Kansas City.
Avenue of Life is an amazing organization whose mission is to mobilize our community to equip and empower low-income individuals and families to be self-sustained and independent. Volunteers will be assisting with our giveaway event, which includes serving breakfast, distributing clothing, and item from our food pantry to the community. Family Friendly!
Hillcrest serves over 1,020 children, individuals, and families each year through its five residential sites in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas and Jackson County in Missouri. Proceeds from Hillcrest Thrift Stores directly support their Housing Program. Join your Lee’s Summit community this November Serve Saturday to make a difference in these family’s lives! 14 & Older
The mission of Mercy and Truth Healthcare Ministry is to provide healthcare to the uninsured and underserved people of our community and world through Christian service. This Serve Saturday we will be cleaning, organizing, and labeling their Wyandotte County workshop to improve efficiency. 12 & Older
All skill levels welcome. Work with other volunteers on projects including construction, organization, and clean-up to support our community partners. We will be working various projects at the Blessings Abound new location in Marin City (former Big Lots store).16 & Older
Our Mission Center is home to our Food Mobile, Book mobile, Bed Ministry, and Resurrection’s Truck Ministry. This Serve Saturday we will assemble sack lunches that we distribute through our Food Mobile and community partners to our homeless community. 10 & Older
We’re seeking intermediately skilled painters (not necessarily a professional, but not your first time either!) to help brighten and refresh the hallways and walls at Resurrection West! This project is perfect for individuals who have some experience with painting and are comfortable with the basic techniques needed for a clean, professional finish. 16 & Older
Join us at Resurrection West for World Random Acts of Kindness Day! Families are invited to stop by and pick up materials for a fun and meaningful scavenger hunt, designed to spread kindness throughout our community! You’ll work with your family or small group to complete small but impactful acts of generosity, bringing joy to others and sharing God’s love in simple, powerful ways! Let’s work together to make Kansas City look a little more like the Kingdom of God! Family Friendly!
The RPOR Drop-In Center is a safe, non-judgmental place for prostituted women from all backgrounds and races. This serve opportunity will help organize donations received to support this community. 18 & Older.
The mission of Lazarus Ministries KC is to offer unlimited compassion while providing for the unmet needs of Kansas City’s urban core. We bring hope and opportunity to those in need and work toward solutions for homelessness and food insecurity. 12 & Older (12-15 must be accompanied by an adult)
Lend your heart and your hands to JVS and the refugees and immigrants they welcome. Volunteers ensure that JVS is able to engage, encourage and empower our newest neighbors. Help JVS provide much-needed items to their clients by sorting clothing donations in their clothing closet and household items at their warehouse. JVS is one of many organizations our Refugee Support Ministry works with. 12 & older
Help fight hunger! Join us at the West Missions Center to prepare and pack up our weekend Backpacks for Hunger. We will pack almost 1000 bags that go directly to Olathe students! All ages and abilities welcome.
Join us at Resurrection Downtown as we step outside the warmth and comfort of home to experience the conditions of our homeless neighbors. This event begins with a presentation from a local shelter followed by a 2K walk around our Resurrection Downtown location. We will end with a warm bowl of soup at our Resurrection event space and time to reflect on the experience.
Ongoing serving opportunities
Can’t serve this Saturday? Join our Resurrection Ministries throughout the month. Opportunities from construction to preparing hot meals. We are always adding events to serve all month long!
Turkey Carving & Meal Prep Event! Join us for a fun-filled event where you’ll be carving turkey, sorting meal items, and packaging delicious desserts. Whether you’re a master chef or a first-time volunteer, there’s a role for everyone!
Now that the Thanksgiving meal bags have been collected, we need your help to sort and organize them for distribution to our community! 10 & Older
Now that the Thanksgiving meal bags have been collected, we need your help to sort and organize them for distribution to our community! 10 & Older
This holiday season, help spread joy by volunteering with Lee’s Summit Social Services! They need our support to organize their pantry and clothing shop, ensuring families in need can access essentials during this special time of year. Your time and effort will make a big difference as they prepare to serve the community throughout the holiday season. Come lend a hand and help make the holidays brighter for those in need!
