Month: May 2022

Faith news

Note: Please contact the church or check its social media pages to see if it is making schedule changes.

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. For more details, see www.facebook.com/casadealabanzaKCKS. For more information, visit Facebook @casadealabanzaKCKS.

“Gospel of Non-Violence: Living the Way of Jesus,” will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, at the Keeler Women’s Center, 759 Vermont Ave., Suite 100B, Kansas City, Kansas. The meeting is in person or via Zoom. Registration for the free program is required to 913-689-9375 or visit www.keelerwomenscenter.org.

A Memorial Day Mass will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, May 30, at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, 38th and State, Kansas City, Kansas; and at 9 a.m. Monday, May 30, at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 126th and Parallel.

Oak Ridge Missionary Baptist Church, 9301 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas, will have information about services at https://www.facebook.com/ORMBCKC or http://ormbc.org/church-online/. Services are at 9:50 a.m. Sunday.

Open Door Baptist Church, 3033 N. 103rd Terrace, Kansas City, Kansas, will have services at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 29. 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 celebrate Mass at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 29. 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, May 29, 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 hold a Community Blood Center blood drive from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, 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, May 29. 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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Russia says ‘nyet’ to any more visits from hundreds of members of Congress

by Ariana Figueroa, Kansas Reflector

Washington — Hundreds of members of Congress are permanently banned from visiting Russia, in retaliation for passing economic sanctions on the country after it invaded Ukraine in late February.

The list of nearly 1,000 Americans includes President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, along with celebrities such as actor Morgan Freeman, executives such as Microsoft President Brad Smith and government leaders such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. All four U.S. House members from Kansas are on the list.

“We emphasize that the hostile actions taken by Washington, which boomerang against the United States itself, will continue to receive a proper rebuff,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “Russian counter-sanctions are forced and aimed at forcing the ruling American regime, which is trying to impose a neo-colonial ‘rules-based world order’ on the rest of the world, to change its behavior, recognizing new geopolitical realities.”

Congress cleared $40 billion in aid to Ukraine earlier this month, the second multi-billion-dollar package since the beginning of the war in late February.

Of the 963 people banned, more than 230 are Republican and Democratic members of Congress. Top congressional leaders also made the list, such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland.

Those on the list in the 27 States Newsroom states include:

