The Harvest is the bimonthly print magazine produced by the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas.
On Saturday, October 1, Children’s Ministers from around the Diocese of Kansas met to share ideas, skills, and fellowship. Our hybrid Fall Event was held in person at the main classroom of the Bishop Kemper School for Ministry and also offered via Zoom.
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This poem was written The Rev. William D. Jenkins during the Advent Quiet Day retreat conducted by Canon Lisa Senuta at Grace Cathedral in reflection on the annunciation to Mary.
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When I first held my newborn son, I looked at him with wonder. Gazing down at him in my arms I thought how precious and innocent he was, and I wanted to protect him forever. What would he be like as an adult? What would be his hopes and dreams? Would he be healthy and happy? And I prayed one simple prayer for him: that he grow to be a man who was capable of both giving and receiving love. I suppose most young mothers wonder about these things for their children; I suppose Mary did too on that first Christmas so long ago.
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The place of Jesus’ birth in Israel has been protected since the first century. Walls and walls surround the small cave entrance where pilgrims wait in lines to spend a moment or two of appreciation.
Bethlehem itself sits inside Palestinian territory not far from the wall blockading Jerusalem. The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem looks more like a fortress than a holy place. Sheer walls of white marble reach up many stories tall. The door to enter is called the Door of Humility.
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The Risen Jesus pours forth God’s love, but our lives are also meant to be conduits of it. Each one of us can be part of the momentum of transformation! Each of us can be like a small air turbo, spreading the Jesus movement, ushering God’s new heaven and new earth into our own unique workplace, family, neighborhood, or school.
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AMID CONVERSATIONS about whether churches should abandon online worship options developed because of COVID-19 or keep them, a small church in the Diocese of Kansas found that its online presence has not only kept its community together during the pandemic but has also attracted new people, some of them living hundreds of miles away. And in what may be a first for The Episcopal Church, the congregation elected an online member to its vestry.
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St. David’s Church hosted a neighborhood Lenten program built around the Sacred Ground curriculum and brought together three churches from Topeka’s west side.
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It brings me great excitement to announce the hiring of Dr. Donald Livingston as Organist of Grace Cathedral. His first Sunday with us will be June 26, 2022.
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On December 18, 2021, the people of St. Michael and All Angels in Mission, KS gathered at the church in Spencer Hall, named for its first and founding rector, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the parish. The banquet featured a dinner, a slide show presentation highlighting each decade of the church’s history, and special guests.
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The Harvest is the diocese’s triennial news magazine.
Current Issue: April 2026