Shelter KC Women’s Shelter is a Christ-centered community offering freedom, support, and resources to those in need, empowering them to reach their full potential.
16 & older
Our vision is that every individual will be nourished, educated, and supported in an atmosphere of love and respect to permit them to achieve their full potential.
Joy Meadows’s mission is to provide foster families with community, support, housing, and resources so that children in foster care can find stability, healing, and joy.
Global FC uses soccer as a vehicle for transformative impact.
We support underserved youth, many of which come from refuge and immigrant families, with the tools to overcome obstacles to success by providing resources, opportunities, and relationships towards a brighter future.
reStart exists to end homelessness in Kansas City. For over four decades they have tackled homelessness from all angles of the housing continuum using experience and insight to mobilize teams and partners to address this urgent and growing need.
ReStore generates funds that support our work with local families in need of a safe, decent, and affordable place to call home. Sorting donations, taking inventory, and assisting customers, are some examples of group volunteering opportunities in Kansas City that help us increase our impact.
Mission: To support the social, emotional and reading skills that are foundational to student success by advancing our literacy platform and mobilizing community volunteers. 12 & Older
Uplift Organization is a mobile street outreach for the homeless of Kansas City. Three nights a week, we take four Sprinter vans loaded with food, clothing, and other essential supplies out to the homeless. FAMILY FRIENDLY!
Resurrection Spring Hill. Join us as we clean, paint, and freshen up our new location before opening the doors in September. 14 & older
Bring your friends and family to help assemble Kindergarten readiness kits. The activities and materials in the kits are specifically designed to help preschoolers with readiness skills and development such as language and literacy, math, fine motor, and more. 12 & Older
We are dedicated to improving the health of the communities we serve through the provision of high quality, affordable, accessible and culturally appropriate care to all individuals regardless of ability to pay. Health Partnership Clinic is committed to serving as a vehicle for collaboration among community partners as a critical aspect of meeting our mission.
Let’s show our KC Crossroads community some much needed love! We’ll spend the morning cleaning our streets, handing out cold water to our at-risk neighbors, and praying for our city. This activity is for all ages, but youth must be with a guardian.
The Giving Garden is a community justice initiative to grow fresh, organic produce. The produce from this garden goes directly to our Resurrection Food Mobile and our Resurrection Food Pantry and be given away as a tangible sign of love to those facing food insecurity. FAMILY FRIENDLY!
Artists Helping the Homeless (AHH) offers transitional and supportive housing programs for men struggling to find shelter often as a result of substance use disorder. AHH also administers a re-entry program that helps recently incarcerated individuals find housing, employment, and social support services. 16 & Older
Our mission is to provide services for treating substance use, mental health, and homelessness so that individuals may return to the community as responsible, employed, and permanently housed contributing members of society. 18 & Older
KC Farm School at Gibbs Road empowers individuals of all ages, ancestries, and abilities
through on-farm, hands-on experiences and vocational education
connecting them to the land and soil, food, community, and opportunity. FAMILY FRIENDLY!
Blessings Abound Thrift Store is a Christian not for profit organization called to serve the metro Kansas City Community by selling and recycling donated merchandise in order to provide aid to people in need.12 & older
Check back with us soon! We are adding more opportunities to serve with us on February 15 in the next coming week. Email us here if you have any questions.
Mother’s Refuge is a home for pregnant and parenting young moms that do not have a stable or permanent place to live. Weather permitting, we will work to update the yard and landscaping for fall and winter!
The new Overland Park Thrift Store location is now open! Hillcrest thrift stores directly support their efforts to to solve homelessness in Kansas City. Hillcrest Transitional Housing offers homeless families, singles and youth a disciplined educational program within a caring, supportive environment. 14 & older
Support our newest Pre-K Partner School, Richardson ECC. We will work together to create a library learning space that encourages social, emotional, and cognitive development of young children.
Hillcrest Transitional Housing offers homeless families, singles and youth a disciplined educational program within a caring, supportive environment. Join us as we assemble welcome baskets. All ages welcome.