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Mission Mobilizers
Who we are . . . What we do . . . Why we do it . . .
Mission Mobilizers (MM) are Kingdom influencers that work to transform Kansas City and beyond. MM meets the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month where two presenters share their ministry.
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December 5, 2025, 7:00 – 8:30 am (Central Time) by clicking on this link OR by pasting the link in your browser.
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COME AND SEE! COME AND HEAR! COME AND SEE! COME AND HEAR!
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My name is Alicia Ruhl. I received my BFA in Visual Communications from MO State. I worked as a Graphic Designer for Medical Consulting Group in Springfield, MO, prior to starting my own company, Design Pfile, Inc. When invited to become a Creative Director for LFE Institute, I became more selective with the jobs I accepted with Design Pfile, Inc. As Creative Director, I was responsible for hiring, training and supervising staff, along with purchasing hardware and software for LFE. I was blessed to attend two “HOW Design” conferences during my tenure there.
We moved to Lees Summit in 2006, and I was awarded “2007 New Member of the Year” for the Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce. Opportunities with the Lee’s Summit Chamber included planning the “Emerging Entrepreneurs” conferences, founding the “Chamber Young Professionals” and being selected to sit on the Board of Directors. Also around that time I designed the logo for Lee’s Summit Cares “Community of Character.”
When my oldest was 4 months old, I stepped back from the business professional world to be a full-time Wife and Mom.
In 2019, as a mom of 4, I founded Faithfull by Design, with the motto of “We fight trafficking in a beautiful way.” I created jewelry and apparel with my “h4: hunger for hope. home. heaven. help. healing. her. Him” logo, then sold these items and donated the proceeds to organizations fighting sex trafficking in KC.
Along the way, I fell in love with an art medium called “alcohol ink,” and began creating unique, whimsy, vibrant and nature-inspired artwork. I brought together the “h4” symbol with my alcohol ink art for many products. In addition to selling my art and donating the proceeds to organizations such as ReHope and Relentless Pursuit Outreach & Recovery (RPOR), I host “Art & Awareness” events such as film screenings about trafficking and “Ink Adventure” (learn to paint with alcohol ink) classes.
Today, our shop (www.faithfullbydesign.com/shop) has prints, note cards, bookmarks, apparel, jewelry and home decor for sale. I am constantly adding new prints and products.
One of my favorite Bible Verses is Psalm 46:1, “God is a very present help in time of need.”
Alicia Ruhl can be reached at alicia@faithfullbydesign.com
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Rex Barber will share with us an update on Engineering Ministries International.
My name is Rex Barber, and I’d like to share a bit about my journey with EMI (Engineering Ministries International), a ministry dedicated to supporting the global Church on the international mission field.
My first mission trip as a believer was to China with my church small group in 1988. That experience was life-changing, and I’ve been deeply involved in missions ever since. My earliest missions work was local, serving in the Colorado Springs and Kansas City areas with Habitat for Humanity.
In 1994, I volunteered with EMI on a project in Zacapa, Guatemala, working on a large orphanage campus. That trip set the stage for my long-term calling with EMI—a ministry I’ve now been part of for over 30 years, including 26 years on staff.
In the fall of 1999, I joined EMI’s staff at our headquarters in Colorado Springs. For more than 22 years, I served as a full-time project leader, guiding teams of architects and engineers on short-term mission trips. EMI partners with Christian ministries already making a Kingdom impact, helping them plan and develop their facilities—ranging from hospitals, seminaries, and schools to agricultural projects and more. Since joining EMI, I’ve traveled to over 50 countries and conducted mission work in 35 countries. My work has taken me throughout Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean, with a few projects in Europe and Central Asia, including some in more closed-access countries.
Over the last two years, my focus has shifted to serving as an MPD (Ministry Partner Development) coach. In this role, I train and equip new and existing staff, interns, and fellows to build strong support bases so they have the resources needed to sustain the ministry God has called them to.
Rex joined staff with EMI in 1999. He is ordained as a Gospel Worker and has a calling to the nations for Christ.
Professional Training & Experience
- Bachelor of Architecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA, 1979
- An Architect with various design firms in Colorado, Kansas and Missouri, 1979-1996
- Owner and founder of, No Place like Home, Architecture & Design in Overland Park, KS, 1996-2001
- Rex comes to EMI with 20+ years’ experience in commercial and residential design. Before Rex’s architecture experience, he grew up and worked on the family farm/ranch in central Kansas.
Family
Rex met Sally while working on a Habitat for Humanity home in the inner city of Kansas City, MO, in 1990. They were married in 1992 and have two adult daughters. Rex and Sally live in the North Gate area of Colorado Springs.
Rex Barber can be reached at rex.barber@emiworld.org
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If have any questions, you can reach me at eagle.eye.ent@sbcglobal.net or 816-215-5826.
Have a Kingdom Day Living Life with no Regrets,
Larry
MM Communicator