Month: July 2020

Neighborhood Services, Inc. is collecting school supplies for the 2020-21 school year. Especially needed are: Backpacks, kids’ scissors and colored pencils. Bring the school supplies to church by Sunday, August 9th. (The Parish Administrator is in the office on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:00am to 4:00pm.) Or, you can take your donation directly to NSI at 1950 N. 4th…

Whether you are planning to vote by mail or to vote in person, now is the time to act. If you are voting by mail, know that the USPS is already operating slowly and new regulations abolishing overtime and ordering distribution centers to slow down will make it even slower. New York State has still not finished…

Artwork: KPB Stevens, “Vespers for St. Stephen“ Join us for an outdoors vespers service of lights and prayers celebrating the discovery of St. Stephen’s relics! Throughout the beginning of August, we will hold three in-person Saturday evening vespers services at 7:30 PM in the courtyard. Spaces are limited to 20 people. Our first service will…

Creation Care is not just a program of our local church, it’s a program of the denomination. The mission statement on the Episcopal Creation Care website says: “In Jesus, God so loved the whole world. We follow Jesus, so we love the world God loves. Concerned for the global climate emergency, drawing on diverse approaches…

Everyone is invited to join The Way of Love Circle on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/96599723428 (no password, enter through the waiting room) on Thursdays from 7:00-8:00 pm, July 23-September 10. We’ll begin with an introduction in the first session and then explore each of the seven spiritual practices, in the power of gathering in a small…

It’s “Plastic Free July!” This promotion of a life without plastic was begun in Australia in 1911 and has grown to be an international movement. Why should you go plastic free? It’s partly for doing a bit toward saving the environment from the tons of plastic discarded that takes thousands of years to decompose and…

Yesterday the Governor unveiled the new Ohio Public Health Advisory System. After prayerfully considering the state of the pandemic, Bishop Breidenthal issued the following directive: I have made the difficult but necessary decision that any of our congregations located in counties that fall within alert level 3 or 4 as defined by the state, should…