Category: Faith

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All Saints Catholic Church, 8th and Vermont, Kansas City, Kansas, will celebrate Polski Day on Saturday, May 5. A Polka Mass featuring the Good Shepherd Choir will be held at 4 p.m. May 5 at All Saints Church. The event also includes a Polski Day parade at 11 a.m. May 5 from 12th and Central, east to 8th Street, then to Vermont, ending at the church. Polish music, food and entertainment are scheduled on the church grounds. The event celebrates Polish heritage and raises funds for the church. For more information, see www.polskiday.com.

Christ the King Catholic Church plans a Community Blood Center blood drive from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, May 14, in the church basement, 3024 N. 53rd, Kansas City, Kansas. To schedule a donation, visit www.esavealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.

Parkway Baptist Church, 12320 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas, plans a Community Blood Center blood drive from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. June 25 in the church classrooms. To schedule a donation, visit www.esavealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.

Volunteers are needed for Samaritan’s Purse’s project, Operation Christmas Child. In this program, led by the Rev. Franklin Graham, volunteers fill shoeboxes with toys, school supplies and hygiene items. The shoeboxes are given to needy children. Operation Christmas Child has delivered more than 157 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 160 countries since 1993. This year, the local Kansas City, Kansas West Area Team hopes to collect 15,782 shoebox gifts to contribute to the 2018 global goal of reaching more than 11 million children in need. Shannon Zaring leads the local Kansas City, Kansas, West Area Team for Operation Christmas Child. To learn more about joining the Kansas City, Kansas West Area Team Area Team or to apply for leadership opportunities, visit samaritanspurse.org/volunteerwithOCC.

Members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kan., will observe the sixth Sunday in the Easter season at 10 a.m. May 6.

Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, plans a Community Blood Center blood drive from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. June 19 in the church Fellowship Hall. To schedule a donation, visit www.esavealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.

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Responding to the needs of the neighborhood is nothing new for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Kansas.

The parish, which is celebrating 160 years of serving its members and the larger community, will hold special events Saturday, April 21, at its present location, 1300 N. 18th St.

The parish, which was founded in 1857, helped feed starving Wyandotte Indians during its early days.

The parish, which was originally near what is now Fourth Street and State Avenue, had a garden and orchard and shared its bounty with those who were less fortunate. About the same time, the parish conducted a school for children in the time before public schools were established. The parish was later at Sixth Street and Ann Avenue and then 712 State Ave.

Those who will attend the celebration will see two successful outreach programs that the parish sponsors as it makes a transition to a center for mission and ministry.

The Breakfast at St. Paul’s will be held from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. April 21 in the parish hall. This program was started about 20 years ago with generous support from a sister parish, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Mission. An average of about 200 attend the breakfast each week; many who come are homeless. Various other churches and other volunteer groups help serve the meal.

The neighborhood pantry will be open from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. April 21. The pantry, with help from Nourish KC (formerly Episcopal Community Services) provides food for about 3,000 meals each month.

A festive Holy Eucharist will be held at 2 p.m. April 21. The co-celebrants will be the Rt. Rev. Michael Pierce Milliken, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas; and the Very Rev. Craig Loya, the dean of Trinity Cathedral in Omaha. The Rev. Dixie Roberts Junk, the priest-in-charge at St. Paul’s, will assist. New altar cloths, vestments and a banner will be dedicated.

A gala celebration is planned at 3:30 p.m. April 21 in the parish hall. Members who are 80 years or older will be honored. Former members and friends have been invited to the celebration.