About Jane Gerdsen

The Rev. Jane Gerdsen is an Episcopal priest and is serving as Missioner for Fresh Expressions/Praxis Communities for the Diocese of Southern Ohio. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Episcopal Divinity School. Prior to seminary, Jane was a Montessori teacher and worked as a Director of Religious Education. Jane served for five years at St. Andrew’s, an inner-city church in Dayton, OH. In her current work she is exploring new forms of Christian community. She works predominantly with young adults and those who have been disenfranchised from the church in some way. She has a heart for those on the margins. She is also a wife and mother to two young children and loves yoga, gardening, and planning dinner parties. Click this link to contact Jane.

Author Archive

March 25, 2019 by Jane Gerdsen

Rearranging the Furniture: A Theology of Praxis I was leading a retreat a few weeks ago, and the first thing I did when I arrived was to rearrange all the furniture in the room. It always feels like a small thing, this removing the big table from the center of the room and creating a circle of chairs with a small table […] Rearranging the Furniture: A Theology of Praxis

March 25, 2019 by Jane Gerdsen

Understanding the Vision of Beloved Community What does Beloved Community look like? On our pilgrimage to Israel this fall, Gary, our guide, a devout Jewish man, put on his tefellin as we were sitting amidst the stones of the Temple and he shared stories about his children’s bar mitzvahs and the meaning of his religious practices. We had just wandered around […] Understanding the Vision of Beloved Community

January 24, 2019 by Jane Gerdsen

The Church – A Video Series Dan Carlson and Kim Taylor, the visionaries who helped create the Noon Service at Christ Church Cathedral have created a series of videos to reflect on the story of the church and our theology. Here is one of the first. They have interviewed our cathedral Dean Gail Greenwell about what church is. So much wisdom […] The Church – A Video Series

December 3, 2018 by Jane Gerdsen

Young Adult Gathering 2018: Come Again with Joy “Those who go out weeping…will come again with joy” – Psalm 126:7 Join us for our annual young adult gathering — a space for reconnecting with God, friends, and your own story. On the journey of life, we experience moments of disorientation and reorientation, moments of doubt and confusion and moments of faith and vision. […] Young Adult Gathering 2018: Come Again with Joy

April 24, 2018 by Jane Gerdsen

Nuestra Familia – Growing a New Community of Faith by Maggie Foote Maggie Foote, shares her experience of growing a new community of faith in Forest Park and the wonder of inviting people to co-create a community walking in the way of Jesus and the questions that emerge through the process. Recently, I went to the Christian bookstore around the corner from the Latino Ministry Center to […] Nuestra Familia – Growing a New Community of Faith by Maggie Foote

December 8, 2017 by Jane Gerdsen

Southern Ohio ESC Alumni Doing Amazing Things   Jed Dearing –  Jed served as the director of Confluence for the first 4 years and is currently a postulant for priesthood attending seminary at CDSP in Berkley, CA.     Monica Payne – Monica was a member of Brendan’s Crossing for two years, following a year of overseas mission. She is currently serving […] Southern Ohio ESC Alumni Doing Amazing Things

December 8, 2017 by Jane Gerdsen

Sharing Life Together: Southern Ohio Episcopal Service Corps Every Thursday night a group of very different people gather around a table and share a bit of life together. They take turns cooking, setting the table, and inviting God’s presence into their midst. As they talk, laugh, share stories week after week, they are changed. Each of these young people is a member of […] Sharing Life Together: Southern Ohio Episcopal Service Corps

December 8, 2017 by Jane Gerdsen

Young Adult Gathering 2017: Kindle a Hope “The movement of the Spirit of God in the hearts of men and women often calls them to act against the spirit of their times or causes them to anticipate a spirit which is yet in the making. In a moment of dedication they are given wisdom and courage to dare a deed that challenges […] Young Adult Gathering 2017: Kindle a Hope

July 26, 2017 by Jane Gerdsen

Tune My Heart to Sing Thy Grace “Come, Thou Fount of every blessing; Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing Call for songs of loudest praise” In June, we hosted a training with the amazing team from Music that Makes Community. We spent 3 days learning how to engage our faith communities in singing as a spiritual […] Tune My Heart to Sing Thy Grace

May 10, 2017 by Jane Gerdsen

Campus Ministry Grants 2017 The Campus Ministry community is preparing to allocate its budget, with many thoughts of thanksgiving directed at Diocesan Convention, which supports our work.  We use a collaborative process to allocate the funds.  To apply for a grant, please fill out the attached form and return it and all supplementary materials by June 30th to: The Reverend […] Campus Ministry Grants 2017
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