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Public Policy news alerts for Feb. 8, 2019 FYI: Ten tips to protect your identity in the age of internet hackers; Other topics in the news include Addiction and Health. Read more www.dsoconnections.org Going Over to the Glory Land Bluegrass Mass with Slippery Creek Church of the Advent, Cincinnati Sunday, Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. Read more www.dsoconnections.org

Refresh Your Soul 2019 Sold Out! Tickets for Refresh Your Soul 2019 are now sold out! Visit refreshyoursoulconference.com for information or to be added to our waitlist. Read more www.dsoconnections.org St. John's Music Series: Maureen McKay St. John's, Worthington, invites you to an afternoon with internationally renowned operatic soprano, Maureen McKay, on Sunday, February 10 at 3 p.m. Read more www.dsoconnections.org

Godly Play training at Calvary, Cincinnati Godly Play training will be offered at Calvary, Cincinnati, March 8-10. Cost $355. Learn more www.dsoconnections.org

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The Big Read The reading schedule for this week is Acts chapters 2-4. You can see the entire schedule with links to each day's reading both in English and in Spanish at dsobeloved.org/big-read-home/ You can also read blog posts to accompany each reading at dsobeloved.org/ blog/ . Absalom Jones Symposium and Festal Eucharist Saturday, February 16, 2019 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. St. Margaret's, Dayton 1501 Free Pike in Trotwood Learn more

What's going on

From the calendar Feb 13: CoCL meeting Feb 16: Absalom Jones Symposium and Festal Eucharist Feb 22-24: Province V Young Adult/Campus Ministry retreat See all at http://diosohio.org/whats-going-on/

Episcopal visitations Feb 10 Holy Trinity, Oxford (Rivera) Feb 17 Church of St. Edward, Whitehall (Price) Indian Hill Church (Rivera)

Connecting with our cathedral

Community grants available The Community Grants Committee of the Christ Church Cathedral provides grants to community non-profits that support important missional work. For some time, the Committee has given grants to Cincinnati area non-profits.The Committee has now decided to explore making grants to community non-profits in other areas of the diocese by partnering with churches in the diocese who may seek to support non-profits in their communities.  Details can be found on the Outreach tab at the Cathedral web site,  https://cincinnaticathedral.com/ . Applications for this round of funding will be accepted Feb. 1 - March 31, 2019.

Music Live@Lunch Music Live@Lunch is Christ Church Cathedral’s weekly concert series. Free concerts are presented on Tuesdays at 12:10 p.m. Patrons may bring their own lunch or purchase lunch at the cathedral. FEBRUARY SCHEDULE Feb 12: Moyen Age; Medieval music  Feb 19 : Cincinnati Recorder Consort  Feb 26 : Organ Music: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music students

Tickets at CollegiumCincinnati.org

The Bells: Music for Voice and Piano Collegium Cincinnati will perform Sunday, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. The Bells: Alexandra Schoeny and Marie-France Lefevbre present a recital of song cycles by Jonathan Dove, Libby Larsen, and Samuel Barber. Tolling bells punctuate texts by Shakespeare, the wives of Henry VIII, and medieval Irish monks, exploring joys and sorrows and events both mundane and cataclysmic.

Christ Church Cathedral is located at 318 E. 4th Street (corner of Fourth and Sycamore) in downtown Cincinnati. For more information, call (513) 621.1817 or visit cincinnaticathedral.org.

Repeat announcements

Parochial Report filing underway

Church Pension offers 2019 Federal Reporting Requirements

Important tax change for churches

Diocesan-wide confirmation May 11 Procter Center

Academic grants for Minority Women

Bishops reaffirm call for end of Death Penalty in Ohio

Upcoming events

Henri Nouwen, God & You Transfiguration Spirituality Center, Feb 15-16

Kaleidoscope Institute Training March 17-20

Province V Big Provincial Gathering July 12-13

Job connection

Lay positions Manager for Language Services The Episcopal Church Center Church Custodian (part-time) Church of the Redeemer, Hyde Park

Clergy positions Rector St. Paul's, Greenville Rector/Vicar/Priest in charge St. John's, Lancaster/St. Paul's, Logan Rector/Vicar/Priest in charge St. Andrew's Episcopal/Good Shepherd Lutheran, Washington CH Rector St. Luke's, Granville

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