{e}Connections: November 2, 2021

{e} Connections

November 2, 2021

News from the diocese

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Pre-convention meeting and Nominee Forum

The Pre-convention Meeting and Nominee Forum for the 147th Annual Convention is scheduled for tomorrow, November 3, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. All lay delegates and voting clergy are expected to attend.

Invitations to the Zoom meeting were sent out late last week to all certified lay delegates, canonically resident clergy, those nominated to leadership roles, sponsors of resolutions and other lay leaders. Credentials for voting in a practice election were sent by a separate email. If you did not receive either of these emails, contact info@dsoconvention.org ASAP.

Registration

The 147th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Southern Ohio will be held virtually via Zoom on Saturday, November 13, 2021, beginning at 9 a.m.

Canonically resident clergy, certified lay delegates, and others granted seat and voice in the convention will be automatically registered for the Zoom meeting. The information for the Zoom meeting will be sent out via email no later than three (3) days prior to the convention.

Canonically resident clergy and certified lay delegates will use the same voting credentials that they have already received.

Please note that the Zoom invite for convention will NOT be sent until AFTER the pre-convention meeting.

Anyone wishing to simply observe the convention may do so - contact info@dsoconvention.org to have Zoom registration sent to you. The bishop's convention address will be posted on the convention website immediately after it is presented.

Coming up on the calendar

November

3 - Pre-convention meeting, 6:30 p.m.

4 - Webinar, How to Switch Payroll Services at Year-End, 11:45 a.m.

5 - Finance Committee, 1 p.m.

13 - 147th Annual Convention, 9 a.m.

16: Webinar: Funds of the Diocese, 12 noon

18 - Investment Committee, 2 p.m.

18 - Webinar: Funds of the Diocese, 7 p.m.

25-26 - Diocesan offices closed for Thanksgiving holiday

Episcopal Visitations

Bishop Smith's upcoming visitation schedule

Nov 7: Trinity, Troy

Nov 14: St. Barnabas, Montgomery

Nov 21: Christ Church Cathedral

See all events

Resources

Upcoming webinars

How to Switch Payroll Services at Year-End

Thursday, November 4

11:45 a.m.

Are you considering a new payroll service for 2022? If you are, you need to register for this informative webinar as Brad Harshaw, Managing Partner & Director of Marketing and Business Development for Strategic Payroll Solutions, will outline many essential items you need to know BEFORE switching to a new payroll service.

By attending this free webinar, you will have a better understanding of what it takes to transition to a new payroll service (on or before January 1, 2022).

Who should attend?

Parish treasurers
Senior Wardens
Payroll Administrators
Office Managers

Click here to register

Funds of the Diocese

Tuesday, Nov. 16, 12 noon

Thursday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m.

In this informational webinar, Trustee Jon Boss and Fr. David Getreu of the finance office will discuss the investment funds of the diocese. We will go over all the endowed funds, their restrictions and valuation.

This webinar will be presented twice. To register, click on the links below.

Countdown to transmitting Ingathering offerings to UTO

Only 65 days until Christmas! My neighbor across the street decorates their house with a Snoopy countdown clock which is prominently displayed. By opening my front door in the month of December, I know exactly many days, hours and minutes are left until Christmas day.

In our UTO world of FAQs, the question of deadlines for submitting year-end Ingathering offerings is in the top five behind grant process questions.

Click here to read more, and see a chart with deadlines, address, and a live online link

Learn how to start a Green Team at your congregation

Monday, November 15

7 p.m.

Does your congregation have a Green Team yet? If not, you can help get one started!

Green Umbrella's Faith Communities Go Green impact team invites you to a webinar designed to help congregations start Green Teams. Doug Bell from Citizens Climate Lobby will provide an overview of Green Teams and Green Team leaders from multiple faith traditions will share their experiences and expertise.

