On the heels of our successful Women for Women fundraiser on Saturday, about 30 people from around the city gathered in the Lydia’s House dining room on Sunday, September 28 for our monthly worship.   Led by the Rev. Jane Gerdsen, a board member and friend of Lydia’s House, we shared in fellowship, conversation, and Eucharist.   Each month, the Fresh Expressions program through the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio sponsors a “Moveable Feast,” choosing to dialogue and worship at various places of impact around the city.       We were blessed to feast together at Lydia’s House as

This past Saturday, September 27, Maria Krzeski and her family graciously opened their home and their hearts to 70+ women supporters of Lydia’s House.  At the second annual Women for Women event, all those gathered spent time celebrating the work of Lydia’s House, praying for its future, and contributing in small and large ways to this shared work of hospitality. Sister Rose Ann Fleming offered a beautiful opening prayer, drawing upon the inspiration of St. Lydia and her simple but profound hospitality that she extended to Paul and Silas after her baptism into Christianity. The Muse Cincinnati Women’s Choir added

Each morning for the past month, I (Elizabeth) get up, make some coffee, and read The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day before I start the rest of my day.  Dorothy Day co-founded the Catholic Worker movement, and so we draw inspiration from her, even 40+ years after her death.  This quote from Day seems to capture well the work we try to do daily here at Lydia’s House: What we would like to do is change the world–make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended them to do. And,

This post was written by our summer intern Taffany Duggins.  We are grateful for the ways she made our community better, and we look forward to seeing the new ways she will find to bless Lydia’s House with her many gifts. What is community?  Community is often defined as a group of people living together in the same place or having particular characteristics in common.  Community can also mean a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.  Lydia’s House is a combination of both of these.  We live together in the same