Deep Green Church: Foundations for Ecological Discipleship

On October 8 and 9, All Saints, New Albany will host a weekend event presented by Dr. Collin Cornell and the Rev. Jerry Cappel of the Center For Deep Green Faith. The weekend will include presentations, workshops and worship to deepen understanding of the theology that underpins our work of creation care.

Each person planning to attend must register. The suggested in-person donation is $10 per person. Childcare will be provided. Please register by October 1.

Learn more and register.

"Slay: Being a Modern-Day Saint" Middle School Retreat

Procter Center and the Formation Team invite all 6-8th graders to join for an amazing weekend retreat Oct. 28-30 at Procter.

Join old friends and new to play games, eat food, and explore what it would look like if middle school students were the saints of their communities! Registration is coming soon, but be sure to save the date and save your spot by texting "SLAY" to 812.430.4464!

Forms, policies, and other information for congregational management can be found on the resources hub on the diocesan website.

Liturgical items available at free cycle market

The Church Foundation has made liturgical items from closed congregations available for congregations who may need them. A free cycle market has been created on the diocesan website to serve as a catalogue of items.

Congregations are also invited to advertise surplus linens, robes, vestments, office supplies and furniture that are free to a good home or available for a small donation. To add items, send pictures and descriptions along with contact information, to communication@diosohio.org.

The 148th Convention of the Diocese of Southern Ohio will take place on Saturday, November 19. The convention will be a hybrid event – voting clergy and delegates can attend either in person at Christ Church Cathedral, or virtually via Zoom.

Important dates and deadlines

• September 19: Registration opens
• September 20: (60 days prior): Deadline for proposed Constitution/Canonical changes
• October 5: (45 days prior): Deadline for proposed resolutions; nominations requested
• November 1: (18 days prior): Deadline for nominations
• November 2: Pre-convention meeting and Nominee Forum, 6:30 p.m.
• November 4: Registration closes
• November 12: (7 days prior): Deadline for 2022 Commission Reports

Links

• See a list of open leadership positions here.
• Fill out a nomination form here.
• Submit a resolution here.
• Send any proposed changes to the Constitution and Canons to Joseph J. Dehner, Esq. at jdehner@fbtlaw.com.

Check the convention website, dsoconvention.org, for the latest convention information, and watch upcoming issues of this newsletter for details and deadlines.

Nominations for diocesan leadership now open

There are several elected leadership positions for which the Nominating Committee seeks nominees for election at the 148th Annual Convention on Saturday, Nov. 19. Please consider submitting your name for one of the positions to be elected, or, if you know of a member of the diocese, either lay or ordained, who would be well suited for one of the positions, please encourage them to apply. 

A list and description of all available positions is available on the convention website. Nominations are requested by October 5, but the absolute deadline is November 1. The nomination form can be found here. Questions can be directed to Jon B. Boss, chair of the Nominating Committee, at jbboss@fuse.net or (513) 761-2630.

A complete list of events can be found on the diocesan calendar.

• Sept 8 at 3:30 p.m.: ACCR meeting
• Sept 15 at 10 a.m.: Trustees of the Diocese
• Sept 15 at 2 p.m.: Standing Committee
• Sept 17 at 9 a.m.: Procter Board
• Sept 20: Deadline for proposed changes to the Constitution and Canons

With support from the United Thank Offering, the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio has committed to the call of Becoming Beloved Community, with deepening focus on the work of racial healing, reconciliation, and justice-making. Learn more and subscribe to the Diocese of Southern Ohio Becoming Beloved Community newsletter.

Creation Care Vestry Devotionals available

“Good News to All Creation,” a set of devotionals designed to help vestries begin their meetings with a brief time of reflection and prayer, is now available for download. Developed by the Diocese of Southern Ohio’s Creation Care and Environmental Task Force and the Faith-in-Life Committee in partnership with the Center for Deep Green Faith, the devotionals begin in September with the Season of Creation, and follow the liturgical seasons from Advent through Easter.

