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Deacon to speak at Interfaith Prayer breakfast
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The Rev. Meribah Mansfield, a deacon in our diocese, will be the featured speaker at the annual Mayor's Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by the Worthington Prayer Breakfast Group, on Friday, Nov. 9 from 7:30-8:45 a.m. at the Holiday Inn-Worthington, which is a five-minute drive from the Crowne Plaza Columbus North (where the Diocesan Convention is being held on Nov. 9-10).
Mansfield will share her spiritual journey, especially her call to ordained ministry as a deacon in the Episcopal Church. |
| Join Transfiguration Spirituality Center's Pilgrimage to Assisi
Walking In The Footsteps of Francis and Clare
May 25-June 2, 2013
Experience a pilgrim's journey to Assisi, Italy, uniquely guided by church historian and spiritual director, Gillian Ahlgren of Xavier University's Theology Department. Our week-long journey includes detailed tours of the medieval town of Assisi as known and experienced by St. Francis and St. Clare personally.
Accommodations are in a beautiful, family-run hotel right in the heart of Assisi just off the Piazza del Commune, as well as two days spent on lovely Mount La Verna.
The fee is $1600 for double-occupancy, or $2000 for a single room. The fee includes all breakfasts and dinners, and all airport transfers and ground transportation. *Fee does not include airfare.* A deposit of $600 is due by November 15, 2012. Space is very limited so reserve yours today! For more information, contact Toni of Transfiguration Spirituality Center at CTRetreats@gmail.com or 513.771.2171. |
| Ham Loaf Dinner
Trinity Episcopal Church, London
Tuesday, Nov 13, 4 to 7 p.m.
(Dine-in, Carry-out or drive through)
Ham Loaf, Escalloped Potatoes or Macaroni & Cheese, Green Beans, & Roll. Assorted desserts including pumpkin pie and cake. Suggested donation $9 (12 & over), $4 (under 12). Trinity is located at the corner of 4th and Main Streets in London. Call
740.852.9298 for more information. |
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Upcoming Events
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Music at Christ Church Catheral  Music Live at Lunch performances in November
Music Live at Lunch, Christ Church Cathedral's weekly concert series, will feature the following performers in November:
November 6: Stephan Casurella, performing Jazz-Stücke by Thomas Roß-Köln (nave)
November 13: Kirsten Smith, organ (nave)
November 20: Rabbit Hash String Band: Appalachian and Southern Folk
November 27: Faux Frenchman: Hot Club-driven gypsy jazz
These free concerts are presented on Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. Patrons may bring their lunch or buy one at the cathedral for $5. All performances are in the Centennial Chapel unless listed as being in the cathedral nave.
Ugo Sforza to Give Organ Recital November 18
Concert organist Ugo Sforza will perform original compositions, as well as works by Tchaikovsky and Boëllman, in a recital presented by Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday, November 18, at 5 p.m. The concert is part of a series offered by the cathedral on third Sundays October through May. The Cincinnati chapter of the American Guild of Organists is a co-sponsor.
Born in Bari, Italy, Sforza has had much success as organ player, earning many prizes in several organ competitions. Along with his own compositions, he has recorded sacred compositions of Ottavio de Lillo.
Christ Church Cathedral is located at 318 East Fourth Street, downtown Cincinnati. For more information, call 513.621.1817.
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Music Events 
2012-13 Music Series at St. John's, Worthington
You are invited to the opening concert in the 2012-13 Music Series at St. John's, Worthington, on Sunday, November 11 at 3 p.m.
Stephan Casurella, director of music at Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, is planning a very eclectic and exciting program, including works of Bruhns, Franck, Frescobaldi, Bach, and a set of jazz pieces by Thomas Roß-Köln. An artist's reception will follow.
There is no charge for admission; a freewill offering will be taken to support the Music Series.
St. John's is located at 700 High Street in Worthington, on the southeast corner of the Olde Worthington Village Green (High Street at SR 161). Visit www.StJohnsWorthington.org for more information.
