News & Features

Where Racial Reconciliation Meets Christian Formation

Parishes experiment with hard conversations, celebration and commemoration. By Nancy Bryan Since the beginning of Advent, Episcopal congregations have been hearing readings from Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary, … Read more

Features

Smaller Churches Show the Way

In Chillicothe and other communities, parishes share clergy, and a sense of connection. By Kathleen Moore Every other Wednesday, five clergy colleagues gather to discuss the scripture readings for upcoming … Read more

Becoming Beloved Community, Features, Formation, Sesquicentennial

Telling the Truth About Race

As the Sesquicentennial approaches, parishes probe their past. By Jim Naughton At St. Stephen’s Church in Columbus, a story is told about a Black woman named Colleen Mitchell who visited … Read more

Features

No Matter What Your Family Constellation Looks Like

Calvary, Clifton priest helps create communities of “joyful belonging.” By Nancy Bryan When Sherry Darling got an email through her family’s foster agency, inviting them to an event called “Tacos … Read more

ECM, News

Garden for All ministry featured in Capital Journal

The Garden for All, a ministry of All Saints, New Albany, was featured in a recent Ohio Capital Journal story. The garden is supported by a grant from Episcopal Community Ministries. “Catherine Duffy and her husband … Read more

ECM, News

ECM announces 2023 Grants

Last week Episcopal Community Ministries (ECM) awarded $44,000 in grants to congregations across the Diocese of Southern Ohio. The summer awards follow $64,500 in grants that were awarded in February. ECM’s 2023 … Read more

News

Pride Celebrations Continue Across the Diocese

The Diocese of Southern Ohio is committed to bearing witness to God’s inclusive love at Pride festivals in our communities, and this year, 14 community Pride festivals in Southern Ohio … Read more

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World War II Veteran, St. Simon of Cyrene Member, Honored in Normandy

World War II veteran Richard Stewart, a member of St. Simon of Cyrene, Lincoln Heights, was recently honored in Normandy, France during ceremonies marking the 79th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Stewart was one … Read more

Becoming Beloved Community, Formation, News

Diocesan Pilgrims Visit Civil Rights Sites

Fourteen members of the Diocese of Southern Ohio are on an intergenerational Civil Rights Pilgrimage traveling to Atlanta, Selma, Montgomery, and Chattanooga from May 31 to June 7. The group … Read more