Captured Event

November, 09 2009 - Passion Awards 2009

Where: Overland Park Convention Center

When: Monday, November 9, 2009

Time: 6:00PM

Presenting Sponsor(s): Bott Radio, Colonial Presbyterian Church, Cornerstone Bank, Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbeque, Gary & Jan Venable, Helping Hands Ministries, Inc., Heritage Benefit Consultants, HPM, J.B. and Anne Hodgdon, Keller& Owens, LLC, Randy Reed Automotive, Inc., Syverson & Company, LLC, The Mission Fund, Tom and Kari Lipscomb, William and Brooke High

President(s): William High

Staff: William High, Aimee Minnich, Andy Andreas, Connie Hougland, Dennis Roth, Jonathan Harrison, Lynn Hanson, Vensa Morris. iDonate: Betsy Stewart, Alan Dietrich, Amy Krueger, Kayla Lageraquist, Eric Stanley

Sponsors: TABLE SPONSORS: All India Mission, AOS, Awana Clubs International, Bart and Kristy Schubert, Bruce and Dana Pfuetze, Colonial Presbyterian Church Foundation, CottageCare, Crossover Graphics, Deeper Waters, Faith Christian Academy, Harry and Betsy Stewart, Mall Services, Inc., Maranatha Academy, Mark & Holly Bainbridge, National Center for Fathering, Oceans of Mercy, Pat & Beth McCown, QC Holding Companies, Straub Construction Co. Inc., The Bell Family Foundation Fund, Don & Faith Bell, The Emmitt Mitchell Family, The Global Orphan Project, The Roth Family Fund.

Donors: IN KIND: Crossover Graphics, Dennis Chapman Photography, Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbeque, Jim Browne & Associates, Justin Adams and Band, Overland Park Convention Center, Show Me Presentation Resources

Board of Directors: SCCF: Mark Bainbridge, Don Bell, Frank Brown, Andy Eby, William High, Bob Hodgdon, Frank Mall, Emmitt Mitchell, Bruce Pfuetze, Larry Powell, Ross Stiner, Gary Venable. iDONATE: Mark Bainbridge, Mark Logan, Frank Mall, Mark Sewalson, Betsy Stewart

Blacktie Photos by: Peggy Lawrey for Blacktie Kansas City

Servant Christian Community Foundation 2009 Passion Awards
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2009 marks the eight year for the Thurman Mitchell Servant Christian Leadership Celebration.  As part of the celebration, SCCF will present the 2009 Passion Awards: Faith Unleashed!

Doubling last year's submissions, 220 ministries submitted proposals this year.   An acronym for FAITH guided the ministries' proposals:  focus, Action; Insight; Triumphs; and Hurdles; and finally, a description of how faith is being unleashed in their communities. An independent grant committee reviewed each proposal, and the top 43 scorers presented their ministries to SCCF in personal visits.  Proposal and visit scored were combined to identify the 23 Passion Award recipients.

God is doing amazing works in our city and beyond! We pray you will be encouraged tonight as we celebrate together.  May you begin the vision of what it looks like to have your FAITH UNLEASHED!

THURMAN MITCHELL

A popular KCV-5 reporter, Thurman Mitchell, covered the news in Kansas City for two decades.  Ironically, the cameras which brought him notoriety also prompted him to leave the spotlight.  On one of the sultry summer nights for which this city is known, Thurman covered the story of yet another teenager gunned down in senseless gang violence.  The outline of the body was just a few feet from a locked church door.  Thurman interviewed another gang member at the scene and psed the question, "Why do you continue this cycle of violence?"  The young man responded "You can't go another way when you don't know another way".

This troubling truth promoted Thurman to take part in teaching Kansas City's urban youth how to go another way.  Through Thurman's faithful message of love and hope, Victory Temple Christian Life Center grew from a handful of families to a vibrant congregation of hundreds, including urban youth.  In 1998, Thurman left the television lights to become a full-time pastor and the founder of Urban Youth Leadership, an urban youth training organization.  He was also instrumental in forming the Kansas City Alliance of Urban Ministries, a coalition of urban ministries working together to build urban leaders.

On April 9, 2000, Kansas City lost this beloved leader and public figure who had worked tirelessly to develop an "army" of urban leaders.  Thurman's caring spirit, boundless energy, and passion for Jesus continue today, not only in the church he pastored and the organization he founded, but also in the lives of many others he impacted.  He truly showed Kansas City "another way".  As a tribute to his life, the Servant Christian Community Foundation (SCCF) proudly hosts the Thurman Mitchell Servant Leadership Celebration.

Top Tier Recipients:

Advice and Pregnancy Centers, Inc., Family Promise of Lawrence, The global Orphan Project, Hope Faith Ministries, The Light House, The Living Hope Community Center, National Center for Fathering, Oceans of Mercy.

Second Tier Recipients:

Awana Lifeline, City on a Hill, Fellowship of Christian Athletes KC, Institute for International Medicine, Living Alternatives Romania, Inc., Mother's Refuge, The Urban Scholastic Center.

Third Tier Recipients:

Axiom Skateboarding, The Channel Inc., CTI Music Ministries, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Project Childhelp, Inc., Quietwaters Ministries, R.E.A.L. Developments, Inc.

elebration.