St. Anne’s Afghan refugee family – Making a real difference, one family at a time
Two-minute read. Life at St. Anne’s, Lee’s Summit after they converted their office space to accommodate an Afghan Refugee family.
Two-minute read. Life at St. Anne’s, Lee’s Summit after they converted their office space to accommodate an Afghan Refugee family.
One-minute read. Details of recent clergy transitions through to the end of April 2022.
Four-minute read. For some clergy, a sabbatical is a time of rest, perhaps focusing on an academic project or a retreat. Not so for Northern Indiana Bishop Douglas Sparks, who is spending his sabbatical walking the 660-mile Potawatomi Trail of Death from Indiana to Kansas.
Three-minute read. On Saturday, March 19, the Central Deanery Council elected a new dean and officers. Welcome Fr. Isaac Petty (Dean), Terry Cobb (Vice Chair), and Cassie E. Brown (Secretary).
One-minute read. A brief update on recent clergy changes.
One-minute read. Sacred & Secular, a musical collective with a residency at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Excelsior Springs, has released the album Peas in a Pod: Music from Two Podcasts (And Elsewhere).
Two-minute read. Four days after starting her Episcopate with the diocese on December 1, Bishop Bruce was at her first Sunday pastoral visit at Christ Church, Lexington, Missouri.
Three-minute read. St. Anne’s has embarked on a new ministry to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Firstly by helping a family of 16 people to leave Afghanistan, and secondly by creating an apartment in St. Anne’s that will be home for an Afghan family.
Three-minute read. Photographs of Bishop Marty’s final pastoral visitation as Bishop of West Missouri which took place on Sunday, September 12, 2021, at Christ Episcopal Church, Warrensburg, Missouri.
One-minute read. To celebrate St. Philip’s first Holy Eucharist service since the pandemic began, the congregation designated it as a “Thanksgiving Sunday” and doubled donations to the Trenton Good Samaritan Fund.
12-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon for the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost given at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Lee’s Summit, is available to listen to online.
Bishop Marty’s sermon for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost given at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Lee’s Summit, is available to watch online.
15-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost given at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Raytown, is available to listen to online.
17-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost given at Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, Blue Springs, is available to listen to online.
16-minute video. Bishop Marty’s sermon delivered at the Rev. Isaac Petty’s installation at St. Luke’s, Excelsior Springs, on July 8, 2021, is available to watch online.
Two-minute read. On the evening of Thursday, July 8, 2021, Fr. Isaac Petty was installed as Vicar of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Here are the pictures.
We are busy planning this year’s Annual Convention, and we would like to know how people would prefer to attend. We emailed all clergy and delegates with a link to a short survey. Unfortunately, a large number of churches are still to provide their slates of delegates, so we ask that you share this post with any delegates that we may not have been able to reach via email. Thank you.
12-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon for the Feast of Pentecost given at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Independence, is available to listen to online.
One-minute read. On Saturday, May 15, a graduation service and ceremony was held at Grace Cathedral, Topeka, Kansas, for the Bishop Kemper School for Ministry classes of 2020 and 2021.
One-minute read. We need more disaster chaplains. In the Missouri-Arkansas region of the Red Cross, we have only eight chaplains. We are handling the day-to-day needs right now but should there be a major disaster in our region we will need help. We especially need some chaplains who can speak Spanish.