At Resurrection Church, we believe God calls us to serve others with compassion, generosity and hope. Through local and global mission partnerships, we support people facing difficult circumstances by providing access to food, education, medical care, stronger family relationships and assistance for survivors of human trafficking.
There are many ways to make a difference. You can volunteer, donate, pray or participate in one of our mission projects. Whether you serve close to home or support ministry around the world, your contribution helps bring hope and positive change to others.
Join our mission community and discover how God can use your gifts to serve others.
The Missions team strives to keep the congregation updated with the initiatives and impact backed by Resurrection Church. The spirit of generosity is alive and well at Resurrection Church, changing lives and making a difference for the Kingdom of God. Here are a few third quarter highlights and upcoming opportunities to serve. Please check out the Missions Monthly Calendar for times and opportunities to give of your time to our recurring mission ministries as well.
Resurrection Rice
Our Resurrection Rice mission with KCM has yielded just shy of 10,000 pounds of rice since its inception a year ago. But our Stuff the Holidays Advent-season of giving mission program will take a multi-pronged approach to sharing Christ’s love. Not only will it benefit KCM’s Food Pantry with holiday meal sides, but Sunday morning worshippers will also soon see the Angel Tree covered in ornaments. Each ornament represents a need and request from The Landing clients and their families. And last but not least, members will have an opportunity to participate in our emerging church tradition of collecting and delivering Christmas Tree Cake treats to teachers in area schools.
Please continue to bring in your boxes of stuffing, instant mashed potatoes and canned cranberry jelly for KCM through the first Sunday in December.
The missions team has done some preliminary projections, and we can’t wait to share with you the year-end impact our church has had for 2024. Thank you for your continued generosity and support!
Katy Christian Ministries Mission Report
June 1–July 31, 2026
Resurrection Church continues to support Katy Christian Ministries (KCM) through volunteer service, food donations and our monthly Resurrection Rice mission. During June and July, members of our congregation provided essential assistance to KCM and the families it serves.
Our Mid-Year Impact
2,973 pounds of rice collected
11,892 servings provided
552 pounds of canned goods donated
966 volunteer hours served
Seven regular KCM volunteers
Resurrection Rice
Adult and youth volunteers help collect, label, load and deliver rice each month to the KCM Food Service Center.
June: 1,155 pounds of rice
July: 1,236 pounds of rice
July community food drive: An additional 582 pounds of rice and 552 pounds of canned goods
Together, these efforts provided 2,973 pounds of rice—the equivalent of 11,892 servings—in only two months.
Serving Our Community
Seven members of Resurrection Church regularly serve in different areas of Katy Christian Ministries:
Mike Harrell and Maki Periera serve at the Food Service Center.
Sandy Schmidt, Kathy McDonald and Pat Nichols serve weekly at the First Street Resale Shop.
Phil Reeves serves as interim executive director.
Carol Rupe serves as interim finance director.
We are grateful for their faithful service and for every adult and student who supports Resurrection Rice.
Join the Mission
Katy Christian Ministries continues to need volunteers in all areas. Whether you can serve regularly, participate in a food drive or help with Resurrection Rice, your time and generosity can make a meaningful difference for families in our community.
There is a place for you to serve.
Katy Christian Ministries
Resurrection Church is grateful to support Katy Christian Ministries and its work of meeting the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of families throughout our community.
Through donations, volunteer service and special mission projects, our congregation helps KCM provide essential assistance and hope to neighbors experiencing difficult circumstances.
Life can bring challenges that leave us feeling overwhelmed, discouraged, or alone. During these difficult seasons, having someone to listen, care, encourage, and walk alongside you can make a meaningful difference.
Stephen Ministers are trained members of our congregation who provide confidential, one-to-one Christian care for individuals experiencing life's challenges. Whether you are facing a personal crisis, grief, illness, loss, or another difficult situation, a Stephen Minister can offer emotional and spiritual support.
The care you receive is:
Confidential
Compassionate
Christ-centered
Free of charge
You do not have to go through difficult times alone.
If you or someone you know could benefit from the care of a Stephen Minister, we invite you to reach out and learn more about this ministry.
