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, 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday. Masses at Blessed Sacrament are at 6 p.m. Saturday, and at 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday.

Casa – Worship House Christian Church, 5217 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kansas, has regularly scheduled Sunday services at 11 a.m. See more details for this Sunday at www.facebook.com/casadealabanzaKCKS. For more information, visit Facebook @casadealabanzaKCKS.

The “Gospel of Nonviolence” will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, at the Keeler Women’s Center, 759 Vermont Ave., Suite 100B, Kansas City, Kansas. Peg Burns will lead the group. The meeting is planned for in-person or 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/.

Open Door Baptist Church, 3033 N. 103rd Terrace, Kansas City, Kansas, will have services at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 3, and livestreamed at 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 3. The Knights of St. Peter Claver of the church will sponsor a fried catfish curbside dinner from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 8, at 3024 N. 53rd St. Fish dinners are $12 each, and should be ordered by April 6 at ourladyandsaintrose.org/fishfry. 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 at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, April 3. Sunday school is at 9 a.m. Stony Point is planning an Easter pancake breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 17, in the church coffee shop. 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. St. Patrick’s Mass times are at 5 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The 12:45 p.m. Mass is in Spanish, and the 2:30 p.m. Mass is in Burmese. St. Patrick Church will hold a fish fry starting at 4:30 p.m. Fridays during Lent, in the parish center. Drive-up service will be available. Adult meals are $12 and kids meals are $6. The family meal is $35 and will serve two adults and two or more children under 12. Each meal comes with mac and cheese or French fries, green beans, cole slaw, a roll, a drink and dessert.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will have services at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 3. 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 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 sunsethills@churchtrac.com or email sunsethillscc@att.net.

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. A Lenten study group will meet from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Fellowship Hall. An Easter egg hunt, plus a craft and story, is planned at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 9, with registration by 2:30 p.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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Library plans virtual author event today

The Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library plans a virtual author event from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 2.

Terry McMillan, author of “It’s Not All Downhill From Here,” will participate in a moderated question-and-answer session as she discusses the book.

McMillan has written several best-selling books, including “Waiting to Exhale” and “How Stella Got Her Groove Back.”

The Zoom link for the virtual author appearance is https://kckpl.zoom.us/j/94407650611.

For more information on this program, visit https://kckpl.librarymarket.com/terry-mcmillan.

Property tax valuation to be topic at Fairfax luncheon April 14

The topic of the Fairfax Industrial Association luncheon at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, April 14, will be property tax valuation and assessment ratio in Kansas and the impact on property valuation in Fairfax.

The guest speaker will be Doug Spangler, a former state representative who is serving on the mayor’s task force on governmental efficiency. He is also a former city manager of Edwardsville.

The luncheon will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 520 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

The deadline to register will be at 10 a.m. Monday, April 11. The same program had been planned in March, but was canceled because of the weather.

The cost of the luncheon will be $30. To register for the luncheon, visit https://fiakck.org/product/april2022_luncheon/.