Questions and feedback about the new resource are welcome, and may be sent to the Task Force at ee4diosoh@gmail.com.

Download the devotionals.

For more information about seasonal opportunities as well as ongoing opportunities such as Education for Ministry, Safe Church Training, and Anti-Racism Training, visit the Formation page on the diocesan website and subscribe to the Diocese of Southern Ohio Formation newsletter.

Weekly youth ministry meet-ups with Adam

Ready for some new ideas for your youth ministry? Excited to share what is working and brain-storm where it can go from here? Interested to hear what others are doing?

Join Adam Hayden, director of youth and campus ministry, on Tuesdays anytime between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Teams. Stop in at any time for any length of time to share what’s on your heart or listen in to what others are up to. Join the conversation here.

Interfaith Youth is a program for students in grades 6-12. Gather on Sundays from 2:30 to 4 p.m. to spend time with friends, make new friends, learn from people of faith traditions outside of your own, and build community together. All teens are welcome!

The location is the Ish Garage, 4113 Langland St. (in Northside). Remaining dates are September 11, 18, and 25.

Register here or text ‘INTERFAITH YOUTH’ to 812-430-4464 to sign up.

If your congregation would like to have news or an event notice published in the newsletter, email Julie Murray.

Sacred Conversations: Policing the Police

Philip Stinson, JD, PhD, professor of criminal justice at Bowling Green State University, will be the speaker at the September meeting of Sacred Conversations taking place on Zoom September 13 at 8:30 p.m. Sacred Conversations is a group formed in 2016 by multiple Columbus-area congregations to talk about racial justice. Everyone is welcome to join.

Dr. Stinson's primary area of research is police behaviors, including police crime, police corruption, and police misconduct. Through a grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) at the U.S. Department of Justice, he has created a national database tracking police who have been disciplined and/or terminated, yet been hired in another police department.

Join the Zoom meeting here (Meeting ID: 829 5465 5104, Passcode: 521434).

For more information about Sacred Conversations, contact Nadya Richardson at nadya19767@aol.com.

Ohio Open Doors at Grace, College Hill

Grace Church, College Hill, and The Oasis at Grace are proud to participate in Ohio Open Doors, a project of the Ohio History Connection, celebrating historical buildings and fascinating places across the state.

Grace Church, 5501 Hamilton Ave. in Cincinnati, will open its doors to friends and neighbors on Weds., Sept. 14 from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. and on Sun., Sept. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities will include music, refreshments, a tour of the building, a fair of community partners and conversation about the spirituality and practices of the Episcopal Church.

A list of the statewide events and activities for Ohio Open Doors is available here.

Red Door Community Concert

The first concert of the second season of Red Door Community Concerts at Holy Trinity, Oxford, will be held Friday, September 16, at 12:15 p.m. Music for violin, cello and piano from Baroque to the present will be performed by Trio Apéritif: Phillip Roberts, piano; Anne Misener, violin; and Michael Ronstadt, cello.

The free concerts are open to the public and also available for viewing on the church’s YouTube channel. All concerts are held from 12:15 to 1 p.m., and masks are recommended.

Organ dedication and concert at St. Patrick's

Todd Wilson, head of the Organ Department at The Cleveland Institute of Music and curator of the E.M. Skinner pipe organ at Severance Hall, will perform Friday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s, Dublin. The concert will dedicate the church’s recently installed pipe organ, a 1966 Schantz instrument refurbished by Peebles-Herzog, Inc. in 2021.

The program will include music by J. S. Bach and Marcel Dupré, as well as works arranged from music by Georges Bizet and Gerre Hancock.The concert is free and open to the public. 

From Despair to Hope: Music for Troubled Times

Sunday, September 18

3 p.m.

St. Peter’s, Gallipolis, will present a concert featuring stories and music on the theme with religious arias, spiritual songs, classic hymns, and a surprise or two.

Performing: The Rev. Joshua Nelson, voice (St. Peter’s, Gallipolis & Grace, Pomeroy)

Laura Rocklin, piano and organ (St. Philip’s, Circleville)

Donations will be collected to support St. Peter’s outreach and other local ministries.

