Month: June 2021

Faith news

The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has information about churches, Masses, and reflections, at https://www.facebook.com/archkck.

Blessed Sacrament and Christ the King Catholic churches will hold Masses on Sunday, June 6. For more information, visit the churches’ websites or Facebook pages at https://www.facebook.com/Christ-the-King-Parish-KCKS-1392808997677579 and https://www.facebook.com/BlessedSacramentkck. Mass is online at https://www.facebook.com/BlessedSacramentkck. Christ the King Catholic Church will sponsor a Community Blood Center blood drive from 12:30 pm. to 5 p.m. Monday, June 28, at Davern Hall, church basement, 3024 N. 53rd St., Kansas City, Kansas. To make an appointment, visit esavealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.

Bonner Springs United Methodist Church, 425 W. Morse Ave., Bonner Springs, will hold a Community Blood Center blood drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, at the church Fellowship Hall. To make an appointment, visit esavealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.

Casa – Worship House Christian Church, 5217 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kansas, will have Sunday services at 11 a.m. June 6. The church has an online service at www.facebook.com/casadealabanzaKCKS. Graduates will be recognized, child dedications and baptisms will be held, along with a potluck dinner afterward. Check with the church’s social media page for more information on services. For more information, visit Facebook @casadealabanzaKCKS.

Oak Ridge Missionary Baptist Church, 9301 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas, will hold Sunday worship services at 9:45 a.m. June 6 on Facebook. See https://www.facebook.com/ORMBCKC/ or http://ormbc.org/.

Open Door Baptist Church, 3033 N. 103rd Terrace, Kansas City, Kansas, will have services in person at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 6, and livestream at https://www.facebook.com/opendoorkc/ and https://www.opendoorkc.com/.

Stony Point Christian Church, 149 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will have services at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, June 6. Services also will be livestreamed on its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/StonyPointChristianChurch. Sunday school will be at 9 a.m.

St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1086 N. 94th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will hold Mass in person and online for Sunday, June 6, at https://www.facebook.com/StPatrickKCK. A Community Blood Center blood drive will be held from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, at St. Patrick Church Parish Center. To make an appointment, visit esavealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will continue with its in-person service at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 6. The service also will be available on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/StPaulsKCK/.

Sunset Hills Christian Church, 6347 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kansas, will have services on Sunday, June 6. For more information about this Sunday’s plans, visit the Facebook page of Pastor Mike Barnett, https://www.facebook.com/mike.barnett.528. Services are also provided through checkout of DVD or SD Card and can be sent by email upon request. For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/sunsethills.christianchurch.

Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, will have a worship service at 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 6. A video of the service will be at https://www.facebook.com/Wyandotteumc.

Information about other church services in Wyandotte County may be available from the church’s social media page.
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Hernandez leads Monarchs to victory

The Kansas City Monarchs had their own Texas two-step Friday night.

Jan Hernandez went four-for-five with an RBI single leading the Kansas City offense, while Eric Stout (2-1) earned a quality start and a win over the Cleburne Railroaders in Cleburne, Texas.

Stout started where he left off in his last start by dominating on the hill in Texas for the first game of this three-game road series against Cleburne. The left hander struck out seven batters while only giving up three hits and one run in the contest.

Stout’s performance gave the Kansas City offense time to figure things out after struggling early. Through the first five innings, the Monarchs only recorded one hit with Hernandez doubling in the first inning.
In the sixth inning the offense found their stride, and the bats got hot quickly. After a lead-off walk by Darnell Sweeny, Johnny Field hit an RBI double to drive in Sweeney for the first run of the game, giving the Monarchs a 1-0 lead. Kansas City immediately scored again with the next batter Hernandez hitting an RBI single to allow the Monarchs to go up 2-0.

Stout gave up a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth as the Railroaders made it a 2-1 game. That same inning, he recorded his seventh strikeout of the game to end his Friday night performance. Right hander Cody Mincey came in to replace Stout to begin the seventh inning where he struck out one.

The Monarchs continued the offensive success in the eighth inning.

After Field got on base off an error by Cleburne, Hernandez singled, putting two batters on base for Casey Gillaspie. Gillaspie then hit a triple to drive in both runners and advance the Monarchs lead, making it a 4-1 game.

Immediately after Gillaspie’s big triple, Colin Willis hit a sacrifice fly RBI for Kansas City to take a 5-1 lead heading to the bottom half.

In the top of the ninth, the Railroaders pitching struggled, putting Monarchs batters on the bases with two straight walks with one out in the inning.

With runners at second and third, there were back-to-back wild pitches by Cleburne pitcher Bryan Saucedo, making it a 7-1 lead for Kansas City.

The hitting machine of the night, Hernandez doubled in the top of the ninth, giving him a four-for-five batting effort.

Robinson Martinez replaced Mincey on the mound in the bottom of the ninth. Mincey finished his outing by pitching two innings, giving up one hit and striking out one batter.

Martinez went three up, three down in his pitching performance, sealing the win for the Monarchs.

The Monarchs will face the Cleburne Railroaders in game two of the three game series at 7:06 p.m. Saturday in Texas. The game can be heard on the Monarchs Broadcast Network with the pre-game beginning at 6:40 p.m. and the video stream airing on aabaseball.tv.

Tickets to Monarchs games can be purchased by calling 913-328-5618 or by visiting monarchsbaseball.com.

  • Story from Dan Vaughan, Kansas City Monarchs