The Episcopal Church at KC Pride 2025

June 6–8 | Kansas City

You Are Invited

Congregations from the Diocese of West Missouri and the Diocese of Kansas are invited to prayerfully consider why and how they would like to send representatives to help us extend our best invitation into the church’s life and her service during the weekend festival, parade, and celebrations.

Prayer

Let us pray; God of wild love and extravagant acceptance, Spirit of boldness and beauty, You are faithfully present in both the grit and glitter of life, and you are present here with us now. Awaken us to your dream for creation: A world in which every member of the human family is free to flourish however you have made them. Amen 

Read ahead for 5 ways you and your congregations can get involved:

ONE: Pride Parade

Saturday morning, the weekend of Pride, the dioceses of West Missouri and Kansas will step-off the curb together at noon! Sign up HERE to help decorate the float, march, or for one of many other ways to help. Right now there are two dates for Pride Prep, where we will prepare and tag swag, paint signs, make decorations for the float, and other duties as assigned. The first Pride Prep event is Thursday, the 29^th, at Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral (Time TBD)

Contact: Clare Stern-Burbano .

The second Pride Prep event is Tuesday, June 3^rd from 5:30-7p at St. Paul’s 11 E. 40^th KCMO and we need all hands on deck! Contact Lynette at with questions about that., please contact Lynnette.

Contact: Lynette Harrison at Contact: Donn Harrison at

The parade co-leaders also need people to commit to the following:

• Show up 2 hours before the parade to finish float construction and support vehicle décor.
• Meet marchers at the end of the route in a vehicle, and shuttle them back to their cars at the beginning of the route.
• Agree to be a marcher who either: carries a sign, hands out swag, hands out hugs, provides support to other marchers via water bottle and swag distribution to them, pulls a support wagon
• Donate wagons, coolers, power-bar-type snacks & water bottles for marchers
• Pick up Ice the morning of the parade and deliver it to the start-line for the support coolers.

If you want to do any of these things, please let or parade organizers know. It will help them immensely to know, right now, that they can count on you.  Thank You!

Please let the parade organizers know…and SIGN UP HERE to help with any Parade Activities

TWO: Pride Festival Booth

This event runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of Pride Weekend. Come help us welcome the thousands of people who pop in to our booth, and help us hand out literature, water, swag, and love. For more information and to sign up contact Emily.

What is expected of Booth Volunteers? Click HERE for best practices.

Click HERE to go to the Signup Genius and book your shift at the festival!

Contact: Emily Featherston at

Contact: Robin Rascunni at

THREE: Pray!

Please pray that the Episcopal Church can make an impact on the lives of the LGBTQIA+ attendees at the festival and ensure that they know all are welcome! 

FOUR: Pride Mass & Worship

We will gather for worship together with folks from Missouri & Kansas before the parade steps-off on Saturday morning to break, bless, and share the story of God’s love for all. Afterwards, those who wish to march in the parade will walk from St. Paul’s to Westport to line-up. 

If you would like to help with the worship, Click HERE.

If you are or have musicians who would like to sing or play, please contact Sam!

Contact Sam Anderson .

For any other questions about helping with the Pride Mass please contact 

Deacon Jennifer Sackhoff, St. Anne’s Lee Summit, 

FIVE: Donate

We invite individuals and congregations to financially support this excellent evangelism opportunity to spread the Good News. Your support helps pay for our presence across the weekend, including expenses for the Mass, the Parade, and the welcoming booth. Please give what you are able. You can use the QR code below, or link. This will take you to St Micheals giving portal, please select “Pride” as the fund.

OR click this LINK: GIVE-TO-PRIDE KC

Contact Our Co-Chairs

Calling all Episcopal Churches in West Missouri & Kansas!

Can your Faith Community create & deliver 25 (or more!) love-themed bracelets before June 4^th?

All are invited: Bible Study & Fellowship groups, EFM classes, Sunday School, Youth Groups, Families ~ everyone!  We will be distributing bracelets during the parade & festival, but that means we’ll need hundreds of bracelets, and all hands on deck! Share this with everyone you think might help!

We will collect & tag them before June 7^th.  Contact one of our co-chairs if you need help transporting your bracelets that week. We are securing drop-off locations around both dioceses, and will update this site with that info soon.

Why? Once again the Episcopal Dioceses of West Missouri & Kansas are coming together to share the good news of God’s love at the KC Pridefest.

Q & A

Who can play?

Everyone! Classes, groups, altar guilds, sextons, clergy, individuals and teams.

How do I participate?

Grab some beads, make some bracelets in varying sizes, and get them to our team by June 5^th.

What should they say?

Here are some examples of words that go with our themes:

Love Forever               Loved By God              Boldly You                   Fully UsPeace              Hope               Love                All Means All

How Do We get the Bracelets to Pride on time?

We are organizing drop-off points around the Dioceses. Check back here soon to find yours. Also – let us know if you’re willing to be a courier to get your region’s bracelets to KC.

Our Belief

We believe that all people are worthy of respect and honor because all are created in the image of God, and all can respond to the love of God. 

However, we see in our churches and in society, LGBTQiA people are not always counted among those for whom the Church seeks justice, or grants due respect, as loving and beloved members of the household of God. We recognize that fear of, and discrimination against LGBTQiA people is part of an oppressive history within the Church and society, which distorts our relationship with God and with other people and diminishes the humanity of us all. 

Therefore, we feel compelled to make explicit our welcome of LGBTQiA people into the ministries and life of the Episcopal church, incarnating the message, “The Episcopal Church Welcomes You.” We welcome the ministry and witness of all persons to serve as leaders and participants, fully participating in our life, worship and governance. 

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