Praying and Learning Together: An Interfaith Perspective on Immigration

The Southern Ohio Synod, ELCA, and the Catholic Diocese of Columbus will offer Praying and Learning Together: An Interfaith Perspective on Immigration, on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Gloria Dei Worship Center at Trinity Lutheran Seminary. 

All are welcome to join for an evening of music, hearing testimonies of individuals from Afghanistan, Cuba, and the Congo who have lived the immigration experience, and interfaith speakers sharing their communities’ stands on immigration. Light refreshments will be provided.

Learn more here.

Christ Church Cathedral is located at 318 E. 4th Street in downtown Cincinnati. Learn more on the cathedral website and subscribe to the cathedral newsletter.

Music Live at Lunch

Music Live at Lunch is a free, weekly concert series featuring a variety of music. Bring your own lunch or buy one at the cathedral. Concerts are held on Tuesdays, September through May, at 12:10 p.m. Convenient parking is located in the Queen City Square Garage across the street from the cathedral’s Fourth Street entrance.

September performers

Sept 13: Sassafras Grass

Sept 20: Brasilia

Sept 27: Wild Carrot

Concert: Rhineburg Brass

Sunday, September 11

3:00 p.m.

The Cathedral’s ensemble-in-residence Rhineburg Brass presents a concert featuring American composers and standard works for brass quintet as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. No admission charge, but donations to be collected for the Families of Freedom Fund scholarships.

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

Physician-Musician: An Experiential Journey through Music & Medicine

Saturday, September 17

7:30 p.m.

Experience an evening with Mike Garson (best known as David Bowie’s piano man), Juilliard-trained violinist Drew Tretick, and Barry Bittman, MD, a neurologist and pioneer in mind-body medicine. A reception and silent auction precedes the performance at 6:30 PM. 

Ticket information: 513-315-7393 or musicandwellness.net.

Our Desire for Life

Sunday, September 25

3 p.m.

Members of Collegium Cincinnati and the Cathedral Choir under the direction of Stephan Casurella perform a program of music written by composers facing persecution: Thomas Tallis’s Lamentations of Jeremiah, William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices, and Viktor Ullmann’s String Quartet No. 3 in A. Tickets available here.

Image: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem - Rembrandt

Christ Church Cathedral 2022-23 Music Brochure now available

We are pleased to announce the publication of the new Christ Church Cathedral music brochure with its wealth of music offerings for the coming program year. 

If you would like a printed copy of this brochure mailed to your home, please email hello@cccath.org with your mailing address and a note requesting a music brochure. Or download an electronic version. 

Fall Harvest Boxes from Procter Farm

Each fall, the farm at Procter Center is overflowing with delicious, fresh vegetables, and also has fresh-to-frozen pork and chicken that is pasture and humanely raised for the most nutrient-dense and tastiest cuts. Order a Fall Harvest Box for one week or save by purchasing boxes for multiple weeks.

See all job opportunities on the diocesan website.

• Nursery Attendant (part-time), St. Andrew's, Pickerington
• Director of Music, Trinity Lutheran Church, Cincinnati 
• Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries, Trinity Lutheran Church, Cincinnati
• Communications and Office Assistant (part-time), St. Patrick's, Lebanon
• Financial Administrator, Trinity Church on Capitol Square, Columbus
• Rector, Christ Church, Springfield
• Music Director, St. Andrew's, Ft. Thomas, KY
• Director, Transfiguration Spirituality Center
• Chaplain and Spiritual Services Lead (part-time), Episcopal Retirement Services
• Parish Administrator (part-time) St. Andrew's Pickerington
• Youth Minister, St. Barnabas, Montgomery
• Communications Associate (part-time), Trinity, Hamilton
• Nursery Supervisor, La Iglesia Episcopal del Espíritu Santo
• Administrative Assistant, Holy Trinity, Oxford
• Priest-in-Charge (part-time), St. Philip, Columbus

Email Julie Murray to add a job listing.

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