IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION recognizing Reverend Joseph and Marilyn Colaizzi for their thirty-five years of service to Shelter KC: A Kansas City Rescue Mission.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20296, November 4, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, Theresa Galvin, Dan Tarwater III, Jalen Anderson, Crystal Williams, Tony Miller, Ronald E. Finley, Charlie Franklin, and Jeanie Lauer, County Legislators County Legislators
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WHEREAS, on November 9, 2019, Shelter KC: A Kansas City Rescue Mission will host I Stand Amazed, a special event to celebrate Reverend Joseph and Marilyn Colaizzi for their thirty-five years of service to the shelter; and,
WHEREAS, Rev. Colaizzi was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Cincinnati; and,
WHEREAS, Rev. Colaizzi joined the production team for Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and later became the director of instruction television at Carnegie Mellon University; and,
WHEREAS, while at Carnegie Mellon, Rev. Colaizzi experienced a life-changing encounter with Christ, which led to an adventure in faith as a homeless person in New York City; and,
WHEREAS, Rev. Colaizzi found shelter at the Lamb's Manhattan Church of the Nazarene where he subsequently served the homeless for seven years as a team member and associate pastor; and,
WHEREAS, while at the Manhattan Church of the Nazarene, Rev. Colaizzi met his wife Marilyn and, in 1983, their family moved to Kansas City where Rev. Colaizzi pursued a Master of Divinity degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary and volunteered at Kansas City Rescue Mission, eventually becoming the Mission's executive director in 1985; and,
WHEREAS, during Rev. Colaizzi's thirty-five years of leadership, Kansas City Rescue Mission has grown from one employee to sixty employees, providing emergency shelter, meals, chapel services, resident addiction recovery, case management, health care, adult education, life s...
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