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Monday 8:30am - 5pm Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm Thursday 8:30am - 5pm Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Pilgrim Center

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501(c)(3) Providing Spaces, People, and Support for a Resilient Kansas City.

09/20/2026

Monarch fest at Urbavore Farm last night was on fire! Not only was it blazing hot, but the vibe was toasty, too.

All kinds of folks, young and old, stopped by our table to admire Eve, enter our drawing for a free Native plants starter garden, and take advantage of our free five minute Native plants consultations + free seeds!

Mitchelle B. Is our big winner! We will reach out to them to chat about their growing space and sun exposure, find out what plants they already have growing, etc., to custom build a 10 plant package for them.

This gift is provided by our native plant partner, Farmer Dan Give them a follow and check them out for your fall native plant needs!

We always give out herb seeds as well, because native plant seeds require stratification, and it can be a bit daunting if you’re a new grower.

Herbs are an easy win: they sprout quickly, they can be grown any time of the year in pots OR outside in the growing season, they’re edible, and native bees love their tiny blooms. Plus, our swallowtail butterfly friends will always enjoy your outdoor dill and parsley!

Shout out to the Manheim Park Community Gardens craft circle and Jessica Phetvorasack for the beautiful, hand-dyed, honey-blonde yarn in the braids Eve was sporting at this event. And she gathered lots of butterflies and caterpillars throughout the afternoon as folks stopped by to talk plants with us and their little ones kept busy coloring.

If you stopped to chat, thank you for taking the time to invest in your native plant gardens. As always, reach out anytime for advice on natives or to get involved. We will be sharing some fall planting and seed collecting volunteer opportunities this week!

09/02/2026

Last Sunday we met with some of the generous volunteers behind the Manheim Park Garden Conservancy, operating Manheim Community Gardens, located in several lots on the east side of the 4200 block of Forest Avenue.

These crafty individuals gave us some of their time and energy, brainstorming about the design and educational objectives behind our “Choose Love” campaign, starring our giant puppet Eve and promoting Honeyvine milkw**d, Cynanchum laeve.

A monarch butterfly host plant, this vine is adapted to our area and is probably growing in your yard right now.

Patently misunderstood and often designated as a noxious w**d, this vine is well behaved, although it is often mistaken for several aggressive invasive plants, including bindw**d, Clematis, morning glory, and others.

We were able to find some Honeyvine at Manheim Garden. Does it look like it’s taking over to you?

Come see us and Eve at the Hyde Park Kansas City farmers market this Sunday, located at 41st and Gillam Road, right by the splash pad.

We’ll also be at the new MonarchFest celebration, organized by Urbavore Urban Farm - KC and Compost Collective KC on Saturday, September 19.

Learn more about this sweet vine and all of our programs at the Pilgrim Center by visiting our table at one of these events or visiting our website. Link in bio!

08/20/2026

When we opened the doors to our Pilgrim Chapel on Tuesday, we noticed a chrysalis had formed just inside the doors. It is a bit less than 1 cm in length. We are not certain what kind of butterfly it is, but it is a teeny one! We carefully detached the chrysalis and relocated it to a safer place where we can keep an eye on it. We hope to see what hatches!

08/14/2026

The Tea Garden is full of life! Today we pulled some bindw**d, harvested some basil, and found newly hatched monarch and swallowtail butterfly caterpillars. Our young fennel plants may not survive, but we could not be happier!

I also chatted a bit with an employee from NourishKC , a local nonprofit providing pregnancy and postpartum support. Check them out!

Stop by to say hi on Thursday mornings. Enjoy some fresh, iced herbal tea and a peek at the garden. Park 39 at 39th and Gillham, just across the street from us!

08/04/2026

Join us this Thursday night, August 6, at 7 PM, for our Tea & Tarot event. Bring a snack to share, if you like, and we will work in small groups reading cards for each other.

This is a casual gathering, and no tarot experience is necessary. We are not experts, but we always have fun!

We meet in the cottage at the Pilgrim Center for Connection, 3807 Gilham Rd. KCMO 64111

06/25/2026

We spent a couple of hours harvesting and w**ding at our Tea & Garden club this morning. Janie the lamb was plumb tuckered!

Catch us at Park 39 each Thursday morning, 8am to whenever we get too hot or tired!

