One-Minute read. Sometimes it seems there are more wonderful Advent and Christmas resources than stars in the sky so the list below is pared down to just a few favorites. Links to these free resources are yours for the clicking.
Where: Live on Facebook from St. Peter & All Saints, Kansas City, Missouri.
When: 2 p.m. Saturday, November 21, 2020.
In-person attendance is limited to the participants and their sponsors.
In this issue: It’s a wrap! The Diocese of West Missouri’s first (and hopefully only) online Annual Convention is now over. Find out what happened, and more besides.
Two-minute read. It’s a wrap! The Diocese of West Missouri’s first (and hopefully only) online Annual Convention is now over. The 131st Annual Convention of The Diocese of West Missouri was held on Saturday, November 7.
One-Minute read. Advent is right around the corner. Many of you are already working on Advent boxes or care packages for households. If you’re just getting started, we can offer a few tips and suggestions.
One-minute read. Thinking about Thanksgiving: to zoom or not to zoom, that is the question.
Four-minute read. The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department used unconstitutional violence against non-violent persons protesting the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. The non-violent protesters were engaging in acts of civil disobedience that are protected by the First Amendment. Laws that allow persons to be arrested for constitutional acts of civil disobedience that do not damage property, injure, or kill persons must be repealed.
On Monday, November 16, 2020, at 6:30 p.m., God willing, Lynda Ann Hurt and Isaac Ross Petty will be ordained into the Sacred Order of Deacons. Watch the service online.
Six-plus hour video. Watch the complete 131st Annual Convention of The Diocese of West Missouri on YouTube.
One-minute read. With the Annual Convention just days away, updates and additions to the Annual Convention website’s documents are arriving all the time.
One-Minute read. Find inspiration, hope and formation for Election Day.
Three-Minute read. A transformative article worth taking a moment to read, especially as we head to the polls.
One-Minute read. With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds..to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. Read more about the With Malice Toward None initiative.
three-Minute read. Sometimes fear seems to hang in the very air we breathe. Whether as an emotional response to danger or an experience of awe, fear is formational.
One-minute read. Details of all the nominees for both Diocesan Council and Standing Committee have been published on the Annual Convention website. Detailed bios are included to help convention delegates make their selections.