July 20, 2021
Bishop Transition
The Rt. Rev. George Wayne Smith elected Provisional Bishop
Bishop Smith
The Rt. Rev. George Wayne Smith was elected as Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio during a special session of the 146th convention (virtual) on July 17, 2021.

Smith was placed in nomination for Provisional Bishop by the Standing Committee on June 8, 2021, and the special session of the convention was called on June 10, 2021. He was elected on the first ballot of both the lay and clergy orders.


Bishop Smith will begin his duties as Provisional Bishop on August 15, 2021.
Convention news
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147th Annual Convention

"Proclaiming the Dream"

Saturday, November 13, 2021
147th Annual Convention: November 13, 2021
Important dates and deadlines


Find all information, including how to propose a
constitutional/canonical change or resolution, diocesan
offices needing nominations and nomination forms at our convention website, dsoconvention.org, or find the link on the diocesan website.
News from the diocese
Coming up on the calendar
July

22-25 - Family Camp 3
25 - Dismantling Racism, 10 a.m.
25 - Community of Deacons gathering, 11 a.m.
29 - Aug 1 - Family Camp 4

August

2-5 - Silver Camp
13 - Finance Committee, 1 p.m.
25 - Investment Committee, 2 p.m.
28 - Diocesan Council, 9 a.m.
July Visitations
25 – Christ Church Cathedral (Price)
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Save the Date: Diocesan Convocation September 25
Make sure to mark your calendar for Saturday, September 25 for a diocesan convocation at Procter Center, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The joyful gathering, which will be our first big, in-person event in 22 months (!), will be a day for all ages filled with music, fun, learning, eating and worship. The theme is "Proclaiming the Dream," following along with the four paths of Becoming Beloved Community that have guided our past three conventions.

The day will be capped off with a tent revival-style Eucharist with guest preacher, the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers, Canon to the Presiding Bishop for Evangelism, Reconciliation, and Creation Care.

More information on this fantastic, free event will be coming soon. This will be a day you will NOT want to miss!
Calling all musicians

Wanted - musicians/groups of all genres and from all over the diocese to provide musical entertainment throughout the day at the convocation. If you/your group would be interested in performing a 30-45 minute set, please contact Ann Sabo at asabo@diosohio.org.

Are you a face painter? Or a balloon artist?

If so, we want you to be a part of convocation too! If you would be willing to spend part of your day doing face painting or other kid-centered, festival type events, please contact Ann Sabo at asabo@diosohio.org.
Shred Day this Thursday! (July 22)
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The diocesan office is partnering with Christ Church Cathedral to sponsor a shred day on Thursday, July 22.

The truck will be located along Sycamore Street in front of the diocesan office and the cathedral from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. You will be able to pull up behind the truck to unload.

While both staffs are using the opportunity to go through their offices and determine what paper can be shredded, this is a great chance for our church offices to clean out old records and clutter as well. Everyone in the diocese is invited to take advantage of this resource and shred those old papers taking up space!

Guidance for bringing documents to the shred event:
  • Documents in boxes – if the documents that you want destroyed are kept in storage boxes, we will remove them on a dolly. Please ensure easy access to the boxes. IMPORTANT: if you wish to keep the physical boxes your documents are stored in, you will need to transfer the documents to another cardboard box, or we can transfer them to a secure tote for removal. Just let us know.
  • Paper clips, staples, folders, and envelopes – these are all safe for our shredding machines and can be included with the documents.
Formation
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Bulletin inserts from The Episcopal Church

Check out these weekly bulletin inserts that provide information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of The Episcopal Church. 
Dismantling Racism Training
The Diocese of Southern Ohio will hold its next Dismantling Racism training on Saturday, July 24, at no cost on Zoom. Registration and more info here.

If your role requires antiracism certification but you cannot make the July 24 date, another training will be held on September 18. Or visit the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Justice and Healing in Atlanta to sign up for their online training (registration form is at the bottom of the page). 
Learning Portal Spotlights
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We live in increasingly divisive times. From politics to sports, the gift of human difference can quickly become a chasm that can invite serious discord and division. What does it mean for good Christians to disagree? How do we do so faithfully? Should Christians protest? How should they do so?

