Month: April 2022

Faith news

Note: Please contact the church or check its social media pages to see if it is having services or making schedule changes in the event of inclement weather or high COVID numbers.

Blessed Sacrament and Christ the King Catholic churches have information about Masses at the churches’ websites or Facebook pages at www.facebook.com/Christ-the-King-Parish-KCKS-1392808997677579 and www.facebook.com/BlessedSacramentkck. Masses at Christ the King are at 4 p.m. Saturday, and 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday. Masses at Blessed Sacrament will be at 6 p.m Saturday, 7:30 a.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Sunday.

Casa – Worship House Christian Church, 5217 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kansas, has services at 11 a.m. Sunday. The church will have a Kid Fest at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30. For more details, see www.facebook.com/casadealabanzaKCKS. For more information, visit Facebook @casadealabanzaKCKS.

The First Christian Church of Bonner Springs will hold a Community Blood Center blood drive from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at the church, 148 N. Nettleton, Bonner Springs, in the Fellowship Hall. To make an appointment, visit savealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.

“Scripture Group: Lectio and Discussion,” will be from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, at the Keeler Women’s Center, 759 Vermont Ave., Suite 100B, Kansas City, Kansas. Heather Neds will lead the group. The meeting is in person or via Zoom. Registration for the free program is required to 913-689-9375 or visit www.keelerwomenscenter.org.

Oak Ridge Missionary Baptist Church, 9301 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas, will have information about services, and registration at https://www.facebook.com/ORMBCKC or http://ormbc.org/church-online/. Services are at 9:45 a.m. Sunday.

Open Door Baptist Church, 3033 N. 103rd Terrace, Kansas City, Kansas, will have services at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 24. For information, see https://www.opendoorkc.com/livestream. For more information see https://www.facebook.com/opendoorkc/ and https://www.opendoorkc.com/.

Our Lady and St. Rose Catholic Church, 2300 N. 8th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will hold Mass at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 24. For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/ourladyandsaintrose.

Stony Point Christian Church, 149 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will have a worship service on Sunday, April 24, at 10:15 a.m. See more information at https://www.facebook.com/StonyPointChristianChurch.

St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1086 N. 94th St., Kansas City, Kansas, has information about Masses, and livestreamed Masses, at https://www.facebook.com/StPatrickKCK. Masses are at 5 p.m. Saturday, and on Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:45 p.m. in Spanish and 2:30 p.m. in Chin-Burmese. St. Patrick church will have a Divine Mercy Holy Hour from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 24. There will be a Community Blood Center blood drive from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, at St. Patrick Church, in the parish center. To make an appointment, visit savealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will have Sunday services at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 24. See more information at https://www.facebook.com/StPaulsKCK/ or https://www.stpaulskck.org/.

Sunset Hills Christian Church, 6347 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kansas, has regularly scheduled Sunday services at 9:30 a.m., with Sunday School following the service at 10:45 a.m. The Wednesday Night Bible Study will be held at 7 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Livestream services here at https://www.facebook.com/sunsethills.christianchurch/. For more information visit [email protected] or email [email protected].

Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, has regularly scheduled services at 10 a.m. Sunday, with Sunday School at 9 a.m. For more information, including information about livestreamed services, see 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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Thunderstorm watch issued for Wyandotte County

Wyandotte County is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

The watch area also includes Johnson County and Leavenworth County in Kansas, as well as Clin\ton, Clay, Jackson and Platte counties in Missouri.

Showers and thunderstorms are possible, mainly before 2 a.m., the weather service said. Winds may gust as high as 34 mph.

Between a quarter and half-inch of rain is possible, according to the forecast.

Annual memorial and candlelighting service planned Monday for crime victims’ rights week

The Wyandotte County community, families of fallen victims and community officials will come together on Monday, April 25, to remember those who have lost their lives to homicide in 2020 and 2021.

The Crime Awareness Coordinating Effort (C.A.C.E.), a program of Friends of Yates, will hold its 22nd annual Memorial – Candle Lighting Service and Forum in recognition of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.

This year’s theme and panel discussion will be centered around “Rights, Access, Equity, for all Victims – Help Crime Survivors find their Justice.”

The service is co-sponsored by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Victim Services Unit, along with the Wyandotte County Office of the District Attorney’s Victim Assistance Program and Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office.

The event will be held at Forest Grove Baptist Church, 1417 N.. 9th St., Kansas City, Kansas, where the Rev. Desmond Lamb Sr. is the host pastor. The event will begin with a light dinner from 4:30 p.m. -5:45 p.m., followed by the program from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

The Crime Awareness Coordinating Effort (C.A.C.E.) was developed in response to the death of a 10-year-old girl in Kansas City, Kansas. This tragic event created great concern throughout the Kansas City, Kansas, community, a spokesman stated. A forum was called by Friends of Yates and members of the Baptist Minister’s Union on Oct. 27, 1998, to bring together local businesses, law enforcement personnel, community leaders and concerned citizens to begin the dialogue about how crime was plaguing the Kansas City, Kansas, community.

Friends of Yates wanted to challenge community leaders to collaborate and design a strong plan to address violence in the area, the spokesman stated. Through the efforts of Friends of Yates, a collaborative partnership was formed and became known as the Crime Awareness Coordinating Effort (C.A.C.E.).

This year’s memorial service will remember the 92 victims of homicide, serve as a support system for victims’ families and educate the Wyandotte County community on the progress made to diminish the threat of violence throughout the community.

This year’s guest panelists will include Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree; Wyandotte County Assistant District Attorney Candice Alcaraz; Capt. Rodney Smith, KCK Police Department; Wyandotte County Sheriff Daniel Soptic; Damon Daniel, president, AdHoc Group Against Crime; Wendy Medina, program supervisor, KCKPD Victim Services Unit; Sharron Villegas, victim-witness coordinator, Wyandotte County District Attorney’s office; and Rebbecca Johnson, program director, Friends of Yates Inc.

In addition, KCKPD homicide detectives will be onsite to speak with families and community members regarding open homicide cases. Other program participants will include LaDora Lattimore, Friends of Yates, executive director-CEO emeritus, and Arica Roland, Friends of Yates executive director.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.friendsofyates.org or email [email protected].