Becoming Beloved Community

Advocacy briefing

Signs of our times in Ohio’s changing policy

Justice, love, and reconciliation are the heart of the Episcopal Church’s quest to build Beloved Community. This post summarizes several policy trends in Ohio, invites you to reflect on them in the light of Becoming Beloved Community, and offers opportunities to write your legislator this week on HB 99, which would allow schools to arm staff with minimal safety training. You can also ask the House to pass HB 351 to repeal coal plant subsidies HB 6 imposed on all Ohio ratepayers. HB 6 is the core of Ohio’s $61 million political bribery criminal case. Clean energy is a justice issue central to the Episcopal Church’s Becoming Beloved Community. In this first week of the UN Climate Conference, weighing in for energy justice is something we can do here in Ohio.

Advocacy briefings and updates are compiled by Ariel Miller, a member of Ascension & Holy Trinity, Wyoming, and a member of the diocesan Becoming Beloved Community Leadership Team.

Formation

Advent Resources

In collaboration with clergy, artists, movie gurus, and the formation team, we are excited to create an Advent resource to provide to parishes and individuals. This Advent Zine will be available in November and we hope you can join in on our journey.

More information to come!

Young Adult Retreat

Join us on December 17-18 as we explore the themes of Advent! We’ll see how these themes affect the media around us, from movies to music. This is a hybrid retreat which means you can either attend in person or online. We hope to see you there!

Learning Portal Spotlight

Praying with the Saints by Scott Gunn and Tim Schenck

This course will help you deepen your spirituality by looking to the faithful who have gone before us. In this class, Episcopal priests Scott Gunn and Tim Schenck, the hosts of Lent Madness, show us how our faith can be strengthened by the age-old tradition of praying with saints.

Episcopal Community Ministries

2022 Grant Applications now open

The ECM committee evaluates and provides grant funding in support of parish-based projects that address education, hunger, homelessness, health, and social justice, with a particular emphasis on projects that address systemic issues.

Grant applications for 2022 grants are now open. The deadline for submission is November 30, 2021. Grants will be awarded in February 2022.

Learn more

Local ministries funded by ECM grants help the hurting, feed the hungry and care for the stranger. Now more than ever your support for our outreach ministries makes a real difference in Southern Ohio communities.

Neighbors Helping Neighbors. …it’s a reason to hope.

Give to ECM

News from our Cathedral

The Bishop together with the

People of Christ Church Cathedral

of the Diocese of Southern Ohio

invite your prayers and presence at

A Celebration of New Ministry

with the inaugural institution of

The Very Rev. Owen C. Thompson

as the Fourth Dean of the Cathedral

Sunday, November 21, 2021, at 3 p.m.

Christ Church Cathedral

318 East Fourth Street

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Small reception following

Music Live at Lunch

Music Live at Lunch, Christ Church Cathedral's weekly concert series, is celebrating its 50^thyear! Music Live at Lunch will feature the performers listed below in September. These free concerts are presented on Tuesdays at 12:10 p.m. Patrons may bring their own lunch or purchase one at the cathedral.

For more information, visit cincinnaticathedral.com or call 513-621-1817.

Nov 9: Boutique – Great American Songbook music

Nov 16: Noyse Merchants – Medieval & Renaissance music

Nov 23: James Meade (guitar) – Classical & contemporary music

Nov 30: Vox Antiqua – Liturgical Choral music

Commemoration of All Faithful Departed (Observed) All Souls Requiem

Sunday, November 7, 5 p.m.

Service: Requiem Op. 48 – Gabriel Fauré

This choral Eucharist will include Gabriel Fauré’s beloved Requiem with orchestra. Worshipers will have a chance to light candles in memory of loved ones as the Necrology (names of the departed) is read aloud. This year we especially remember the more than 600,000 in the U.S. and the millions worldwide who have died from the coronavirus. As a tribute, we offer Fauré’s beloved Requiem in the composers original scoring for choir, organ, and orchestra.

No admission charge.

Community news

Community events

November

5: Red Door Community Concert at Holy Trinity, Oxford, 12:15 p.m.

7: All Souls Requiem at Christ Church Cathedral, 5 p.m.

