Holy Hoedown Is Here!
This Saturday October 21, 3:30 - 7:30pm
- Kids' activities galore!
- Dancing with line caller and live Country Music Band - Big City!
- Food and drink - chuck wagon and home-baked goods
- Artwork from Paula+ and others for raffle and sale!
- Silent Auction
- Vendor tables
Admission donation $5 adults
kids under 5 free!
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Family Sunday—Celebrate Sports!
This Sunday October 22
Fourth Sundays at St Francis are “Family” Sunday. After the 10:00am family focused service, our fellowship time under the arches will celebrate the special impact of sports in the lives of our families. Everyone, from young to old is encouraged, to wear their favorite sports team jersey or shirt or hat. We know that because of sports people sometimes are unable to come to church and this is a reminder that God is always with us at church, on the field, or on the court. God meets us wherever we are!
P.S. Go Dodgers!
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Taizé Service Of
Healing & Wholeness
This Tuesday, October 24th, 7pm
Join us again for our Taizé service of healing. This Taizé service, filled with music and candlelight, also provides the option for intercessory prayer with a Prayer team leader. We pray that the time will be a healing comfort for whatever you face or hold in your heart.
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Military Outreach - Donate and Pack!
Collections begin This Sunday, October 22
Packing – Sunday, November 12, 2017
You are cordially invited to pack boxes at St. Francis Episcopal Church on Sunday, November 12, 2017, from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. A light pizza lunch will be provided. Please call Susie Zimmerman at 310-316-5941 with any questions or to let us know you will be coming so we have plenty of boxes and pizza on hand.
Thank you for praying for our troops 'til they come back home!
We will not forget them while they are deployed, working hard to keep us safe.
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Remember your Loved Ones on All Saints
Sunday November 5
As soon as possible, please send names of your loved ones who have died in the last 12 months to
Paula+ so they can be included in both services.
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Good Grief Support Group
Neighborhood Church—Four Friday Evenings
October 27—November 17, 7pm—8:30pm.
A supportive and non-
judgemental
place to talk openly with others struggling with grief. Led by Lois and Sam Bloom, who have facilitated groups at Neighborhood church, and elsewhere in the community for many years.
Please call Neighborhood church office—310 378-9353 to register. There is no charge.
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Choral Evensong Service - Next Saturday
October 28, 4:00pm
Dedicated to the Victims of Human and Natural Violence.
A traditional service of evening prayer with special choral music including music by Johann Sebastian Bach, William Byrd and Giovanni Pergolesi.
No Admission Charge—a Free-will Offering will be received. Light refreshments on the patio following the service.
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Ten Thousand Villages
Next Sunday October 29 After Both Services
Ten Thousand Villages
—the non-profit, volunteer store in Redondo Beach, will visit St. Francis's Church after the eight and ten o’clock services. Store volunteers will provide us a presentation about fair trade accompanied by a sale of fair trade goods.
The presentation will provide information about what is fair trade and how the local Ten Thousand Villages store offers the neighborhood an opportunity to provide fair wages to artisans in over 30 developing countries. The presentation will include videos of artisans creating hand crafted items made without slave or child labor. It will also include stories of artisans and how their lives are changed by fair trade.
Before and after the presentation, there will be an opportunity to browse a collection of fair trade goods for sale. Christmas items along with jewelry and accessories, coffee, chocolate, home décor, and other lovely gifts. Cash, credit cards and checks will be accepted.
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Parish Conversation With Paula+ and Peter+
Faces of St. Francis, Facing The Future Together
November 5, Sunday, Board Room After Both Services
Please join us for this important parish conversation as we prepare to update the Mission and Vision statement of St. Francis Church, something we haven't done in ten years! Peter+ has been leading a team of Vestry members in this process and we all welcome your thoughts and input on how St. Francis has been doing and what more God might be leading us toward. Please come be a part of shaping the exciting times ahead!
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Gun Safety—A Conversation
Wednesday, November 8, 7pm
Clergy and interfaith religious leaders have signed a letter that was published in local newspapers a week ago. The message was spiritual solidarity for those who suffered from the massacre in Las Vegas when 58 were killed and hundreds injured in the shooting. The letter emphasized our common heart, scriptures from our three faith traditions that speak to our shared pain and was a witness against the violence. Peter+ and I signed the letter and support an invitation for all our citizens to come together for a conversation on gun safety. St Francis Church will be the site for this public discussion facilitated by outside leaders.
Paula+
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Sermons and Bulletins Online
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Sermons Online Archive
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Elaine Mistele
. Or call her at the church office at 310 375 4617.
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in the office at 310 375-4617.
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