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Connections What Is News • Ideas • Events Our True Direction? PAGE 2 October-November 2015 Issue 5 Vol What’s new at YOUR Procter Center? PAGE 11 Connections What is news • ideas • events our true direction? PAGE 2 October-November 2015 Issue 5 Vol. 2 The Gospel IS social justice 141ST PAGE 4 REFLECTIONS CONVENTION ON CLERGY HEALTH GUIDE PAGE 8 Cathedral prepares for Third Century PAGE 9 Register your congregation with the Secretary of State FLIP OVER TO THE BACK PAGE PAGE 15 THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHERN OHIO www.EpiscopaliansInConnection.org 2 RELATIONSHIPS Turning point: What is our true direction? When Jesus was baptized, he was anointed by the Holy plans (as important as they are), but about what we feel drawn to and Spirit and then was immediately driven into the wilder- driven by. Here are some observations which I have been checking out ness. As followers of Christ, we can expect the same with others, and which I’d like to check out with you. dynamic in our life. The Spirit touches us and draws us (1) I am observing a desire and a push toward deeper relationships on into the work of God, aligning our will with God’s will all sides. We are headed, slowly or swiftly, toward more conversation with and giving us grace to move forward with courage and one another about our faith, and more vibrant and collaborative partner- vision. But sometimes this does not seem like our deci- ships with the neighborhoods that surround us. sion. Just as Jesus was driven into the wilderness, so we (2) We’re beginning to see how these relationships could be a higher are pushed or priority than our survival as THE RT. REV. THOMAS E. dragged forward an institution. Obviously, our BREIDENTHAL onto new and true survival lies in our embrace unfamiliar ter- of connection with friend and rain. What do we feel drawn to by the Holy neighbor, since that is what it As we approach convention Spirit, and what do we feel pushed and means to be the church. But it and my ninth year as your bish- is easy to get bogged down in op, it strikes me that we are at dragged toward by the same Spirit? The anxieties about building mainte- a turning point in our ministry answer to both questions will be the same, nance, Sunday attendance and together as a diocese. Much has the financial bottom line. Despite been accomplished. because the true direction of our journey those very natural anxieties, I We have arrived at some clar- see many of our congregations – ity about our mission priorities. will always involve a combination of especially the smallest – digging In 2010 over five hundred people eagerness and resistance on our part. down to the bedrock and claim- from across the diocese indicated ing their place as a servant to what those priorities should [ ]their neighborhood in the name be: (a) healthy congregations, of Christ. One example out of (b) engaging new neighbors, (c) many is Christ Church, Ironton. formation (e.g. education and practice for discipleship), (d) mission (new After participating in the Fierce Conversation work of the Commission and adventurous initiatives for advocacy and social change), and (e) faith- on Congregational Life, they decided to open their church building to the ful stewardship of resources. Since then these priorities have guided the community. As a result, disadvantaged entrepreneurs in the community planning of my staff and your elected leadership. have found new support for their nascent businesses, and neighbors are Most importantly, we have all been exploring how to be the church in a encouraging neighbors. new time. How can we relate effectively to a culture that is mostly discon- (3) I perceive we are beginning to trust each other more, and are seek- nected from religion, let alone the Gospel? Our natural reaction is to circle ing ways to do this even more deeply. Learning to trust has much to the wagons and tighten the controls, but exactly do with our growing realization that to be the opposite is required of us. Outwardly, we Episcopalian is to be connected to one another. must identify every barrier and presupposition Once we reject the false walls that separate us that separates us from our neighbors. Inwardly, (worship style, class, race, economics, region, we must literally loosen up and connect more size, gender, sexual orientation) we can begin deeply with one another. But as we loosen up to be the church we as Episcopalians are we need to focus our energy. We need to be clear called to be – embracing connection with one about the direction we are moving in. another for the sake of connection with the What do we feel drawn to by the Holy Spirit, world around us. and what do we feel pushed and dragged As you may recall from last year’s convention, toward by the same Spirit? The answer to both I have appointed a group of people to gather sto- questions will be the same, because the true direction of our journey ries about how your congregation is partnering with its neighborhood for will always involve a combination of eagerness and resistance on our the common good. I have been calling this group the Listening Group. At part. this year’s convention we will continue to practice the art of listening and So when I ask what direction the Diocese of Southern Ohio is going sharing stories. I hope you will be generous in your story telling, because in, I’m not talking about mission statements or objectives or strategic I know that every congregation in this diocese has a story to tell. RELATIONSHIPS 3 THE COLORS OF FALL One day my son, Dylan, Avenue has stolen Advent and the Church has ignored came home from second grade Christmas. Here again, referring to Christianity in and told my wife, Dori, and me general. that leaves are not really green. I know this sounds more like a sermon than the They don’t reveal their true words of a marketing/communications professional. I colors until autumn when pho- suppose that’s one of the dangers of hiring an ad guy tosynthesis stops. After a quick with a seminary degree. However, I don’t think it is as Google search, I discovered that unrelated to communications as it may seem at first DAVID he was right. Apparently, leaves glance. DREISBACH contain four different chemicals; Part of my job is to think about what it is that we chlorophyll (green), xanthophylls have to offer to the world and how we can best com- (yellow), carotenoids (orange) and municate whatever that is. I keep coming back to the anthocyanins (reds and purples), which are all the col- conclusion that silence, contemplation and finding a ors of the leaves you see during autumn. way to be mindful about life, versus just letting it rush During the growing season, chlorophyll becomes by us, has to be part of what the world needs from us – dominant in order for photosynthesis to take place. The a way to unplug and reflect. It’s not a coincidence that tree needs water to keep replenishing the chlorophyll, yoga studios are popping up all over the place. In fact, which in turn keeps the leaves green. As autumn I’ll make an educated guess that the higher the concen- approaches, the tree pulls water back from the leaves tration of smartphones, tablets and the host of other to store in its core to prepare for winter. This causes electronic devices there are in any given area, the more the chlorophyll level to go down to the level of the other yoga studios there probably are in that area. Again, chemicals, which allows the leaves’ true colors to be this is pure conjecture. However, perhaps it’s time to seen. It’s like autumn brings about a slowing-down. A recognize, like the space between the notes in jazz, that time of contemplation for the tree, which allows for all the word ‘silence’ in our prayer book is not just a nice of its beautiful natural colors to be seen. option, but it is essential. For me, the order of autumn followed by the start of Contemplation has always been an essential part of the church year and Advent is quite significant. One of a healthy life. As the world continues to become more the things I’ve learned to love about our tradition is the complex, more plugged-in and more hectic, it becomes cycle of the church year. It brings our lives back into increasingly more important that the church provides focus. It helps us to be mindful of the passing of time. It a sacred, quiet and contemplative space. We need to let can slow us down and bring us back to a place of con- those around us know that we are an oasis in the midst templation. One of the tragedies of the church in gen- of the storm. eral (I’m talking about all of Christianity now) is this David Dreisbach serves as Director of Communications for narrative that Madison Avenue has stolen Christmas. the Diocese of Southern Ohio. Contact him at ddreisbach@ Madison Avenue hasn’t stolen Christmas. Madison diosohio.org. CONNECTIONS The official publication of the Connections (USPS 020933) Submissions: Connections Diocese of Southern Ohio is published bi-monthly by the encourages the submission of www.diosohio.org Diocese of Southern Ohio, articles and pictures. We reserve the 412 Sycamore St., Cincinnati, OH right to edit material offered for The Rt. Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal, 45202-4179. Periodical postage paid at publication. All submissions must Bishop Cincinnati, OH.
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