It is the mission of Neighbor2Neighbor to provide meals and meet other daily needs in the context of a supportive community among homeless and near-homeless persons in the 35th & Prospect area of Kansas City.  St. John's UMC supports this mission by preparing and serving weekly meals and collecting donations of food and clothing in addition to monetary donations. Visit www.n2n4kc.com/ for more information about this ministry.

Every child, regardless of the circumstances that brought them into the world, deserves unconditional love and grace.

Baby Grace was founded at Buckner United Methodist Church in 2006 in order to offer support and diapers to families in need. In 2012, St. John's United Methodist church brought this program to midtown Kansas City. In 2021, we moved to Trinity UMC.

Families who are part of government assistance programs cannot use funds from any of these programs to purchase disposable diapers. If their child is in any type of day care the child must be in disposable diapers. Baby Grace Kansas City provides free diapers to these families, to benefit the health of the child, and well being of the entire family.

Baby Grace Kansas City assists nearly 250 area children each year, helping their families meet their diaper need.

Donations can be dropped off 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at St. John’s UMC. Donations can also be dropped off during our monthly events (on the second Saturday of each month between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM) at Trinity United Methodist Church, 620 E Armour Blvd, KC, MO 64109.

Newhouse is a shelter for abused women and children. St. John's supports them through special offerings and preparing Easter baskets to take to both children and adults.

The mission of Veronica's Voice is to empower women to exit from, to prevent the entry into, and to end all demand for prostitution/sex trafficking in the United States through survivor-informed leadership.  Through special offerings and a youth fundraiser, St. John's UMC has collected funds to help construct a home for survivors.

Harvesters is a local food bank for Kansas City and the surrounding areas that provides over 140,000 meals each month through partner agencies.  St. John's supports Harvesters through:

- Collections of canned goods and non-perishable items
- Most fowl congregation: Collecting turkeys and donations for Thanksgiving
- BackSnacks: Delivering weekend sack lunches for school children
- Sorting food for distribution

Della Lamb Community Services was founded in 1897 as a Methodist Mission.  Today, they provide low income families with early education, childcare, youth services, adult services, adult education, transportation, emergency social services, international refugee services, elementary Charter school education, and back-to-school supplies, Thanksgiving groceries and Christmas groceries and gifts.

St. John's sets us a Star Tree to collect Christmas groceries and gifts for children, adults, and seniors for the Della Lamb's Operation Santa Claus.

St. John's supports the Mozambique Initiative of the Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church by collecting loose change each Sunday in our offering. The money that is given is then placed through covenant partnerships in a pool of funds that are distributed by the bishop and cabinet in Mozambique for salary support where needed.  We are also prayer partners with Lionzuane in the Massinga South District in Mozambique.

In 2014-2015 a special donation from St. John's paid for the congregation to build their first church building.  

Through Rainbow Network, St. John's adopted the community of La Grecia in rural Nicaragua.  We supply:

- food for every child, pregnant or nursing mom, and elder in the village;
- a scholarship for high school student;
- books to be used in the Rainbow Schools;
 - donated clothing and shoes for the younger children in the village.

Grace Hospice is one of the only 5 hospice programs in Mongolia, which was started by the United Methodist Missionary, Helen Shephard whom St. John's supported until her retirement in 2015.  It serves Ulaanbaatar the capital and largest city in Mongolia.  Grace Hospice functions with home care for patients in the last stages of cancer care counselor, doctors, nurses, and trained volunteers.

Imagine No Malaria provides treated mosquito nets and education for their use in areas where Malaria has been one the leading causes of death and illness, especially in children.  St. John's has taken special offerings to support this program.

Their work includes projects in disaster response, health, sustainable agriculture, food security, relief supplies, and more to over 80 countries worldwide.  St. John's supports UMCOR through our giving to One Great Hour of Sharing and through members individual gifts to special advances for the UMCOR projects (every dollar given goes entirely to the project) and the collection of kits for relief.