June 5, 2014
Ordinations are this Saturday in Topeka
Bishop Dean Wolfe will ordain three deacons and one priest during a service on Saturday, June 7 at
10:30 a.m. at Grace Cathedral, 701 SW 8th Ave. in Topeka.
Don Compier, Steven King and Vivian Orndorff will be ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons, and
the Rev. Ted Blakley will be ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests.
All members of the diocese are invited to the service and to the reception that follows.
Clergy are asked to vest (red stole) and to walk in procession. They should be present no later than
10 a.m. in the lower-level Great Hall to vest.
>> Special farewell to the Very Rev. Andrew Grosso. The diocese will bid farewell to the Very Rev.
Andrew Grosso, dean of the Bishop Kemper School for Ministry, during this Saturday’s ordination service.
He is leaving the school at the end of the month to become Director of Distance Learning at Nashotah
House, an Episcopal seminary in Wisconsin. Grosso also has served as rector of Trinity, Atchison, since
May 2008, and his last day with the parish will be June 15.
>> Jon Hullinger to be received as a priest on June 8. During the 10 a.m. service at Grace
Cathedral, Topeka, on Pentecost, June 8, Bishop Wolfe will receive the priestly orders of Jon Hullinger,
who served for 14 years as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church before becoming an Episcopalian. He
graduated with a certificate in Anglican Studies from the Bishop Kemper School for Ministry in May 10.
Prayers asked for Kansas 2 Kenya teams
Two teams of people from the diocese, as well as others, are heading to Kenya for mission work.
Please keep them in your prayers.
The Community Team leaves today and will return on June 18.
The Medical Team leaves on June 12 and returns on June 23.
Almighty God, who calls us into community and gives us a variety of gifts for the common good, be
with all those who travel with the Kansas 2 Kenya ministry. Grant them safe journeys, and help them to
offer themselves in service to others in your holy Name and to have willing hearts to receive what others
will offer to them; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
‘Safeguarding God’s Children’ workshop set for June 14
A “Safeguarding God’s Children” workshop will be offered in Wichita on Saturday, June 14, from 8
a.m. to noon at St. James’, 3750 E. Douglas, Wichita.
The course is required by the diocese for church leaders, employees and all who work with children
and youth. It is appropriate for those in both ordained and lay ministries, church leaders, staff members,
parents and members of the congregation.
To register, contact the Rev. David Lynch at curate@stjameswichita.org or the church office at (316)
683-5686.
Want to extend your church’s reach? Be part of Social Media Sunday on June 29
Sunday, June 29 is being marked in churches across the Episcopal Church as “Social Media
Sunday.” On this day Episcopalians are encouraged to use their own social media platforms (Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.) to tell their friends about the Episcopal Church.
Worshippers are encouraged to post a photo, live tweet a sermon, upload a short video of a choir, or
generally tell people they know why they love being an Episcopalian.
All are encouraged to use the hashtag #Episcopal so the messages can spread even farther.
For more information, along with some clever graphics (all created by volunteer parish
communicators in Connecticut and St. Louis), visit http://episcopalshare.org/
The event also has a Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/events/659173444130415/
Youth news
>> MissionPalooza registrations are available online. MissionPalooza is an urban mission trip in
Kansas City, Mo., July 21-27, for youth who have finished grades 8-12.
Youth get to select where they would like to serve during the day from a list of options, including
Habitat for Humanity, Wayside Waifs no-kill animal shelter, Operation Breakthrough low-income urban
child care facility, Kansas City Community Kitchen, and Bishop Spencer Place retirement community. In
the evenings there are fun activities, singing and worship. On Saturday participants have a “fun day”
where youth can choose to go to Worlds of Fun & Oceans of Fun or enjoy an air-conditioned movie at the
theater.
The cost is $160 per student, and some scholarship assistance is available.
Registration materials for youth and adults are available online at
http://edokyouth.wordpress.com/missionpalooza/ and are due by Monday, July 7.
Campus ministry still is accepting applicants for fall intern positions
Are you – or do you know – a graduating college student passionate about the life of faith and looking
to engage in a year of service offering ministry to others, while gaining leadership skills before embarking
on their next chapter of life? If so, consider applying or encouraging this person to apply to become a
Campus Intern and staff member of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas.
