Diocese of Southern Ohio

My Cup Overfloweth: Columbus-area Lenten School
2025-03-18 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-03-25 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-04-01 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | All Saints New Albany, 5101 Johnstown Road, New Albany, OH, 43054-0421, US
Lenten School 2025
Tuesday Evenings, March 11 – April 1
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
A free offering of the Columbus Deanery, taking place at All Saints, New Albany (5101 Johnstown Rd).
A Pilgrimage Experience
You are invited to journey with a cohort of your peers from other Columbus parishes through four workshops over the course of four weeks. Each week you’ll move through a different workshop as if the workshops were wayside shrines on a pilgrimage. Each workshop will focus on a different approach to hope, grounded in Episcopal piety and tradition. The workshops are:
Sustaining Everyday Activism With Disciplines of Hope
Come together to learn and share how committed practices of hope carry us through both daunting and satisfying seasons in the call of all the baptised to be co-creators in the Kingdom of God.
Led by Di McCullough.
Finding words of Hope in the Wilderness: Writing our Way
In this workshop we will use psalms and lament as models to write our own poetry of hope as we walk, individually and collectively, through the wilderness of our lives, our world, our now.
Led by Robin Holland.
Witnessing Hopewell
Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Landscapes are our newest World Heritage sites. What does it mean to be an Episcopalian living among them? This workshop presents highlights of what archaeologists know about Hopewell religious practices and opens a discussion of how we fold these magnificent places into our sense of being Christians.
Led by John Soderberg.
On Repentance and Repair
In this workshop, based on the book by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, we’ll reflect together on how to take responsibility for our mistakes and what we need in order to heal after being hurt.
Led by the Reverend Gia Hayes-Martin
REGISTER HERE

Biblical Killjoys - Christ Church Dayton Lenten Program
2025-03-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-04-02 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-04-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Christ Church Dayton, 20 W 1st St, Dayton, OH, 45402-1213, US
Dr. Esther Brownsmith
Christ Church, Dayton, will explore five “feminist killjoys” of the Hebrew Bible: biblical women whose disruptive unhappiness threatens the simple black-and-white morality of the stories around them, for their 2025 Lenten series. Although their tales are ancient, these five “antiheroes” can still teach us how to wrestle faithfully with God’s word. This class will be taught by Dr. Esther Brownsmith, an assistant professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Dayton and a Christ Episcopal Church parishioner.
Soup supper served at 6pm, program starts at 6:15pm
Sample the Series on Sunday, March 16, 9 am — Hagar the Uppity
As an Egyptian slave impregnated by Abraham, Hagar’s life was not easy—particularly after Sarah accused her of being too “uppity” and drove her away to the desert. Yet even at the lowest point of her life, the Bible preserves her voice and gives her a remarkable honor. We will use this story to reflect on how women’s voices—particularly those from the African diaspora—have spoken uncomfortable truths from the ancient world to the present.
Wednesday, March 19, 6:15pm — Tamar the Brazen
Mistreated by her in-laws, the biblical Tamar concocted a bold, scandalous plan to achieve the security and family that she dreamed of. In the brazenness of this ancestor of Jesus, we will find inspiration to insist on justice and act for equity, even when it means challenging and outwitting those in power.
Wednesday, March 26, 6:15pm — Miriam the Proud
As the sister of Abraham and Aaron, Miriam the prophetess had a position of honor. But when she dared to speak against those in authority, she was punished and silenced. Together, we will uncover Miriam’s story and legacy, reflecting together on the endurance of women’s proud prophetic voices.
Wednesday, April 2, 6:15pm — Michal the Offended
Michal, the daughter of King Saul and wife of King David, spoke up against David—and paid the price for it. Within the Bible’s careful curation of David’s image, Michal’s offended unhappiness preserves an alternative view. We will sit with Michal, listening to her stories, and discuss our responses when our own “killjoy” impulses resist a simplistic reading of God’s word.
Wednesday, April 9, 6:15pm — Jezebel the Harlot
Everyone thinks they know the story of Queen Jezebel: a seductive idolater who challenged God’s prophets and led Israel into sin. But how much of that story is history, and how much is later propaganda? In this final week, we will discuss the legacies of history’s feminist killjoys; we’ll study Scripture “at a slant” to locate traces of our foremothers, and we’ll share strategies to read the Bible faithfully while honoring those traces.

Lessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer: In a House Divided and a World on Fire
2025-04-02 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-04-09 18:00 - 20:00 | St Alban’s Bexley, 333 S Drexel Ave, Columbus, OH, 43209-2139, US
Join with the people of St. Alban’s, Bexley, to explore the life and theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor and theologian who resisted Nazi Germany.
The curriculum, compiled by Dr. Lori Brandt Hale, will guide us in reflecting on faith in civic life today.
Highlights:

Guest Speaker: Dr. Kit Kleinhans, Dean of Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Final session: Addressing the dangers of Christian Nationalism.

Lenten Quiet Day
2025-04-12 10:00 - 15:00 | Procter Center, 11235 St. Rt. 38 SE, London, OH, 43140, United States
Join the Diocese of Southern Ohio and Procter Center for a day spent on retreat.
This day-retreat will be centered on the theme of “A Commonplace Lent,” as offered by Episcopal Relief & Development and Procter’s Co-Executive Director, Jerusalem Greer.
During this retreat, Jerusalem will lead participants in exploring two uses of the word “common” through the lens of Lent. The first is the sense that we come together to celebrate “all that we are and all that we have in common” — prayer, worship, grace, love, community, service, and so much more. The second understanding of common is a reflection on the ordinary, everyday nature of these communal gifts – the kind of of gifts we find in the soil, the sun, in water, and around the table.
Inspired by the wisdom of desert mothers and fathers, monastics, and other spiritual leaders, this Quiet Day for all ages will be infused with prayer, time for group and personal reflection, and time spent listening to the wisdom of creation.
Saturday, April 12
10 to 3 pm, lunch is included. The cost to participate in the Lenten Quiet Day is $40/person. The registration deadline is April 9, 2025. Click here to register.
Questions about this event? Please contact Jerusalem Greer, co-executive director of Procter Center, at jgreer@proctercenter.org.

St. Mark Passion
2025-04-13 15:00 - 16:30 | Christ Church Cathedral Cincinnati, 318 E 4th St, Cincinnati, OH, 45202-4202, US
The Christ Church Cathedral Choir performs Charles Wood’s Passion according to St. Mark for soloists, choir, and organ. Suggested donation: $15.
For more information, visit www.cincinnaticathedral.comor call 513-621-1817.

Good Trouble Friday: Stations of Love & Justice
2025-04-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Trinity Capitol Square, 125 E Broad St, Columbus, OH, 43215-3605, US
An ecumenical Stations of the Cross procession around the Ohio Statehouse. Join with leaders from across Christian denominations as we remember those who suffer in our day, and pray for justice, peace and the dignity of every human being. We will gather at the front steps of Trinity on Capitol Square before processing around the Statehouse and returning to pray our closing station again on the steps of Trinity. Rain or shine.

Stations of the Cross Dinner and Discussion at St. Philip, Columbus
2026-02-27 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-06 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-13 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-20 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-27 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-04-03 19:00 - 20:30 | St Philip Columbus, 166 Woodland Ave, Columbus, OH, 43203-1774
You are warmly invited to join the St. Philip Widows Mite each Friday during Lent, beginning February 27 at 7 p.m.
Each week, we will journey together through a different set of the Stations of the Cross, walking with Jesus in prayer and reflection. Following the Stations, we will gather for dinner and share in meaningful discussion about how the experience touched our hearts and deepened our faith. Come for prayer, fellowship, and community as we grow together this Lenten season. All are welcome!
