Churches

Every year since 1985, Southminster Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village has put on a "Journey to Bethlehem" production. Guests are guided through the church for an interactive storytelling of the birth of Jesus. Visitors are welcome Friday, Dec. 1, from...

After years of fundraising, a $3 million building project for Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Overland Park is underway. The Fiat Center, a 5,300-square-foot building that will be built on the parish’s campus, located at 7023 W....

A childcare provider is looking to move into a church space formerly occupied by Maranatha Christian Academy at Lackman Road and West 67th Street in Shawnee. The Shawnee Planning Commission on Monday recommended approval of a special use permit for...

Ash Wednesday today marks the beginning of Lent, the season on the Christian calendar leading up to Easter Sunday. For many people, especially Catholics, this means abstaining from meat on Fridays throughout the next month, which makes local parishes' annual...

This Wednesday marks the first day of Lent. This means the beginning of a Catholic tradition that involves "fasting" for 40 days. For those who practice, the 40 days of Lent involve abstaining from meat on Fridays. That means the...

Lenexa United Methodist Church has long-served meals to the community on Wednesday nights. But the service took off the during the pandemic when the event's format was modified to be curbside pickup instead of an in-person meal inside the church. In...

By Celia Llopis-Jepsen  Janet Patterson remembers attending a Catholic Mass at her parish near Wichita and hearing the congregation’s newly assigned priest lecture the parishioners. “I remember him saying, ‘You must never criticize the priest,’” she said. “I was sitting there...

By Scott Canon A Kansas Bureau of Investigation report released late Friday documents a chronic pattern of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the state, and the church’s history of protecting its clergy. The report released by the state attorney general’s office...

The pews of Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village are empty, but the church still has messages of hope, peace and joy to offer this Christmas season. During an unprecedented and isolating holiday season marked by a global pandemic, the...

While religious services across Johnson County were shuttered due to COVID-19, members of Good Shepherd Catholic Church have broadcast live musical performances for their fellow parishioners to watch from home. Small groups of Good Shepherd parishioners have gathered each Friday...

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After more than three decades of planning and saving, Victory Assembly of God in Bonner Springs has begun construction on a new church overlooking K-7 Highway in Shawnee. Nicknamed “the hill,” the church-owned property at 4945 Old K 7 Road...