If you are eligible to Vote and have a seat at the Annual Convention of The Diocese of West Missouri, and you haven’t registered yet, please register now, or you will not be able to vote or speak at the convention.
The Area Confirmation service due to take place on Saturday, August 17 at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Joplin has been canceled. All the candidates due to be confirmed, reaffirmed, or received have elected to travel to an alternate service, or are waiting for next year’s area confirmation services, hoping that physical distancing and attendance limitations will be relaxed by that time.
One-minute read. The deadline for nominations for Diocesan Council and Standing Committee is this Wednesday, October 7.
Three-minute read. 2020 Stewardship Resources are ready for download. Register for webinars on Planned Giving & People-Focused Giving.
Ten-minute read. Diocesan Council minutes for the council’s special meeting held on July 6, 2020, have been published on the diocesan website.
Three-minute read. The Episcopal Church announces its 2021 grants program for Young Adult and Campus Ministries currently engaged in or seeking new relationships with young adults on or off college campuses.
Note: the following information is presented in English and Spanish
Aviso: La siguiente información se presenta en inglés y en español
Three-minute read. Episcopal institutions can now apply for the next round of the Episcopal Evangelism Grants Program, designed to fund local and regional evangelism efforts in the Episcopal Church. The application deadline is November 15.
Note: the following information is presented in English and Spanish
Aviso: La siguiente información se presenta en inglés y en español
Two-minute read. Sponsored by The Diocese of West Missouri’s Diversity and Reconciliation Commission, The Beloved Community’s Second Book Study, God of the Oppressed by James H Cone, explores this landmark text in the development of Black Theology.
One-minute read. Follow-up the Parenting With Mindfulness Workshop by attending a series of small group meetings. We will be forming two groups to further explore aspects of the workshop, with one group concentrating on Parenting with Mindfulness and the other on Children & Family Spirituality.
One-minute read. Area confirmations are going to be looking a bit different this year. How different? We are still working that out… Four Area Confirmation services planned between now and early December.
One-minute read. Due to the resurgence of COVID-19 numbers in the Kansas City Metro area, members of the Diocesan Staff once again have the choice of working from their homes or from the Diocesan Center.
One-minute read. A letter to Episcopalians from Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry and President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings. “In the event that we cannot convene safely in person from June 30 to July 9, 2021, we will postpone the 80th General Convention to 2022…”
Aviso: La siguiente información se presenta en inglés y en español
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July 13 at 7 p.m. Summer is a great time to explore God’s Wondrous Creation. Sign up to join a diocesan-wide Backyard VBS!
Three-minute read The Presiding Officers’ Advisory Group on Beloved Community Implementation is pleased to announce the availability of grants to address the racial disparities laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic and for groups responding to racist violence and policing reform.
Aviso: La siguiente información se presenta en inglés y en español
Two-minute read. The Diversity and Reconciliation Commission has had to postpone its workshops due to COVID-19. To continue our work until we are able to come meet together in person, you are invited to join with us in online book study sessions.
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.
One-minute read. Church bells will be ringing throughout Missouri at noon on Pentecost, May 31, 2020, to commemorate lives lost to COVID-19 and in thanksgiving for all essential workers putting themselves on the line for the sake of all during the pandemic.
One-minute read. Bishop Marty writes briefly on discontinuing his Weekly Reflections and other changes.
two-minute read. Following inquiries from clergy and discussion with the deans, Bishop Marty has issued a brief email clarifying aspects of the May 4 Pastoral Direction.
