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The Gospel Non-Violence Study Group will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Keeler Women’s Center, 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. The group is facilitated by Peg Burns Kerbawy.
Scripture Study and Reflection group will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at the Keeler Women’s Center, 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. The group is facilitated by Heather Neds.
A program, “Creating Your Own Icon,” will be held from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, 29 and Nov. 5 at the Keeler Women’s Center, 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Those participating may draw, sketch and paint their own icons and learn to make their own prayer panels.
The Keeler Women’s Center is a ministry of the Benedictine Sisters. Call 913-906-8990 for more information and reservations.
The Wyandotte County Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast is planned for 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at the Reardon Center, 500 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. The guest speaker will be Monsignor Stuart Swetland, president of Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kansas, and professor of leadership and Christian ethics. Ticket reservations must be paid in advance to [email protected] or telephone 913-634-6019 for information.
Metro Lutheran Ministry will hold the “Power of Each One” fundraising event at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, in the Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Blvd., Overland Park. The fundraiser will support the MLM food pantries, permanent supportive housing, minor home repair, employment support services and the MLM Christmas Store. The event also will include a farewell to retiring Executive Director Jim Glynn and a welcome to MLM’s new executive director, Scott Cooper. For reservations, call 816-285-3141 by Oct. 22.
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.
Parkway Baptist Church, 12320 Parallel Parkway, plans a Community Blood Center blood drive from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, in the church classrooms. To schedule a donation, visit www.esavealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.
St. Mary-St. Anthony Catholic Church plans an Oktoberfest dinner from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at Bishop Forst Hall, 615 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas. On the menu will be roast pork, side dishes, dessert and coffee. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Children’s tickets will be $3. For information, call 913-371-1408.
Delegates from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will attend the 159th annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas Thursday, Oct. 18 through Saturday, Oct. 20, at Grace Cathedral, Topeka. A major agenda item will be the selection of a bishop; the nominees are The Rev. Cathleen Chittenden Bascom, the Diocese of Iowa; The Rev,.Martha Macgill, the Diocese of Maryland; and The Rev. Helen Svoboda-Barber, Diocese of North Carolina.
Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland Ave., plans a Community Blood Center blood drive from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the church fellowship hall. To schedule a donation, visit www.esavealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.
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