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Monday, December 23, 5pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Join our weekly coalition-building meetings on defending democracy and protecting the climate. Hear from special guests focusing on grassroots activism. Please invite your friends!
RSVP for this event by using this link.
Check out our Zoom Room for other collaborative Zooms and events.
Sunday, December 22, 5:30-6:30pm, Old First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bryden Rd.
A twenty-to-thirty-minute silent meditation will be followed by discussion and refreshments.
The benefits of meditation are innumerable. These include greater mental clarity, a reduction in stress, improved emotional balance, and increased spiritual development. Meditation benefits everyone.
Different meditation practices will be presented, throughout the year, by practitioners of those traditions.
Enter the church via the rear door.
“From the Darkness to the Light: Bill Cohen’s Solstice Concert on Our Hopes For a Brighter New Year”
Saturday, December 21, 7pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd.
On the darkest day of the year when daylight will be at its lowest ebb, join Columbus musician Bill Cohen for an uplifting concert that looks ahead to the new year, its emerging sunlight, and its potential for joy and progress.
Saturday December 21, 1-3pm, Hilliard United Methodist Church, 5445 Scioto Darby Rd., Hilliard, Ohio
An educational event about the intersection of Palestine and Christianity as well as the lived experience of Palestinian Christians in Palestine.
Guest Speakers
• Dr. K. Christine Pae, Social Ethicist and Chair of the Religion Department at Denison University
• Hiba Shamma, Palestinian-American Christian
• Rev. John Wagner, United Methodist Pastor and Activist
• Introduction by Pastor Jon Osmundson, Hilliard United Methodist Church
Thursday, December 19, 6-7pm, Trinity Episcopal Church on Capitol Square, 125 E. Broad St.
The Columbus Coalition For The Homeless will be honoring the lives of our friends and neighbors who were living unsheltered at the time of their passing in 2024. As part of National Homeless Persons Memorial Day, their names will be read aloud to recognize and honor their lives.
It saddens us to share that this year the list of names is again over 100. Please join us for a time of reverence, dignity, prayer, and reflection.
Tuesday, December 17, 12noon-1pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
For 55 years, the Ohio Environmental Council has navigated Ohio’s dynamic, and at times turbulent, environmental and political landscape. No matter the challenges or opportunities in front of us, we’ve stayed true to our values. Through pragmatic policy advocacy, strategic legal battles, deep coalition building, and public engagement, we’ve moved Ohio forward on key environmental issues — often against the odds.
Saturday, December 21, 5-9pm, Club Diversity, 863 S. High St.
Celebrate the holiday season with Trans Santa, food, community, and an abundance of trans joy.
Hosted by TransOhio.
Thursday, December 19, 7-9pm, Nationwide Arena, 200 W. Nationwide Blvd.
Come join Green Columbus on December 19 at 7pm and cheer on the Columbus Blue Jackets as they host the New Jersey Devils! $10-$20 of every ticket sold will go back to Green Columbus and will help support our cause.
Hosted by Green Columbus.
Wednesday, December 18, 4-6pm, Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 7 W. Henderson Rd.
Rev Tom Stricker, a married Roman Catholic priest, will be presiding at our Christmas Mass celebration welcoming Jesus.
Hosted by Call To Action Columbus, the Columbus chapter of a national organization of Roman Catholics who are working together to foster peace and justice in our world, our church, and ourselves. Call To Action is the country’s largest church reform organization.
Wednesday, December 18, 12noon-1pm, The Ellis, 777 N. Fourth St., this event will also be live-streamed on YouTube
Harrison Smith Forum Recognizing Excellence in Downtown Development