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...

  How many lives will YOU save August 26? Community Blood Center (CBC) is the primary supplier of blood for local hospitals and has been serving Missouri and Kansas hospitals for more than 50 years. CBC needs to collect 580 pints of blood every day and over 140,000 annually to meet the needs of our local hospitals. Kansas City Oasis is hosting a blood drive Sunday, August 26, from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on CBC's donor bus. Please give a little of your time and a pint of your blood to help us collect 25 units of blood and save 50...

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: Steve Arkin, staff neurologist at Saint Luke's Kansas City, "Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health and Suicide: A Personal Perspective" Musical Guest: JJ Cantrell Community Moment: Amanda Niedzwiecki Dr. Arkin will talk about the epidemic of suicide and trends in this country and worldwide, and about his personal journey through the years of living with a son with mental illness. He will discuss the stigma and pitfalls as well as the different...

  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...