Bach Vespers for All Souls at St. Thomas
On Sunday, Nov. 11, St. Thomas will offer a special Bach Vespers for All Souls with the Parish Choir, Choristers, Cincinnati Bach Ensemble and soloists Kate Tombaugh and Grant Knox. The 6 p.m. service will feature J. S. Bach's Cantata 161, Komm der Susses Todesstunde and a Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Ralph Vaughan Williams ("The Village Service"). As a prelude the Ensemble will present Vivaldi's Concerto for Flute and Bassoon, with Cincinnati Symphony members Randy Bowman and Jennifer Monroe as soloists.
The Bach Vespers has established itself as one of the unique musical and spiritual experiences in Cincinnati. The service combines that ancient tradition of evening worship with the sacred cantatas of J. S. Bach, along with other beautiful instrumental and organ works, creating a beautiful and mystical experience. The musicians of the Cincinnati Bach Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Carlton Monroe, present the cantatas in the context of worship, the setting for which they were written.
The Bach Vespers is free and open for anyone to attend. There is a free-will offering taken during the service. We appreciate and depend on the generosity of our guests and patrons to sustain this program.
For more information, visit the Bach Vespers website at www.bachvespers.wordpress.com or go to the St. Thomas website at http://www.stthomasepiscopal.org.
St. Thomas is a member of the Episcopal Music Trail. For more information, visit www.episcopalmusictrail.wordpress.com.
60th Anniversary Concert at Indian Hill Church
The choir and soloists of Indian Hill Episcopal Presbyterian Church will present a concert on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. in the church sanctuary. The church is celebrating 60 years of ministry as a dual denomination church, and the choir is marking this special year by singing favorite choruses and solos from major works that have been performed through the years at the church.
The choir will be accompanied by an orchestra of more than twenty musicians from the Cincinnati area. Selections will be from Mendelssohn's Elijah, Haydn's Creation, Mozart's Coronation Mass and the Brahms, Faure and Rutter Requiems.
There is no charge for attendance but a voluntary offering will be accepted at the door in support of future concerts.
The church is located at 6000 Drake Road in Indian Hill. Please plan to join us!
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Art at the Advent
The World Under Glass: Pastel Portraits and Scenes
by John Dalzell
Saturday, Nov. 10 and Sunday, Nov. 11
Artist Reception
Saturday, November 10
4 to 6 p.m.
Sunday, November 11
1 to 4 p.m.
Presented by:
Church of the Advent
2366 Kemper Lane
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
Admission is free and open to the public. A portion of the proceeds of the show benefit the church and are tax deductible. For more informtion, contact Cathy at Church of the Advent 513.961.2100 or churchoftheadvent@fuse.net
Artist Info: The founding editor of Cincinnati Magazine, John Dalzell worked as a writer most of his life and came to visual art as a second career. Today his drawings and pastel paintings are in collections across the Eastern and Mid-Atlantic states. He and his wife, The Rev. Susan Lehman, live in the city
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| Jubilee Ministry grants applications now accepted for Episcopal Church programs and mission work
Applications for 2012 Jubilee Ministry grants are now being accepted in two categories: diocesan initiatives and health and nutrition.
Jubilee Ministries are congregations or agencies with connections to the Episcopal Church whose mission work affect the lives of those in need, addressing basic human needs and justice issues. Grants to Jubilee ministries are awarded annually. All application forms are available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/2012-jubilee-ministry-grants
Funding diocesan initiatives: due December 1; $1,000 grants to support Jubilee Ministry development plans of the local bishop and the appointed diocesan jubilee officer (dioceses can receive one grant).
Health and nutrition: due December 1; $750 grants for Jubilee Ministries that respond to the nutritional needs of people living in "food deserts," defined as those communities in which residents have no easy access to fresh produce, and must rely on convenience stores or fast-food restaurants to provide their meals.
For guidelines, additional information, and to apply for any of the grants here or http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/2012-jubilee-ministry-grants
For more information contact Angeline Cabanban, acabanban@episcopalchurch.org. |
The 138th Annual Convention
of the Diocese of Southern Ohio
Nov. 9-10, Crowne Plaza Columbus North |
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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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