Month: April 2017

Holy Week services scheduled

Several area churches are offering Holy Week services this week.

Some of the area church services include:

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 2203 Parallel, plans Holy Week services, including Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper in Spanish at 7 p.m. April 13; adoration prayer from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. April 13; Good Friday, 3 p.m. April 14, the Passion of the Lord; 6 p.m. April 14, Living Way of the Cross in Spanish; 7 p.m. April 14, the Passion of the Lord; Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil Mass, 8 p.m. April 15 in Spanish; Easter, 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. April 16, Easter Mass in Spanish at 9:30 a.m.

Christ the King Catholic Church, 53rd and Leavenworth Road, Holy Thursday, 7 p.m. April 13, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., April 13, adoration prayer; Good Friday, 7 p.m. April 14, the Passion of the Lord; Holy Saturday, 1 p.m. April 15, Blessing of Easter food; Easter Vigil Mass, 8 p.m. April 15; Easter Mass, 9:30 a.m. April 16.

First Christian Church, 148 N. Nettleton Ave., Bonner Springs, plans Holy Week services, including: a Maundy Thursday service from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 13, walk-in communion with Last Supper display; a Good Friday Tenebrae service (Service of Darkness), 7 p.m. April 14; an Easter sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. April 16 led by FCC youth at Tall Oaks, 12778 189th St., Linwood, Kan.; breakfast at First Christian Church, 7:30 a.m. April 16; Easter worship service, 9:30 a.m. April 16; and Easter egg hunt following the worship service. Nursery care is available.

Judson Baptist Church, 8300 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, will hold a Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13. A children’s Easter party, for age 2 through fifth grade, is planned from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 15, at the church Fellowship Hall. There will be an Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m. Sunday, April 16. The church website is http://judsonbaptistchurchkck.com/.

Open Door Baptist Church, 3033 N. 103rd Terrace, plans an Easter breakfast from 8:45 to 10 a.m. Sunday, April 16. The Easter service is at 10:30 a.m. April 16. Those attending the breakfast are asked to make reservations in advance to [email protected] or 913-634-0663. For more information, visit www.opendoorkc.com/.

Our Lady and St. Rose Catholic Church, 8th and Quindaro, Easter Mass, 11 a.m. Sunday, April 16.

Praise Chapel KC, 3640 N. 67th St., plans to drop 10,000 eggs from a helicopter during the 10 a.m. service on Easter, April 16. The church, which also had a similar egg drop last year, plans to give away four bikes and provide lunch on Easter. Services, the lunch and the Easter “Eggstravaganza” egg drop are open to the public at no charge. There is also a special presentation on Easter for children. According to the church, the main message of Easter is salvation, resurrection and the meaning of Jesus’ sacrifice, and those messages will be included in Easter services.

Stony Point Christian Church, 149 S. 78th St., plans a Time Together to Reflect on Holy Love at 7 p.m. Friday, April 14; an Easter egg hunt for toddlers through fifth-graders at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 15 in the church park; and Easter services at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, April 16. There will be an Easter continental breakfast from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Sunday, April 16, in the church coffee shop.

St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1086 N. 94th St. (94th and State Avenue), plans Holy Week services: 7 p.m. Holy Thursday, April 13, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, adoration until 10 p.m.; 3 p.m. Good Friday, April 14, Stations of the Cross, 7 p.m. April 14, Passion of the Lord; 2 p.m. Holy Saturday, April 15, Blessing of Food; 8 p.m. April 15, Easter Vigil Mass; Easter Masses on April 16, 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m. (Spanish) and 2 p.m. (Burmese).

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St., plans Holy Week services and activities. Maundy Thursday services will be at 7 p.m. April 13. Good Friday services will be at 7 p.m. April 14. A “Hallelujah Parade” will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 15, followed by a Easter egg hunt. Easter Sunday services will be at 10 a.m. April 16; the service in Spanish will be at 5 p.m.

Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland Ave., plans a Good Friday service at 6 p.m. Friday, April 14. Easter services are a Son-Rise service at 7 a.m. April 16 led by the youth, a breakfast at 7:30 a.m., and Easter worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday school classes are at 9:45 a.m. April 16.

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Sporting KC on the road tonight in Portland

A marquee Western Conference matchup awaits on Saturday as unbeaten Sporting Kansas City (2-0-3, 9 points) visits the first-place Portland Timbers (4-1-1, 13 points) at 9:30 p.m.

FOX Sports Kansas City Plus will air three hours of live coverage at Providence Park beginning at 9 p.m., while FOX Sports Kansas City will also broadcast the match upon conclusion of the Kansas City Royals baseball game. Fans can listen live on ESPN 99.3 FM (English) and La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish), and mobile users can follow the action on FOX Sports GO and Sporting KC Uphoria.

This weekend’s showdown at Providence Park pits two teams who have experienced early success via contrasting means.

Sporting Kansas City has stifled opponents with just two goals allowed through five games – both coming in second-half stoppage time – while the Timbers have scored a league-best 16 times behind the formidable likes of Fanendo Adi and Diego Valeri, who are tied for second in MLS with five goals apiece.

Sporting Kansas City alleviated concerns of an offensive draught on Sunday as Seth Sinovic, Gerso and Dom Dwyer found the back of the net during a dominant 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids.

Sinovic’s early strike was the first regular season goal of his eight-year MLS career, highlighting a standout performance in which he also assisted Dwyer’s late tally. Gerso also bagged his first goal in a Sporting Kansas City uniform, the designated player running onto Roger Espinoza’s through ball and poking low past Colorado goalkeeper Tim Howard just before the hour mark.

The Timbers are coming off a 3-1 triumph of their own, dispatching the Philadelphia Union as Adi became the club’s all-time leading scorer with his 46th regular season goal. The road win saw Portland erase an early deficit when U.S. international Darlington Nagbe restored parity in the 32nd minute and Roy Miller fired the visitors ahead in the 66th. Adi buried a late penalty to seal the result and rewrite Portland’s record books.

Led by head coach Caleb Porter, the Timbers are off to their best six-game start in team history. The influential Valeri has grabbed headlines with five goals and three assists, while offseason addition Sebastian Blanco has added class to an already impressive midfield. In defense, center back Lawrence Olum – formerly a five-year member of Sporting KC – is off to strong start with his new club, having started all six matches.

Portland is amidst an excellent run of form at hallowed Providence Park, the site of a 110-game sellout streak. Porter’s men have won 15 of their last 21 home fixtures and enter Saturday on an eight-game home unbeaten run (7-0-1). The Timbers have scored in each of those 21 contests, averaging 2.3 goals per game over that stretch.

As potent as Portland has been in recent weeks, Sporting Kansas City has been equally stingy along the backline. In addition to conceding just twice, Peter Vermes’ side has notched three straight road shutouts dating back to last year, one shy of tying the club’s regular season record.

The 2016 head-to-head series produced a pair of home victories: Sporting KC won 1-0 on July 31 at Children’s Mercy Park before Portland prevailed 3-0 seven days later. Prior to the defeat last August, Sporting KC had posted shutouts in three straight regular season visits to Providence Park. Two of those three clean sheets were credited to goalkeeper Tim Melia, whose 0.40 goals against average leads MLS.

Midfielder Benny Feilhaber, who has missed Sporting KC’s last two matches with a thigh strain, was officially removed from the club’s injury report this week and will be available for selection. On the opposite side, Portland center back is questionable as he continues to recover from a foot injury that has sidelined him for five straight games.

Saturday’s meeting is notably a rematch of the epic 2015 Western Conference Knockout Round clash in which Portland won an 11-round penalty shootout – the longest shootout in MLS postseason history – after a gripping 2-2 draw.

– Story from Sporting KC