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A Lesson from St. Patrick
Who was St. Patrick?
 St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and the only saint who has an entire river turn green in Chicago on his feast day (March 17th).
Patrick was born in the 5th century in Britain. At an early age, probably when he was only 16, he was kidnapped and taken to be a slave in Ireland. For six years he was a shepherd, until he finally escaped and went back to Britain and became a priest.
But he could not forget what he saw in Ireland and he did go back there to evangelize the Irish. Legend has it that he taught the Trinity using a shamrock with the three leaves. Another popular story is that Patrick threw all the snakes out of Ireland; (actually there never were many snakes but they became a symbol for the pagan beliefs he threw out of the land).
Patrick wrote about his life in a book he called his confessions. He starts his story by calling himself “Patrick, a sinner.” He wrote that when he was a slave he found God through prayer. “There in my captivity the Lord opened my mind to an awareness of my unbelief, in order that I might remember my sins and turn with all my heart to the Lord my God” The lesson of the young St. Patrick is that we can all make the journey from faith that we have ignored, to a renewed friendship with God.
Rev. Mary Kane Donovan
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Ways to say “I love you” to our young people, our partners and ourselves. Have a great March!
~Michael Funston, Associate for Youth, Young Adult & Campus Ministry
If you are a parent of a youth, college student or young adult you are invited to join our Facebook group. This is a support group for parents of young people in the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. https://www.facebook.com/groups/edokparentministry
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Youth & Young Adult Event Calendar (updated February 1, 2021)
*Denotes college-age events.
Mar. 7, Youth, Young Adult & Campus Ministry Worship on Zoom, 11 am
Mar. 7, Youth Game Night & Compline, 7-8:30 pm
Mar. 18, Canterbury House @ K-State Eucharist, 6:30 pm
Mar. 21, Canterbury House of Lawrence Eucharist, 2:00 pm
April 10, Work-day at Canterbury House of Lawrence
April 11, Work-day at Canterbury House at K-State, 2-4 pm
April 18, Kansas City-area Youth Campfire gathering, 6:30-8 pm, St. Martin's Edwardsville
April 25, Wichita-area Youth Campfire gathering, 6:30-8 pm, St. Andrew's Derby
May 2, Youth, Young Adult & Campus Ministry Worship on Zoom, 11 am
June 5, Mega Camp Staff Training @ Camp Wood YMCA
June 6-12, Episcopal Summer “Mega” Camp @ Camp Wood YMCA
June 17, Youth Commission Meeting Online, 10 am – noon
June 23, Kansas City-area Youth Day-of-Mission tentative
June 25, Wichita-area Youth Day-of-Mission tentative
July 17, Camp Canterbury* @ Camp Wood YMCA*
July 18, Wichita-area End-of-Summer Youth Campfire gathering tentative
July 25, Kansas City-area End-of-Summer Youth Campfire gathering tentative
July 30-Aug. 1, Campus Peer Ministry Retreat
Aug. 1, Youth, Young Adult & Campus Ministry Worship on Zoom, 11 am
*Events noted with an asterix are open to college-age adults, defined as those age 18-24 and at least 3 months after completing high school.
More info and registration forms available online:
http://edokformation.wordpress.com
Join us for weekly Young Adult programs:
(all events are outside with masks or online)
- The Word@Washburn, Washburn Student Union, Mondays, 12-1 pm, discussion on the week’s lectionary
- Canterbury @ K-State, 1823 Laramie, Manhattan, Mondays, 6:30-8 pm, dinner, program, and Compline
- Canterbury House of Lawrence, 1116 Louisiana, Lawrence, Tuesdays 6-7:15 pm, dinner and program
- Campus Ministry Small Group, for any college students who would like to join, Wednesdays 7-8 pm on Zoom, email Clarke for the link internku@episcopal-ks.org
- Young Adult and Graduate Student Small Group is for any young adults who would like to join, Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 pm, on Zoom, email Will Chaney for the day, time and link, whdc425@gmail.com
- Tea & Compline, Thursdays, 8 pm, on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CMEC.KS
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Stay in contact with Youth & Campus Ministry
 Parents, college-age students and youth can sign up to receive text messages from the Youth Missioner. These will include event registration reminders as well as spiritual encouragements. Parents Young Adults and Youth, to sign-up, send a text message to 81010 and include as the body of your text one of the following codes:
- College-Age folks and their parents send @edokYA
- High School Seniors and their parents send @edok2021
- High School Juniors and their parents send @edok2022
- High School Sophomores and their parents send @edok2023
- High School Freshmen and their parents send @edok2024
- 8th graders and their parents send @edok2025
- 7th graders and their parents send @edok2026
- 6th graders and their parents send @edok2027
- Volunteers or others interested send @edokother
Parents, you can join as many lists as you want to make sure you get messages sent to all of your children.
Not a parent or a youth? You can join by sending a message to 81010 with the code @edokother
Follow EDOK Youth Ministry on social media:
Follow EDOK Campus Ministry on social media:
2020-21 Formation Team
Anastasia, Michael, Karen, & Clarke
Youth, Young Adult & Campus Missioner:
Karen Schlabach, kschlabach@episcopal-ks.org, 913-708-5927
Associate for Youth, Young Adult & Campus Ministry:
Michael Funston, mfunston@episcopal-ks.org, 785-231-8785
Program Assistant at Canterbury House of Lawrence:
Clarke Mortensen, internku@episcopal-ks.org, 937-919-3273
Program Assistant at Canterbury at K-State:
Anastasia Cunningham, internksu@episcopal-ks.org, 920-267-0652
Curate for Campus Ministry:
The Reverend Mary Donovan, mkp19@hotmail.com, 917-880-3844
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Save the date for our regional Youth Campfires
