{e}Connections    August 27, 2019

What's new

Women's Ministry Conference November 2 The 2019 Women's Ministry Conference, Plagued by Race & Class: Practicing the Way of Love, will be held on Saturday, November 2 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Procter Center. Read more www.dsoconnections.org

Helping families affected by ICE raids Nancy Sullivan of Transformations CDC has been in touch with individuals in the Diocese of Mississippi charged with leading efforts on behalf of the nearly 700 families affected by the ICE raids there earlier this month. How you can help. Read more www.dsoconnections.org Village Theology On the last Wednesday of each month, grab a beverage and join Pastor Jason Oden and friends from St. Barnabas, Montgomery, for a casual conversation around spirituality. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at The Village Tavern, just down the road from St. Barnabas. Read more www.dsoconnections.org

What's going on

From the calendar Sep 2: Diocesan office closed for Labor Day Sep 7: Safe Church training Sep 7: Lay Worship Leader training Sep 8: Greater Cincinnati Festival of Faiths See full calendar

Episcopal visitations Sept 15: St. Mary's, Hillsboro (Breidenthal) Sept 29: All Saints, New Albany (Breidenthal) See full schedule

Announcements, resources

Grant resources Diocesan Becoming Beloved Community grants TEC Beloved Community grants - deadline Sept 13 Episcopal Church Evangelism Grants - deadline Oct 1

Three tips for Grant Writing - Episcopal Church Foundation In my role as a capital campaign consultant for the Episcopal Church Foundation, it's not unusual to hear Vestry leaders hoping for grants to help pay for building improvement projects because... "We serve our city in unique ways." "Our building... Read more www.ecfvp.org

Resources from The Episcopal Church Digital invitation kits for Back-2-School and Back to Ministry

More events

The Big Table: Discussion on Gun Violence August 28

Lay Worship Leader training (Cincinnati area) September 7 & 28 Deadline to register Aug 28

Safe Church training September 7

Cincinnati Festival of Faiths Sept. 8 On Sunday, September 8, 2019, the 2nd annual Cincinnati Festival of Faiths celebrates interfaith understanding and collaboration for all ages. Organized by the Bridges of Faith Trialogue, it will feature more than 100 faith-based exhibits, music, interfaith dialogues and workshops, spiritual meditations, art and more. Donate blood at the Hoxworth Mobile unit and bring non-perishables to donate to the Freestore Foodbank. The festival will be held from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at the Cintas Center at Xavier University and is free and open to the public. More information can be found at  cincifestivaloffaiths.com .

House of Worship Security Training September 10

Hot topics for Religious Professionals and Youth September 13

Anti-Racism training September 14

Music That Makes Community September 25-28

An Evening with Sr. Helen Prejean October 11

Lay Worship Leader training (Columbus area) October 12 & 26

2019 Finding Comfort in Discomfort Symposium: Finding My Place and Respecting Yours October 12

"Listening with the Ear of Your Heart: Tools for Discovering God's Call in Your Life" Lay Discernment Workshop October 26

Jubilate 2019: A Conversation about Prayer Book Revision and our Language of Prayer November 2

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Connecting with our cathedral

Music Live@Lunch is Christ Church Cathedral’s weekly concert series. Free concerts are presented on Tuesdays at 12:10 p.m. Patrons may bring their own lunch or purchase lunch at the cathedral. Learn more

Piano Recital : Jiao Sun performs music by Beethoven, Brahms, and Carl Vine on Saturday, September 21 at 7:00 p.m. Learn more

American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Ken Stringfellow gives an intimate concert at Christ Church Cathedral on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. Learn more

Beginning Sunday, September 1, there will be an  American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter at The Noon Service, providing ASL translations of this service for our friends in the deaf community. Learn more

Christ Church Cathedral is located at 318 E. 4th Street in downtown Cincinnati. Visit cincinnaticathedral.com or call (513) 621-1817 to learn more.

Connecting with Procter Center

Procter Center is located at 11235 State Route 38 E in London, OH. Visit proctercenter.org or call (740) 206-2036 to learn more.

Job connection

Organist St. Paul's, Dayton Staff Officer for Racial Reconciliation The Episcopal Church Extended Day Program staff Bethany School

Administrative Assistant Holy Trinity, Oxford Campus Ministry Assistant The Edge House Music Director Church of the Advent, Cincinnati Family Service Musician & Children's Choir Director Calvary, Cincinnati

Rector Christ Church, Dayton Priest in charge Northern Miami Valley Episcopal Cluster

Rector St. Andrew's, Pickerington Priest in charge St. John's, Columbus

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