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When we reach out, we win
Each September, Suicide Prevention Month reminds us that hope and help are always within reach. Despite increased awareness, suicide remains
When we reach out, we win
Each September, Suicide Prevention Month reminds us that hope and help are always within reach. Despite increased awareness, suicide remains
Today we wear blue
You might be seeing lots of blue today as Saint Francis staff and many of our community friends and partners dress to raise awareness about
Love calls you by your name
Easter Blessings! All Lent, we’ve been sharing weekly reflections by members of The Saint Francis Foundation’s Church Relations team. The Rev. Benjamin Thomas, Th.D., has written a few
The paradoxical beauty of Good Friday
Today is Good Friday, and this Lent we’ve been sharing weekly reflections by members of The Saint Francis Foundation’s Church Relations team. The Very Rev. Chas Marks has written a few
Looking past token restrictions
This Lent, we’re sharing a series of weekly reflections provided by members of The Saint Francis Foundation’s Church Relations team. The Rev. Benjamin Thomas, Th.D., has written a few thoughts
Social Workers: Leaders. Advocates. Champions.
Most of the people employed at Saint Francis are licensed social workers and their colleagues who work alongside them on case teams. They are the skilled professionals on the front lines,
More to it than shenanigans
This Lent, we’re sharing a series of weekly reflections provided by members of The Saint Francis Foundation’s Church Relations team. The Very Rev. Chas Marks has written a few thoughts
Match Madness will match donor gifts made to Saint Francis
Match Madness, a one-day event designed to generate new gifts to The Saint Francis Foundation endowment, is just a week away. Sponsored by the Greater
Looking for common ground
This Lent, we’re sharing a series of weekly reflections provided by members of The Saint Francis Foundation’s Church Relations team. The Rev. Benjamin Thomas, Th.D., has written a few thoughts
For them, stewardship is a way of life
They began teaching their children at an early age, with a 50-cent weekly allowance paid in nickels. One nickel always went to the church, the
Take a moment, be still
This Lent, we’re sharing a series of weekly reflections provided by members of The Saint Francis Foundation’s Church Relations team. The Very Rev. Chas Marks has written a few thoughts
Forgiveness, the truest gift
This Lent, we’re sharing a series of weekly reflections provided by members of The Saint Francis Foundation’s Church Relations team. The Rev. Benjamin Thomas, Th.D., has written a few thoughts
Let’s ‘add on’ this Lent
This Lent, we’ll share a series of weekly reflections provided by members of The Saint Francis Foundation’s Church Relations team. The Very Rev. Chas Marks has written a few
‘Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.’
This Lent, we’ll share a series of weekly reflections provided by members of The Saint Francis Foundation’s Church Relations team. The Rev. Benjamin Thomas, Th.D. has written
Hi-Lites 2017 Fall
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How you build community while spreading Christmas cheer
Dozens of Saint Francis employees and volunteers recently loaded, transported, and sorted 4,000 toys destined for children served by Saint Francis Community Services this Christmas.
Adoption, when children change everything
On Saturday, in Wichita, during Saint Francis’ National Adoption Day celebration at Exploration Place, Ricardo and Sonja Torres formally adopted Justin, 7, Sean, 5, Isabel,
Saint Francis celebrates adoptive families
The Board of Sedgwick County Commissioners helped Saint Francis kick off our annual celebration of adoptive families with what has become something of a tradition
Christmas for Kids Toy Drive times and locations
November 27 Wichita Office 4155 E Harry Nov 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM November 28 El Dorado office-119 Jones Street 8:00 AM –
How to navigate Halloween safely
By Shane Schneider Streets and sidewalks in communities across the country will be filled with all kinds of odd little creatures hauling sacks and buckets
How a Garden City couple fosters with just two rules
They have just two rules: You must go to school, and you must work. If you do those two things, you can stay. If you
“Let’s just try it out”: Becoming Foster Parents
“Let’s just try it out,” were the words Ginny Samples used to get Chuck into foster parent classes. “We don’t have to decide now, but
Sharing their love with children in need
The idea was Sylvia’s. Driving home to Austin after a day trip to Comfort, Texas, she turned to her husband and said, “When one of
Getting a brother back
It was the hug that troubled her, tugging at her thoughts that February day. It was both unexpected and uncharacteristic. Although Michael deeply loved and
Rosemary Burroughs
Sometime in 1961, Geoffrey and Grace Noakes of Fresno, California, traveled to Manhattan, KS, to visit their daughter and son-in-law, Rosemary and Albert Burroughs. It
House Blessing Video Post
Clover House, a residential program for teenage girls who are survivors of sexual trafficking is more than a safe place. It’s a sacred place. And
Every child deserves a Christmas to remember
Saint Francis Community Services is in full swing for this year’s “Christmas for Kids” campaign, our annual effort to put Christmas gifts under the trees
Girls come home to healing at Clover House
Late late December, President Barak Obama proclaimed January 2016 “National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month,” calling upon individuals, faith groups, private businesses, and nonprofit
A True Champion – Paying it Forward
JT Burnley’s father once beat him so badly, he broke JT’s arm. When the vice principal at his south Louisiana high school saw the 15-year-old’s