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Faith community to call on the Ohio General Assembly to support Medicaid Expansion
Statehouse Rally Tuesday March 5 at 11 a.m.
Join us for a call to action to the Ohio General Assembly to keep Medicaid expansion in the state budget and extend health coverage for 275,000 Ohioans. The Ohio Council of Churches and faith leaders across the state will gather at the Statehouse in the George Washington Williams Room on Tuesday, March 5 at 11 a.m.
God calls, and we, people of faith, respond. Now is the time to answer God's call: Speak in support of our most vulnerable neighbors. Tell lawmakers that voters support this expansion, and that we expect a YES vote in order to provide basic health care for those in Ohio who do not earn enough to meet their basic needs.
To complete a sign on letter and find out what else you can do to support Medicaid expansion, click here.
For more information contact: The Rev. Colleen Ogle winifredcogle@yahoo.com
See more information on Medicaid expansion
The George Washington Williams Room is located on the State Street side of the Statehouse. If entering from this door, take the first hallway on your left and go down the hall to the last room on your right. |
| Rallies for social justice
The Diocese of Southern Ohio has, in two separate conventions, passed resolutions in support of the Anna Louise Inn and a moratorium on fracking. Here are two rallies which are related to these resolutions:
Ohio is Not for Shale Protest
Wednesday, March 6, 9 a.m.
Ohio Theater, Galbreath Pavilion, Room #1
39 E State St, Columbus, OH 43215
Sponsor: No Frack Ohio, Frack Free Ohio
Home base for the day and location of the lobby training will be at the Ohio Theater, Galbreath Pavilion, Room #1, 39 E State St Columbus, OH 43215. Preliminary agenda:
9 am: Lobbying workshop
10 am-1 pm: Visits with Representatives and Senators
1 pm: OHIO IS NOT FOR SHALE Rally
2:30: March to Governor Kasich's office for petition delivery
Get your group involved with this direct action to remind our elected officials that they work for WE THE PEOPLE, not polluting corporations! E-mail questions to: frackfreeohio@hotmail.com
Anna Louise Inn March
Stand (and/or pray) with our Sisters of Anna Louise Inn on International Women's Day of Action this Friday, March 8 at 12 noon at 400 Broadway St., Cincinnati, 45202; unite with League of Women Voters, Women's City Club, Women's Political Caucus, Nuns on the Bus, Homeless Coalition, Peaslee Neighborhood Center.
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Diana Butler Bass to keynote Best Practices Conference
 The Commission on Congregational Life has invited Diana Butler Bass to serve as keynote speaker and event facilitator for the annual COCL Best Practices Conference to be held on Saturday, April 20 at London High School.
Butler Bass is an author and teacher who writes books, columns and blogs and gives talks and workshops all aimed to help people understand faith both analytically and personally. She is a person of faith, a Christian, who attempts to live the generative, inviting, inclusive, and transforming practices at the heart of Christianity that can heal the world. Her most recent publication Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening, offers direction and hope to individuals and churches.
Christianity After Religion is Bass's call to approach faith with a newfound freedom that is both life-giving and service driven. And it is a hope-filled plea to see and participate in creating a vital and contemporary way of faith that stays true to the real message of Jesus.
Butler Bass will lead us in a day filled with challenge, hope and practical ways for us to embrace our Hallmarks of Health, re-energize our thinking and create a plan for continued success.
If you wish to learn more about Diana Butler Bass you can visit her website at http://www.dianabutlerbass.com or her contributions to the Huffington Post at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-butler-bass/ or read the information on her in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Butler_Bass.
COCL Best Practices Conference
Saturday, April 20
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
London High School
336 Elm Street, London 43140
You do not want to miss this event! To reserve your space, please register online at http://diosohio.org/digital_faith/events/3155200 beginning March 1. |
| Holy Saturday: Living in the Tension Between Death and Resurrection
Holy Saturday is a day when the church shares a great loss together. Like the women and men present when Jesus was crucified and laid in the tomb on Good Friday, we will wait with them at the tomb. We observe Holy Saturday as an in-between day. We are reminded that we too are held in the tension between death and resurrection.
Join us at March 30 from 9-10:30 a.m. at Gabriel's Place (3618 Reading Road) in Cincinnati for a contemplative, interactive service where we will try to experience the thoughts and feelings which the first followers of Jesus must have felt that day. Let us not rush to Easter morning without the stillness in the tomb of Holy Saturday.
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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 news from Christ Church Cathedral
 Choral Evensong Sunday, March 3, 5 p.m. Sung by: The Cathedral Choir, Stephan Casurella, director Music to include: Introit: Call to Remembrance - Richard Farrant Responses: William Byrd Canticles: The Short Service - Orlando Gibbons Anthem: Sicut cervus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Reception follows. More information at www.christchurchcincinnati.org/music/evensongSpecial concert St. Nicolas - Benjamin Britten Featuring the Cincinnati Boychoir, Collegium Cincinnati and the women of Cincinnati's Vocal Arts Ensemble; Christopher Eanes, conductor. Saturday, March 9, 7 p.m. Ticket information: 513.396.7664 or www.cincinnatiboychoir.org.
Music Live at Lunch Performances in March
Music Live at Lunch, Christ Church Cathedral's weekly concert series, will feature the following performers in March:
March 5: Sandy Suskind Trio (nave)
March 12: Wabi Sabi: Ambient Jazz
March 19: Clark and Jones Trio: Celtic and Folk
March 26: Christ Church Cathedral Choir: The Denial of St. Peter - Marc-
Antoine Charpentier (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. All performances are in the Centennial Chapel unless listed as being in the cathedral nave. American Guild of Organists to Give Organ Recital in March The American Guild of Organists will perform in a recital presented by Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday, March 17, 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. Find more information at www.christchurchcincinnati.org/music/organrecitals Christ Church Cathedral is located at 318 East Fourth Street, downtown Cincinnati. For more information, call 513.621.1817. |
| Province V Episcopal Church Women meet April 4-7
The Province V Episcopal Church Women (ECW) meeting will be April 4 - 7 at the Doubletree Hotel, Chesterfield, MO in the Diocese of Missouri. The Rev. Gay Jennings, President of the House of Deputies, is the keynote speaker on Saturday, April 6. Registrations are due Monday, March 4.
The purpose of the ECW Province meeting is to provide an opportunity for all women of the Province to come together to share ideas and to offer educational opportunities about the life and work of the Episcopal Church. The emphasis is on what women are doing locally and nationally for the spread of Christ's kingdom and on continually seeking new ways to strengthen our spiritual life.
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Integrity Cincinnati  Integrity Cincinnati invites you to attend the initial chapter meeting to be held at Grace Church, College Hill, on Friday, April 26, starting at 7 p.m. IntegrityUSA is a leading voice for the GLBT Community in the Episcopal Church. The meeting will begin with a Eucharist followed by a "get-together" in the Great Hall. Priests and deacons wishing to participate in the service should bring an alb and a white stole. Grace Church is located at 5501 Hamilton Avenue in Cincinnati. For more information call 513.868.8843. |
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