Through service, ministry and sharing we demonstrate Christ’s love as we support people in our community and around the world.

Christmas Offering
The recipient Christmas Offering 2009 was the Hope Family Care Center; an organization located in Kansas City, MO whose Mission is ‘To honor God by developing healthy communities where the vulnerable flourish’. The Hope Center was founded in 1998 by Chris Jehle. This non-profit organization envisions the complete transformation of its worn down east-side neighborhood to a flourishing and vibrant community where families are able to raise healthy and well-educated children in a safe environment.

Due to the generous RH congregation The Hope Family Care Center was able to purchase the following needed equipment:

• Fetal Stress Test machine – to address the high infant mortality rate in inner city communities and encourage a higher level of pre-natal care. ($5,000)
  
• EKG machine - for monitoring heart electrical activities in all age groups but especially benefitting the elderly. ($4,000)
  
• Colposcope (call-puh-scope) – this scope will allow early detection of cervical cancer in a demographic that has a high incidence of HPV, a leading cause of cervical cancer. ($4,500)
  
• Immunizations and vaccines – costs vary; this will be the most expensive and ongoing cost and will immediately benefit a community at high risk for exposure to contagious diseases.

Past recipients of the Christmas Offering have included The Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas Community College’s Endowment Association Scholarship Fund, TLC for Children and Families, Inc., Head Start of Johnson County, Catherine’s Place, and St. Joseph’s Institute for the Deaf.

Easter Offering
Easter Offering 2010 went to the JayDoc Free Health Clinic. Since its inception in 2003, the clinic has served approximately 1,800 patients per year during operating hours on Monday and Wednesday evenings JDFC provides urgent and preventive care services to the uninsured and underinsured populations of Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri. JDFC is run by medical students from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and is staffed by volunteer physicians and residents. JDFC will use the generous offering to buy much needed computer equipment and supplies.

Past recipients of the Easter Offering have included Sunflower House, Johnson County Area Agency on Aging - Vision Assistance, Arts in Prison, Habitat House, Stroke Foundation of Shawnee Mission, Heartland Presbyterian Camp Ropes Course andPartnerships for Renewal.

Thanksgiving Food Baskets
Since 1983, the congregation of Rolling Hills has filled and delivered nearly 200 food baskets each year to JOCO Human Services & Aging clients. We thank Boy Scout Troop #387, sponsored by RH, who is always very helpful with this project.

Back to School Backpacks
At the beginning of August, 2010, 199 backpacks filled with school supplies and a $500 check were delivered to KVC Behavioral Healthcare, Inc; a private, not-for-profit organization providing medical and behavioral healthcare, social services, and education to children and families. This is our Get the #2 Lead Out campaign.

Shalom House
Shalom House Kansas City, Kansas shelter for homeless men. The residents work or attend classes during the day and return to the shelter each evening. Our shelter congregation prepares and serves a meal the second Saturday of each month. Families or committees sign up to prepare and serve the food through the Outreach Committee. Shalom House is an ongoing year round program where members of Rolling Hills volunteer to make and deliver a meal to 30 men living in a homeless shelter in Kansas City, KS. the second Saturday of every month.