Month: October 2023
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Sanctuary Art Show – Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven: Discovering Divine Nature in Humble Places
Read More: Sanctuary Art Show – Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven: Discovering Divine Nature in Humble PlacesPhil Adams, Photographer “The Gospel reading for the Feast of All Saints is the starting point for this collection of images. In the Beatitudes, Christ teaches his followers to look for his kingdom in unlikely places. A sizeable portion of my work as a fine art photographer does precisely this. In particular, I have found…
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Becoming a Creation Advocate
Read More: Becoming a Creation AdvocateThe last of our Season of Creation talks at worship was by member Michelle Pham, an environmental activist as well as a graduate student at OSU in entomology with a specific focus on bees and the challenges they face in this age of shrinking biodiversity.She spoke about her commitments to working to end the climate…
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Meet Katherine Hayhoe: Christian Climate Scientist
Read More: Meet Katherine Hayhoe: Christian Climate ScientistDr. Katherine Hayhoe is a climate scientist, a collaborative researcher, a climate change educator, a public speaker. an advisor and advocate to global organizations, an influential author, and a devout Christian.* Her mission is bridging the gap between climate science and the beliefs of climate deniers, especially evangelicals. In her bestselling book, “Saving Us: A…
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Praying for the Middle East
Read More: Praying for the Middle EastI am horrified and heartbroken over the war in the Middle East. I wake up in the morning feeling the grief of the parents whose children were killed at the Nova dance festival and of the relatives of people who were massacred in Kibbutz Be’eri and the village of Kfar Azza. The sense of outrage…
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Planetarium Show on Catholic Priest and Physicist George Lemaitre
Read More: Planetarium Show on Catholic Priest and Physicist George LemaitreOn October 20th at 6pm at the planetarium on top floor of Smith lab there will be another showing of “Georges Lemaitre and the discovery of the expanding universe”. Georges Lemaitre was a Catholic priest and astrophysicist who helped to lay the groundwork for what we now call the Big Bang. The planetarium show tells…
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All Saints Service on November 1
Read More: All Saints Service on November 1November 1st is All Saints, one of the major feasts of the Christian Year. It is our practice to celebrate All Saints on the day that it falls, rather than transferring it to the following Sunday. Our celebration will be on Wednesday, November 1 at 7:00 PM. Please plan to bring photos of loved ones…
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Philadelphia 11 Documentary to Screen on November 8
Read More: Philadelphia 11 Documentary to Screen on November 8In 1974, a group of 11 women and their supporters organized their ordination to become Episcopal priests in an act of civil disobedience. This story is told in a compelling new documentary The Philadelphia Eleven. The feature documentary film will screen here in Columbus on November 8! The screening will take place at Phoenix Theatres at…
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Homelessness 101: A Forum on October 29
Read More: Homelessness 101: A Forum on October 29There are many unhoused people who live in the University District Neighborhood. Many of our faith communities, businesses, and community organizations interact with unhoused people every day. There are both joys and challenges that arise in communities that are involved in the lives of unhoused people, and we sometimes need help negotiating those challenges. On Sunday,…
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October 15 is Anti-Racism Sunday
Read More: October 15 is Anti-Racism SundayThe Ohio Council of Churches is asking Ohio congregations to join in publicly declaring racism to be a sin on October 15, Anti-Racism Sunday. On that day, members of Ohio congregations will use prayers, sermons, litanies, and lessons to make it clear that racism is not compatible with the teachings of Jesus Christ. In addition…
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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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