05/08/2026

The hard-working crew of Precision Plumbing has completed underground improvements at the Pilgrim Chapel, and we could not be more grateful to them for their expertise and hustle!

This means we are back in the chapel on Sunday mornings for Sacred Space. Please join us at 9:30 AM for community, reflection, and guided meditation.

And yes, we will be there this Sunday for Mother’s Day!

Or join us any Sunday via Zoom:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87194831793

05/07/2026

The first Saturday of May is our annual May Festival, and this year was an absolutely beautiful day to be outside!

Our May Queen from the Storybook Forest mingled with families as they visited tables, learning about our natural environment from folks like Bridging the Gap’s, Heartland Tree Alliance, Friends of Lakeside Nature Center, the Kansas City Public Library Bookmobile, and more!

Participants enjoyed making flower baskets with fresh, locally sourced florals, provided by Ur Floral Chica.

Our friend Robin brought an ice cream truck to provide free frozen treats

Sunset Trails Stables brought Pony Rides and a petting zoo, complete with eight month old llama, Hank.

And we debuted our new giant puppet, Eve, based on the honeyvine milkw**d plant, a species native to our area that hosts the monarch butterfly. My helper, Harper and I paraded her around the festival, a couple of times, learning a bit about puppeteering along the way.

All of this happened in Hyde Park, and we still had two weddings in our Chapel right across the street. A lovely Saturday, indeed!

If you’d like to meet Eve, you can find us at the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association’s Farmers Markets (starting May 31), Lakeside Nature Center’s Fox Hollow Fest, or invite us to join you at your festival! We recruit children to help us puppet Eve, and we use her to teach more about how we can support wildlife in our maintained green spaces.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, and especially to all of our volunteers who made it possible. If you didn’t get to make it, please put the first Saturday of May on your calendar, and join us next year!

04/30/2026

Sacred Space is going on a walkabout this spring!

For a few weeks, while we power through some facility updates at the Pilgrim Chapel, you are invited to join us in-person as we pop up around midtown, hosted by our gracious neighbors, or online via Zoom from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. each Sunday morning.

Click here to join the Zoom meeting any Sunday:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87194831793

Please register here if you would like to attend a pop-up meeting in-person, and we’ll send you the address:

https://forms.gle/YK7NNb43pBFpybbq7

Sacred Space is an opportunity to gather in community for inspiration, healing, and a focus on self. Facilitators usually share a reflection and lead one or two guided meditations throughout the hour. Tea is served. Sharing is optional.

These sessions are donation-based and registration is required for pop-ups.

Our facilitators, Amy Zoe Schonhoff of Mindfulness in the Heartland and Leslie Tenjack of LightShift Spiritual Counseling, alternate leading each Sunday.

After a short meditation to settle into the space, the facilitator shares a reflection, then leads a longer, guided meditation. Optional sharing at the end.

Please visit our website for more information:

https://www.pilgrimcenterkc.org/

All of these links are available in our bio as well!

04/28/2026

With our annual May Festival coming this Saturday, 1-3pm in Hyde Park, we put our banners up on Friday! Unfortunately, one was stolen that same evening. Why?

I don’t have an answer. Most likely it was someone out of their mind with mental illness or on drugs. Our city doesn’t have a good way to house, treat, or mitigate the actions of these community members.

We know this is just part of being an organization in an urban area. But honestly, when you are working with one full-time staff member to run an entire nonprofit organization, complete with physical buildings, property, and gardens that need maintenance, along with many community programs to administer, not to mention all of the weddings, memorials, and administrative ins and outs that many of you know well, it really hurts when something like this happens. It’s demoralizing, and it makes us feel like our hard work just falls into a pit of nothingness.

We’ll try to cheer up before the May Festival on Saturday. Meanwhile, if you see anyone with our banner, feel free to send us a message. These banners aren’t cheap, and they were brand new. Shout out to for getting them to us fast!

If you’d like to make a donation to help cover the cost of replacing this banner, you can give on our website: https://www.pilgrimcenterkc.org/give

We are grateful for you and all of the community members that remind us that our work is appreciated. And don’t forget to join us on Saturday!!

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3801 Gillham Road
Kansas City, MO
64111

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Website

http://www.pilgrimcenterkc.org/

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