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Meeting Schedules

These are our weekly scheduled meetings that take place in the Parish. If a meeting is only once a month, it will state when specifically it takes place. Check the Church Bulletin for additional details.

If a meeting does not have a set time, but varies from week to week, it will not be on this list.  Therefore, please utilize the search bar to your right and conduct a search for that specific ministry.  Thank you.

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If your scheduled meeting is missing from this list, and should be on here, please CONTACT US

Social Care Ministries

Social Care Ministries for St. James encompass ministries that reach out and support the community as well as our parishioners.

Advent Giving Tree – An outreach program designed to help people in need at Christmas. Find out more…

Blood Donors – St. James hosts six blood drives annually for the Community Blood Center of Kansas City (CBC). Find out more…

Care Ministry – A Ministry for Sharing Our Losses:  A Journey of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. Find out more…

Community Outreach – amazing ways to serve in our community.  Find out more…

  • Hillcrest Ministries – Transitional housing ministry
  • Immacolata Thrift Shop – Thrift store that raises funds to support the handicapped women residents.
  • In As Much Ministries – An emergency food pantry for Clay County.
  • Love, INC (Love In the Name of Christ – Ministry committed to meeting emergency assistance and basic needs.
  • William Jewell Outreach – The William Jewell Ministry is an outreach ministry intended to create a welcome and friendly avenue for registered Catholic students at William Jewell College.

Funeral Dinner– After the funeral of a parishioner, parish volunteers provide a dinner for the family and friends of the deceased. Find out more…

HOPE Gift Card Ministry – The HOPE Gift Card Ministry provides an additional source of funding for St. James Parish to use to support its education programs and meet other needs as defined by the pastor. The parish purchases gift cards at a discounted price and sells them at face value. Find out more…

JUSTMATTERS and Social Concerns – JustMatters is an abbreviated program (usually 6 – 8 weeks) that focuses on a specific social ministry area. Find out more…

Landscape Care Team – There are several opportunities for sponsorship; including donation of flowers, plants or memorial bricks along with volunteering for ongoing maintenance of the garden.  Find out more…

Meals on Wheels – St. James partners with this ministry to help deliver low cost meals to the homes of the elderly or disabled in the Liberty area. Find out more…

New Parishioners Welcome – New parishioners who have registered with the Parish Office the previous 2 months are welcomed into our parish the first Sunday of the following month after the 11 am Mass.   Find out more…

Parish Recycling – The parish collects paper and aluminum cans for recycling. Everyone is encouraged to drop off their old newspapers in the appropriate bin on the parking lot and aluminum cans next to the dumpster off the parking lot. Find out more…

Peruvian Sister Parish Committee – As one of our outreach goals for St. James Parish in the new millennium, we began a twinning relationship in 2003 with a South American congregation served by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood.  Find out more…

Prayer Chain – Through the power of prayer the St James community comes together in times of need.  Find out more…

Prayer Shawl Ministry – The mission of this ministry is to provide unconditional love and comfort to the recipients of our shawls. These shawls are made to wrap, enfold, cover, mother, give solace, hug, and shelter and beautify those who receive them. Find out more…

Prison Ministry – Prayer services with Holy Communion are offered at Clay County Detention Center every Sunday morning. Find out more…

Respect Life Ministry – The St. James respect life ministry seeks to promote and protect human life from conception to natural death. We strive to accomplish this through education, support & prayer in the parish & community. We support our local crisis pregnancy center through the annual Mother’s Day Diaper Drive & the Advent giving tree.  Find out more…

Short Term Meal Ministry – Parish volunteers will prepare and deliver meals to the homes of any parishioner having a temporary need for the help due to illness, injury, or special circumstances.  Find out more…

St. James Community Kitchen – On the fourth Monday of each month, St. James, Liberty, provides the workers (no cooking required) to serve approximately 180 people a hot meal, and to clean up afterward at the St. James Place Soup Kitchen. Find out more…

St. Mary’s Food Kitchen – On the fourth Sunday of each month St. James provides the food and workers to serve a hot meal to an average of 400 people at St. Mary’s Food Kitchen located at 6th and Nebraska Streets, Kansas City, KS. Find out more…

Visit Sick and Shut-ins – The volunteers take Holy Communion to those who can’t go to Mass on a weekly basis. Find out more…

Ministries

“But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. If they were all one member, where would the body be?  But now there are many members, but one body…Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it.”
1 Corinthians 12:18-20, 27.

Thank you for your interest in partnering with us at St. James Catholic Church! We are thrilled you want to be an active member of the Body of Christ.

St. James’ has four main branches of ministry commission: Liturgy, Education, Groups and Social Care Ministries.

Liturgical Ministries:  Liturgical Ministries challenges us to new levels of spiritual depth and understanding by living out our Baptismal promise to serve and build up the Body of Christ. Training is provided for all areas.  To Find Out More…

Education Ministries:  Faith Formation is a lifetime journey for everyone – at every age and stage of life. We believe that religious formation occurs within a family and community. Our focus, educationally, is toward helping adults and children become aware of their own identity in Christ.  To Find Out More…

Group Ministries:  Our Group Ministries help developing a sense of welcoming, belonging and involvement through the groups and activity.  Group ministries are based upon community and relationships within St. James and has many interests for men, women, youth and children.  To Find Out More…

Social Care Ministries:  We have been called to live with integrity, compassion, responsibility, and concern for others. We are asked, by Jesus, to be present to those in need. Our Social Care Ministries is your invitation to experience God’s grace operating in our life and the lives of those we might not otherwise encounter had we not served.  To Find Out More…

 

Additionally, we have provided to your right a complete drop down list of all of our ministries. If you would like more information about a specific ministry or would like to join or volunteer, please contact the ministry of interest using the information provided.