Events

St Phoebe Mass celebration during the Sunday Masses (9 am and 11 am) September 3, 2023,  at St Matthias Church, 1566 Ferris Rd, Columbus.  St Phoebe was a female deacon in early Christianity.  After Mass, copies of the book Women: Icons of Christ by Phyllis Zagano should be available for purchase at St Matthias. Pope…

Sister Karen Elliott of Mount Saint Joseph University will be speaking.  Karen is the author of Women in Ministry and the Writings of Paul. 7pm Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus.  

Tim Dick and Mike Dickenson will discuss our beautiful Pope Francis and his direction with the Gay Community. 7 pm Wednesday, Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH

Transgender Speaker:  During the past few years, for political reasons, transgender people have been targeted for lots of exclusion.  Nate, a transgender person, will discuss the personal journey that he and other transgender people have been on, as well about how we treat them. 7 pm Wednesday, at Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd,…

As our Church considers ordaining as least female deacons, please join us as Rev Cynthia Holder Rich and Rev. Mark Rich will share their perspective on female ordination in both the Presbyterian and Lutheran traditions. 7 pm Wednesday, at Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus

Rev Irene Scaramazza, a female Roman Catholic priest, will be presiding at our St. Mary Magdala Mass celebration in honor of the first apostle. 7 pm Wednesday, Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus Because the 1964 Civil Rights Act exempted churches from its prohibitions of discrimination, all Christian churches are a battle ground…

Black Moses Rankin, national Call To Action's Executive Director, will be speaking.  The topic will nominally be CTA's Re/Generation Program for Catholics in their twenties and thirties. Discussion will follow. 7 pm Wednesday, Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH

THIS MEETING WILL BE AT 4 p.m. For our December gathering, we are planning a special Christmas Mass. The theme will be Creation Theology.  We will be using Taize music.  Tom Stricker from the Dayton area and the small faith community of Living Beatitudes will be our Presider.  Tom is a Roman Catholic priest who…

Russ Petrus, FutureChurch's Executive Director will be our speaker. FutureChurch is a leading voice in the efforts to the Catholic Church towards inclusiveness. 7 pm Wednesday, Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH

Tenebrae Service:  Karen M. Elliott, C.PP.S., Ph.D., will lead the Tenebrae. The Tenebrae is a somber fourth century service, a tradition in Catholic, Lutheran and Orthodox churches; typically done on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday.  It relives Holy Week’s events, the passion story, Jesus’ sufferings and death, the immense loss and spiritual darkness felt by…

Love one another:  Jesus' request that we "Love one another” will be this meeting's focus. 7 pm Wednesday, May 21, 2025               Maple Grove UMC, 7 W Henderson Rd, Columbus, OH  

Rev Irene Scaramazza, Columbus' own female Roman Catholic priest, will be presiding at our St. Mary Magdala Mass celebration in honor of the first apostle, Mary Magdala who was the apostle to the apostles.  Mary Magdala was one of two women disciples within Jesus' inner circle of disciples. One way to honor God's calling of…