By We’ve had some very welcome sunny days lately but January and February were brutal in Cincinnati. Living in a shelter with children can be especially rough. We tried to do a lot this winter to make life more bearable including An after Christmas pool partyA random Friday night bowling partyA Galentines extravaganza Interspersed with these big events we also were thrilled and excited to welcome a baby in a (surprise) home birth, keep on keeping on with our weekly Wednesday night family programs, attend the New York Encounter, complete level 1 Catechesis of the Good Shepherd training, share a couple
Celebrating 10 Years on October 6
We hope you’ll join us for a house blessing and cookout + a chance to see our new yard, playset, driveway mural, stations of the cross and atrium. It’s a really exciting time at Lydia’s House! RSVP here or email debbie@stlydiashouse.org
A Visit to the Hof
By Mary Ellen Mitchell When we were 24 (in 2005), Meridith and I took a trip up the east coast to visit intentional Christian communities and imagine what our futures might be. Our last stop was the Bruderhof, which Meridith described as “kind of Amish, kind of Catholic worker.” We stayed with a family, worked in the laundry, and saw their peace barn. Years passed, Lydia’s House was born, and we looked to lots of places to get help and inspiration for this work. In 2019 Bethany Kurtz came to us, as she was leaving the Bruderhof, having discerned that
Our New Atrium Space
Our new Atrium space is finished and open for children to interact and learn about God! The past month our friends Dan Aerni, Dane Miller, Dennis Bishop and Steve Whitlatch have been hard at work preparing our new classroom space for our Wednesday night Atrium religious education program. We put in a new wall in order to have two separate classrooms to divide up our age groups, repainted, and set up all of the different interactive stations. Putting in the drywall and getting it painted. About two weeks ago, all of the construction was completed and
Summer 2023 in review
Summer fun is a big part of life at Lydia’s House. This summer we were pleased to offer field trips, camps, and parties. We took a day trip to the Cincinnati Zoo. Special thanks to our summer intern, Melinda, for adding some order to this chaos! The boys really loved getting to climb on the gorilla statues there! Before the Norwood Day Parade we had a very nice magician, Richard, come and interact with the kids, showing them some cool magic tricks. We also spent some time at Procter Episcopal Summer Camp and Camp Joy. At these two amazing camps,
