The Downtowners sets out to do the impossible every week. It brings together students, faculty and staff from six different colleges and universities in Columbus for Bible study, interfaith dialog, retreats, and service projects. Working on a shoe-string budget, they manage to help students find service placements throughout the city, and visit with Ohio’s two senators in Washington D.C. every year. Most of their students work full-time jobs and attend school full-time. Many of them have families. They reflect the growing diversity of the American student body. Realizing that these commitments placed very significant time constraints on their students, they designed the Bible Pods, groups of two or three who meet together to study scripture, all studying the same book at the same time. They have been agile in their ability to innovate to serve the needs of a diverse and overtaxed student community.
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Winter Retreat at Pilgrim Hills
The Downtowners Campus Ministry invites all students and student groups for a winter retreat in the beautiful Pilgrim Hills– only an hour and twenty minutes northeast from Columbus off route 62.
Martin Luther King Weekend—Friday eve January 17th to Sunday noon the 19th. Come Saturday morning by 10 if you have to come in late Friday. Get into the New Year of 2014! Invite a friend, take time to meet new people, experience beauty away from the city, pray, play, eat delicious meals, go on a walk in the woods led by a professional naturalist, roast s’mores in the late night bonfire, go sledding on the grounds (bring your sled/saucer) make a visit to Amish territory, take a skiing or sledding trip in the afternoon to Snow Trails less than an hour away.Sleeping accommodations in cabins are warm and comfortable. Bring warm clothes and warm shoes for the nature walk. Bring a blanket, pillow, sheets and/or sleeping bag, towel and washcloth.
Bring your favorite relaxing music…favorite games. Choose your favorite spiritual reading or passage from the Bible…
The cost is only $25 because the retreat is underwritten by donations given to the Campus Ministry. RSVP—ASAP—Dr. Ellen O’Shaughnessy call or text (614) 582-7790 © email: eoshp@mac.com or eoshaughnessy@mccn.edu
Directions from Mt. Carmel College to Pilgrim Hills 33833 Township Road 20, Brinkhaven, Ohio 43006. (Google also calls it Gann, Ohio) Ph. 740-599-6314
Take 315 N ramp to Interstate 670 E/Airport/Worthington. Merge onto OH-315 N. Take the exit onto I-670 E. (about 9 minutes). Take the exit on the left onto I-270 N toward Cleveland (about 2 minutes). Then take exit 33 toward Easton. Take exit 30 on the left toward New Albany (about 4 minutes). Merge onto OH-161 E (about 4 minutes). Take US-62 exit toward New Albany/Johnstown. Turn left onto US 62 E/E Johnstown . Follow 62 into Danville. Continue on 62 northeast about eight miles to Route 206. Turn right, south, and go two miles to the Pilgrim Hills sign and turn right. The entrance is one mile down Twp Rd 20 on the left. The sign for Pilgrim Hills is on the right. Ignore any turns prior to Rt. 206 even if your navigational system tells you to do it.
RSVP—ASAP Dr. Ellen O’Shaughnessy eoshp@mac.com or eoshaughnessy@mccn.edu