![]() ![]() “In West Missouri, Springfield and Kansas City, the good news looks like a vibrant loving church in the public square, full on,” Spellers said. The gatherings tailored for that work took place in two Episcopal churches in Pittsburgh and one in McKeesport and at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. In Pittsburgh, the good news was centered, she said, on reconciliation, crossing racial and geographic boundaries, praying together and healing broken communities. Stephanie Spellers, canon to the presiding bishop for evangelism, reconciliation and creation. “Every one of these Episcopal revivals is going to be different because every one of them is a unique answer to the question: What does the good news of Jesus Christ look and sound like where you are?” explained the Rev. West Missouri is not even using the term “revival.” That is the point: The Episcopal Church’s six revivals planned for this year and next are not cookie-cutter events designed to be replicated in every place. West Missouri’s Awakening will be nothing like the first Episcopal Church revival, which took place Feb. The Kansas City Live stage (under the curved purple roof in photo center) in the Power and Light District of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, will be the setting for the May 6 session of the Diocese of West Missouri’s “Awakening the Spirit” revival. Members of diocesan youth groups will be doing Jesus-related arts and crafts in a booth there and handing out flyers about the revival. ![]() “I can’t think of a better idea than putting the presiding bishop at home plate to knock a home run,” said Rottgers.Ī few blocks away the Springfield Artsfest will be in its final day. On May 7, the Awakening moves south to Springfield and Hammons Field. Garth Brooks concert at the Sprint Center next door. Some will also be streaming into the P&L District for the 3 p.m. to raise money for two local children’s charities. ![]() Some will be headed for the No Other Pub, which is hosting a sold-out Derby viewing party beginning at 2 p.m. The stage area seats 800 people but thousands potentially will be wandering through the venues. The venue covers an entire city block and features two surrounding levels of restaurants, taverns and nightspots. In Kansas City, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and others will have the Kansas City Live stage from noon to 3 p.m. Springfield is in the southern part of a diocese that stretches north to south from Iowa to Arkansas. Two places, he suggested, would be the vibrant P&L, as it is known, and Hammons Field, a minor-league baseball park in downtown Springfield, Missouri. Steve Rottgers, Diocese of West Missouri’s canon to the ordinary and Awakening organizer, asked rhetorically. “If Jesus came back today, where would he go to make his mark?” the Rev. On the afternoon of May 6 in the Power & Light District of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, all three events coincide in what those involved in planning “ Awakening the Spirit in West Missouri” say will be a perfect opportunity to show the city what the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement is all about. It is safe to say that never has an Episcopal revival competed with a Kentucky Derby party or been the unofficial opening act for a Garth Brooks concert. An electronic billboard near the venue for the Diocese of West Missouri’s “Awakening the Spirit” revival May 6-7 is advertising the event. ![]()
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