Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 a.m. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Program ends at 12:30 p.m.Featured Speaker: Lynne Thomson Community Moment: TBD Musical Guest: John Svoboda http://svobodaguitar.com/ Lynne is the oldest of 4 brothers and sister, all of whom were born on a farm in Alden, Iowa. The oldest of six, she has always been a care-giver and decided to pursue a nursing degree. After graduating cum laude from the Augustana School of Nursing in Sioux Falls South Dakota, she accepted her first job with Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi,...

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 a.m. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Program ends at 12:30 p.m. Featured Speaker: Joshua Stewart, "How to Win Every Argument: Understanding How to Change Hearts and Minds" Community Moment: Chris Hotchkiss Musical Guest: JJ Cantrell Joshua will be sharing his experience from his activism and debates, and teaching us how to have better conversations with those with whom we disagree. About the speaker: Joshua is the activism director for the Kansas City Atheist Coalition. Since deconverting from fundamentalist Christianity in 2009, he has spent years...

Living our values: Human hands solve human problems. Meaning comes from making a difference. Sleepyhead Beds improves the quality of life for Kansas City-area children and their families by providing clean, recycled beds and bedding. KC Oasis will be joining KCAC to assist with warehouse organization at Sleepyhead Beds. Please arrive by 8:30 a.m. to get organized. VOLUNTEERS MUST WEAR CLOSED-TOED SHOES. sleepyheadbeds.org/events/ *By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Oasis Code of Conduct (https://www.kcoasis.org/about-oasis/code-of-conduct/)

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 a.m. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Program ends at 12:30 p.m. Featured Speakers: Rex Burks and Owen Younger, "Did you hear the one about the two atheists who went to Sunday School?" Community Moment: Melanie Phillips Musical Guest: Mark Lowrey and Friends http://www.jukeboxxmedia.com/portfolio/mark-lowrey/ Rex Burks and Owen Younger were both raised as devout fundamentalist Christians until reason and evidence eventually took over. Since leaving religion, they have both become enthusiastic students of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the early Christian church. For more...

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 a.m. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Program ends at 12:30 p.m. Featured Speaker: Carrah Q, "Owning Beauty" Community Moment: Ann Anderson Musical Guest: FIRE DOG https://www.facebook.com/firedogstl/ What is the relationship between beauty and power? The more a woman claims her own autonomy and develops her sense of self away from notions of marriage, home and family, the more her sense of her own beauty become a part of her empowerment rather than a superficial decoration or distraction. History has shown this. Conversations in kitchens and...

At Kansas City Oasis our values are "People are more important than beliefs," "human hands solve human problems," and "meaning comes from making a difference." In that spirit, we partner with Micah Ministry to help feed and clothe those in need. The Micah Ministry is a charitable organization that seeks to help anyone, regardless of race, gender, religious (or nonreligious) affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, or any other trait – as long as they could use some help, the Micah Ministry is there to help them. The Micah Ministry operates in a way that’s a bit different from traditional support organizations....

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 a.m. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Program ends at 12:30 p.m. Featured Speaker: Melanie Phillips, "Adventures in Nana-Sitting" Community Moment: Mikayla Dreyer Musical Guest: Joe Schoonover Many of us will find ourselves in the position of being a caretaker for an elderly family member. At some point, we will all be planning for end-of-life care and arrangements for family or ourselves. In 2015, Melanie and her sister, Kristin, took on a new role: Caretakers for Grandma. Their grandmother was ready (not of her own choosing)...

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 a.m. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Program ends at 12:30 p.m.Featured Speaker: Cheryl Kulp Community Moment: Melody Petet Musical Guest: JJ Cantrell School can be challenging enough for kids, and any additional challenges can all but put an education out of reach. With a good education being a key factor to success as an adult, getting the most out of school is increasingly more and more important. Parents who know about the options, resources, and processes will be better advocates for their child and make...

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 a.m. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Program ends at 12:30 p.m. Featured Speaker: Emma Barnett, Education and Outreach Specialist, Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault "How to Support Survivors of Sexual Harassment" Musical Guest: Sky Smeed https://www.skysmeed.com/ Emma joined MOCSA as an Education and Outreach Specialist in July 2017. While receiving her BA in Political Science from K-State, Emma worked as a violence prevention educator and victim advocate on campus. It was through these experiences that she realized the importance of educating community members on issues...

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 a.m. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Program ends at 12:30 p.m. Featured Speaker: Marilee Harrison, "On Breathing and Walking at the Same Time" Community Moment: John Mueter Musical Guest: JT Eberhard “Reality is known through reason.” That’s one of our core Oasis values. How do we continue forward movement with a measure of reason when faced with distressing circumstances in which emotion tends to rule the day (or the year, or the nation)? When it’s easier to ignore or seek distractions from important issues? Maintaining...