We are passionate about building community and changing lives. We believe that we can make a difference and help transform our community. FaithWork is a local mission service opportunity involving a variety of tasks, from painting, construction, cleaning and even playing with kids at local outreach facilities. Everyone is invited to participate – no prior experience or expertise required.

June 13-22, 2018

Serve with hundreds of volunteers as we refresh and revitalize Whittier Elementary. Click here to register.

Shifts will be 9 am - noon, 1-4 pm and 5:30-8:30 pm daily (no evening shifts on Friday or Saturday). Ages 12 and up are welcome (see youth policy below).

Volunteers are needed to serve in a variety of skilled and less skilled roles from painting, cleaning, organizing and hospitality to more heavy physical roles including playground installation and spreading mulch. Playground work team volunteers must be able to lift 50 pounds and be age 16 or older.

Hospitality Volunteer Opportunities

If you can't commit to physically joining our team we have some behind the scenes ways you can help.

1. Volunteers are needed to provide lunch items for volunteers working multiple shifts during Bless the School. There is a preset menu each day. Meal items will be delivered to Church of the Resurrection at 10am the day of the event.  Please contact Cheryl Jorgensen at ckjorgensen17@gmail.com or Denise Mersmann at dmersmann@aol.com for details.
2. Volunteers needed to provide 4 dozen cookies in disposable containers to be delivered either June 9/10 or June 16/17. These cookies will be dropped off at Church of the Resurrection in the Mission Ministry Space on the South side of the narthex.  The shelving will be marked.  Please DO not bring cookies any other time.  They will be used as treats for those volunteers at Whittier.  Please contact Susan Mulvaney at mulvaneysm@yahoo.com or Amy Rush at arush@waddell.com with questions.

Youth Volunteer Policy

To ensure proper supervision and safety for all participants, the following policy applies to all youth volunteers who sign up with the Volunteer Coordinator or via online registration.

Age 16 and Older

Youth 16 and older may participate unaccompanied in the Bless the School Project if they have a combined Resurrection/KCMO School District Youth Release Form, and both are signed by the parent/guardian of the youth. Releases may not be signed by any other person.

Ages 12-15

• All youth between the ages of 12 and 15 must be accompanied by an adult, with combined release form specified above, completed and signed by their parent or guardian. If adult other than parent is bringing a youth volunteer, please have parent of youth complete release in advance.
• A ratio of 1 adult to every 3 youth volunteers must be maintained.
• Adult sponsors must provide direct oversight for the activities of their charges at all times.
• Youth must be transported to and from the site by their adult sponsors. They cannot be dropped off or wait for pick up at the site.
• Youth will not be allowed in areas with scaffolding and will not be allowed on ladders.

Under Age 12 – Not Allowed

For safety reasons, no one under the age of 12 may participate in this project or be on the project site.

Sponsor a child in the Healthy Foundations program. $17/month (or $204/year) fills a bag with nutritious food for a Blue Springs student that has been identified as being at extreme risk for going hungry over the weekend. The child takes the bag home each Friday and returns it on Monday to be refilled throughout the school year.

Resurrection has a history of coming alongside organizations in Kansas City who are making an impact in the lives of refugee and immigrant families relocated to our metro area. As changes occur this winter, we are in dialogue with these groups regarding our response as caring Christian neighbors.

In the meantime we invite you to reach out to these excellent organizations, or others like them, as you are led. By volunteering or with in-kind donations, you can help these families become self-sufficient, contributing members of our community.

• Adelante Thrift
• Della Lamb Community Services
• The Don Bosco Centers
• JVS
• Kuamba Reading Nook

My Father's House furnishes hope to those in need by collecting, preparing and distributing donated furnishings and home essentials, transforming the lives of program participants, donors and servants into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. We seek to offer a 'hand up' by meeting the household furnishings needs in Kansas City's urban and suburban communities through donated resources.

Resurrection's Furnishings Ministry seeks to ensure that no child or adult has to live in a home without adequate furniture, and to lead the effort in recycling usable household furnishings.

Please visit the furnishings ministry page for details about all of the available volunteer opportunities.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 

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My Father's House Furnishes Hope to those in need by collecting, preparing and distributing donated furnishings and home essentials, transforming the lives of program participants, donors and servants into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. We seek to offer a 'hand up' by meeting the household furnishings needs in Kansas City's urban and suburban communities through donated resources.

Resurrection's Furnishings Ministry seeks to ensure that no child or adult has to live in a home without adequate furniture, and to lead the effort in recycling usable household furnishings.

Please visit the Furnishings Ministry page for details.

You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.