Month: August 2020
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Earth Overshoot Day
Read More: Earth Overshoot DayThis year, Earth Overshoot Day was just a week ago, August 22. Each year, Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has used all the biological resources that it takes Earth an entire year to renew. Humanity currently uses 60% more than what can be renewed – or as much as if we lived…
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A Reflection on Job by our own Sam Christopher, Beloved in the Desert intern
Read More: A Reflection on Job by our own Sam Christopher, Beloved in the Desert internArtwork: Marc Chagall, Job Disconsolate You fearful saints, fresh courage take; The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break In blessing on your head Dear Friends in Christ, A few days ago I experienced my first monsoon here in Tucson. As the clouds built up, and the wind whipped itself…
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We’ve Installed New Signs Around the Church!
Read More: We’ve Installed New Signs Around the Church!Thanks to the efforts of our wonderful Invite, Welcome, and Connect (IWC) workgroup, we have worked with a very talented designer and created new signs that were installed around the church last week. Pictures are below!
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Doctors Without Borders Response to the Beirut Explosion
Read More: Doctors Without Borders Response to the Beirut ExplosionThe catastrophic chemical explosion in Beirut has caused further devastation to an area of our world that has been decimated over the years by war, government corruption and civil unrest. Please consider a donation to Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) to help provide assistance to the people of Beirut. Click here for a link to Doctors…
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Parish Health Ministry
Read More: Parish Health MinistryResources from Episcopal Retirement Services Dear Friends of Parish Health Ministry (PHM), As we mark the halfway point in 2020, we hope you are well. The Covid-19 crisis continues to present extra challenges in dealing with life’s issues. We hope you will find the following resources helpful: Free Dementia Webinar with Teepa Snow On Monday,…
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Reserve a Seat for Sunday Services in the Sanctuary
Read More: Reserve a Seat for Sunday Services in the SanctuaryPlease note: Because Franklin County has been designated a red county according to the State of Ohio’s Public Health Emergency Alert System, we will only be worshipping online until otherwise noted. We are planning to hold in-person worship in the sanctaury as part of the 10:30 AM Sunday Service. The service will also be streamed…
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Sustainable Living: Clothing
Read More: Sustainable Living: ClothingIn some areas of life, it is not too hard to live more sustainably. Reducing use of plastic is pretty easy. Earth-safe cleaning products are plentiful on the shelves of even the big grocery store and discount department store chains. Craigslist, Facebook marketplace and neighborhood groups, eBay and local thrift stores and yard sales make…
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In-person Outdoor Worship this Sunday at 10:30 AM!
Read More: In-person Outdoor Worship this Sunday at 10:30 AM!Beloved in Christ, I write to let you know that this Sunday, August 23rd, we will be resuming in-person worship during our 10:30 AM service. We will be attempting to livestream this service, so if you would feel safer participating form your home, you still can. In this letter, I will give you specifics about…
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“Let’s Talk about Race and Faith, a Conversation Hosted by the OSU Interfaith Council
Read More: “Let’s Talk about Race and Faith, a Conversation Hosted by the OSU Interfaith CouncilThe Ohio State University Interfaith Council is holding an online symposium about Race and Faith on September 1st at 1:00 PM. Here’s the information that they sent out: September 1 – Let’s Talk About Race & Faith: Sharing Stories For Autumn 2020, we will be holding monthly webinars on the theme of Let’s Talk About Race…
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The Season of Creation
Read More: The Season of CreationThe Season of Creation, September 1st through October 4th, is celebrated by Christians around the world as a time for renewing, repairing and restoring our relationship to God, one another, and all of creation. October 4th is the The Feast of St. Francis, which is why denominations around the world, including the Episcopal Church, use…
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Moses in the Sapphire Cloud
Apophatic and Cataphatic Prayer and the Sinai Theophany He was on the mountain for forty days, and what were those days like? Alone, the sky dense around him, the earth occasionally rumbling, and when he saw a glimpse of the divine, it was as if he was looking through stained glass, stained a deep sapphire.…
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The Mixture of the Multitude: Liberation Readings of Scripture
We gathered on Wednesday evenings throughout July and August, sitting around the ubiquitous plastic folding tables that are known to every church. Sunlight slanted in through the wall of glass windows, and the smells of the parish kitchen— old coffee, musty sponges, cleaning product— filled the room. We were there to study Queer Theology, a…
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St. Francis Feast Day Pet Blessing on Sunday, October 4
Saint Francis’s Feast Day is on October 4th. We will hold our annual pet blessing in the midst of the service. Bring your pet or a photo of your pet to church! If you’re more of a plant person, bring a plant! St. Francis’s care for creation extends to all living things.
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