14: Bethany School Open House, 2 p.m.

14: An Afternoon of Sacred Chamber Music at Trinity on Capitol Square, 4 p.m.

14: Mozart Requiem at St. Barnabas, Montgomery, 4:30 p.m.

15: Webinar - How to Start a Green Team in your congregation, 7 p.m.

21: Celebration of New Ministry and Dean Institution at Christ Church Cathedral, 3 p.m.

21: Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble at Calvary, Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

See all

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Bethany School Open House Nov 14 at 2 p.m.

Mozart Requiem Concert

Sunday, November 14, 4:30 p.m.

The St. Barnabas Music Ministry will offer a performance of the Mozart Requiem dedicated to the memory of beloved St. Barnabas parishioner, Tom Hammons, on Sunday, November 14 at 4:30 p.m. in the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church sanctuary. St. Barnabas Director of Choirs Joshua Goines will conduct, and the singers will be accompanied by orchestra. The chorus will be anchored by the St. Barnabas adult choir, and there will be guest soloists and additional choral singers.

Learn more

The Mary Slade Rust Martin and Louis Henry Martin Memorial Program at Calvary

The Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble and Soloists

Sunday, November 21, 2021

7:30 p.m.

Guest Conductor: Dan Weeks

Guest Organist: Yun Kim

Artistic Director and Pianist: Brad Caldwell

CFE Soloists: Quinn Patrick Ankrum (mezzo soprano), Gwen Coleman (soprano), Mary Elizabeth Southworth (soprano), Mary Stucky (mezzo soprano), & Rodney Stucky (guitar)

Featuring Choral, Art Song, and Organ Music by Jean Berger, Percy Grainger, Ivor Gurney, Paul Halley, Jake Heggie, Howard Helvey, Yun Kim, Daniel Nightingale, John Jacob Niles, & Randall Thompson

Learn more

Repeat announcements

Red Door Community Concert

Holy Trinity, Oxford, will present the third in its Red Door Community Concert Series on Friday, November 5 at 12:15 p.m.

Andrea Ridilla (Oboe), Sarah Kim (Cello), and Soojin Kim (Piano) will perform European music from the Baroque Period to the 21st Century. Masks will be required for this free, live, concert. Those uncomfortable attending because of Covid will be able to view the concert virtually on YouTube a few days later. A link to the concert will be provided through the Holy Trinity website: holytrinityoxford.org.

Red Door Community Concerts are offered by Holy Trinity to the greater Oxford Community to help reduce the sense of stress and isolation brought on by the Covid pandemic through the universal language of music. The concerts are funded by contributions from individual sponsors, as well as by grants from Butler Rural Electric Community Connections, the Ohio Arts Council, the Oxford Community Foundation, and Matinee Musicale.

Holy Trinity is located at 25 East Walnut Street in Oxford.

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
Discover the ancient and modern sites, people, stories, and events of the Holy Land through articles, podcasts, and films curated by Canon Jason Oden
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
Worship at St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem
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.
Spiritual Practices and Experiences: Daily prayer, Eucharists, Stations of the Cross, baptismal renewal vows in the Jordan River

Cost

$3,690 – Sharing a Room

$4,580 – Private Room

Learn more

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Episcopal leaders warn concealed guns ruling could threaten safety of churches

Episcopal leaders joined a “friend of the court” brief in a gun control case going before the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 3. Photo: Reuters

[Episcopal News Service] The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 3 will hear arguments in a gun control case that could limit how far cities and states may go to regulate whether and when Americans can bring guns into public places, potentially increasing the risk of violence at houses of worship.

The case focuses on a 108-year-old New York law that requires gun owners to show “proper cause” for self-defense before they can receive permits to carry concealed guns in public. Two gun owners sued to challenge that requirement after they were denied the permits. The Episcopal Church’s presiding officers have opposed the gun owners’ lawsuit, joining an interfaith group of more than 400 religious leaders in filing a “friend of the court” brief on Sept. 21.