Alaska
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R)
Arizona
Rep. Andy Biggs (R)
Rep. Greg Stanton (D)
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D)
Rep. David Schweikert (R)
Rep. Paul Gosar (R)
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D)
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
Rep. Debbie Lesko (R)
Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D)
Colorado
Sen. Michael Bennet (D)
Rep. Ken Buck (R)
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R)
Rep. Diana DeGette (D)
Rep. Jason Crow (D)
Rep. Douglas Lamborn (R)
Rep. Joe Neguse (D)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D)
Florida
Sen. Marco Rubio (R)
Rep. Bill Posey (R)
Rep. Lois Frankel (D)
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)
Rep. Scott Franklin (R)
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D)
Rep. Michael Waltz (R)
Rep. Daniel Webster (R)
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R)
Rep. Carlos Giménez (R)
Rep. Neal Dunn (R)
Rep. Val Demings (D)
Rep. Greg Steube (R)
Rep. Darren Soto (D)
Rep. John Rutherford (R)
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R)
Rep. Ted Deutch (D)
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R)
Rep. Byron Donalds (R)
Rep. Kathy Castor (D)
Rep. Charlie Crist (D)
Rep. Kat Cammack (R)
Rep. Al Lawson (D)
Rep. Brian Mast (R)
Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D)
Georgia
Rep. Rick Allen (R)
Rep. Sanford Bishop Jr. (D)
Rep. Nikema Williams (D)
Rep. David Scott (D)
Rep. Austin Scott (R)
Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux (D)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R)
Rep. Hank Johnson (D)
Rep. Buddy Carter (R)
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R)
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R)
Rep. Lucy McBath (D)
Rep. Drew Ferguson (R)
Rep. Jody Hice (R)
Idaho
Sen. Mike Crapo (R)
Sen. James Risch (R)
Rep. Mike Simpson (R)
Rep. Russ Fulcher (R)
Iowa
Sen. Joni Ernst (R)
Rep. Cindy Axne (D)
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
Rep. Randall Feenstra (R)
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R)
Kansas
Rep. Sharice Davids (D)
Rep. Jake LaTurner (R)
Rep. Tracey Mann (R)
Rep. Ron Estes (R)
Louisiana
Rep. Garret Graves (R)
Rep. Mike Johnson (R)
Rep. Troy Carter (D)
Rep. Steve Scalise (R)
Rep. Julia Letlow (R)
Rep. Clay Higgins (R)
Maine
Sen. Angus King (I)
Rep. Jared Golden (D)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D)
Maryland
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D)
Sen. Ben Cardin (D)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D)
Rep. Anthony Brown (D)
Rep. David Trone (D)
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D)
Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D)
Rep. John Sarbanes (D)
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D)
Rep. Andy Harris (R)
Michigan
Sen. Gary Peters (D)
Rep. Bill Huizenga (R)
Rep. Tim Walberg (R)
Rep. Fred Upton (R)
Rep. Jack Bergman (R)
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D)
Rep. Haley Stevens (D)
Rep. Dan Kildee (D)
Rep. Andy Levin (D)
Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D)
Rep. Lisa McClain (R)
Rep. Peter Meijer (R)
Rep. John Moolenaar (R)
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D)
Minnesota
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D)
Rep. Angie Craig (D)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D)
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D)
Rep. Peter Stauber (R)
Rep. Dean Phillips (D)
Rep. Tom Emmer (R)
Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R)
Missouri
Sen. Roy Blunt (R)
Rep. Cori Bush (D)
Rep. Ann Wagner (R)
Rep. Sam Graves (R)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D)
Rep. Billy Long (R)
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R)
Rep. Jason Smith (R)
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R )
Montana
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R)
Nebraska
Sen. Deb Fischer (R)
Rep. Don Bacon (R)
Rep. Adrian Smith (R)
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R) (resigned)
Nevada
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D)
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D)
Rep. Steven Horsford (D)
Rep. Dina Titus (D)
Rep. Mark Amodei (R)
Rep. Susie Lee (D)
New Hampshire
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D)
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D)
Rep. Chris Pappas (D)
New Jersey
Sen. Cory Booker (D)
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D)
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
Rep. Frank Pallone (D)
Rep. Albio Sires (D)
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R)
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D)
Rep. Andy Kim (D)
Rep. Donald Norcross (D)
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D)
Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D)
Rep. Chris Smith (R)
New Mexico
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D)
Rep. Yvette Herrell (R )
North Carolina
Sen. Thom Tillis (R)
Rep. Alma Adams (D)
Rep. David Price (D)
Rep. David Rouzer (R)
Rep. Deborah Ross (D)
Rep. Ted Budd (R)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D)
Rep. Dan Bishop (R)
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R)
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R)
Rep. Greg Murphy (R)
Rep. Kathy Manning (D)
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R)
Rep. Richard Hudson (R )
Ohio
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D)
Sen. Rob Portman (R)
Rep. Tim Ryan (D)
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R)
Rep. Troy Balderson (R)
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D)
Rep. Steve Chabot (R)
Rep. Shontel Brown (D)
Rep. Bob Gibbs (R)
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R)
Rep. David Joyce (R)
Rep. Bill Johnson (R)
Rep. Jim Jordan (R)
Rep. Warren Davidson (R)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D)
Rep. Mike Carey (R)
Oregon
Sen. Ron Wyden (D)
Sen. Jeffrey Merkley (D)
Rep. Cliff Bentz (R)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D)
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D)
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D)
Rep. Kurt Schrader (D)
Pennsylvania
Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D)
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D)
Rep. Susan Wild (D)
Rep. Mike Kelly (R)
Rep. John Joyce (R)
Rep. Fred Keller (R)
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D)
Rep. Dwight Evans (D)
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D)
Rep. Mike Doyle (D)
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R)
Rep. Matt Cartwright (D)
Rep. Conor Lamb (D)
Rep. Dan Meuser (R)
Rep. Scott Perry (R)
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D)
Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R)
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R)
Tennessee
Rep. Tim Burchett (R)
Rep. Mark Green (R)
Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R)
Rep. David Kustoff (R)
Rep. Steve Cohen (D)
Rep. Jim Cooper (D)
Rep. John Rose (R)
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R)
Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R)
Virginia
Sen. Tim Kaine (D)
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D)
Rep. Rob Wittman (R)
Rep. Don Beyer (D)
Rep. Bobby Scott (D)
Rep. Morgan Griffith (R)
Rep. Bob Good (R)
Rep. Ben Cline (R)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D)
Rep. Elaine Luria (D)
Rep. Donald McEachin (D)
Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D)
Wisconsin
Sen. Ron Johnson (R )
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R)
Rep. Glenn Grothman (R)
Rep. Ron Kind (D)
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R)
Rep. Bryan Steil (R)
Rep. Gwen Moore (D)
Rep. Mark Pocan (D)
Rep. Scott L. Fitzgerald (R)

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Big Eleven Lake on warning list for blue-green algae

Big Eleven Lake at 11th and State in Kansas City, Kansas, is on the warning list for blue-green algae, according to a news release from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Residents are advised to avoid contact with the Big Eleven Lake water. Also, pets should not come into contact with the lake water.

Wyandotte County Lake formerly was on the warning list for blue-green algae, but it was taken off the list on May 26, according to the KDHE news release.

According to KDHE, lake water, regardless of blue-green algae status, should never be consumed by humans.

If a lake is on the warning list, water contact should be avoided.

Fish may be eaten if they are rinsed with clear water and only the fillet portion is consumed, while other parts are discarded, according to KDHE>

Pets should not be allowed to eat dried algae, KDHE stated.

If lake water comes into contact with skin, wash with clean water as soon as possible, according to KDHE.

Areas of visible algae accumulation should be avoided, according to KDHE.

According to the KDHE, a harmful algal bloom may look like foam, scum or paint floating on the water and be colored blue, bright green, brown or red. Blooms can develop rapidly; if the water appears suspicious or there is decaying algae on the shore, avoid contact and keep dogs away.