Kansas City
August 2018
Joint Workplace Visit & Lunch: Connections to Success (Kansas City)
Save the date on Thursday, August 23 from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. to hear about the amazing work Connections to Success is doing to empower men and women enter into society and the workforce after incarceration. Pastors, come learn about how they are partnering with churches and institutions for the common good of our city. Lunch is included. RSVP by email below. We look forward to having you join us! For more on Connections to Success go here: https://connectionstosuccess.org/ CLICK…
September 2018
Flourishing with the Gospel | Marketplace Impact Breakfast (Kansas City)
Join us for a Marketplace Impact Breakfast. The theme for the morning will be "Flourishing with the Gospel." DeLano Sheffield will be sharing about how to flourish with the Gospel in the Marketplace. DeLano is the pastor of discipleship and small groups at Macedonia Baptist Church and a City Director for Made to Flourish. Breakfast will be served and we look forward to seeing you on September 27 for an opportunity to connect with other marketplace leaders and pastors committed to integrating…
November 2018
Hear and Be Heard | Learning Community Conversation (Kansas City)
If you have completed the Learning Community, we’d love to hear from you. How was your experience and how can we make it better? Also, if you’re interested in participating in the Learning Community, come and hear from us and others about what this next round holds. We will have Chris Robertson, Associate Director of Leadership Development, with us as a resource to guide expectations and answer questions. Hope to see you there!
February 2019
The Predatory Lending Landscape & the Alternatives (Kansas City)
Our next gathering will be on February 14 with Eva Schulte of Travois. Eva will sharpen our awareness of the current financial landscape in Kansas City. Where are the financial deserts? What are common predatory lending agencies and practices? What are the alternatives? And how can pastors and their churches meaningfully help in crisis in practical ways?
March 2019
Learning from Bill Dana of Central Bank (Kansas City)
We will learn from Bill Dana, President and CEO of Central Bank of Kansas City. As one of only two CDFI institutions in KC, Bill will walk through how they have sought to be a quality alternative to the Payday Loan industry in Kansas City. We'll also talk through helpful ways churches can be pointing people toward quality alternatives like Central Bank of Kansas City.
May 2019
Processing & Praying Over Coffee (Kansas City)
How are you doing? How is faith, work and economic integration going for you and your church? How are you processing this year's theme: predatory lending? Let us buy you a coffee and spend a low key happy hour time connecting and praying for each other.
June 2019
Why & How Churches Can Attack Predatory Lending (Kansas City)
This evening event offers the opportunity for us to hear Pastor Artie Lindsay explain why the Gospel compels our economic engagement in our communities as churches. He will then share his own church's journey in how they sought to more thoughtfully engage the payday lending cycle.This is NOT A PASTORS ONLY event. This event is for anyone who wants to see their church more faithfully push back against predatory lending. Pastors invite folks from your church who'd love to engage this conversation.Come with your questions and a readiness to learn. We will be meeting at Christ Community Downtown Campus.
Practical Guidance for Attacking Predatory Lending (Kansas City)
Pastor Artie Lindsay will walk us through why the Gospel compels our economic engagement in our communities as churches. He will then share his own church's journey in how they sought to more thoughtfully engage the payday lending cycle. We will then have an amazing follow-up panel with KC leaders who have been making headway in this conversation.This event (over against the June 5 event) will focus more on pastors and the creative work church staff can do to leverage resources and congregant gifting.Come with your questions and a readiness to learn. Lunch will be provided. We will be meeting at Nazarene Theological Seminary.
January 2020
Deeper Joy for All: Future of Faith & Work (Kansas City)
Join us for a free lunch as we learn, share, pray and plan for 2020.
Dr. Charlie Self will speak to several positive and challenging trends that will mark the new decade impacting all classes and cultures, new assets, sustained flourishing, and every member on mission, among others...
We will also spend time sharing what God is doing in our lives, praying for each other, and pointing to events to happen here in KC 2020.
March 2020
Pastors Day | Reframing Holiness (Kansas City)
On Tuesday, March 24, Made to Flourish is sponsoring lunch and will participate in a panel as Sondra Wheeler presents the Mercer Lectures on the Doctrine of Holiness.
During the panel, we'll talk about some of the surprising ways that holiness is cultivated in our everyday work.