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Advent: Waiting, hoping, watching
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Look for Advent and Christmas events or add your own to our interactive Advent & Christmas calendar at our new Advent module http://www.diosohio.org/digital_faith/advent. In addition to the calendar, the module also features links to resources on Advent, St. Nick and much more!
Digital Faith users: Add your Advent and Christmas worship services to your event listing and tag with #dsoadventworship. Your service times will automatically populate the worship schedule on our site! |
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Be the change you want to see
Is God calling you to serve? Bishop Breidenthal announced at diocesan convention the formation of a task force on restructuring. Don't be fooled by the name: this is an invitation for innovation and creativity, an opportunity to be part of re-shaping the diocese for the 21st century.
The development of the task force was a key recommendation of one of the ministry priority teams. The goal is to put in place structures that support and expand the common ministry of the diocese.
If you feel called to this work, please complete the nomination form. The deadline is Nov. 30. The strategy five team will review the nominations and select a task force to be announced in December. |
| Group tickets available for 73rd annual Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival
Group tickets for the dress rehearsal for the 73rd annual Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival at Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday, Dec. 29 are available for congregations. Each congregation may request up to 15 tickets.
Reserved ticket distribution for all performances of the Festival will occur on the morning of Saturday, December 8. The doors open at 8 a.m., with ticket distribution at 8:30 a.m. Availability of tickets during the public distribution is on a first-come, first-served basis, so we suggest that you arrive early. Due to the limited number of tickets available, we are only able to distribute two tickets to each person age 18 and older.
Performance Schedule Dress Rehearsal - Saturday, Dec. 29, 2 p.m.
1st Performance - Saturday, Dec. 29, 5 p.m.
2nd Performance - Sunday, Dec. 30, 2:30 p.m.
3rd Performance - Sunday, Dec. 30, 5 p.m. |
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Diocese of Southern Ohio: Part of the climate solution
The 138th Diocesan Convention endorsed the Energy Stewards and Energy Audit Programs of Ohio Interfaith Power and Light and encourages all congregations and diocesan facilities to set goals to reduce energy consumption by 15% over the next three years. Find out more about saving energy in your congregation through Ohio Interfaith Power and Light's Energy Stewards and Energy Audits programs by attending the Energy Stewardship for Houses of Worship webinar. There are three more opportunities for you to attend this webinar in 2012, so we hope you will attend, encourage others to attend, and pass along the information so other congregations in your community take part in energy saving activities.
Through Energy Stewards, your congregation will be connected to other congregations around Ohio who are taking their energy use seriously, just like you! You'll discover over eighty ways to simply and effectively reduce your energy use. You'll receive assistance in deciding what would be best for your facility, and how to save money. Your congregation can join Procter Camp and Conference Center as an Energy Steward member and be part of the climate solution!
After registering for one of the webinars, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
We hope you will join us on one of these dates to learn more about energy stewardship. If you have further questions, please contact Craig Foster, OhIPL Technical Consultant, at 614.940.6274. Visit www.ohipl.org for more information.
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Upcoming Events
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Click here to see the diocesan calendar |
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Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
The duty of all Christians is to follow Christ; to come together week by week for corporate worship; and to work, pray, and give for the spread of the kingdom of God.
Our Diocesan Cycle of Prayer is listed both in a perpetual calendar and a Word document on the diocesan website and is updated frequently.
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| Worship Leader training
Worship leader training will be held Saturday, Dec. 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Procter Center.
A Worship Leader is a lay person who regularly leads public worship under the direction of the Member of the Clergy or other leader exercising oversight of the congregation or other community of faith. (Canon III.4.4)
Worship leaders are to be recommended for training by the Rector, Vicar or Priest-in-charge of their congregation. In communities of faith where there is no established regular clergy presence, the participant should be recommended for training by the senior/bishop's warden of the congregation.
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| Anti-Racism training
Anti-Racism training will be held at Procter Center on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This meets the requirements for newly elected and appointed lay and clergy leadership to complete anti-racism training within the first 12 months of their appointment.
Anti-racism training consists of two parts: the training day and a follow-up meeting that will be scheduled on training day. This is an anti-racism workshop and not a diversity or multi-cultural workshop. Cost is $10 for lunch.
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| Music news from Christ Church Cathedral
Cathedral Choir of Children and Youth to perform at Saengerfest
The Christ Church Cathedral Choir of Children and Youth will perform at the Christmas Saengerfest, a two-day festival taking place on December 14 and 15. American Legacy Tours organized this holiday event, inspired by the enthusiasm surrounding the World Choir Games held in Cincinnati over the summer.
The festival will feature 20 choirs from Over-the-Rhine and the Cincinnati area performing at seven historical venues. The Cathedral Choir of Children and Youth will perform twice at the festival, at 5 and 6:00 p.m., on Saturday, December 15 at First Lutheran Church.
The Saengerfest has a long tradition in Cincinnati and was the city's first major festival. Music Hall was originally built to host this festival, which attracted thousands of people to Over-the-Rhine. KellyAnn Nelson, Christ Church Cathedral's associate musician for children and youth, has played an important role in the organization of this festival.
Music Live at Lunch performances in December
Music Live at Lunch, Christ Church Cathedral's weekly concert series, will feature the following performers in December:
December 4: Walnut Hills High School Choir; Lisa Peters, director (nave) December 11: Kyle Meadows, hammered dulcimer; Tisa McGraw, Celtic harp December 18: Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols: Christ Church Cathedral Choir (nave)
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.
Christ Church Cathedral is located at 318 East Fourth Street, downtown Cincinnati. All performances are in the Centennial Chapel unless listed as being in the cathedral nave. For more information, call 513.621.1817.
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In honor of Bishop Ken and Mariann Price, the Diocese of Southern Ohio has launched a campaign to save lives: a gift of at least $18,000 to Episcopal Relief & Development's NetsforLife® Inspiration Fund. The goal is to raise at least $18,000 - one thousand for each year the Prices have been with us - which will be matched by the Procter Fund. Plus ERD recently announced a matching program until Dec. 31 -- that means your $25 donation could become $100.
Each net distributed by NetsforLife saves up to three lives -- and the nets cost about $12 each. For the matched amount of $100, that's 24 people whose lives could be forever, immeasurably changed.
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Headlines from Episcopal News Service |
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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 connected with Google Places. Several congregations and the Procter Center have been photographed and are online now--check them out at http://www.diosohio.org/google360tours.html.
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 Julie Murray at jmurray@diosohio.org or 800.582.1712. |
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