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The Weekly News
September 29, 2016
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Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Pre
sider: Kay Schmitt
Homilist: George von Stamwitz
Readers: Therese Gabriel, Ceci Paul
Eucharistic Ministers: Ginny Kiernan Dahlberg, Art Maines, Mary Jordan
Sacristan: Cecelia Andres
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Trivia Night
It’s not too late to decide to come. We still have spaces.
Tables of 8 are $200. Single seats are $25 each. We can place you at a table with other singletons.
Shrewsbury Community Center
5200 Shrewsbury Avenue
Shrewsbury, MO 63119
Doors Open: 6:00 p.m. | Trivia Starts: 7:00 p.m.
For more information, please contact Kathy Krishon:
314.359.3634, kkrishon@gmail.com
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First Saturday Reception
Please join us after Mass on October 1 for a few minutes of refreshments and fellowship in the Fireside Room. It is a good time to have some pre-dinner snacks and interact with community members.
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Synod
The ECC Synod is coming soon (October 10 - 13). Our Synod delegates will be reviewing the issues to be discussed in the House of Laity or House of Pastors. If any of our SCF members would like to sit in during this discussion, you are welcome to do so. The meeting will be September 29, 7:00 pm, Room 24, at church.
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Help Us Welcome Our Friends from Poland on October 8!
Sts. Clare & Francis, in collaboration with St. Stanislaus, invites you to help us welcome our visitors from Poland to the U.S. for the ECC Synod. Fr. Tomasz Puchalski, Deacon Przemek Cichosz, and lay leader Łukasz Nowicki will arrive in St. Louis for a pre-Synod visit on October 4, so we want to show them a warm welcome. We will be hosting a potluck after Mass on Saturday, October 8 to introduce them to the congregations of both churches. Sts. Clare & Francis will provide the main dish, so bring an appetizer, side, salad, dessert, or beverage to share and say hello to our friends from the ECC in Europe.
We are trying to be environmentally friendly so please remember to bring your reusable plates/utensils/napkins/cups. We will provide eco-friendly dinnerware for our guests.
For questions please call Art Maines at 314.518.1973 or email him at
a_maines@msn.com
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Save the Date
Sts. Clare & Francis will host our second Faith on Tap event on Monday, October 24 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Bishop Frank will lead a conversation about faith and politics, especially as it pertains to considering our faith in the upcoming local and national elections. Questions? Reach out to Mallory at mallory.rusch@gmail.com.
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SCF Salon news
Next meeting will be on Saturday, October 8, 3:30 pm, Room 24, before Mass.
Topic: Discussion of Upcoming November 8 Ballot Issues
Knowlege is power. And knowing what the ballot issues are all about can only help us in our roles as involved citizens in exercising our right to vote.
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Help Wanted
The Office of Presiding Bishop for the ECC is looking for an administrative assistant for 10 hours per week. Please call Frank at 314.740.1160 if you or someone you know is interested.
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The Kiva Club met on August 27 and loaned a total of $2,325 to 23 borrowers. Some of these have already started to repay their loans, in amounts from $3 to $9.
We lent $100 to Ala in Palestine for Higher Education costs. Ala' is 22-year-old single man living in Nablus. He studies marketing at a university in Nablus. Alá is the only provider for his family. Alá requested a loan of $2,700 to help pay his tuition fees in order to accelerate his educational process. He has repaid 3% already.
This loan was powered by 91 contributing lenders and 45 contributing teams throughout the world. Kiva calls this “crowd-funding” loans. A pretty impressive process, right?
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Save the Date
The Mobilepack project for hungry children in many needy localities around the world s coming up, October 19 to 23, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Manchester. The goal this year is to pack 600,000 nutritious meals in five days. It's really satisfying to work on this. I'm hoping we can get a great Sts. Clare & Francis turnout.
The approach is simple: Children and adults hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children and the meals are shipped for distribution around the world. Food-packing takes place in two-hour shifts and we'll have specific slots for signing up in teams in just a few weeks.
Check your October calendars -- it's coming up fast.
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Homilies
You can listen to recent homilies:
The text of archived homilies can be found here.
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The Caring Ministry at Sts. Clare & Francis brings the loving presence of God, through a caring companion on the journey, when life is difficult. When we find ourselves struggling with illness, grief, depression, relationships, stress, the Caring Ministry is a supportive and listening presence - not counseling or problem solving. Don't go it alone; contact Sue Self or one of our priests to find out more, and see if it's a fit for you. We want to care for you.
