The Hope Center
The Hope Center strives to create an environment that is safe for the kids to discuss the everyday challenges of living in the inner city. Kids who attend also develop strong relationships with their leaders and peers, and have fun.
The Hope Center
Developing urban youth into world-class Christian leaders! At the Hope Center, youth not only learn how to survive, but how to excel. We believe in them and help them realize that they can become agents of change in their community – that God can use them to make a major impact.
For a complete list of serving opportunities, or to learn how you can financially support The Hope Center, visit hopecenterkc.org.
Or contact The Hope Center with questions:
Phone: 816.931.6290
Email: info@hopecenterkc.org
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*Perspectives*
Perspectives is a discipleship missions training program. We strongly encourage everyone interes...
A 3-Minute Overview
This is a great place to start. Watch this video for an introduction to God's global mission, a...
A Few Reflections
Listen and watch as a few people give their views regarding HEMI and getting involved in God's m...
A Story of Hope: Becky Miles
In the summer of 2008, Becky Miles brought hope to disadvantaged children in Zeway, Ethiopia. S...
A Story of Hope: Beth Brown
What does it mean to 'serve'? What does it mean to be 'involved'? The Stories of Hope series is ...
A Story of Hope: Marcia Merrick
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A Story of Hope: Sean Linhoff
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City Union Mission
Since 1924, City Union Mission has provided warm beds, nutritious food and a place of safety for...
Costa Rica '06 Spring
This Costa Rica mission team went to the mountains of South Costa Rica and helped finish a house...
Costa Rica '06 Winter
This was the first Heartland team to go to the remote Costa Rican town of Paraiso, nestled in th...
Costa Rica '08 Trip Video
In the Spring of 2008, Harold Eastman led a mission team to the Southern mountains of Costa Rica...
Dominican Republic
Watch this video to learn more about the work of G.O. Ministries in the Dominican Republic. Hea...
Ethiopia '07 Trip Video
The next-generation congregation at Heartland, called The Gathering, sent nine short-term missio...
G.O. Ministries
G.O. Ministries is an organization that specializes in helping U.S. churches get connected with ...
Germany Young Life
Each year, a bunch of young people from Germany make the trek across the pond to live with a var...
Gulf Coast '08 Trip Video
A team of 58 people went from Kansas City to Lakeshore, Mississippi, to continue the Katrina rec...
Haiti '05 Trip Video
A team of Heartland women went to Haiti in 2005 and helped further the ministry of Jean and Joy ...
HEMI BBQ Event Promo!
This was the promotional video for the HEMI BBQ event on September 30, 2008. A great time wa...
HEMI Staff/Interns '07
Still undecided about missions? Hear the fresh, perspective and advice of the HEMI staff and int...
Israel '07 Short
This is a short highlight collection of the Israel '07 trip. A team of teenagers and adults fro...
Israel '07 Trip Video
Teenagers and adults from several different churches became a team for this Israel trip in 2007....
Israel '07: The Commissioner
Have you ever met The Commissioner? He's a little round yellow ball, with a smiley face. He li...
Israel '08 Trip Video
A team made up of teenagers and adults from several different churches went to the Holy Land wit...
Mexico '04 Highlights
The Lord worked through the Mexico '04 mission team to impact the lives of a Mexican family, as ...
Mexico '04 Highlights
Many of the team members on the Mexico '04 mission team spent time sharing God's love with the c...
Mexico '04 Trip Video
No question, this mission team of 41 people made a great impact on the people of Las Jaras and E...
Mexico '05 Highlights
The Mexico '05 mission team spent many hours constructing a bathroom for a family.
Mexico '05 Highlights
This team put a sewer line in on the side of a mountain...in less than a week!
Mexico '05 Trip Video
This is the main trip video for the Mexico '05 team. It was an awesome adventure!
Mexico '05 Week 2
After the main week on this Mexico missions trip, a small team participated in the second week, ...
Mission Adelante
Mission Adelante is an urban mission to Hispanic Immigrants that seeks to win them to Christ thr...
Mozambique '08 Trip Video
In the summer of 2008, Justin Berger led a team from Heartland's next generation community, The ...
Nigeria '08 Trip Video
A team of 4 Heartlanders (Martha Comment, Dirk Davis, Nicholaus James, and Cynthia Pincombe) wen...
Nigeria and the go. campaign
Heartland is connecting with the West Africa Theological Seminary (WATS) in Lagos, Nigeria, and ...
Pray168
This is the promotional video for Heartland's first ever week of prayer. 168 hours of prayer. M...
Pray168 Fall '08
A week of prayer. Come and pray one or more of the 168 hours during Pray 168, a week of 24-7 pra...
Russia '08 Fall: Trip Video
In November of 2008, three Heartland guys made a missionary visit to Heartland's alliance church...
Russia: Daniel and the History Makers
Bryansk, Russia, is a city of 600,000 people, with less than 6,000 followers of Jesus. God is d...
Ukraine '07 Mission Trip
A pictorial montage of Heartland's Russia mission alliance leader, Daniel Ryzhychenko, and his f...