In this course we get answers from two prominent and in many ways, opposing camps. Social activist Ed Bacon believes Christians should be at the cutting edge of social protest. Ethicist Stanley Hauerwas believes Christians best shine their light by living faithful lives, as people distinct from the world. Their views come to light in these four video presentations:
•       The Gift of Dissent
•       The Nature of Dissent
•       Witness and Dissent
•       How We Dissent

This course is a primer on the traditions of prayer and devotion to Mary, mother of Jesus, in the Anglican Tradition. Learn about how Episcopalians, not just Catholics, devote time in their prayer lives and their congregations to revering Mary and the love and healing she engenders.

Jeff's four videos include:

•       Mary in Scripture
•       Mary in the Christian Tradition
•       Mary and Individual Devotion
•       Mary and Congregational Devotion

This course is ideal for those who are interested in Church history and shared traditions between the Catholic and Episcopal Churches, and is designed for individual and group study. We've formatted the material so that you can begin at the next step - then pause at the end of each video lecture and talk about what you've learned. Pick and choose the videos you want or proceed in the sequence we've designed - your call.
Becoming Beloved Community
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As the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement, we dream and work to foster Beloved Communities where all people may experience dignity and abundant life and see themselves and others as beloved children of God.
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Advocacy update
Town Hall Meetings on Ohio Redistricting
Next week, All on the Line Ohio is holding in-person Town Hall meetings on Ohio’s redistricting process in Cincinnati on July 27 and Dayton on July 29 from 5 to 7 p.m

Workshop in Support of the For the People Act
A Letter to the Editor Zoom Workshop will be held from 5:30-6:30 p.m. this Wednesday, July 21, hosted by Common Cause Ohio. This major legislation to protect voting rights, reform campaign finance, and strengthen government ethics has been passed by the House of Representatives and is stalled in the Senate.

Call to action from Episcopal Public Policy Network: Give DACA Recipients a Pathway to Legal Status
Given that efforts to pass protections for DACA recipients and Dreamers have stalled in the Senate, The Episcopal Public Policy Network has drafted a sample message for you and urges you to contact your Senator to pass legislation to protect DACA recipients and Dreamers.

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

Dates: Tuesdays, July 27 – Sept 14 
Time: 7 p.m. 
Cost: Free 

Ascension & Holy Trinity, Wyoming, is proud to offer Diversity and Inclusion Training for our parish and our neighbors. Diversity can happen without inclusion, yet inclusion cannot happen without diversity. As a church that states “All are Welcome because All Belong,” it is important that we all continue our growth efforts with diversity and inclusion.

We are excited to offer free professional training that will consist of eight weekly sessions. This training will be presented by A&HT parishioner Jim Getgey, who recently founded G2 Leadership Institute LLC and is a licensed presenter of the program titled “Another Seat at the Table.”

RSVP for the program with the A&HT office at office@ascensionholytrinity.com.

Connecting with our cathedral
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Christ Church Cathedral is located at 318 E 4th Street in downtown Cincinnati.
Get all the news from your cathedral in their weekly newsletter, GPS.
July 25 day of goodbyes at Christ Church Cathedral
Jason Leo and Ken Price
Join the Christ Church Cathedral congregation in saying farewell to Interim Dean Jason Leo and Assisting Bishop Ken Price at the 10 a.m. service on Sunday, July 25.

Jason and Bishop Ken, who both started their ministries in the diocese at the same time way back in 1994, will end their active ministries here together on the same day as well! Jason has been called as Provost of Trinity Cathedral in Miami, Florida and ends his time as Interim Dean of the cathedral July 25. Bishop Ken ends his time as our Assisting Bishop and heads back to full-time retirement with the arrival of a new Provisional Bishop on August 15. (But he'll still be around, though!)

A reception will follow the service. If you can't make the service in person, it will be live streamed and available for later viewing on the cathedral's livestream page.
Slavic Voices in Concert
Slavic Voices
Sunday, July 25
3 p.m.
Cathedral Nave

Slavic Voices presents a special concert with founder and artistic director Ben Flanders and pianist Elena Kholodova. Featuring music by Russian composers Rachmaninoff and Sviridov, this concert is a meditation on themes of traveling far from home with homesickness, and the universal feelings of alienation that we feel when we are transplanted from our native soil.

