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| Lay Employee Pension Plan
ALL lay employees scheduled to work a minimum of 1,000 hours annually and whose Diocese, Parish, Mission of other ecclesiastical organization or body is subject to the authority of the Church must be enrolled in one of the Lay Employee Pension Plans offered by the Church Pension Fund by the calendar year beginning January 1, 2013.
Congregations and schools that currently do not have lay employees or whose lay employees are not scheduled to work a minimum of 1,000 hours annually, and do not wish to adopt a lay employee pension plan at this time, are asked to complete and forward the Church Pension Fund's " Acknowledgement Form" no later than January 1, 2013.
You can find this form, and more information, on the finance page of the diocesan website. |
| Facilities manager needed
The Diocese of Southern Ohio is seeking a part-time, experienced professional to oversee its facilities. Under the general direction of the director of finance, the facilities manager will lead, supervise and execute facility planning, construction, renovation, repair and preventive maintenance for several buildings, including both commercial (public) and residential properties. The facilities manager will be an integral part of the planning for and supervision of construction projects.
The facilities manager will supervise the contracted janitorial service and make decisions regarding when to hire outside contractors. This position will also select and supervise outside contractors, serve as the project manager for facility renovation projects, and take a lead role in expanding sustainability practices.
Candidates must have ability to perform simple repairs and have a thorough knowledge of maintenance and construction techniques. Candidates should have working knowledge of building codes and environmental regulations relative to repair and maintenance of facilities. A minimum of five years of experience in facility maintenance is required. Familiarity with computerized facility maintenance programs; supervisory experience desired. Candidates must be personable, organized, articulate, have a sense of humor and be willing to "roll up their sleeves." There is an on-call element to this position.
Interested applicants should send resumes to David Robinson, director of finance at drobinson@diosohio.org. Deadline is January 15. |
Music available  Did you love the music during liturgy at our diocesan convention? You can now hear audio files of all the original music from our convention from the convention downloads page. A songbook that includes the sheet music for all the songs is also available for download from the page. |
Make a casserole, make a difference 
College students at the University of Cincinnati meet at the Edge campus ministry house every Sunday for NOSH, a dinner and worship mash-up.
They absolutely love home-cooked meals and your smiling faces! Check out the volunteer guidelines at http://www.edge-uc.org/NOSH.aspx and sign up to cook by emailing pastor@edge-uc.org. Come and see! |
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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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Music of the German Baroque at Christ Church Cathedral
 Sunday, December 9, 5 p.m. Featuring the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble. Marilyn McDonald, violin; Catherina Meints, viol and cello; Webb Wiggins, harpsichord and organ. Free admission. This recital is made possible by generous contributions to the Cathedral's Friends of Music fund.
Christ Church Cathedral is located at 4th and Sycamore in downtown Cincinnati. Call 513.621.1817 for more information.
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Great Cookie Caper Dec. 8
Christmas and cookies go together! Sometimes getting around to baking the holiday cookies challenges our busy holiday schedules. If you would like to choose from an extensive assortment of homemade Christmas cookies and candy for the holidays without all the work, come to the 3rd Annual Great Cookie Caper at St. Thomas on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. St. Thomas is located at 100 Miami Ave., Terrace Park.
In addition to providing yourself, your family and friends with an array of delicious cookies and candies, you will be helping those who struggle with providing day to day essentials for their families. The Great Cookie Caper benefits Inter Parish Ministry and the St. Thomas Discretionary Fund, which in turn aid those in need. Last year nearly $8,000 was raised through the sale of cookies by the pound, homemade candy and the raffle of a beautiful handcrafted quilt.
Choose your own selection of treats to be weighed and boxed with a ribbon for gift giving or for your own festivities. The event will also feature live music, kids' activities including a train chugging through the festivities, all amid Christmas trimmings 'round the Parish Hall.
For up-to-the-minute information on The Great Cookie Caper, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/stthomascookiecaper or visit the St. Thomas website at www.st.thomasepiscopal.org or call the church at 513.831.2052.
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Being Church in a New World: Why? How? Who? Me?
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Ohio Ministries Convocation
January 28, 2013
Broad Street Presbyterian Church, 760 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio.
Featuring Brian McLaren, author of Naked Spirituality, A New Kind of Christianity, and his latest book, Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha & Mohammed Cross the Road?
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| Appreciative Inquiry workshops
Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry
Duncan Center: Delray Beach, FL.
January 7-9, 2013
Learn the Appreciative Way of: Living with Purpose and Vision; Discovering and Growing what is Life-Giving; Creating Appreciative Responses to Problems; Using the Three Faces of Compassion: Tenderness, Fierceness and Mischievousness to transform the world
Appreciative Transitional Ministry
Duncan Center: Delray Beach, FL.
January 9-11, 2013
Apply the Appreciative Way to Congregation Transitions; Apply appreciative inquiry knowledge to the task of transitional ministry; Learn an incarnational way of joining a congregation; Establish goals for congregational transitions and transformation; Respond appreciatively to congregational dynamics of grief and conflict; Plan and design an appreciative inquiry summit..
This program would be ideal for:
Clergy beginning new ministries, (settled or transitional)
Clergy wanting to lead congregational visioning
Clergy engaged in transitional/interim ministry
Appreciative Search Consulting
Duncan Center: Delray Beach, FL.
January 9-11, 2013
Apply your knowledge of appreciative inquiry to the clergy search process; Plan and design an appreciative inquiry summit; Establish criteria for assessing a minister's skills and abilities; Create a consensus scoring process for reviewing clergy competencies; Design and practice appreciative interviewing strategies.
This program would be ideal for clergy and laity who could serve as search consultants in your diocese. As diocesan budgets have shrunk there is a great need to "out source" the time intensive aspects of the search process such as training search committees in the basic skills of developing profiles, creating criteria, interviewing etc. and allow the diocese to focus on the more sensitive personnel issues of candidate background checks and suitability of the candidates to the diocesan culture.
Costs Early Tuition (before Dec. 3, 2012): Each 2.5 Day (15hrs. CE) US$395 Register for two programs and receive a US$50 discount. Group Rates: Bring a friend and save US$75. Bring 4 people and each saves US$100. Accommodation: Residential US$340 / Commuter US$150 per 2.5 day program. Full refunds one month prior to training, thereafter accommodation charges apply. Please see: http://www.clergyleadership.com/training/schedule.cfm for further information and registration.
Presenter: The Rev. Dr. Rob Voyle
Voyle is an international leader in the use of appreciative inquiry in church settings and is the Director of the Clergy Leadership Institute. Rob's personal mission is to be "helpful, humorous, and healing," which is manifested in a passion for conducting training. He is a gifted storyteller and has a penchant for mischievously confronting listeners with new insights that are both affirming and liberating. His workshops on Appreciative Inquiry are consistently rated as: "one of the best workshops I've attended in years."
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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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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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