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: Scott Cruce, Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City https://www.bbbskc.org/ Community Moment: Daniel Harris Musical Guest: Kansas City Flute Choir Quartet http://www.kcflutechoir.org/ Scott Cruce is the director of volunteer recruitment at Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City. A Big Brother himself four times over, he’s a huge believer in the power of mentorship. Outside of his work, Scott’s passions are his wife and family, his Missouri Tigers, his Royals and Chiefs and coaching...

Bring your favorite dish to share and enjoy a potluck meal with your Oasis community! *By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Oasis Code of Conduct (https://www.kcoasis.org/about-oasis/code-of-conduct/).  

Join us after the potluck for games, fun and frivolity! The venue is wheelchair-accessible, and kids are welcome with a parent or guardian. *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 Speaker: Carrah Quigley, "The Parliament Report" Musical Guest: JJ Cantrell With eight days of Interfaith dialog, Indigenous wisdom, environmental calls to action and bringing voices to women's dignity, The Parliament of World’s Religions delivered speeches, performances and personal declarations, galvanizing all who attended to return to their homes and convey all they learned, in hopes of creating a global ethic to take us into future. This talk will focus on the personal lessons...

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: Jenna Dolecek, Refugee Development and Community Engagement Coordinator for Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Musical Guest: The Sextet Community Moment: Melody Petet Jenna Dolecek is the Refugee Development and Community Engagement Coordinator for Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas. She was born in Wichita, lived in Kansas City for a few years as a child, and recently relocated from Denver. Jenna received her Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Wichita State, where...

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: Dr. Darrel Ray Musical Guest: Beau Bledsoe Community Moment: Barb (aka Janie) Miller From early childhood we are taught and told things to think and believe. Many of those things may have been useful in childhood but cause us problems as we mature. There are voices that we imbibe and often incorporate as if they were our own. In this talk, we will explore how to create your own voice.About the speaker: Dr....

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: Ron Ruhnke, "The Perils, Pitfalls and Possibilities of Individuality" Musical Guest: JJ Cantrell Community Moment: Susana Bruhn Individuality vs. community. Self vs. other(s). Selfishness vs. altruism. Self-reliance vs. interdependence. These are dualities that we live with daily, and balancing them in our lives is often a challenge. We live in a culture and historical period, at least in the West, that promote a hyperindividualism. Yet we are coming more and more to...

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: Sharon Cantrell, Micah Ministry Musical Guest: Brian Ruskin https://www.facebook.com/brianruskinmusic/ Community Moment: Jude Lane A long-time Christian Church (Disciple of Christ) member, Sharon Cantrell returned to the Kansas City area to be around family and friends in 2002. She previously served as program director at Samaritan House, a residential homeless program for people living with HIV and AIDS in the Ft. Worth area. Sharon has her Bachelor of Social Work from Southwest Missouri...

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....

JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST GATHERING IN OUR NEW LOCATION UPTOWN THEATER 3700 BROADWAY BLVD KCMO 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. Musical Guest: Alan White Duo Kids' Room: Engineering Skills. Your kids will learn what makes a paper airplane fly faster and farther. Then they will work together on making puff mobiles and racing their creations. Kansas City Oasis has five core values: Meaning comes from making a difference, People are more important than beliefs, Human hands solve human...