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Homilies and Keynote Addresses

Each year, the Bishop Kemper School for Ministry is blessed by the homilies offered at convocation and commencement, thoughtfully and prayerfully shared by those support our school in a multitude of ways.  Additionally,  the bishops from our partner dioceses spend a day in residence with us from time to time, and they bless us with their preaching as well.

Here you will find links to the transcripts of notable homilies.
  • Bishop in Residence, January 2016: The Rt. Rev. Marty Field, Bishop, Diocese of West Missouri
  • Convocation 2015: The Rt. Rev. Dean Wolfe, Bishop, Diocese of Kansas 
  • Commencement 2015: The Very Rev. Craig Loya, Dean, Trinity Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Convocation 2014: The Rt. Rev. Marty Field, Bishop, Diocese of West Missouri
  • Dedication of BKSM: The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, former Presiding Bishop
  • Convocation 2013: Dr. Melissa Tubbs-Loya, BKSM professor of Old Testament
  • "The Duty of the Church to Mission": The Rt. Rev. Bishop Kemper, delivered October 7, 1841
The Bishop Kemper School for Ministry is a collaborative venture of the Episcopal Dioceses of Kansas, West Missouri, Nebraska and Western Kansas.
It offers classes and programs to educate people for church leadership in both lay and ordained vocations.

Mailing Address:
Bishop Kemper School for Ministry
701 SW 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66603

The Very Rev. Dr. Don Compier, Dean: bksmdean2@gmail.com
Phone: (816) 217-4053

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