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 July 19, 2011 |
Hurricane Sandy and relief efforts
 Mary Woodward, Disaster Relief coordinator for the diocese reports:
Ohio: 3 counties in northeast Ohio are impacted by Hurricane Sandy: Lake Co/Lorain Co/Cuyahoga Co. Over 125,000 households are still without power and 1 Red Cross shelter is open, providing housing and meals to families. As assessments are completed, I will forward more information as to the needs of families impacted. East Coast report: Volunteer Reception Centers are opening - most urgent needs are: for New York/Long Island, disaster volunteer groups may email disaster@longislandvolunteercenter.org to register your group and send volunteers for debris removal and distribution of food, water, blankets
For West Virginia, disaster volunteer groups may email wvvoad@gmail.com to register your group and send volunteers, 4' of snow on rooftops need shoveled off as homes are collapsing from the weight in Nicholas Co, WV
For New Jersey: water is still receding, many needs, no website yet, Atlantic City has significant damage
"Stuff the Truck": My 48' semi trailer is being loaded with blankets, non-perishable food, water, hygiene kits, school supplies, cleaning supplies/flood buckets - MOST REQUESTED ITEM: GIFT CARDS FROM NATIONAL CHAINS/Walmart etc.
Send your donations to fill the truck to Disaster Warehouse/Mary Woodward, 810 Main St., Caldwell, Ohio 43724 for the next 30 days. Monetary donations are accepted also.
The Church World Service warehouse in New York City is the staging area to distribute these items. As the semi is loaded, it will be sent to this warehouse. It is our goal to fill it several times from our congregations and businesses, sending it east each time it is filled!
Please keep these millions of families in prayer - God Bless!
For more information, email or call Mary Woodward at 740.509.1132.
Episcopal Relief and Development
Episcopal Relief and Development has established a dedicated Hurricane Sandy Response Fund that will support the relief and recovery efforts in both the Caribbean and the U.S. If you would like to make a donation, you can do so by visiting the Episcopal Relief and Development website at http://www.er-d.org, or by sending a check to Episcopal Relief and Development, P.O. Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058. ERD has developed a bulletin insert for churches, to give an update on the current situation and what our partners are doing, and to help raise funds to support response efforts.
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Prayers for the People, by the People, of the People
 November 5 -7 6:30 p.m. St. Peter's, Delaware Terra Nova Community Church, Lewis Center
St. Peter's, Delaware, and Terra Nova Community Church invite the community to come and prepare for Election Day with prayer, in reflection and song. Come gather to pray for the people of our nation who will go to the polls (or have gone already) to set the course of our common life as citizens. This service will be at St. Peter's on Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m.
This will be the first of three nights to be together as God's people first and foremost before anything else and beyond any tribal or group label. A timely reminder that we are always the beloved of God, the God who stands above the politics of the world, and proclaims a politics of purpose.
On Election Night, Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m., St. Peter's in collaboration with Terra Nova Community Church, will offer a service of Communion for our community to celebrate the election work by the people in participating in the world around us.
Then on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m., Terra Nova Community Church, in collaboration with St. Peter's, will offer a community prayer service to set the tone and context so we may together begin the work of the people, moving fearlessly into the future God has put before us.
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Upcoming Events
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 When we leave the voting booth, we'll leave our differences behind and remember what unites us. Please join with over 600 congregations around the country for Election Day Communion on Tuesday, November 6, at 7:30 pm at the Church of the Redeemer, Hyde Park. People of all political persuasions are welcome to witness to a watching world that our unity in Christ is more than what divides us. Note: Because Redeemer is a polling location, please enter the sanctuary through the side door or parking lot level.
Church of the Redeemer is located at 2944 Erie Ave. in Cincinnati. For more information, call 513.321.6700. |
Music News  Choral Evensong at St. Mark's, Columbus The choir of Saint Mark's, Columbus, will offer Choral Evensong for the Feast of All Saints on Sunday, November 4, at 4 p.m. (organ voluntary beginning at 3:45). Matthew Bester, conductor; and Michael Murray, organist. Music to include: Canticles: Evening Service in A (Charles Villiers Stanford) Preces and Responses (Gerre Hancock) Anthem: O quam gloriosum (Luca Marenzio) Anthem: Selig sind die Toten (Heinrich Schütz) An offering will be received in support of Music at Saint Mark's. A reception will follow. Saint Mark's is located at 2151 Dorset Rd, Columbus. Please call 614.486.9452 for more information, or visit www.saintmarkscolumbus.org.
Choral Evensong at Christ Church Cathedral
Sunday, November 4, 5:00 p.m Sung by: The Choir of Calvary Episcopal Church, Clifton, Howard Helvey, director;
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Stephan Casurella, director;
The Cathedral Choir of Children and Youth, KellyAnn Nelson, director
Music to include:
Responses: William Smith
Canticles: Setting in B-flat - Howard Helvey
Anthem: O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be - William H. Harris
Reception follows. Christ Church Cathedral is located at 318 E 4th Street (4th and Sycamore) in downtown Cincinnati. Call 513.621.1817 for more information. |
The 138th Annual Convention
of the Diocese of Southern Ohio
Nov. 9-10, Crowne Plaza Columbus North |
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News from Around the Diocese |
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Take a virtual tour around the diocese
The Diocese of Southern Ohio has launched an innovative, web-based tool for evangelism - a virtual, 360-degree tour of the nave/sanctuary of each of our congregations that will be connected with Google Places. Sixteen congregations have been photographed and are online now--check them out! Coning soon: Procter Center!
Tour shoots are completed for 2012, but to get your congregation on the list for 2013 or for more information about Google virtual 360-degree tours, contact Richelle Thompson at rthompson@diosohio.org or 800.582.1712. |
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