extending Christian Hospitality to All since 1988
What is Hollis?
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What is Hollis?
Hollis is 153 acres of secluded wooded land located 20 minutes west of downtown Kansas City with facilities
for retreats, workshops, meetings and outdoor activities.
Crisscrossed by over five miles of hiking trails, Hollis is a welcome respite for those seeking a to commune with nature just minutes from the busy metro. Flowing from north to south, East Mission Creek supplies ample water supply for the diverse wildlife population here.
Why Hollis?
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What is Hollis?
Hollis Renewal Center provides "a time and place apart" for individuals, small groups and organizations to pause and reflect on their mission. It embodies
hospitality and gives guests the time and space to be transformed from a collection of individuals into a community.
We take very seriously the gifts of time, land, buildings, and resources as we use them wisely and care for
their sustainability into the future. Hollis is a place for prayer and hospitality to provide opportunities for reflection, learning, and renewal for groups and individuals.
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Partner Congregations
Nominate a COMMUNITY CARE GIVER to receive a 24-hour stay in one of our overnight retreat spaces.
Give the gift of a retreat. Help someone feel pampered in our Meadow Cottage or the Hideaway or a Tiny Cabin. It's a great opportunity to escape reality and take a step back for some much needed relaxation.
Partner Congregations
The People Behind Hollis
Partner Congregations
As a Partner Congregation, you are not only providing space for your own community, but helping extend hospitality and renewal to the entire Kansas City metro area.
Board of Directors
The People Behind Hollis
The People Behind Hollis
The board of directors defines the vision and direction of Hollis Renewal Center. Directors serve three year terms, which are renewable.
Positions are voluntary.
The People Behind Hollis
The People Behind Hollis
The People Behind Hollis
Hollis is supported by a small staff of two, a devoted Board of Directors, and a generous team of volunteers who together care for this place and carry out our mission of hospitality and renewal.
Welcome Statement
The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to God (Psalm 24.1) CSB.
In gratitude to God and in obligation to the Church and to the community, Hollis Renewal Center welcomes all people regardless of race, religion, color, creed, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, age, or ancestry. Discrimination is demeaning, destructive and directly at odds with the Gospel of Christ and our goals of fostering equity, mutual understanding and cooperation.
Land Acknowledgement Statement
Hollis Renewal Center is located on the ancestral homelands of the Kickapoo, Kaw/Kansa and Osage peoples.
We acknowledge with gratitude those who have cared for this land since time immemorial and are honored to continue its stewardship, nurturing it for generations to come.
Understanding the Mobius
Our logo represents Hollis Renewal Center as a Christian Witness dedicated to growth and wholeness in Christian living and to the centrality of Christ in life, here, represented by the cross. The cross is entwined with a Mobius Strip which has no inside and no outside, no beginning and no end.
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Your tax-deductible gift allows Hollis to continue offering an affordable place of rest and renewal while caring for the land, facilities, and programs that serve thousands each year.
