Donate – Be a one-time or continuous supporter by donating monetarily to help us purchase ingredients or choose ingredients to purchase from our list.

Cooking Team – A team gathers on Wednesdays 1:30 PM-5:30 PM to prepare the meal. Basic cooking skills are helpful for this role.

Buffet Stations – These individuals plate the food and serve our neighbors.

Runners – Assist with moving food pans and to-boxes from downstairs to upstairs.

Hospitality Team – Welcome and orient our neighbors to our ministries.

Table Hosts – These individuals are great conversationalists and listeners who eat alongside those sitting at their table. They are responsible for building connections with the people at their table and guiding the table in the communion liturgy and Table Talk.

Cleaning Team – Help bus the tables and clean the kitchen and serving area.

1) Fill out HERE to let us know if you are interested.

2) A leader will contact you.

Each Wednesday from 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM, our Raytown Campus offers showers and clean clothing to unhoused individuals.

Volunteers will be responsible for a variety of tasks: assisting individuals with the check-in process, picking out clothing, and directing individuals to the showers.

Additional tasks will include organizing shower caddies, hygiene items, and laundering towels.

Sign up to serve HERE.

We need to stock our resource room with essential items that will be available to our Shower Ministry and Clothing Closet guests. Shop the Amazon wishlist that ships directly to the church HERE to help us stock up for the launch this fall!

Serve: Volunteers for the Clothing Closet help with sorting, restocking, transporting clothing, and connecting with neighbors as they select their clothing.

1st Friday 10 AM - Noon: Sorting and Restocking at Raytown

2nd Tuesday 9:30 AM - Noon: Connect and help neighbors select their clothing at Raytown.

Sign up HERE to serve!

Donate: Gently-used or new clothing for infants through adults. Drop off in-season clothing in wire bins at Woods Chapel Lees Summit on weekdays from 9 AM - 4 PM or Sunday from 9 AM - Noon, and ministry leaders will bring clothing over to Raytown as needed.

For more information or to serve in the Clothing Closet, contact Mia Fulson.

Those who serve are asked to be available for two-hour shifts to help with the following:

· Assist people using the food pantry and carry bags to people's cars if needed

· Sort and shelve food

· Bag the non-perishable groceries and toiletries

First and Third Wednesdays of Each Month

1st Shift || 2:30 PM - 4 PM || Stock Shelves/Prepare to Open

2nd Shift || 4 PM - 6:30 PM || Greet, Assist Guests, & Packing

Second Tuesday of Each Month

1st Shift || 8 AM - 9:30 AM || Stock Shelves/Prepare to Open

2nd Shift || 9:30 AM - Noon || Greet, Assist Guests, & Packing

Sign up HERE to serve!

Donate: Drop off donations at Woods Chapel – Lee’s Summit Campus, weekdays Monday–Friday 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, or Sundays 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, and ministry leaders will bring food over to Raytown as needed.

Your financial gift would also help us purchase food at a reduced rate through our food source partners. Designate in the memo “Grace Place Food Pantry” on any online, check, or cash donations. For more information or to serve in the Food Pantry, contact Jamie Brigance.

This winter, Woods Chapel is opening our doors to provide a warm, safe, and welcoming place for 25 of our unhoused neighbors to sleep during dangerously cold weather. Our Warming Shelter will operate at our Raytown Campus from December 1 through March 1, opening when temperatures are forecast to reach 10°F.

Whether you can serve overnight, help prepare the space, welcome guests, prepare food, or simply want to learn more, there is a place for you in this ministry. Together, we can make sure that when the temperature drops, our neighbors don't have to face the cold alone.

If you're interested in learning more about serving or attending the training, please share your interest HERE.