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The Sts. Clare & Francis Prayer list is available for you to share prayer requests from you to your sisters and brothers who are walking this faith journey with you. Praying for one another when there are specific needs is one of the greatest ministries we can provide to one another. But, we cannot pray for events and happenings that we do not know about. Please share your prayers requests with the community. You can be as specific or general as you would like. Contact
Jim Schratz
with all prayer requests.
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Tree House
Prayer Circles
1st Tuesday at 7:00 pm
Holy Angels Apartments II
3499 DePaul Lane, St. Louis. 63044 (at I-270 and St. Charles Rock Road)
3rd Wednesday at 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Library Headquarters
East Room
St. Louis County Library
1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard
Frontenac, MO 63131
YWCA Woman's Place
You Are Invited
to the 18th annual
Vigil for Women's Safety
Wednesday, October 19 at 6:00 p.m. to mark National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the YWCA Week Without Violence. This vigil is presented by YWCA Woman’s Place, working since 1998 to end violence against women. Violence thrives in silence. We will gather to acknowledge it, remembering victims, supporting survivors and celebrating those who are free of the violence. A brief outdoor ceremony will be held on the beautiful campus behind St. Mark Catholic church followed by light refreshments. For more information call 314.645.4848.
YWCA Woman’s Place works to end violence against women by providing compassionate crisis intervention, facilitating women’s transition to safety and healing, and educating the community.
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
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Ecumenical Catholic Communion
ECC Financials
ECC Midwest
Partner Communities
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All Saints ECC
Our Mission Church
We meet at:
Trinity United Church of Christ
47 North Douglas Avenue
Belleville, IL 62220
Our Metro East ECC Mission Church meets every Sunday at 9:00 am.
Our chapel is in the lower level of Trinity UCC.
Directions from St. Louis:
Hwy. 64 East to Exit 12;
RIGHT onto #159/IL St. Continue 5 miles to Douglas Ave.
(railroad crossing)
LEFT on Douglas Ave. to church.
For information, contact:
Rev. Frank Krebs (314.740.1160) or Rev. Kay Schmitt (314.620.9511). Contact Kay if you wish to ride with her.
All are welcome.
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General Info
Want to get connected and involved? Start by taking a look at our
Ministries Brochure
or check out our website at
www.scfecc.org
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The
Parish Office
is located at Eden Theological Seminary, 483 East Lockwood, Suite 3, St. Louis, MO 63119.
Frank
or
Jim
are available for appointments. You can also reach Frank at 314.740.1160 or Jim at 314.896.0125.
To Schedule Meetings at Peace UCC:
Contact Kelly, the church secretary, to get it on their calendar.
314.968.1727
churchoffice@peaceuccstl.org
Matthew 25
The Matthew 25 Fund helps members in our community who need financial assistance. All information concerning the people with whom we work is held in the strictest confidence. If you would like to contribute to this fund, make your check payable to Matthew 25, and place it in the collection basket. If you need assistance from the fund, contact
Peggy Montgomery
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We have a
SafeChurch Policy
to protect our children and other vulnerable populations
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Fundraising
Please keep our Schnucks E-Scrip fund raiser in mind when you shop. If you don't already have an E-Scrip card, please call Marilyn Tenholder (314.323.1467) and she will get one to you. There is no charge and all you have to do is activate it by either a phone call or by going online. Simply show the card when you check out and a percentage of your purchase cost will be rebated back to Sts. Clare & Francis. Thank you!!
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Sts. Clare & Francis offers information about other organizations and activities as a way of providing information that we feel is useful or relevant to our members and to the public. As an Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) organization, Sts. Clare & Francis is required to abide by certain rules. Sts. Clare & Francis is absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. Sts. Clare & Francis is also prohibited from devoting a substantial part of its activities to attempting to influence legislation. As a result of these rules, we do not specifically endorse these organizations or activities nor do they specifically represent the views of Sts. Clare & Francis, to the extent that doing so would jeopardize Sts. Clare & Francis' standing as a Section 501(c)(3) organization.
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If you have an item that you wish to submit for publication in the Weekly News, please send it to
Steve Campbell
no later than noon on Wednesday of the week you would like it to appear. If you cannot send an
e-mail, you may contact Steve at 314.603.9991.
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Sts. Clare & Francis ECC
Church
: 204 East Lockwood Avenue | St. Louis | MO|63119
Office: 483 East Lockwood Ave. | Suite 3 | St. Louis | MO | 63119
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