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Bishop announces resignation of Procter Director
Bishop Breidenthal is saddened to report that Chris Tokarz, Director of the Procter Center, is leaving Procter to follow her passion of international mission work. Her last day will be July 12.
 Chris and the Procter staff have made huge leaps towards becoming a more sustainable facility (environmentally and financially) as well as a place of true Christian hospitality, and we are confident that this upwards trend will continue for many years to come.
Chris has been accepted into the University at Albany
School of Public Health Master's International Program where she will work towards a Master's Degree in Public Health, then work as a Community Health Peace Corp Volunteer with the Peace Corps for two years.
The diocese will be working with an Episcopal Camps and Conference Centers (ECCC) consultant to find an interim and permanent director. Those who want to stay in touch with Chris or keep up with her adventures can always contact her at christinetokarz@gmail.com. |
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Summer camping season begins
 The Procter Summer Camping season officially begins this Friday with the first session of Family Camp. Limited spaces for this and other camps are still available. Check out the Summer Camp home page for more information.
Our plea for camp nurses has been heard! Nurses have been procured for each camping session. Thanks to everyone who helped to spread the word.
O God, who gives us times of refreshment and peace in our busy lives; bless, we pray, the campers and staff of Procter Summer Camp; give them fair weather for their activities, and grant that they may use this time together to strengthen their bodies, renew their faith and build up the community of your church. All this we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Bishop to ordain deacons June 29 |
God willing
The Right Reverend Thomas E. Breidenthal
The Bishop of Southern Ohio
will ordain
Joyce Jenkins Keeshin
Rose Anne Waldman Lonsway
Alexander David Martin
Mary G. Raysa
Robert Saik
to the Sacred Order of Deacons
in Christ's One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church
on Saturday, June 29, 2013
being the Feast Day of St. Peter and St. Paul
at Christ Church Cathedral
Cincinnati, Ohio
Eleven o'clock in the morning
Your prayers and presence are requested
Reception to follow
Clergy: Choir habit with red stole |
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PIMIL celebration June 11
World-renowned Liberian artist, Lawson Sworh will be the featured guest at the annual PIMIL (Partners-In-Ministry-In-Liberia) celebration at St. John's, Worthington, on Tuesday, June 11. The event begins at 12 noon.
Sworh will have a showing of his art and give a presentation on Liberia. This yearly celebration is aimed at raising funds for the education of indigent families in Liberia to send their children to school. The celebration also will have varied and exciting attractions: a combination of potluck and Liberian cuisine; an interactive slide show of "Come and See", the theme of the occasion that will showcase St. John's global ministry in scholarships and infrastructure in Liberia; vignettes from communication of the students and from Bishop Jonathan Hart of Liberia and live comments from sponsors in the United States.
PIMIL needs $8000 a semester to provide scholarship assistance for the children. We encourage everyone to attend this benefit function. It is going to be much enlightenment and enjoyment! Any amount of support will be appreciated toward our goal if you cannot attend. Checks can be made out to: St. John's Episcopal Church, in the memo write: PIMIL. Mail to the church at 700 High Street, Worthington, OH 43085. Visit www.pimil.org for more information.
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Jazz Vespers at St. Philip
The St. Philip Episcopal Church family hosts their quarterly Jazz Vespers on Saturday, June 22 at 5 p.m.
Featuring jazz vocals by Tia Harris-Roseboro with the Vernon Hairston Trio
Vernon Hairston on keyboard & vocals, Dwight Bailey on bass and Reggie Jackson on drums
St. Philip Episcopal Church
166 Woodland Avenue
Columbus, OH 43203
Reception to follow in our Parish Hall
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Denali 2013 Centennial Climb and Celebration
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At 20,320 feet, Denali (Alaska's Mt. McKinley) is considered to be one of the most difficult climbs in the world. Characterized by dangerous avalanches, treacherous crevasses, steep slippery icy slopes and high altitude blizzards with gale force winds, it is not uncommon for temperatures in winter to plummet below minus 100 degrees. With an annual climbing success rate of only 30-40%, it remains one of the most dangerous and difficult climbs on Earth. It has more vertical rise from the base to the summit than Mt. Everest.
The original native name for the mountain is Denali - The Great One. It was renamed Mt. McKinley in 1896 by a Princeton graduate and gold prospector after a presidential candidate from Ohio who never even visited Alaska. Local indigenous communities continue to call the mountain by its original name.
On June 7, 1913, a team of amateur climbers became the first to reach the summit of Denali. The team's spiritual leader was the Venerable Hudson Stuck, Episcopal Archdeacon of the Interior of Alaska. His climbing partners were Harry Karstens and Robert Tatum, a teacher at the Episcopal School in Nenana and a postulant for Holy Orders. Walter Harper, a young Athabascan native who served as Stuck's interpreter became the first man in history to place his foot on the summit.
On June 7, 2013, the Episcopal Bishop of Alaska, the Rt. Rev. Mark Lattime, will join a team of ancestral descendants of the original Denali climb and set out to recreate the historic ascent. Bishop Lattime's purpose, much like Hudson Stuck, will be to draw attention to the terrible consequences visited upon indigenous people through the warrants of the Doctrine of Discovery and the ongoing need for justice and healing within our society and our church.
In partnership with FindingLife - The Denali Centennial Climb, endorsed by the Alaska State Department of Education and the National Congress of American Indians, will be shared in 'real-time' on the web to thousands of youth across the State of Alaska and across North America.
The program is designed to educate and inspire people on Native cultures, values as well as to promote the health, safety and welfare in Native communities. Students and adults alike will be able to experience Denali 2013 through various social networks and innovative partnerships with U.S. education sectors, and youth-driven organizations.
This is a wonderful opportunity to inspire Alaska Native children everywhere by celebrating Athabascan heroes while educating children about the history and the accomplishments of the original climbing team.
As a means to bring this exciting adventure to life, FindingLife will use satellite technologies, webisodes, blogs, trek tracking, speaking tours as well as live broadcasts to bring the exhilarating Denali 2013 centennial climb to classrooms and homes everywhere.
Opportunities for dioceses and churches:
1. Real-time following of the climb on the web
2. Interaction with Bishop Lattime during the climb
3. Virtual participation in a service of Holy Communion from the summit of Denali
4. Extraordinary ministry of healing and hope
5. Live webcast presentations while on Denali
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