Month: April 2015

Faith news

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Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 2203 Parallel, will hold the Good Friday Passion of the Lord, in Spanish, at 7 p.m. April 3; the Easter Vigil, in Spanish, at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 4; and Easter Masses April 5 at 8 a.m. in English and 9:30 a.m. in Spanish.

Christ the King Catholic Church, 3024 N. 53rd St., will hold the Good Friday Passion of the Lord at 7 p.m. April 3; the blessing of food at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 4; the Easter Vigil at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 4; and Easter Mass at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, April 5.

A Community Blood Center blood drive is scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. April 18 at Community of Christ Church, Fellowship Hall, 4400 Shawnee Drive, Kansas City, Kan. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 816-753-4040 or visit www.savealifenow.org.

Haven Baptist Church, 3430 Hutton Road, plans Easter worship services at 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. April 5.

Judson Baptist Church, 8300 State Ave., plans an Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m. April 5; morning worship services are at 8:30 and 11 a.m. April 5. A children’s Easter party is planned from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 4, at the Fellowship Hall.

A weekly Scripture Group with Bible Sharing and Reflection, Lectio and Journaling, is offered from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at Keeler Women’s Center, 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Heather Neds is a pastoral minister and leads the group at Keeler Women’s Center. Call 913-906-8990 to register.

Living Water United Methodist Church, 3001 N. 115th St., will hold its annual community Easter event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 4. There will be an Easter egg hunt, carnival games, food and more. The event is free to the community, and all are welcome. For more information, visit livingwaterumc.net or call 913-400-7203.

Open Door Baptist Church, 3033 N. 103rd Terrace, plans a cantata, “We Will Remember,” that will be presented April 12, the Sunday after Easter. Easter services are at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 5.

A Community Blood Center blood drive is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. April 20 at Parkway Baptist Church classroom, 12320 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kan. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 816-753-4040 or visit www.savealifenow.org.

Persons of all Christian traditions are invited to participate in Taizé prayer on Thursday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in Annunciation Chapel in the Mother House of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, 4200 S. 4th St., Leavenworth, Kan. (The prayer session has been moved to the second Thursday due to Holy Thursday observance the first week of April.) Taizé prayer is a meditative, candlelit service that includes simple chants sung repeatedly, silence, and prayers of praise and intercession. These prayer services emerged from an ecumenical community of monks in Taizé, France. For more information, visit www.marillaccenter.org or call 913-680-2342.

St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1086 N. 94th, will hold the Good Friday Passion of the Lord at 7 p.m. Friday, April 3; a blessing of food at 2 p.m. Holy Saturday, April 4; an Easter Vigil service at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 4; and Easter Sunday Masses at 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. The church has scheduled a Spanish language Mass at 2 p.m. April 5 and a Burmese language Mass at 2 p.m. April 5.

Holy Week services will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St. A Good Friday service will be at 7 p.m. April 3. A Hallelujah Parade is planned Saturday, April 4, in the chapel. The parish will join with the Historic Westheight Neighborhood Association to sponsor an Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 4, on the parish grounds. Easter services are planned April 5 in English at 10 a.m. and in Spanish at 7 p.m.

Stony Point Christian Church, 149 S. 78th St., will have an Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 4, in the church park. The event will be in the Cole Activity Center in case of inclement weather. Children who are participating are asked to bring their own baskets.

Trinity Community Church, 5010 Parallel Parkway, will have a Chris Cakes pancake breakfast starting at 8:30 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 5. The morning worship service will be at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Live translation into Spanish is available at the service.

Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland Ave., will have a sunrise Easter service at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, April 5; breakfast at 8 a.m., Sunday school at 8:45 a.m. and Easter worship at 9:45 a.m. April 5.

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Recipe: Five tips on adding more fruits and veggies to your daily meals

by Ashlee Lamar

We all know the health benefits of fruits and vegetables are numerous. The hardest part is adding them into our daily meal plans.

Experts recommend eight to nine servings of fruits and vegetables per day. This number may sound high, but here are some tips to help add more fruits and vegetables into your daily routine.

1. Choose fruits and vegetables for side dishes at all meals. Look for frozen vegetables that are sold in microwavable bags – this makes for quick and easy preparation.

2. Buy vegetables that require minimal preparation. Choose pre washed carrots, pre washed lettuce, or grape tomatoes.

3. Base your meals around vegetables. For example, try vegetable stir fry with chicken on the side, chef’s salad with grilled chicken or vegetable wraps.

4. Incorporate vegetables into snacks – try hummus with carrot sticks or apple slices with peanut butter.

5. Fortify your main dishes with vegetables. Add several spoonfuls of canned vegetables to your next soup. Or incorporate frozen spinach to your next lasagna dish.

Ashlee Lamar is a registered dietitian with Providence Medical Center.

Stuffed Peppers with Turkey and Vegetables

Ingredients:
– 4 bell peppers, tops and seeds removed
– 1 pound 93% lean ground turkey
– 2 tablespoons olive oil
– ½ onion, chopped
– 1 cup sliced mushrooms
– 1 zucchini, chopped
– ½ red bell pepper, chopped
– 1 cup fresh spinach
– 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
– 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
– 1 tablespoon tomato paste
– Italian seasoning to taste
– Garlic powder to taste
– Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Fill large sauce pan with water and bring to boil.
3. Remove the tops and seeds from peppers. Add peppers to boiling water and cook 5 minutes. Remove from water.
4. In large skillet over medium heat, cook the ground turkey until browned and thoroughly cooked. Drain and set aside.
5. Heat oil in skillet.
6. Combine onion, mushrooms, zucchini, red bell pepper and spinach. Cook until tender.
7. Add the cooked ground turkey and feta cheese.
8. Mix in the tomatoes, tomato paste, and season with Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix well.
9. Divide the skillet mixture amongst the four peppers and fill each pepper to the top with mixture.
10. Place peppers on baking sheet. Bake in oven for 15 minutes. Serve warm.

Serving size: 1 pepper Servings per recipe: 4 peppers

Recipe adapted from allrecipes.com.

Sign work

Sign work was being done on Friday at Wyandotte Plaza, 78th and State Avenue, Kansas City, Kan. It’s jacket weather today in Wyandotte County, and temperatures were around 52 degrees at 2 p.m., with mostly sunny skies. Tonight’s low will be close to freezing, near 33, according to the National Weather Service.
Sign work was being done on Friday at Wyandotte Plaza, 78th and State Avenue, Kansas City, Kan. It’s jacket weather today in Wyandotte County, and temperatures were around 52 degrees at 2 p.m., with mostly sunny skies. Tonight’s low will be close to freezing, near 33, according to the National Weather Service.