After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nearly 50-year-old precedent of Roe v. Wade, the response among religious organizations varied widely. But some Kansas City faith groups are urging their congregations to vote in support of bodily autonomy.
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A member of Kansas City s New Reform Temple lights the outdoor menorah in a recent Hanukkah celebration.
Like everything else, winter holidays won t look like normal in 2020. Area faith groups face their challenges head on.
Pastor Ronald Lindsay’s voice brightens as he talks about his church’s past Christmas celebrations.
“We do a variety of songs of faith and secular songs that are endearing to us in the moment of Christmas, have a few testimonies, maybe a story, a narrative that is moving that invites us to visit why the birth of Christ is important,” he explains about his services at Concord Fortress of Hope in Kansas City, Missouri, where he’s been the pastor for 30 years.