One-minute read. Las solicitudes están abiertas para dos oportunidades de becas ofrecidas anualmente por la Iglesia Episcopal: la becas del Fondo Constable, que se enfocan en la educación religiosa, y las becas del Fondo Roanridge, que apoyan el desarrollo de liderazgo en pueblos pequeños y comunidades rurales.
One-minute read. Applications are open for two grant opportunities offered annually by The Episcopal Church—Constable Fund grants, which focus on religious education, and Roanridge Trust grants, which support leadership development in small towns and rural communities.
When: Sunday, October 10 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 123rd Harvest Festival and will be held on Sunday, October 10, beginning at 11 a.m.
TryTank is seeking 700 volunteers across The Episcopal Church to answer regular, brief, one or two question micro-surveys.
Please join us as we resume our book study on Undoing Racism with our next book: How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey toward Racial Justice” by Jemar Tisby.
October 5 – 28 on Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m.
One-minute read. Si bien han transcurrido 20 años, quisiera hacer una pausa y recordar los días que siguieron a estos trágicos acontecimientos. Fueron tiempos de mucha unión. Rezamos, lloramos y también trabajamos juntos. Porque en esos momentos, por muy fugaces que fuesen, supimos con inmediatez y vulnerabilidad que necesitamos a Dios y que nos necesitamos unos a otros.
One-minute read. While 20 years have passed, I also want us to pause and remember the days that followed these tragic events. There was a moment in the aftermath when people came together. We were praying, grieving, and also working together. Because in that moment, however fleeting it was, we knew with immediacy and vulnerability that we need God, and we need each other.
One-minute read. The diocese is currently looking for both lay and clergy people to serve in a variety of roles. We need nominations to be elected to both the Diocesan Council and the Standing Committee. We also need nominations to serve in several other capacities.
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14-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon preached at the service for the Ending of a Pastoral Relationship of the Rev. Kenneth L. Chumbley, at Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield, on August 29, 2021, is available to listen to online.
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.
Starting Friday, September 3, we are changing the daily drop-in, online Church Connect schedule.
12-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost given at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Joplin, is available to listen to online.
One-minute read. Have you considered volunteering your time and talents to serving the church in diocesan leadership (elected and/or appointed) and wondered what would be expected of you? How much time is involved? Descriptions of all opportunities are available online.
11-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon given on Wednesday, August 11 (Commemoration of Laurence of Rome) at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Springfield, is available to listen to online.
16-minute recording. Bishop Marty’s sermon for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost given at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Kimberling City, is available to listen to online.
One-minute read. This afternoon we noticed some unusual account activity on one of the accounts on our bulk emailing service – Constant Contact.
As far as we can determine, none of the data on the system has been tampered with. However, we can not rule out that some data may have been copied.
One-minute read. Apply to be a member of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s delegation to the 2021 U.N. climate change conference (COP26)
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.