Month: June 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.

Churches United for Justice, a coalition of faith leaders in Kansas City, Kansas, is calling on community leaders to address violent crime levels and the effects of historic redlining. Churches United will have a meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at Mt. Carmel Church of God in Christ, 2025 N. 12th St., to speak with local leaders, including Sheriff Daniel Soptic, Kansas City, Kansas, Police Chief Karl Oakman, Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor Tyrone Garner and some Unified Government commissioners.

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, June 5. 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, June 5. 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, June 5, 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, June 5. 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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Rosedale exhibit continues at Wyandotte County Museum

One of the landmarks of Rosedale is the Rosedale Arch, a World War I memorial to Rosedale soldiers that was based on the Arc de Triomphe. Rosedale is currently celebrating its 150th anniversary, and an exhibit at the Wyandotte County Museum tells the story of the community, which is part of Kansas City, Kansas. (File photo by Mary Rupert)

by Mary Rupert

Currently at the Wyandotte County Museum, Bonner Springs, is the Rosedale 150th anniversary exhibit.

The exhibit has been extended until June 25, said Amy Loch, museum executive director.

Rosedale was an independent city until 1922, so it is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding and also the 100th anniversary of its annexation into Kansas City, Kansas, she said.

Rosedale has its own community identity, and the Rosedale Development Association, instrumental in keeping this identity alive, was the partner for developing this exhibit, she said.

Some of the most notable features of the Rosedale area are the Rosedale Arch and Mount Marty. The Rosedale Arch, a World War I memorial based on the Arc de Triomphe, was dedicated in 1924 to those Rosedale soldiers who served in World War I.

Also featured in the museum exhibit are the Vox Theater or Rosedale Theater, Strasser Hardware and the former Rosedale High School, now a middle school, Loch said.

“We have some stadium seats from the original high school, several sports trophies, clubs, plaques and trophies,” she said about the school exhibits.

Rosedale had its own mayors in the early days, and some items from the families of mayors are on display at the exhibit, she said.

A coat from one of the early Rosedale mayors is on display, as well as items from the Rainbow Mennonite Church, she said. The church had several mergers over the years, with different names and locations, and traces its history to the early Rosedale days.

Also part of the exhibit is a 15-minute video history of Bell Memorial Hospital, the forerunner of the University of Kansas hospital in Rosedale, she said.

Rosedale also has been known for some of its streets that originally were lining up with the numbering system in Kansas City, Missouri, and not the numbering system in Kansas City, Kansas. After annexation, Rosedale had to rename a number of streets and churches to be in sync with Kansas City, Kansas, she said.

Long-time Rosedale historian, the late Margaret Landis, also is featured in the museum exhibit, according to Loch. Her book about Rosedale history, “The Winding Valley and the Craggy Hillside,” and an audio recording that she made while giving a Rosedale history presentation at the “History and Culture of Wyandotte County” class at Kansas City Kansas Community College are part of the exhibit.

Loch said there are a number of maps and city directories that are being used by museum visitors to look up their ancestors and see where they lived in Rosedale.

There’s also a slide show of additional photos where some visitors found their relatives’ pictures, she added.

The Wyandotte County Museum, which is located inside Wyandotte County Park at Bonner Springs at 126th and State, is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Admission is free. The next exhibit at the museum will be the 100th anniversary of the Fairfax area of Kansas City, Kansas, which will start in July.

Free fishing days June 4-5

Fishing in public lakes and waters will be free June 4-5 in Kansas, including at Wyandotte County Lake.


Anyone may fish in public waters June 4-5 in Kansas without a fishing license, according to state wildlife officials.


On other days, a fishing license is required for those ages 16 to 74.


On June 4-5, those who are fishing must still abide by other regulations such as limits on the number of fish caught. For more information, including a list of places to fish for free this weekend in Kansas, visit ksoutdoors.com/fishing.


The 2022 Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary also are online at ksoutdoors.com/fishing. The summary contains information about all public waters and some tips on tying knots and identifying fish.


Kansas fishing regulations, forecasts, and more can also be accessed via the GoOutdoorsKS mobile app for iOS and Android. Visit https://ksoutdoors.com/License-Permits/KDWP-Mobile-Apps/ to download.