COME AND SEE …
We are becoming a new and re-formed church,
the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement—
individuals, small gathered communities and congregations
whose way of life is the way of Jesus and his way of love,
no longer centered on empire and establishment,
no longer fixated on preserving institutions,
no longer shoring up white supremacy or anything else that hurts or harms any child of God.
By God’s grace …
… WE ARE BECOMING A CHURCH
THAT LOOKS AND ACTS LIKE JESUS.
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2022 Holy Land Pilgrimage & Study Tour
Tour Leaders – Canon Jason Oden & Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
March 17 – March 26
Scholarships are available for lay leaders, postulants, candidates, and clergy through the Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership’s Stand and See program and the Diocese of Southern Ohio.
Features of the trip:
- Explore the sites of the Holy Land (Jerusalem, West Bank, and Galilee) through a diverse theological and political lens
- Discuss Becoming Beloved Community in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Unique stops on the itinerary curated by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield and local guide Gary Kamen, including Roots, a grassroots movement promoting understanding, nonviolence, and transformation among Israelis and Palestinians
- An extended visit with The Rev. Nael Abu Rahmoun, vicar of Christ Church in Nazareth, to learn more about the peace and justice work that he and the congregation are engaged in for the Nazareth community.
Cost
$3,690 – Sharing a Room
$4,580 – Private Room
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StorySharing Showcase now YouTube playlist! |
The StorySharing Tent and Showcase planned for our postponed convocation have transformed into a YouTube playlist! We invite you to listen as people share stories of their own journey of becoming.
As you watch, we invite you to wonder: What do I dream… for myself? My community? My church?
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Our weekly advocacy update from October 12. |
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All are welcome, any time! |
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month:
October 2021 Vestry Papers
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This month Episcopal Church Foundation continues celebrating leaders among us who are engaged in creative and innovative work though the Latino/Hispanic ministries in the Episcopal Church. These stories highlight their love for family, community and art in inspirational ways, lifting up new ways to be a vibrant, diverse family of God’s children. Read more.
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Abolish Ohio's Death Penalty Worship Service
Join The Ohio Council of Churches in a worship service featuring speakers Rev. Sharon Risher and Rev. Shane Claiborne, nationally renowned death penalty abolitionists. Sunday, October 17 at 2pm.
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Church of the Epiphany, Euclid, Ohio Presents:
Bringing Darkness into Light: Sharing Stories of Redemption from Men on Arkansas’ Death Row
Sunday, October 17,
11:30am-1:00pm EST
The Prison Story Project, a ministry of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas, provided creative writing classes from May through October 2016 to men on Varner Prison’s death row in Gould, Arkansas. Their writing was curated into a staged reading, On the Row, performed by actors and toured across the country. The staged reading was filmed before a live audience while on tour in Wichita, Kansas at St. James Episcopal Church in June 2019.
The film is 1 hour and 10 minutes, and there will be time for comments/Q&A after. The webinar showing is free and funded by the Episcopal Evangelism Society. Register for the Presentation.
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Moderated by Westina Matthews, Bishops Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows (The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis), Carlye J. Hughes (The Episcopal Diocese of Newark), Kimberly Lucas (The Episcopal Diocese of Colorado), Shannon MacVean-Brown (The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont), and Phoebe A. Roaf (The Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee) will offer honest wisdom and experiences relevant to this complex time in American life.
Join the conversation on Wednesday, October 27 at 7pm eastern.
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Join the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing as Tangled Up in Blue author Dr. Rosa Brooks shares her revelatory account of what it’s like inside the “blue wall of silence.” As Brooks made her way through the police academy and began work as a patrol officer in the poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods of the nation’s capital, she found a reality far more complex than the headlines suggested. Dr. Brooks issues an urgent call for new laws and institutions, and argues that in a nation increasingly divided by race, class, ethnicity, geography, and ideology, a truly transformative approach to policing requires us to move beyond sound bites, slogans, and stereotypes.
Tuesday, October 19 at 6pm.
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On James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree |
Friday, October 29, 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Saturday, October 30, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
This two-day intensive course, led by The Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, through Union Theological Seminary will be held online, through synchronous sessions. Registrants are expected to attend full-time, for both days.
Students explore one of the most provocative and award-winning books by Dr. James Cone on the relationship between the cross and the lynching tree. This book looks at how “the cross and lynching tree interpret each other,” throughout the black struggle for freedom—even today. This class will incorporate short lectures, panel discussions, and one-on-one interviews with scholars across the field of Black Theology and African American history.
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New Book: Face to the Rising Sun
Reflections on Spirituals and Justice
Spirituals, songs of abiding faith passed down by African Americans through the centuries, offer a remarkable view of resilience, courage, and love. Formed in the crucible of fire, these songs express the suffering and horror of slavery as well as the love of God and the promise of a better future.
Author Mark Bozzuti-Jones explores the modern-day lessons of these Spirituals with scripture readings, daily devotions, and questions for reflection. With 31 days of devotions, Face to the Rising Sun offers a path forward, a way to repent and name the evils of racism and to learn and grow together in God's love.
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‘My Name Is Pauli Murray’ brings trailblazing Episcopal saint’s story to a wider audience
[Episcopal News Service] In the new documentary “ My Name Is Pauli Murray,” filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen paint a picture of an unsung trailblazer who remains relatively unknown despite her lasting influence on American society. Episcopalians know her as the first African American woman to be ordained a priest and as a pioneer in the struggles for racial and gender equality. But many may not know about other important aspects of her life, such as her struggle to come to terms with her gender identity in an era long before transgender people were accepted in mainstream society.
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