Kansas City Oasis

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 am. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Featured Speaker: Helen Stringer, M.S.- executive director of KC Oasis Community Moment: Ben Bradley Musical Guest: Quinton About our featured speaker: Shortly after obtaining a bachelor’s degree in pastoral studies, Helen Stringer came to realize she could no longer support any religious ideologies. She redirected her passion for community and helping others by working as a center director and counselor for a local nonprofit that assists young families in crisis. Simultaneously, she completed her master’s degree in human services...

Join your friends for a relaxed day of fun and games. Your hosts Leslie and Luke Beardall will have some snacks, but encourage you to bring food and drink as well. Guests should bring board games they’d like to share with the group. If the event gets a high RSVP count, you might consider asking your host about bringing chairs/card tables. Kids are welcome and the home is child friendly, even for the youngest ones. A dog and cat do live in the home. There is driveway parking and street parking. There are some stairs to enter the house, and...

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 am. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Program ends at 12:30PM Featured Speaker: D. Rashaan Gilmore Community Moment: Josh Laws Musical Guest: Camille Elaine

Join us for lunch at McCoy’s in Westport! Please RSVP for headcount. If we’re a large group, we may be at more than one table, since many casual venues don’t take reservations. If you arrive and don’t recognize any faces, message Mark Dixon or ask the host/hostess. The Monthly Midtown/Downtown Lunch Group meets approximately once a month for lunch in the midtown/downtown area (Waldo, The Plaza, Westport, KU Med area, Downtown, SW Boulevard, River Market, etc). The location will change each month based on suggestions. In general, we’ll be looking for low- to medium-priced venues. Please join us!

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 am. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Featured Speaker: Jase Heap "Remembering Our Enlightenment Heritage" Community Moment: Michaelyn Eberhart Musical Guest: Clearly Guilty Jason D. ("Jase") Heap is the national coordinator for the United Coalition of Reason based in Washington, DC. He has an MDiv from Brite Divinity School (Texas Christian University), a master’s in history and religion from the University of Oxford, and post-graduate certification from Sheffield Hallam University. He taught philosophy, psychology, religious studies, personal/social/health education, and other subjects in the UK’s state-maintained schools...

Join your fellow Oasians for an evening of food and libations at Bier Station. We have reserved their Biergarten room. Food will be brought to the table, and you can order your drinks at the bar. Details of a happy hour special will be forthcoming. If you have questions or if you are concerned you won't know anyone at the event, get in touch with James Wartell. Leave the kids with a sitter; this is our monthly adult happy hour. We'll see you there!

Come join Oasis parents and pre-teens for a night of playing Munchkin at Josh, Sarah, and JJ's house! If you have the game please bring your copy. We will need several. We will be eating pizza. A parent should accompany their child/children to this event. For families with multiple children, feel free to bring siblings of age 7 and older, but (because this is a teen event) we ask that you leave smaller children at home. All interested adult volunteers are also welcome. The address for this event will be messaged the day before the event via Facebook for all...

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 am. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Featured Speaker: John Dehlin, Ph.D. Community Moment: Jess Sanchez Musical Guest: Miss Conception (spoken word artist and female rapper) About John Dehlin: John Dehlin is a psychologist, researcher, podcaster, and social activist. He has a Ph.D. in Clinical and Counseling Psychology from Utah State University. Information about his psychotherapy and coaching private practice can be found here. John’s clinical and research interests involve the nexus of religion and mental health. John’s research has been published in numerous peer reviewed...

Join KC Oasis as we help feed and clothe those in need at Micah Ministry! The Micah Ministry is a charitable organization that seeks to help anyone, regardless of race, gender, religious (or non-religious) 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. They feed those who seek their services with a restaurant-style waiting operation: volunteers take drink and food orders and deliver the food to them, providing seconds...

New to Oasis and want to learn more? Join us for an evening of casual conversation about our model, vision, and anything you want to talk about. You will also have the opportunity to meet and talk with a few of our board members. If you're a regular Oasian, you are welcome to attend as well!

Doors open at 10:30 am for coffee and conversation. Sunday Gathering begins at 11 am. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome! Featured Speaker: Janey-Ali Rizvi Community Moment: Melodie Armstrong Musical Guest: KC Drum Tribe About our featured speaker: Janey-Ali Rizvi is a former Muslim who graduated in Religious Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. He serves on the Board of Directors for Houston Oasis (www.HoustonOasis.org) as well as the Oasis Network (www.usoasis.org).

Come join Oasis parents and teens age 13-17 for a visit to Union Station for Da Vinci: The Exhibition. In addition to a display of Da Vinci's sketches and paintings, some of his fantastic machines are reproduced in three dimensions. This is a great way for parents to spend time with their teenagers. A parent should accompany their child/children to this event. For families with multiple children, feel free to bring siblings of age 7 and older, but (because this is a teen event) we ask that you leave small children at home. All interested adult volunteers are also welcome....

Bring the family and join us for another happy hour! Parents with young kids (and people who don't mind kids) are invited to enjoy a family-friendly wine, beer, or whatever-you-fancy happy hour. EVERYONE is welcome, whether you have kids or not! Please bring a snack and a bottle of your favorite wine/beer/whatever to share. Lila’s place has plenty of space and is kid friendly. There are cats in the home (plan for allergies.) Games and crafts are welcome. If there’s snow on the ground, kids will be welcome to play in the snow. There are a few stairs to get...