LegacyWorks is made of 3 social enterprises:

GardenWorks
PotteryWorks
CoffeeWorks
 
After teens have been hired into these programs, they are welcomed into a community of hope that fosters discovery, creativity, and accountability. Employment through LegacyWorks provides financial resources, job training, and personal development designed to meet them where they are and walk with them on a journey into adulthood. Legacy employees gain skills, hope, and confidence to navigate the world differently.

What started in 2004 inside a small church with summer camps and outreach based on the belief that the arts can connect us to our Creator in powerful and healing ways sparked the realization that more was needed. More time, more resources, more tools, had to be made available if local teens were going to break the cycles that had led them into complicated and difficult circumstances.

 

In 2011 Legacy Ministries, Inc./ LegacyWorks was established and its founders began looking deeper. Why is it that so many teens are falling through the cracks? Why, in the city of Wichita do we expect that 1 out of 4 students will not finish high school? Why do 3 out of 4 students find themselves stuck in a cycle of poverty? Why are so many teens caught in a system that regularly fails them?

With the purchase of 945 S. Wichita, an old two-story home known today as The Legacy House, a group of open hearted, creative minded, Jesus followers embarked on a journey to meet teens where they are, find answers to these questions, and come alongside them. It is a journey that has changed their lives, and the lives of every person they have connected with along the way.