Contact Information
Kathy Carroll 281-793-0855
Paul Heggem 281-703-5859
"God's Love in Action"
The Landing - Houston
Missions in Action: 2026 Mid-Year Impact
Through our 7X Rescue Mission, Resurrection Church partners with The Landing and supports Rescue America in their work against human trafficking and sexual exploitation. These ministries provide outreach, resources and compassionate support to vulnerable individuals throughout Houston and beyond.
Supporting The Landing
During the first half of 2026, our Resurrection Church community delivered more than 600 snack sacks to The Landing. A Resurrection Life Group also prepared and served a meal, providing nourishment and encouragement to those receiving assistance.
Additional opportunities include:
Providing meals through The Landing’s Host-a-Meal program
Participating in outreach through the Freedom Signal text platform
Supporting the Youth Advocacy Angel Tree
Celebrating The Landing’s 10th anniversary and its continued impact
The complete graphic impact report may also be displayed or embedded directly on this page.
Partnering With Rescue America
Resurrection Church continues to support Rescue America, an organization dedicated to reaching, rescuing and restoring survivors of sexual exploitation.
Members of Resurrection have participated in outreach training and observed the development of new communication resources that may strengthen future anti-trafficking initiatives. Our financial partnership also supports the essential long-term care survivors need after leaving exploitation.
Together, we remain committed to bringing hope, freedom and restoration to those who need it most.
7X Anti-Trafficking Missions Report
Through the 7X Rescue Mission, Resurrection Church partners with The Landing and supports Rescue America in their work to reach, rescue and restore individuals affected by sexual exploitation. This report highlights recent outreach efforts, more than 600 snack sacks delivered, Freedom Signal participation and upcoming opportunities to serve.
Dear Friends, Partners, Volunteers, and Supporters, As we reflect on 2025, we do so with profound gratitude to God and to each of you. Because of your prayers, partnership, and faithful generosity, our 24/7 hotline at Rescue America has remained a true freedom line for survivors seeking safety, hope, and a way out. Every call answered represents a life reaching toward light — and together, we have been positioned to respond.
Trafficking and sexual exploitation thrive in secrecy, isolation, and fear. Yet nothing is hidden from God. Throughout this year, we have witnessed His faithfulness break through darkness again and again. We have heard trembling voices find courage. We have seen impossible situations shift. We have watched isolation give way to connection and despair surrender to hope.
This annual review is not simply a report of numbers — it is a testimony. Behind every statistic is a person created in the image of God. Behind every call is a prayer. Behind every safe connection is a team willing to answer at any hour.
In 2026, we sense the Lord leading us into a season of strengthening and preparation. We are focusing on deepening our operational foundation, fortifying partnerships, intensifying prayer, and strategically leveraging technology so that when the harvest comes, we are ready. We believe this is not a retreat but a rooting — a time to repair any broken places, refine our systems, and build sustainably for long-term impact.
As I step into the role of CEO, I do so with humility and dependence on the Lord, honored to serve alongside this faithful team and each of you.
Thank you for standing in the gap for the vulnerable. Thank you for helping us “ANSWER THE CALL” — literally and spiritually. Your partnership brings light into hidden places and declares that exploitation does not have the final word.
We continues to meet the second Wednesday evening of every month to place calls to people ensnared in the darkness of sex trafficking. Our hub has averaged 7 exits so far from the commercial sex industry this year alone – that is 7 more lives who have been reclaimed for Christ and who are walking in freedom toward recovery and redemption! Praise God!
We will celebrate the one-year anniversary of this ministry partnership in November by writing Thanksgiving cards to survivors currently in Rescue America partner homes on their journey to recovery, and in December we will pack stockings to remind them that the Body of Christ cares for them and is thinking of them during the holiday season, which can be a difficult time for some. This seasonal change in tactic will allow RA to catch up on their caseload at the end of a record-breaking year, and give hub volunteers the unique opportunity to support survivors beyond the outset of their exiting process.
Sex trafficking is a horrific crime that doesn’t discriminate based upon age, gender, or race. Many don’t realize sex trafficking is happening right here in America - to our citizens!
