Ministries & Groups
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Infant
Nursery
If your child is age four or under, you may choose to let them play in the nursery while you attend services. The nursery at St. Michael’s was renovated in 2001, providing a common area for play and two smaller rooms which are equipped with cribs for sleeping and a changing station. We have eight people on staff who are scheduled based on availability, and during the school year, we have parent helpers on Sunday mornings. Pagers are available for those who bring their child to the nursery. This provides a quick and easy way to summon the parent if the need arises.
Your child will have fun playing at the Brio train table and the Lego table. They will love the clubhouse climber with slide and the playhouse. Also available are dress-up clothes, books, blocks, and age-appropriate toys for both infants and toddlers.
The Nursery also provides childcare for other church events as requested.
Penny Hoober is our Nursery Coordinator. If you would like, she will gladly give you a tour of our wonderful childcare facility.
Children’s Ministry
Church School
St. Michael’s offers Sunday school classes from 9:50 to 10:40 a.m. for children three years old through sixth grade. Classes begin the Sunday after Labor Day and end the Sunday before Memorial Day. Our children’s classrooms are located on the lower level.
Children’s Chapel
During the 8:45 and 10:45 worship services, children age three years through third grade process out of the nave just before the gospel reading and go to Spencer Hall (at the south end of the hallway) where they hear a children’s liturgy. They return to their parents in the Nave just after the peace.
Special Activities
Throughout the year, children in kindergarten through sixth grade may share in special activities during the St. Michael’s Patronal Feast, Advent, Epiphany, Lent, and Pentecost, and they may also participate in the Christmas pageant. Special activities will also be available to this age group at Wednesday Nights at St. Michael’s.
Vacation Bible School
The St. Michael’s Vacation Bible School is a popular event during the summer months. It is always well attended and the kids have a great time. More information about VBS will be posted as summer approaches.
St. Michael’s Day School
St. Michael’s Day School, Inc., is a modified Montessori Early Childhood Program. Our mission is to provide the community with a quality, developmentally sound educational experience for children beginning at age three and continuing through pre-kindergarten. We are proud to offer this within a Christian environment encompassing an inclusion program for children with special needs. We are licensed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to operate an Early Childhood Center and are affiliated with the National, Kansas and Greater Kansas City Chapters of the Association for the Education of Young Children and the Shawnee Mission Area Early Childhood Coalition. The day school is a local Non-United Way Agency and is able to accept donations designated through the United Way Annual Campaign.
We offer a Tuesday / Thursday preschool, a Monday / Wednesday / Friday preschool, as well as a Monday – Friday preschool program to families in the community. Our program, which is located downstairs in the undercroft of the church, is lively and full with 99 children enrolled. We are blessed with the support of 21 staff members. We also offer an extended day to children in our care on either a part-time or full-time basis. We enjoy daily chapel downstairs with the children and are privileged to have Mother Lisa join us for Chapel a couple of mornings each week. Along with our Montessori activities, we encourage creativity with our music and art programs, physical health with creative movement, and world awareness through our Italian class. We also offer parent and child education programs each year.
Each year the Day School works on community projects to help needy families both locally and abroad through St. Michael and All Angels Church Food Pantry and the Haiti Mission Project.
For more information, please call our Day School Director, Charlie Andrews at 913-432-1174.
Youth Ministries
St. Michael’s Youth are followers of Jesus Christ, committed to the worship of God and service to others. We gather twice a week to develop authentic relationships with each other and discover the fullness of God’s grace in our lives. On Sundays, the youth meet from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. on the lower level in the Baker Youth Room. We meet on Wednesdays from 6:45 to 8:00 p.m. also in the Baker Youth Room. Any youth in 7th through 12th grade is invited to be a part of youth group.
For more information about the St. Michael’s Youth, contact Karen Schlabach by e-mail at karen@stmaa.com.
For information on youth events in the Diocese of Kansas, please visit their website at www.episcopal-ks.org/youth
Adult Ministries
Grief Support Group
The Grief Support Group provides support for anyone trying to cope with the loss of a loved one. At a Grief Group meeting you can expect a warm, accepting environment where all present understand your pain. Your feelings are respected and privacy is assured. The emphasis is upon sharing and beginning the journey toward adapting to the reality of the loss and returning to a life that is no longer ruled by that loss.
