Diocesan News

News and notes from the congregations of the diocese. Trinity, Arkansas City particpated in a community Thanksgiving service with the Ark City Ministerial Alliance. The service featured music from local church musicians and student soloists. The sermon was given by Jack Dixon of Shepherd’s Grace Church and focused on a message of unity. St. Paul’s, …

We met, we worked, we played, and we celebrated. And we raised $3895.00 in donations (as of this writing), exceeding our goal of $2000 by almost $1900. The Leavenworth County Relay for Life, raising funds for the American Cancer Society to fund cancer research and increase awareness of cancer’s social costs, took place on Saturday, …

Back in 1888 a new church building opened in Marysville, KS. It was made of red brick and sat high on a hill overlooking the small town of Marysville which grew in population and commerce to become the county seat of Marshall County. Throughout the decades, that little church has managed to remain a vibrant …

Every year, nearly every church and non-profit organization discusses the theme of stewardship and estate planning. And many of us know we need to make sure our church is in our estate plan, but we do not always act . . . and then it is too late. Some people, however, make sure that they …

Members of the Council of Trustees presented an update on the Strategic Implementation Plan at the 165th Diocesan Convention held in Wichita on October 18-19. Four of the Council members spoke during Bishop Cathleen Bascom’s address to outline the four major objectives that have been identified, the tactics that have been developed to meet those …

Diane Sherwood, a parishioner of Good Shepherd, Wichita, worked for twenty-five years as a divorce attorney and high-conflict mediator in family law. Throughout her practice, she has managed some of the most high-conflict divorces in the state of Kansas. In 2018 Sherwood attended a mediation conference where Eileen Barker, a fellow mediator and attorney from …

Every one of us has been disappointed by life at one time or another. Yet we often find that by remaining open to the movements of the Spirit, we discover paths to purpose that we never expected. A psychology student and senior at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Greta Carlson was on track to work …