Month: January 2020

  • Children’s Church

    Children’s Church meets each Sunday during the 10:30 service with children returning to the service for Communion. At the start of the 10:30 service, children and youth will process with the crucifer from the sanctuary to the upstairs Sunday school room for Children’s Church. Each week, children will take turns in the roles of crucifer,…

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  • Dominant Narratives

    Here’s the homily I preached on Sunday, January 26th, also known at the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A. Use the player below to listen to it.

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  • Children’s Ministries this Sunday

    This Sunday January 26th, Rachael will be going to visit St. John’s in Worthington to observe Children’s Church in action. This means that we won’t be having Sunday School. Instead, children are invited into the sanctuary during the 10:30 service and will be invited to assist at the altar so that they can be fully involved…

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  • “Emmanuel” Screening on March 4

    The Episcopal Churches of the Columbus area welcome you to a screening of the movie Emmanuel, which tells the story of Dylan Roof’s attack on the Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and the response of the people. The screening will be at 7:00 PM at AMC Dublin Village. Suggested donation $10.00.

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  • The Language of Amazement

    You can listen to my sermon from Sunday, January 19th by using the player below. Please note that we’ve had some technical difficulties with our sound system, and therefore the audio quality isn’t as good as it should be. Hopefully this all will be fixed by next week. Additionally, I refer to a graphic from…

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  • Go: Doing Mission with Eyes Wide Open on February 29

    GO: Doing Mission with Eyes Wide Open Saturday, February 29th 10am-3pm St. John’s Episcopal Church Worthington Are you part of a parish outreach project? Do you have interest or experience in mission work, whether in your neighborhood or across the globe? Many of our efforts in these arenas, while well-intentioned, do as much harm as…

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  • Neighborhood Services Hunger Run/Walk on Sunday, March 22

    NSI is having its second Hunger Run/Walk on Sunday, March 22, 2020. In addition, there will be an After Party at Seventh Son Brewing Company from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm (1101 N. Fourth Street, Columbus, OH 43201.) For more information, go to https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/Columbus/OSUHungerRun

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  • Reading by poet Scott Woods on January 19

    Peripatetic Poets Sunday, January 19th 6:30pm in the Chapel Featured Poet – Scott Woods Scott Woods is the author of We Over Here Now (2013, Brick Cave Books), Urban Contemporary History Month (2016, Brick Cave Books) and Prince and Little Weird Black Boy Gods (2018, Brick Cave Books). Scott has published and edited work in…

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  • Artigras 2020!

    ArtiGras 2020 will take place on Saturday, February 22nd at St. John’s Worthington from 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM. People of varying artistic experience come together to create, learn, and grow spiritually. Arti Gras follows a pilgrimage model, meaning that you travel with the same group of people through several different artistic practices. In other…

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  • How do we come awake?

    This past Sunday was the Baptism of Christ, and I preached on the question “How do we come awake?” You can listen to my homily by using the player below.

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