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Outreach and Mission
Help for tornado victims
People across the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas have the opportunity to help victims of the area’s recent tornadoes in a variety of ways.
Special collection set for Sunday, May 29. Bishop Dean Wolfe has asked that every congregation in the diocese take a special collection this Sunday, May 29, to aid victims through Episcopal Relief and Development’s U.S. Disaster Relief Fund.
Each church is asked to send one check to the diocese, with “Tornado Relief” on the memo line, after Sunday’s collection is totaled. Send checks to Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, Tornado Relief, 835 SW Polk St., Topeka, KS 66612.
You can read Bishop Wolfe’s entire letter to the diocese about this need >>HERE.
Database of volunteers being developed. The Diocese of West Missouri is creating a database of people and congregations interested in volunteering in Joplin, once that opportunity becomes available. More information is on their website >>HERE.
Photos and more information. Photographs taken in Joplin on May 30 are available >>HERE. A story by Episcopal News Service is available >>HERE.
Outreach
Food ministry
The Episcopal Diocese of Kansas has a commitment to feeding the hungry, and a number of agencies are the primary ways to do that.
St. Paul's Food Pantry in Kansas City offers food to those in the community twice a week and plays a key role in reducing hunger in its neighborhood. Website
St. Paul's Breakfast Program has provided a hot breakfast to as many as 175 people every Saturday for more than 10 years, including Christmas and other holidays. Website
Trinity Interfaith Food Pantry is the largest food pantry in Lawrence and is housed at Trinity. It is supported by Trinity and St. Margaret's Episcopal Churches as well as three other area churches. Website
Episcopal Community Services of Kansas City serves people in need in the Dioceses of Kansas and West Missouri with a variety of efforts, including its Episcopal Hunger Relief Network. Website
Episcopal Social Services of Wichita offers a hot lunch to those in need in Wichita and supports a variety of anti-poverty efforts in its community. Website
Environmental stewardship
The Trinity Environmental Stewardship Team of Trinity, Lawrence, offers a variety of resources. >>MORE
Habitat for Humanity
The diocese is building a Habitat for Humanity house in Coffeyville. The house should be completed before Christmas. Watch for more details.
Mission
Kansas to Kenya
Dozens of Kansas Episcopalians are involved in this mission effort that sends teams each summer to Kenya and works to provide people there with resources to improve their lives of poverty. Website
Haiti Episcopal Connection
Eleven parishes in the Diocese of Kansas have partnerships with churches in Haiti, and they raise money and send volunteers to assist people in the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Website
Other resources
Episcopal Relief and Development
Episcopal Relief and Development is an international relief and development agency and a compassionate response to human suffering on behalf of The Episcopal Church of the United States. Its work to heal a hurting world is guided by the principles of compassion, dignity and generosity. Website
Millennium Development Goals
The Diocese has committed itself to the Millennium Development Goals, an eight-prong effort to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015. Information about the MDGs >>MORE