The varied work of the Commission on Ministry
Six-minute read. The Commission on Ministry (COM) is a key part of the leadership and ministry of our diocese. Fr. Bill Fasel explains what the Commission on Ministry does.
Features
Formed … and Transformed
One-minute read. We all need the opportunity to be formed and transformed as Christians. The Christian Formation Commision is putting together tools to help us.
Spiritual Complacency
Three-minute read. Mike McDonnell argues that we are in danger of letting our complacency put our Christian heritage and our faith’s future at risk.
A Year in Africa – Settling in
12-minute read. In this second installment on her experiences working for the Peace Corps, we join join Julia Taylor as she settles into her new home and role in Mbale, Uganda.
Spiritual Direction: Airing Things
One-minute read. Spiritual Direction can offer a way of untangling some of life’s difficult questions.
Worship Opportunities Are All Around Us
Eight-minute read. Part four on Deepening Your Relationship with God by Worshiping with Other Faiths.
Unknowing Victims
10-minute read. Are you a victim? It’s a crime that can be very hard for people to admit to being the victim of. For some it is because it is an embarrassing admission that they were duped, for others, it is because they don’t even know that they are victims.
Preparing for the Inevitable
Five-minute read. Do you know how to handle your family’s financial transactions?
A Year in Africa – Preparations & Orientation
15-minute read. Continuing to show that ministry can take on many forms. In 2016 Julia Taylor signed up to spend a year with the Peace Corps in Uganda.
Have I Told You Lately?
Two-minute read. Recently I said goodbye to a longtime friend and co-worker. I’m not sure that we’ll meet again on this earth.
Apollo 8 at 50: In the beginning
five-minute read. On Christmas Eve 1968 the astronauts of Apollo 8 became the first people to orbit the Moon.
Equipped and Sent
five-minute read. An eight-month tenure at Holden Village, a Lutheran Community in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State has a lasting effect
We Are Members of One Another
15 minute read. Part three on Deepening Your Relationship with God by Worshiping with Other Faiths. What can we learn from how other faiths worship?
Three Months (30 Days) In India
15 minute read. Ministry can take on many forms. In 2015 Julia Taylor embarked on what she thought was to be a three month stay in India, working at the NRI General Hospital, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India with Project Hope.
Building Community in West Missouri
15 Minute video. People from across the diocese tell their stories of how diocesan grants and funds are being used in their ministries and outreach.
2018 Gathering Presentations
Five-minute read. Brief notes and useful links relating to the three Diocesan Convention Gathering presentations.
Diocesan Convention in Pictures
Five-minute read. The people and events of the 129th convention of The Diocese of West Missouri.
A New Curacy Program to Attract Younger Priests
10 minute read. In the next 3-5 years when one quarter of our seminary prepared priests will retire. The Diocese of West Missouri is actively seeking funding for a new Curacy Program to attract and retain younger clergy.
Courses for Licensed Evangelism and Christian Formation Roles
5 minute read. The Bishop Kemper School for Ministry has put together courses to prepare potential licensees in Evangelism and Christian Formation.
Clover House, providing space for healing and hope
5 minute read. Clover House is an oasis, providing healing and rest to young women sorely in need of a safe place to stay. Created by Saint Francis Community Services, the program provides restorative, residential care for female adolescent survivors of sex trafficking.