In 2014 the vision of Rescue America was born. It developed from a single seed planted by God into the heart of our Founder and President, Allison Meier Madrigal. Since then, it has bloomed into a vibrant national organization that exists to rescue, revive and empower the sexually exploited through our 24/7 Rescue hotline and emergency response.
Our Process:
Rescue - Through direct outreach and our 24/7 Rescue hotline, we connect with survivors ready to exit the life and help facilitate their safe exit alongside trained professionals.
Revive - Upon exit, survivors are transported to a safe location where their most pressing and practical needs are the first priority: food, water, sleep, and safe keeping.
Empower - Based on individual assessments, survivors then find stabilization by working with professional support who help address their mental, emotional, and spiritual needs, for long term placement in partner homes across the US.
*As of June 8, 2022
Take a look at our map. Rescues are taking place across the nation through the work of Rescue America. Every time you volunteer at your Outreach Hub, you take our hand and join the fight. You become part of the redemptive solution for the sexually exploited across the America!
We're immensely grateful for the support offered by Rescue America, enabling us to schedule our gatherings on the 2nd Wednesday of this month. This consistent meeting time will allow us to collaborate, strategize, and strengthen our efforts in the fight against trafficking.
How You Can Help? Your involvement is crucial! If you're passionate about this cause and willing to contribute, please join us at these meetings. For inquiries or to participate, kindly contact Shelley Eastland at
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At the February 7X Rescue Outreach Hub mission meeting, participants connected in a special way to a survivor of sex trafficking in our own congregation. Tryniti Hardeman, grew up in Katy and at 18 found herself being trafficked. But she got out and has become so much more than her past. She's a child of God, a fiancée to Tanner, aspiring author, and nursing student for starters. She bravely shared her personal and moving testimony with our group and allowed us to record it to share with others.
Katy Christian Ministries
KCM provides light to those in darkness by helping restore broken lives through Christ centered programs that offer individuals clarity, dignity, purpose, and hope.
School-Community Partnerships
In a fast-growing district like Katy, it's a challenge to keep everyone in our big family connected. Our Partnership Schools program is an opportunity to do just that - to create a partnership with Hutsell Elementary and that share common values and goals.
Stephen Ministry
In December, we introduced you to a new ministry that Resurrection Church was starting. We are thrilled that seven of our fellow church members have completed the 20-week training course to become Stephen Ministers. Stephen Ministers are members of our congregation who are specially trained to listen, care, encourage, and support people who are going through difficult times. Our new Stephen Ministers are: Nancy Farmer, Jane Hansen, Rich Nichols, Maki Pereira, Gina Slepicka, Bonnie Watson and Catherine Webb. Be on the lookout for future information on how to connect to a Stephen Minister.
STEPHEN LEADERS ARE… Trained leaders in our congregation who support and direct our Stephen Ministry.
If you could benefit from the care of a Stephen Minister…
If you know someone who might benefit from the care of a Stephen Minister…
If you are interested in learning more about becoming a Stephen Minister…
If you have any other questions about Stephen Ministry…
Stephen Ministry Referral Coordinator
If you or someone you know is in need of care, support, or guidance, Stephen Ministry is here to help.
Contact: Kathy Carroll
Katy Missions Volunteer Impact FORM
Prepared by: Shelley Eastland. Email:
Resurrection Church is committed to serving the least, the last and the lost. To that end, we have selected several missions partners that we encourage you to connect with, but if you support a ministry cause that is not an established RCK partner, we still want to know how you have served. Please use this form to share how you serve our community as the hands and feet of Jesus Christ. Thank you, Your Missions Team
Our commitment to making a positive impact remains strong, and we look forward to the continued support of our community. Thank you to all who have contributed to our success.
We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with The Landing through Freedom Signal and the dedicated volunteers of Resurrection Church Katy. Through online outreach, volunteers connect anonymously with individuals at risk and share information about The Landing’s support and resources.
During the 2026 World Cup, The Landing also expanded awareness efforts and provided 24/7 support to address increased vulnerabilities in our community.
“There’s meaningful connection, compassion, and care in our responses. Each interaction is another opportunity to make a difference for the survivor, The Landing, and ultimately The Lord.” — Resurrection Katy Volunteer
