Celtic Service at St. John's

Who are the saints that have been in your life?  St. John's, Worthington, will celebrate the saints at a Celtic service on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 5 p.m. in the Atrium.

 Our lay-led service celebrates the essential goodness at the heart of every person and the intertwining of the spiritual and the material, of heaven and earth, and time and eternity. Please come and bring a friend.  

 St. John's is located at 700 High Street in Worthington. Please enter by the Atrium doors which are located on the east and west side of the building. Any questions please contact Lorey Roggenkamp at 

 lroggenkamp@columbus.rr.com

Learn!

The Taft Lecture Series proudly presents New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner and author Nicholas Kristof at Christ Church Cathedral on Monday, November 17, 6:30 pm for a speaking engagement, followed by a reception and book signing. Tickets are free by emailing your request to taftlecture@cccath.org. Limit 4 per person. Seating is limited.  

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Appalachian Small Grants

Episcopal Appalachian Ministries offers small grants through funding made available from the Episcopal Church General Convention. These grants are in place to help enable new or start-up ministries with the "seed money" needed in establishing a new ministry.  The money is granted for specific needs at the grass-roots level.

Grants usually range in size from $500 to $2,000. The deadline for the fall grant period is Oct. 31. 

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Fauré Requiem 

Ascension and Holy Trinity, Wyoming, will hold a special All Saints Sunday evening service on Nov, 2 at 5 p.m. 

The beautiful Fauré Requiem will be offered by the Chancel Choir. All are welcome to join us for this prayerful service of remembrance. Eucharist will be celebrated in honor of all the saints, past, present, and yet to come.

Ascension and Holy Trinity is located at 334 Burns Avenue in Wyoming. Call 513.821.5341 for more information.

Treasurer's workshop speaker: The Rev. Gerald W. Keucher

Father Gerald Keucher is the author of Remember the Future: Financial Leadership and Asset Management for Congregations (2006); Humble and Strong: Mutually Accountable Leadership (2010) and Back from the Dead: The Book of Congregational Growth (2012).

Prior to joining the Episcopal Church Foundation as a consultant, Keucher served as Chief of Finance and Operations for the Episcopal Diocese of New York where he worked directly with many congregations to manage and secure their assets and financial future. 

A gifted linguist, he has taught Greek and Hebrew at Princeton Theological Seminary and Yale Divinity School. Keucher is a priest in the Episcopal Church and holds an S.T.M. from Yale Divinity School, and an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Keucher will be leading a course on best practices of financial management. The curriculum is designed to help parish administrators, bookkeepers, church secretaries and treasurers grow in their professionalism as they manage the finances of the church. Wardens and vestry members are also encouraged to attend.
 

The Treasurer's workshop will be held at the Procter Center on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Registration begins at 9:30. Click here to register online. The cost for the workshop is $15.