Month: September 2020
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COVID-19 Resources
Read More: COVID-19 ResourcesFranklin County COVID-19 Resources List Additional Franklin County community needs and resources: Frozen meals delivered to individuals 60 or over having food access issues through LifeCare Alliance; www.lifecarealliance.org/referral/; 614-278-3130. ********************** If you are interested in how you can help the Community Shelter Board provide assistance to our vulnerable homeless population during the COVID-19 crisis, please click…
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Season of Creation Devotions: Week 4
Read More: Season of Creation Devotions: Week 4As a settler Canadian, I am accustomed to the ready availability of fresh, clean water at any moment on any day. I have also lived in the Himalayas of India where the provision of water was unpredictable day to day, and what was available had to be boiled thoroughly first because it was not safe…
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Blessing of the Animals on October 4th
Read More: Blessing of the Animals on October 4thOctober 4th is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, and it is a long held and very beloved tradition to bless animals on that day. Francis, a greater lover of creation, befriended and preached to birds and wolves and all sorts of other creatures. If you would like your pet blessed, you have two…
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Honoring the Victims of the Pandemic
Read More: Honoring the Victims of the PandemicA Reflection by Joe Rutter A couple of days ago I read a post from the Washington National Cathedral announcing that, as a way of acknowledging the death of over 200,000 Americans to the pandemic, the tolling bell housed in the Gloria in Excelsis Central Tower would be rung today once for every 1,000 victims,…
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Becoming Beloved Community Teach-Ins: History; Stories; Invitations
Read More: Becoming Beloved Community Teach-Ins: History; Stories; InvitationsOct 1, 8, 15 from 7-8:30pm via zoom Are you interested in learning more about Becoming Beloved Community – the history and its purpose? Are you curious about how people are engaging in the work of racial healing and justice, rooted in the Way of Love? Are you longing to be in community with other…
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The Basics of Faith-Based Public Advocacy: Training Sponsored by Province V
Read More: The Basics of Faith-Based Public Advocacy: Training Sponsored by Province VJoin this upcoming, four-week series of training sessions on “The Basics of Faith-Based Public Advocacy” to be held on Tuesdays in October at 6:00 p.m. Join any and/or all! This is sponsored by Province V of The Episcopal Church, with participation from the church’s Office of Government Relations. The Diocese of Southern Ohio is in…
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Bulletin Cover Art from August and September
Read More: Bulletin Cover Art from August and SeptemberPart of my spiritual discipline during this pandemic has been to paint every Saturday and Monday (unless I’m traveling or called away from my brushes by some other responsibility). I’ve almost finished illuminating Morning Prayer, so look for future posts about that. Since we started worshipping together in person, I’ve also been creating paintings for…
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Season of Creation Devotions: Week 3
Read More: Season of Creation Devotions: Week 3SUNDAY, SEPT. 20, 2020Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, The Episcopal Church Pentecost 16 (Lectionary 25)Exodus 16:2-15 | Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 | Philippians 1:21-30 | Matthew 20:1-16“My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better; but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.” Philippians 1:23b-24 There are a lot…
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Join the Diocesan-wide Sacred Ground Dialogue Series
Read More: Join the Diocesan-wide Sacred Ground Dialogue SeriesOur diocese is excited to present a diocesan-wide formation opportunity as part of our commitment to Becoming Beloved Community. Beginning Sundays from 4:30-6pm on October 18 and through February 28, Derek Peebles (Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati) and Betsy Schram (Church of Our Redeemer, Cincinnati) will co-host Sacred Ground, a film and readings-based dialogue series on race,…
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Reading James Cone’s The Cross & The Lynching Tree Together
Read More: Reading James Cone’s The Cross & The Lynching Tree TogetherFrom October 22nd through November 19th, we will read James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree together. The Cross and the Lynching Tree is a classic of black liberation theology. In reviewing the book, Taylor Branch wrote that “James Cone has rescued the cross from formulaic theologies of salvation by proxy. His brave book…
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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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