If you would like more information about this group, please contact Terry Hoyland at 913-642-3771. We meet on the third Sunday of each month at 4 p.m. in the Priscilla Marsh Library.
Hildegard Deanery
The Hildegard Deanery at St. Michael and All Angels is made up of a group of individuals all trying to live our daily lives in accordance with the ancient rule of St. Benedict. The Benedictine path is one of study and discipline. We make three vows: Obedience, Stability, and Conversion. Obedience to the rule as we understand it; Stability to the community of our families and St. Michael’s, and continual Conversion of our hearts to the will of God. We are open to anyone who is interested in exploring this path.
We meet the third Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the Priscilla Marsh Library. For more about the Hildegard Deanery, please email the Deanery Coordinator, ckaterun@yahoo.com
Education for Ministry
Education for Ministry (EFM) is a four-year course provided by the Episcopal Seminary at University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. The purpose of EFM is to educate and prepare lay persons for active ministry in the Church. It provides an opportunity for us to study scripture, church history, and theology in support of our Christian faith and ministry.
EFM meets on Monday evenings, September through May. Tuition is $340 per year and scholarships are available. Registration takes place in August prior to each academic year. For more information contact Larry Bingham, 913-268-7080 / email larryb@sblsg.com, Cal Cormack 913-248-0634 / email ccormack@kc.rr.com, or Connie Downing
913-432-3384 / email D10Downing@aol.com. You may also learn more about EFM by visiting www.sewanee.edu/EFM/.
The Marriage Journey
This annual weekend workshop/retreat is designed for engaged couples planning to be married at St. Michael’s in the coming year and is coordinated and conducted by lay leadership with presentations, prayers, and support by members of the clergy. The format includes fellowship time, sharing meals, short presentations, time alone for the engaged couples to discuss important issues and work through communication exercises, and small group discussions. As well as a practical guide to marriage preparation, the weekend is a time for spiritual reflection, and couples are encouraged to consider God’s involvement in their relationship and to seek the wisdom of Scripture and community support as they enter into this sacred journey.
If you would like to share in the joy of encouraging and preparing engaged couples, please consider becoming a part of the Marriage Journey ministry team. If you or someone in your family are planning to be married at St. Michael’s, please note that this retreat if a prerequisite to the wedding ceremony. Contact Mother Lisa at 913-236-8600 or Stuart and Becky Jones at 913-384-1938.
The Marriage Course
The purpose of the Marriage Course is to build God-centered marriages through a six-week course that uses a video series and participant study manual. The course, which is for any married couple, is offered at various times of the year. Breakfast or brunch is served and childcare is provided. You may preview the course at a candle-lit dinner prior to each course.
Contact Karen and Swede Beckstrom, rdhkaren@aol.com, or Margie and Jim Burton, margiekc@everestkc.net, to learn more about the Marriage Course and when the next session begins.
“A great marriage is not when a perfect couple comes together, it is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” Dave Meurer, author of Daze of our Wives
Links: www.alphausa.org
Heartland Episcopal Cursillo
Cursillo is an excellent program which is designed to assist you in your spiritual journey with the focus on your Christ-like presence to others. A Cursillo weekend starts on Thursday evening and ends on Sunday afternoon. These weekends are held once or twice a year. Ultreyas, or reunions of everyone who has participated in a Cursillo weekend, are held the first Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m., preceded with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. If you are interested in participating in a Cursillo weekend, send an email to pegnpete@swbell.net or hugheshouse77@hotmail.com, or watch for information to be posted on the church bulletin board. For more information about Cursillo, go to www.episcopalcursillo.org.
Parish Pastoral Care
Parish Pastoral Care provides on-going pastoral care to the parishioners of St. Michael’s as the need arises. The lay ministries under Parish Pastoral Care include Eucharistic Visitors, Homebound, Respite/Recovery/Transportation, Communicare (notes and cards), Food to Help (meals for recovery and respite), Hospitality at the time of a funeral, Meals for families with New Babies, Parish Health Concerns, the Parish Prayer Chain, and a monthly Grief Support Group. If you or your family needs pastoral care, or if you know of someone who does, please contact Mary Nusser or Terry Hoyland, or call the church office: 913-236-8600.
