• Eastern Regional Staff Work Day

    Church of The Good Shepherd Athens 64 University Terrace, Athens, OH, US
    Diocese

    In 2025, we took important steps in reinvigorating connections across churches at the regional level in the Diocese of Southern Ohio. We experimented with Regional Staff Work Days, in which diocesan staff traveled together to sites around the diocese, increasing access to in-person meetings and fellowship with local leaders. At the same time, a task

  • Eastern Region Vestry and Wardens Day

    Church of The Good Shepherd Athens 64 University Terrace, Athens, OH, US
    Diocese

    All returning and newly elected vestry members, junior and senior wardens, and their clergy are invited to spend a day at Good Shepherd, Athens, reflecting on Scripture through prayer and conversation, considering together their charge as leaders of congregations, building connections with leaders from across the diocese, learning content from the College for Congregational Development,

  • Beloved Community Book Study

    Beloved Community Book Study
    Becoming Beloved Community

    We all belong in the Beloved Community book study. Each first Tuesday of the month, we gather, pray, and discuss a book the hosts believe will bring us closer to the dream God has for us as God's beloved children. Our April, May, June book is The Night Is Long but Light Comes in the

  • Beloved Community Storytime

    Beloved Community Story Time
    Becoming Beloved Community

    If you have attended our diocesan Dismantling Racism training, you have already experienced using picture books to address tough and tender topics. Join Beloved Community Missioner Miriam McKenney for Beloved Community Storytime, where we will share picture books, personal stories, small-group conversations, and more from 7 to 8 pm every second Tuesday of the month.

  • Dismantling Racism training

    2026 Dismantling Racism training
    Dismantling Racism Training

    Receive the canonically required anti-racism certification by completing this six-hour course via Zoom with Miriam McKenney, Missioner for Beloved Community, and co-leaders. Miriam uses picture books in this training to discover, explore, discuss, and share stories. We’ll explore topics you may not have learned about in your formal education but are crucial to our understanding

  • Dismantling Racism training

    2026 Dismantling Racism training
    Dismantling Racism Training

    Receive the canonically required anti-racism certification by completing this six-hour course via Zoom with Miriam McKenney, Missioner for Beloved Community, and co-leaders. Miriam uses picture books in this training to discover, explore, discuss, and share stories. We’ll explore topics you may not have learned about in your formal education but are crucial to our understanding

  • Threshold

    Threshold
    Procter Center 11235 St. Rt. 38 SE, London, OH, United States
    Clergy

    Threshold is a fresh focus on leadership for priests who are new to the diocese, and resident clergy who are transitioning into new leadership roles in one of our parishes.

  • Dismantling Racism training

    2026 Dismantling Racism training
    Dismantling Racism Training

    Receive the canonically required anti-racism certification by completing this six-hour course via Zoom with Miriam McKenney, Missioner for Beloved Community, and co-leaders. Miriam uses picture books in this training to