Pastor Paul Brooks, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Raytown asks, "How many of you know that God uses His people to accomplish his ministry and that God's heart is close to the afflicted?" For 83 years, City Union Mission has been Christ's hands to the poor and homeless offering the gospel of hope as well as food and shelter and a way back to productive living.

The Mission has until the end of this year to meet a challenge to complete their building campaign called Building the Walls that Rebuild Lives.

So they said, "let us rise up and build." Then they set their hands to this good work. Nehemiah 2:18