The Living Church

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The Living ChurchJanuary 7, 2001Around The Diocese by R. Stephen Gracey222(1) p. 11

More than 70 percent of the active members of a church plant came by bus to Trinity Church in Toledo Nov. 10-11 to witness clergy and lay delegates from the Diocese of Ohio welcome St. Patrick's, Brunswick, as the diocese's newest parish during an upbeat diocesan convention.

Delegates also approved a $10 million capital campaign proposed by the Rt. Rev. J. Clark Grew II, Bishop of Ohio. Named the Diocese of Ohio Legacy Fund, the campaign will help fund Trinity Commons, the new facility in Cleveland which will house the diocesan and cathedral staffs.

A second use of the legacy funds will be for renewing existing congregations as well as additional church plantings in areas where population growth is continuing and where there is no Episcopal representation at this time.

The legacy fund will also help fund chaplaincies at hospitals and college campuses.

A fourth goal would be to provide endowment funds for Cedar Hills and Episcopal Community Services.

Finally a new fund, named in honor of Bishop Suffragan Arthur B. Williams, Jr., will be established to continue his work in anti-racism, to encourage African Americans considering the vocation of ordained ministry and to encourage urban- suburban parishes to join together in common ministry.