This position offers the ministry opportunity to deepen one’s own faith and share formation,
leadership and pastoral skills at one of the diocese’s two Canterbury Houses by working with collegeaged peer ministers. It also offers the space to explore more deeply the intern’s own vocational
discernment.
This service year begins August 1, 2014 and has the potential to be a two-year internship.
Compensation includes a monthly stipend and lodging.
For more information regarding this opportunity please see the job description online at
www.edokcampusministry.wordpress.com/campus-intern-application/, or contact Campus Missioner the
Rev. Stephanie Jenkins at (785) 766-7435 or sjenkins@episcopal-ks.org.
Cursillo weekend to take place in August
The Heartland Episcopal Cursillo of the Diocese of Kansas and West Missouri will be holding an
Episcopal Cursillo three-day weekend Aug. 7-10. It will take place at the Heartland Presbyterian Retreat
Center,16965 MO Hwy 45, in Parkville, Mo. It is easily reached from I-435 or I-70.
Applications for attendees and sponsors may be found online at http://stmaa.net/?q=content/growingspiritually/formation/cursillo
For more information about the Weekend, contact the Rev. Tom Wilson at
rector@standrewsderby.org or Sandy Ackerson at cwsandy@sbcglobal.net. More information about
Cursillo and the contents of the weekend can also be found at nationalepiscopalcursillo.com.
Tornado relief tops $5,600
Contributions from the May 11 special collection on behalf of victims of recent tornados have reached
$5,649.
Churches that have yet to submit their check from their collection should send a single check, made
payable to “Episcopal Diocese of Kansas” with “Tornado Relief” in the memo line, to Episcopal Diocese of
Kansas, Tornado Relief, 835 SW Polk St., Topeka, KS 66612.
ECW seeks survey responses
An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Episcopal Church Women is seeking input to
determine how the organized ministry of women, known as ECW, will have a continuing role and impact
on the life of the Episcopal Church.
They want to hear not only from women associated with ECW but also from every man and woman
who cares about the Episcopal Church and the role of women in it.
The survey is online at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1601926/empower-your-voice-2014
Clergy news
The Rev. John Goddard, who has served as interim at St. Luke’s, Shawnee, for the past nine
months, concluded his service to the parish on June 1. The congregation will be served by supply clergy
this summer as they finish the process for calling a priest in charge.
The Rev. David Lynch, curate at St. James’, Wichita, the past two years, concludes his service there
on Sunday, June 29. A celebration honoring his ministry will take place on June 15 at 9:30 a.m.
Anniversaries of ordinations
Congratulations go to these people as they celebrate the anniversaries of their ordination in the next
two weeks:
June 5: The Rev. Kathi Babcock, Epiphany, Independence (4 years); the Rev. Sue Oldfather, nonparochial (4 years)
June 6: The Rev. Shawn Streepy, St. Aidan’s, Olathe (5 years); Bishop Dean Wolfe, to the
priesthood (21 years)
June 8: The Rev. Machrina Blasdell, licensed, Diocese of California (29 years); The Rev. Ashley Null,
non-parochial, Diocese of Western Kansas (28 years)
June 9: The Very Rev. Michael Munro, St. Paul’s, Leavenworth (30 years); the Rev. George
Pejakovich, ELCA, Grace Cathedral, Topeka (36 years)
June 11: The Rev. Curtis Cowell, retired (44 years); the Rev. Canon Meghan Froehlich, licensed,
Diocese of Ohio (14 years); Deacon David Butler, Epiphany, Independence and Ascension, Neodesha (9
years); Deacon Allen Ohlstein, St. Paul’s, Leavenworth (9 years); Deacon Oliver Bunker, Grace, Chanute
(3 years); Deacon Elizabeth Drumm, non-parochial (3 years)
June 12: The Rev. Mark Cowell, Sts. Mary and Martha of Bethany, Larned, Diocese of Western
Kansas (10 years)
June 17: The Rev. Timothy Kline, non-parochial, Diocese of Western Kansas (22 years)
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