Full details of the 132nd Annual Convention of The Diocese of West Missouri are now available on the Convention website. We are open for nominations for Diocesan Council members and Standing Committee members. We are also ready to receive your reports and resolutions.
Two-minute read. Three new courses related to safe church policies within The Episcopal Church will be released July 14, with webinars planned soon to help dioceses transition to a new learning platform. All new courses will be launched to create a new program called Safe Church, Safe Communities.
Note: the following information is presented in English and Spanish
Aviso: La siguiente información se presenta en inglés y en español
17-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost given at St. Peter & All Saints, Kansas City, is available to listen to online.
20-minute read. The approved Diocesan Council minutes for the meetings held in October 2020, December 2020, and April 2021 have been published.
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.
To aid in future planning, we’re asking one leader from each church to please take this short, 2-question survey to let us know what day of the month your Vestry or Bishop’s Committee regularly meets.
One-minute read. Details of some administrative updates to the diocesan websites.
Three-minute read. People need the kind of theological education which supports their faith and which also trains them to express that faith in day-to-day events. “This is a class I wish I had ‘discovered’ at a much earlier time in my life. It is rewarding beyond anything I ever thought it would be.”
15-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon for the Third Sunday after Pentecost given at St. Oswald’s in the Fields, Skidmore, is available to listen to online.
POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 18 & OCTOBER 2.
One-minute read. On Thursday, June 10, anyone involved in Children and Family Ministry is invited to join us in a virtual gathering to get better acquainted. Join us to explore the possibilities for expanding your Ministries
14-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon for the second Sunday after Pentecost given at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Mountain Grove, is available to listen to online.
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.
One-Minute read. Join a growing number of churches within our diocese that offer active ministries for children and families to get acquainted!
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. Imagine how good it feels to be at a table that is warm and welcoming. That is the kind of table At the Table hopes to create in your home or church sometime this summer.
One-minute read. A task force created to develop materials for The Episcopal Church related to anti-sexual harassment and safe church policies announces the upcoming launch of nine new training modules.
14-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon for the re-dedication of St. James Episcopal Church, Springfield, May 12, 2021, is available to listen to.
One-minute read. Bexley-Seabury seminary has developed a course for Worship Leaders. The course is entirely online with videos and reading materials and 8 live sessions using Zoom. If this is something of interest, we commend it to you.
14-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon for the fifth Sunday of Easter, May 2, 2021, at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, West Plains, is available to listen to.