Admission is free with a suggested donation to support Slavic Voices mission of creating bridges between cultures, raising awareness of Eastern European perspectives, and educating singers and audiences about Slavic languages and cultures. (Slavic Voices, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization, donations are tax-deductible).
Connecting with Procter Center
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Procter Center is a mid-sized retreat and event facility for daytime and overnight groups. We serve spiritual, community, business, and youth organizations, as well as families and individuals who seek inspiration, reflection, education, teambuilding, and togetherness in a simple, peaceful, and secluded setting.
fresh produce from Procter
Procter Center Farm’s season is in full swing! Find us each Saturday at the Grove City Chamber Farmers Market.
Repeat announcements
7th Annual Gaslight Chamber Music Series featuring members and guests of the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble

July 23 & 24, 2021
7:30 p.m.
Calvary, Clifton
Jammin' at the James
Pure Chemistry
Saturday, July 24
5 to 9 p.m.

Jammin’ at the James is a family-friendly, free summer concert series held at St. James, Westwood. For t first concert for our 2021 series, Jammin’ at the James presents Pure Chemistry, a band that gives you a variety of music – from Jazz, R&B, Blues, Neo Soul, and Country.

So grab your family and a few chairs and head to the corner of Montana and Cheviot Avenues for an evening of fun with your neighbors at this free concert event! Food starts at 5 p.m.; the music starts at 6 p.m.

We will have snacks and non-alcoholic beverages available. Feel free to bring you own food or drinks as well.

Human Trafficking
EPF Human Trafficking Forum
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral’s (Cleveland, OH) chapter of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship will host an educational forum on human trafficking on Saturday, July 31 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Zoom. It will feature special guest speakers, an update on human services and resources in Ohio. Participants will learn about available resources and ways in which they can take action against human trafficking.
EPF Peacebuilding Project
Episcopal Peace Fellowship Peacebuilding Project
Episcopal Peace Fellowship kicks off a series of one-hour online presentations with "Fear in Church".

Sunday, August 1, 2021
4 p.m.

Panic buttons, locked doors, security teams in the aisles. If we can't feel safe in Church, what does that say about our community? There may be more to the fear/violence connection than first meets the eye.

The Rev. Rosalind C. Hughes, author of Whom Shall I Fear? will lead us in considering lessons from Scripture and experience as we reflect together on the fears that shape our lives today. 
House of Worship Security Program Training
House of Worship Security Program Training

presented by Ohio Crime Prevention Association

Thursday, August 26, 2021
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Youngstown, OH
Fourth Annual Cincinnati Festival of Faiths August 22 - 29
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Mark your calendar for the 4th Annual Cincinnati Festival of Faiths August 22-29, 2021 (virtually presented) This year’s theme: “Compassion through Action: We are in it Together.” Cultural, spiritual, and fun activities for all ages.

Cincinnati’s annual Festival of Faiths serves as the leading opportunity in Greater Cincinnati to bring together people of all faiths and communities to learn from each other and celebrate our differences. EquaSion’s festival has resulted in the creation of the most inclusive network of faith communities ever engaged in our region’s history.

Keep up with the latest information on the Festival of Faiths here.
News from The Episcopal Church
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Province V News

News from Province V of the Episcopal Church is a wonderful networking resource to connect with other Episcopalians from the Midwest who share interest in a same ministry area. Networks include Creation Care, Suicide Prevention, Economic Justice, Ministry in Resort Communities, Public Theology, Dismantling Racism, Prison / Jail Ministry, Leadership in parishes without clergy, Recovery Ministries, Refugee Ministry and Mission Developers. Province V News also has information about webinars and other events of interest.

Prayer service marks one year to 80th General Convention

The Episcopal Church's presiding officers welcomed other clergy and lay leaders and Episcopalians from across the church for an online prayer service on July 17 in what was to have been the month of the 80th General Convention ...

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Lift Every Voice and Sing! UBE Churchwide Revival 

This year, the Union of Black Episcopalians is hosting a multi-day virtual event that is open to the entire Episcopal community and includes both day and evening events.

Events will take place over Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube July 27-30, 2021.
Job opportunities
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Bethany School
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St. Patrick's, Lebanon
St. Patrick's, Dublin
St. Philip's, Columbus
Grace Church, College Hill
Need a job posted? Send your information to communication@diosohio.org.
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The Diocese of Southern Ohio
OUR VISION
A church focused outside our doors, loving and serving Jesus Christ in our beloved communities in relevant ways, both new and traditional.
OUR MISSION
Christ is calling us into meaningful connections with each other that transcend all boundaries, and to act on those connections for the benefit of all. By these connections we are made whole.
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