2022/2023 Signature Mission
Reconciliation Services
Therapy and Case Management Expansion
The Mission Committee has selected Reconciliation Services (RS) Reveal Strength Campaign for this year’s Signature Mission. Seventy-five thousand dollars from Village Church will support the renovation of a new therapy office and case manager’s space on the second floor of Reconciliations Services building at 31st and Troost. Village Church’s contribution will help RS double its capacity for providing therapy and social services to the community.
For more than 30 years, Reconciliation Services (RS) has made the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri, along the Troost Avenue corridor, a focal point for addressing the root causes of systemic poverty and economic inequities. RS serves 4,000+ of their neighbors annually across all its core programs including social and mental health services, foster grandparents program and Thelma’s Kitchen (which Village Church helped fund in 2018). The building housing RS was originally built in the 1900s and is in need of extensive renovation to address grandfathered accessibility challenges, life-safety concerns, a manual elevator, discontinuous vertical circulation, deteriorating ceilings and floors, labyrinth-like space configuration and a lack of acoustical separation needed in therapy programs. Furthermore, the staff of RS is currently dispersed among multiple closed off levels limiting collaboration and camaraderie.
Renovation of the building to address their infrastructure needs has begun, and Village Church is delighted to contribute to this major turning point for Reconciliation Services. With $75,000 from Village Church Endowment and the Mission operating budget along with donations from corporations, Kansas City foundations and individual donations, RS hopes to complete its renovation in 18 months.
For more than 30 years, Reconciliation Services (RS) has made the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri, along the Troost Avenue corridor, a focal point for addressing the root causes of systemic poverty and economic inequities. RS serves 4,000+ of their neighbors annually across all its core programs including social and mental health services, foster grandparents program and Thelma’s Kitchen (which Village Church helped fund in 2018). The building housing RS was originally built in the 1900s and is in need of extensive renovation to address grandfathered accessibility challenges, life-safety concerns, a manual elevator, discontinuous vertical circulation, deteriorating ceilings and floors, labyrinth-like space configuration and a lack of acoustical separation needed in therapy programs. Furthermore, the staff of RS is currently dispersed among multiple closed off levels limiting collaboration and camaraderie.
Renovation of the building to address their infrastructure needs has begun, and Village Church is delighted to contribute to this major turning point for Reconciliation Services. With $75,000 from Village Church Endowment and the Mission operating budget along with donations from corporations, Kansas City foundations and individual donations, RS hopes to complete its renovation in 18 months.
What is Signature Mission? This fund, which is generally combined with the Mission Legacy Funds from Endowment, provides the monies for a larger than customary gift from Village Church to a community nonprofit. These funds may help start new programs, expand infrastructure and/or serve new clientele. In general, Signature Mission provides funds to help a local organization grow. It offers an authentic opportunity to encounter Jesus Christ through service work and an identifiable place to grow in relationship with God.
Every year, the Village Church Mission Committee invites selected nonprofit organizations to apply for this grant. The Mission Committee reviews each application and tours the applicant organizations as a part of the decision-making process. The recipient is announced in the fall during a Sunday services. During the succeeding year, Village Church continues to follow the program’s progress and highlight the recipient through various electronic and print publications.
Since 2008, Signature Mission grants have been awarded to the following programs:
Every year, the Village Church Mission Committee invites selected nonprofit organizations to apply for this grant. The Mission Committee reviews each application and tours the applicant organizations as a part of the decision-making process. The recipient is announced in the fall during a Sunday services. During the succeeding year, Village Church continues to follow the program’s progress and highlight the recipient through various electronic and print publications.
Since 2008, Signature Mission grants have been awarded to the following programs:
- Swope Corridor Upper Room, 2008-2009
- Shawnee Mission School District Homeless Program, 2009-2010
- Rose Brooks Center, 2010-2011
- Hillcrest Transitional Housing of Johnson County, 2011-2012 & 2012-2013
- Cross-lines Community Outreach Computer Lab, 2014-2015
- De La Salle Parent and Child Education Support Program, 2015-2016
- Operation Breakthrough Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Lab, 2016-2017
- Community LINC Trauma Informed Care Program, 2017-2018
- Reconciliation Services Thelma’s Kitchen, 2018-2019
- Avenue of Life Unaccompanied Homeless Youth House, 2019-2020
- Literacy KC Entry to English and High School Equivalency Program Expansion, 2020-2021
- Artists Helping the Homeless Johnson County Respite House, 2021-2022
- Reconciliation Services Therapy and Case Management Expansion, 2022-2023
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