Mon., Mar. 29, Noon - 4:00 pm The Metro Mission team invites all to a service opportunity with one of our NE mission partners, Micah Ministry at Independence Blvd Christian Church, to help in the clothing closets. We will be sorting, organizing and helping process the many donations they have received during the Read More...
Among the many issues the pandemic has spotlighted, affordable housing and growing evictions have risen to the forefront. The housing crisis nationwide is multifaceted. Recently we had the opportunity to learn more about critical housing issues in Kansas City and ways we might assist and protect tenants during these times. If you missed Read More...
We are collecting empty prescription bottles for Micah Ministry who repurposes them after sterilizing for distribution of body soap, shampoo and other hygiene needs. You may leave bottles in the collection bin at the east entrance to the church Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
By Rev. Corey Meyer, Director of Mission Partnerships The people came in short waves over the course of about an hour and a half. Some would come up and say, “No lettuce, please,” or “I would love extra beans today,” and we happily obliged. A few folks requested a smaller portion of Read More...
The Personnel Committee announces the appointment of Rev. Corey Meyer as the church’s new Director of Mission Partnerships.
Families waiting outside the hospital, often for several days, while a family member is a patient are entertained by many birds in a large aviary. With the construction of the new mother-child center, the aviary needed to be moved. No problem for Dr. Henry. Just build a new one. Today the Read More...
When a child at Country Club drops her old legos into a box in the hallway on the way to Sunday School, she has no idea where those legos are going. When a mother writes a $35 check for a baby box she has no idea what baby will end up Read More...
Yesterday was a big day! The Director of Medical Services for the entire State of Chattisgaar, along with other officials, visited the hospital and granted us permission to give vaccines. Today we are acquiring a refrigerator to store the vaccines and within a few days the vaccines will begin. This is Read More...
Eighty Six percent of the women deliver their babies at home. While “home birth” may seem like a romantic notion to those of us in the US, it is actually a critical health hazard in India. We are talking no pre-natal care, no sterile conditions. We are talking women with malnutrition and Read More...
Our joy was multiplied when our first days in Mungeli overlapped with the last two days of six outstanding nurses/nursing students from the University of San Diego. After chapel and rounds on Wednesday, we joined Drs. Anil and Teresa and all the nurses and nursing students for a presentation by the USD Read More...
Just to the right of the pulpit, a sign warns “Caution Radiation Area.” A tender young nurse in a white sari stands at the pulpit clapping her hands and leading the songs for morning chapel. So what is the danger? The old chapel has been demolished. Built in the 1950s, it Read More...
On our tour of Christian Hospital Mungeli when we arrived less than two weeks ago, we were shown some bare concrete rooms and told they would become the new pharmacy. On Saturday Rick Cook prayed and cut the ribbon at the official opening. A building that was originally a ward, and more Read More...