If you are interested in being a part of this vital parish ministry, please contact Mary or Terry. Parish Pastoral Care meets at 9:30 a.m. the first Friday of each month
Health Ministries
The Mission for Health Ministry at St. Michael and All Angels is to proclaim the gospel message of healing, wholeness and health. The ministry is to serve the needs of the St. Michael’s parish community. The Health Ministry team offers blood pressure screenings the first Sunday of every month. In the fall we sponsor a flu shot clinic, and plans are being made to have a Red Dress Day for women’s heart health. Two Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) have been installed in our building—one on the main level and one on the lower level.
If you are interested in becoming a member of this important ministry, please contact Connie Downing, 913-432-3384, or D10downing@aol.com.
Ministries beyond our church walls
Breakfast at St. Paul’s
The parishioners of St. Michael’s and All Angel’s have been preparing and serving breakfast at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Kansas since 1998, and have never missed a Saturday! This is an outreach to the people in the area of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Kansas, to serve a delicious breakfast with love and compassion. Each week the guests are invited to a meal of scrambled eggs, hashed brown potatoes, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, fresh fruit, coffee and juice. We serve from 9:30 to about 10:30 a.m.
To become a part of this outreach ministry, please contact Susie Swanson at 913-642-6214.
St. Paul’s Food Pantry
The purpose of the Food Pantry Ministry is to collect and deliver non-perishable food items to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Kansas. The contributions help to feed the needy families in the area around St. Paul’s.
The St. Paul’s Food Pantry has been serving families for twenty years and has been staffed by the women of St. Paul’s. In the past two years, men and women from other parishes have extended their assistance in working and donating food items. St. Michael’s and other parishes in the area have also given cash donations to help purchase grocery items.
To volunteer to help deliver the food or to work at the Food Pantry (Wednesdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.), contact the church office at 913-236-8600.
Haiti Outreach
“Lespuwa fe viv” - Hope makes us live.
The St. Michael’s Haiti Outreach provides medical treatment, medicines and supplies to the people in the south of Haiti. We also provide school tuition, supplies, and uniforms to the children in the area. Funding is made available for salaries for teachers, directors, cooks, a health care worker and a nurse. Money is also provided for fruit trees, water wells, animal projects, market ladies, and rice for poor families. The headquarters for this non-sectarian ministry is in Torbeck, Haiti.
If you would like to know more about this very important outreach ministry, contact Don Downing (913) 432-3384, Mike Treas (913) 631-1688, or Laura Brown (913) 636-1253. We meet the third Saturday of each month.
Uplift / Cooking for the Homeless
Once a month, on the fourth Monday, the participants in this ministry prepare meals in their homes to be delivered to the Uplift organization. (Together we prepare 60 meals each month.) These meals are delivered to the St. Michael and All Angels church kitchen by 3:00 p.m., and are then delivered to Uplift at Prospect Avenue and Truman Road.
If you are interested in helping with this vital ministry by cooking meals or delivering them to Uplift, please contact Sandy Edmunds at 913-492-4259 or sign up on the sheet in the Uplift mailbox in the church office.
The St. Michael’s Foundation
The St. Michael’s Foundation supports mission efforts in various ways. We have granted monies to a community health clinic, Breakfast at St. Paul’s, the Christmas Bureau, youth camp scholarships, a women’s shelter, services for seniors, Episcopal Community Services, the church building fund, and many others. The Foundation is funded by private donations and endowments.
For more information on how you can help support this vital ministry, please contact the church office at 913-236-8600.
Episcopal Community Services – www.episcopalcommunity.org
Uplift / Supplies for the Homeless
The homeless depend upon donations for food, clothing and daily necessities. St. Michael's is an active provider of canned food, seasonal clothing and toiletry supplies to help provide for the homeless in Kansas City. Participants in this ministry donate good used and new clothing that is collected in bins at the church and delivered to the Uplift offices at Prospect Ave. and Truman Road in Kansas City, MO. Participants also help distribute food and supplies on scheduled days of the week to the homeless on specfic routes in Kansas City. If you are interested in participating in the distribution of donations, please contact David Lynch at 913-642-0449.