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Join us for BKSM's inaugural Day of Prayer - Online

We invite all friends of BKSM: current students, alumni/-ae, faculty, Board members, staff and supporters, to join us on Saturday, August 1, for the inaugural Bishop Kemper School for Ministry Day of Prayer. We seek to take time from our busy lives to connect to the One who enlivens and instructs and sustains us as BKSM begins a new academic year.

In what we hope will become an annual tradition, we will gather to pray for the upcoming academic year: for new and returning students, faculty, the Board of Directors, the staff and our partner dioceses.  Between times of gathered prayer, you are encouraged to spend some time in stillness before God or participate in a contemplative prayer experience.


Because of the ongoing pandemic, we will only be gathering via Zoom for this inaugural event. We hope to gather in person next year. We give great thanks that Zoom can connect us for this important time together. Please do register so that we know to expect you and can share any final details with you via email.

Schedule & Links:
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Morning Prayer (Prayers for all students) 
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5121032815
  • 9:00 - 11:45 a.m.
    Contemplative Practices, Reflection, Prayer, Quiet Time

  • 9:00-10:00 a.m.
    Optional "Guided Meditation and Visio Divina" with the Rev. Deacon Mary Donovan ('20) and Rita Kendagor ('21) 
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86225858901
  • 10:00-10:45 a.m.
    Optional
    "Centering Prayer" with Brother James Dowd, OSB
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/93960737314
  • 10:30-11:30 a.m.
    Optional
    "Ignatian Spiritual Practices for Everyone" with the Very Rev. Don Compier https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84851275487
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Noonday Prayer (Prayers for faculty, board and staff) 

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5121032815 
  • 12:00 noon
    Break for lunch
  • 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
    Reflection & Quiet Time

  • 1:00-2:00 p.m.
    Optional "Guided Meditation and Visio Divina" with the Rev. Deacon Mary Donovan ('20) and Rita Kendagor ('21)
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88682327070
  • 2:00-3:00 p.m.
    Optional
    "Ignatian Spiritual Practices for Everyone" with the Very Rev. Don Compier
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83624615183
  • 2:30-3:30 p.m.
    Optional 
    "Centering Prayer for Beginners" with Brother James Dowd, OSB -
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/93960737314
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Closing Eucharist (Prayers for alumni/-ae & the church's mission)  -
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5121032815

    Registration Form

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Address for Tuition Payments/Donations:
The Very Rev. Don Compier, BKSM Dean
410 SE Independence Ave.

Lee’s Summit, MO 64063
Physical Address:
Bishop Kemper School for Ministry

701 SW 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66603

The Bishop Kemper School for Ministry is a collaborative venture of the Episcopal Dioceses of Kansas, West Missouri, Nebraska and Western Kansas.
BKSM also partners with the Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
BKSM offers classes and programs to educate people for church leadership in both lay and ordained vocations.