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News > The Harvest May/June 2007
Archdeacon Jim Upton dies of cancer
The Ven. Jim Upton died June 17 after a two-year battle with cancer.
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Kansas City culinary program helps change lives
Culinary Cornerstones may look like other cooking schools, but there's a difference. It teaches the basics of classic French cuisine to students other programs would never consider -- people who have done time in prison, have been homeless or suffer from significant emotional illness.
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New audit guidelines are designed to protect church finances
The Council of Trustees has adopted new guidelines for parish audits and have reiterated important financial controls to help parish funds stay safe and secure.
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Changing light bulbs, changing attitudes
The environmental stewardship team at Trinity, lawrence, has replaced regular light bulbs with compact fluorescent lights to save money and energy.
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Youth ministry interns will have a busy summer
Four veterans of the diocesan youth program are spending the summer learning what it takes to run a parish youth program through their work as summer youth interns.
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Episcopal Social Services moves into new building
ESS moved from the building it occupied for nearly 20 years in the area to be razed for a new county-owned arena.
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Presiding Bishop visits Western Kansas
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori visited 14 parishes in four days during a recent visit to the Diocese of Western Kansas.
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In other news around the diocese...
- A priest and two transitional deacons were ordained by Bishop Dean Wolfe in June services.
- A parish in Mississippi ravaged by Hurricane Katrina donated money to the diocese to help victims of the Greensburg tornado.
- A Topeka priest and a Wichita lay man have written scholarly works exploring the lives and works of influential people who lived some 14 centuries apart.
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