2017 ECSF Grant Recipients

Connecting, Mission
All grants are made possible by the generosity of Episcopalians of the diocese Church of the Advent, Cincinnati – Open Door Ministry Grant made possible by the generosity of an anonymous donor Christ Church, Dayton – CityHeart Christ Church, Springfi...

Changing times call for greater support

Connecting, Mission
The conservative estimate for what it would have cost for a 16g iPhone in 1991, assuming it could have been built at all, is $620,000. It probably also would have weighed in at more than 100 pounds! Back in 1991, the year the Episcopal Community Services Fo...

OSU tix help raise funds for mission

e-Connections, Mission
Each year, the William Cooper Procter Fund purchases season tickets for The Ohio State University football season. Through a lottery system, Bishop Breidenthal makes these tickets available to organizations in the diocese to be used as fundraisers for local mi...

Disaster Chaplaincy training

e-Connections, Mission
Volunteer Disaster Chaplaincy Training The Sewanee Inn Sewanee, Tenn., Nov. 15-16, 2016 The Beecken Center of the School of Theology at the University of the South, in partnership with the National Disaster Interfaiths Network (NDIN), invites clergy and spi...

Well done, good and faithful servant

Mission, Neighbors, Relationships
Just as many of our congregations face reductions, it is with a heavy heart that Bishop Breidenthal has made the decision to reduce diocesan staff as well. The bishop announced July 15 that the position of Canon for Mission had been eliminated. The Rev. Anne R...

Called to mission with our neighbors

Mission, Neighbors
GEMN? When we told people we were going to the GEMN conference some looked at us with a quizzical look like “why would a clergy person be going to a jewelers’ convention?” Acronyms are great for those in the know, but otherwise they can be downright confusing....