In this Issue: Photographs of the Northwest-Metro picnic, a letter from Bishop Diane. Plus Recapping the Women’s Retreat, The Historic Church House of Saint Augustine’s, and lots of announcements and events.
New Spirit Update, August 19, 2022 Read More »
One-Minute read. Invest in your spiritual life by signing up for an EfM class. Students will tell you it is gratifying, enjoyable, and challenging.
Education for Ministry Class Forming Read More »
When: Wednesday, September 21, 6 p.m.
Where: In-person. Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri
This exhibit and presentation is a powerful and moving visual experience of an extremely harsh reality happening in Türkiye (formerly known as Turkey) at this time.
Un-Muted; The Silent Voices of Social Genocide Read More »
When: Saturday, September 24, 2022, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Where: Church of the Good Shepherd, Kansas City and St. John’s Episcopal Church, Springfield.
Who: Diocese-wide.
The purpose of this workshop is to assist the diocese in eliminating the sin of racism. This training fulfills the intent of several General Convention resolutions, which call for leaders at all levels of The Episcopal Church to receive training on the Church’s teaching about racial diversity and other forms of diversity present within the human family.
Fall 2022 Diversity Workshop: Undoing Racism Read More »
Bishop Diane provides a brief introduction to the publication of the new Clergy Leave-taking Policy recently approved by Diocesan Council.
Letter from Bishop Bruce on a new clergy leave-taking policy Read More »
One-minute read. The Episcopal Church Women (ECW) have scholarship opportunities available to women who are at least twenty-three years of age, a member of a parish or mission in The Diocese of West Missouri and who are studying for the diaconate or priesthood.
Members of the Society of Catholic Priests in West Missouri and Kansas have joined together to form the Bishop Kemper Chapter of the Society, and invite other clergy to join them.
Society of Catholic Priests chapter forming in West Missouri and Kansas Read More »
Five-minute read. A brief history of Santa Fe Place and St. Augustine’s church house which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Santa Fe Place Historic District of Kansas City, Missouri.
The Historic Church House of Saint Augustine’s at 2732 Benton Boulevard, Kansas City Read More »
When: Sunday, October 2 at 11 a.m.
Where: St. Oswald’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church.
Family and friends of St. Oswald’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in rural Skidmore return each fall for a special service. This year’s celebration is the 124th Harvest Festival and will be held on Sunday, October 2, beginning at 11 a.m.
Harvest Festival at Oswald’s in-the-Fields Read More »
One-minute read. Cinco seminarios web proporcionarán información y responderán a preguntas. La Junta de la Ofrenda Unida de [Acción de] Gracias (UTO, por su sigla en inglés) se complace en anunciar la disponibilidad de sus Subvenciones anuales de la UTO 2023, que se centran en la crisis de encarcelamiento a nivel mundial.
La Ofrenda Unida de Acción de Graciasconvoca a las subvenciones anuales de 2023 Read More »
One-minute read. Five webinars will provide information, answer questions. The United Thank Offering (UTO) Board is pleased to announce the availability of its 2023 UTO Annual Grants, with a focus on the worldwide incarceration crisis.
United Thank Offering invites 2023 annual grants Read More »
One-minute read. Volunteers are needed to serve in various roles for the diocese. What can you do to help?
One-minute read. Learn Spanish by attending a Spanish-language immersion program in Mexico. The program is provided by the Anglican Diocese of Cuernavaca as part of their self-supporting mission via the Instituto de Español de la Iglesia Anglicana de México (IDIAM). The program is designed to not only teach the Spanish language but also provide cultural exposure.
Two-week Spanish-language immersion course in Mexico Read More »
One-Minute read. It’s been years since the women of West Missouri have been able to gather for a retreat, read how it went!
Recapping the Women’s Retreat Read More »
Five-minute read. Northwest-Metro Deanery picnic – Over 125 people were there on Sunday, August 7, at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Kansas City.
Making a splash too — the Northwest-Metro Deanery picnic Read More »
One-minute read. Episcopal Relief & Development is in close contact with the Episcopal dioceses of Lexington, Missouri, and Southwestern Virginia after heavy rainfall and flash flooding killed at least 37 and left hundreds more missing in the region.
Episcopal Relief & Development providing support following recent flooding Read More »
