Justice Welcome and Inclusion Task Force

The mission of the Diocesan Commission for Justice, Welcome and Inclusion, supported by the guidance of the The Episcopal Church and Bishop Cathleen Bascom, is to create an equitable environment and promote awareness of human rights, peace and community in neighborhoods and communities as well as parishes served by the Diocese. We will accomplish that through learning, training and advocacy. Whatever our differences, whether we are physically blessed or handicapped, mentally or spiritually challenged, economically stressed, LGBTQ+, Native American, Black/African American, Asian, East Asian, Hispanic/Latina-Latino, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Caucasian or any other ethnicity, we are all welcome at God’s table in the Episcopal Church.

Official Task Force Liaisons 

Bishop Daniel Genovesi – St. Andrew’s, Emporia – Multicultural Pastoral & Cultural Advisor
Fr. Daniel Mafla – St. Paul’s, Kansas City – Multicultural Vicar 
Rev. Julian Campbell – Good Shepherd, Wichita – Task Force Co-Chair

Members of the Justice, Welcome, and Inclusion Task Force

Rev. Jennifer Allen – Trinity, Lawrence
Dakota James Bennett – St. James, Wichita
Rev. Canon Jody Carroll – Grace Cathedral, Topeka
Robert (Bob) Fairchild  
Sarah Kessinger
Melanie Laster – Church of the Covenant, Junction City
Archdeacon Jeff Roper – St. James, Wichita
Susan Tusher – St. Bartholomew’s, Wichita
Mason Weber – St. Paul’s, Manhattan

RESOURCES

• Prayers
• Official Resolutions: Values & Principles of The Episcopal Church on Equality and Inclusion
• Definitions
• Programs
• Organizations
• Recommended Reading
• Diocese of Kansas Resources
  • Field Trips
  • https://episcopal-ks.org/way-of-love/

For questions or to get involved, contact the Task Force Chair, Dr. Beth Fitz-Gibbon. pathfox820@gmail.com

O God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Savior, the Prince of Peace: Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions; take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatever else may hinder us from godly union and concord; that, as there is but one Body and one Spirit, one hope of our calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may be all of one heart and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. – Book of Common Prayer, p. 818