St. Francis of Assisi
Weekly E-blast
July 9, 2020
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Week of Sunday, July 12, 2020
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Prerecorded Eucharist, will be available on YouTube. Filming will conclude at the end of July, with only live stream for the 10:30 am service beginning in August.
Reservations are required
for in-person services
(see requirements below)
8:00 am -
Spoken Eucharist
(reservation required)
9:00 am -
Morning Prayer, on Zoom
10:30 am -
Spoken Eucharist
(reservation required)
and
Live stream on YouTube
12:00 pm -
Coffee Hour/Congregational Meeting, on Zoom
Parish Cycle of Prayer
In our Parish Cycle of Prayer, we pray for our clergy: Brendan, Tony, Christine, Carolynne and Ken. We also pray for our Welcoming Committee and the households of Krystal and Steve Cummings, Peggy Danford, Charla Dent and Nan Dewey.
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Monday, July 13
7:30 pm - Evening Compline, on Zoom
Tuesday, July 14
7:30 pm - Evening Compline, on Zoom, followed by Bible Study
Wednesday, July 15
12:00 pm - Noon Eucharist, in person and on Zoom
1:00 pm - Staff Meeting, on Zoom
7:30 pm - Evening Compline, on Zoom
Thursday, July 16
10:00 am - Book Group, on Zoom
2:00 pm - Private Memorial Service
7:00 pm - Vestry Meeting
7:30 pm - Evening Compline, on Zoom
Friday, July 17
7:30 pm - Evening Compline, on Zoom
Saturday, July 18
9:00 am - Academy Board of Directors
Sunday, July 19
Pre-recorded Eucharist, will be available on YouTube. Filming will conclude at the end of July.
Live streaming of the 10:30 am service continues. It will then be available on You Tube to watch at any time.
8:00 am - Spoken Eucharist (reservation required)
9:00 am - Morning Prayer, on Zoom
10:30 am - Spoken Eucharist (reservation required) *Live on YouTube
12:00 pm - Coffee Hour/Congregational Meeting, on Zoom
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Guys Nite Out -- "staying IN"
Time: 6:30 pm (one hour before Compline)
Thursday, July 9
Discussion topic:
"What was best job advice ever given to you?"
***Note: An email will come from the church with the information needed for logging into Zoom. Questions or to join: Gary Thompson:
gsjayhawk@frontier.com
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A Summer Hello from your MDE Committee
We recently met in person (scandalous, but safely six feet apart!) to review requests received. You may remember last September, when we blessed backpacks. NW Housing Alternatives has again requested $1,000 to fund a School Supply Drive, which will purchase backpacks for local kids. While plans for school re-openings remain in-flux, backpacks never go out of style and can be used in future years.
You may be wondering what you can do to help in these turbulent times and your donation will help keep kids focused and energized about school!
Please donate. The deadline is July 30
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Directions:
1) Donate online through our PayPal site, plus send an email at
saintfranciswilsonville@gmail.com
, noting this is for the MDE: NW Housing Alternatives request, (since there is no memo line on the PayPal form).
2) Mail a check to Saint Francis, PO Box 445, Wilsonville, OR 97070, in your memo line write ‘MDE: NW Housing Alternatives.’
Thank you for making a difference!
More information will come in early fall about our MDE plans for the holidays, we know the need will be much larger than in the past.
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Virtual Ladies Lunch, on Zoom
Monday, July 20, Noon - 1:00 pm
We are planning a fun activity for our enjoyment and to get to know each other better. Discussion topic: "Good things come in small packages, especially when it’s jewelry" Come join us with your meal and a piece of jewelry that has a story to tell.
***Note: An email will come from the church the day before with the information needed for logging into Zoom.
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Gals Nite Out -- "staying IN"
Time: 6:30 pm (one hour before Compline)
Thursday, August 6
***Note: An email will come from the church with the information needed for logging into Zoom.
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Many of you, children and adults, were filling Mite Boxes during Lent as a way of praying and caring.
Our goal was to raise enough for perhaps the donation of a goat to a family in a Third World country. Last year we sent in funds for a hive of honey bees and a flock of ducks. The animals are used to provide livelihood for families.
If there are Mite Boxes out there please return them soon, and we will make a family's life better.
You may also make a contribution to this fund
by using our Pay Pal account or sending a check. If you use PayPal please send a email to the church office stating so, as there is no designation line in PayPal:
saintfranciswilsonville@gmail.com
Many thanks!!
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Many thanks to Tom Over
for his ingenuity and just plain hard work rebuilding the fountain in the Bell Tower Garden. The new design will be easier to maintain and, hopefully, add soothing sound to help mask noise from the freeway.
Thank you as well to the Memorial Garden Committee members
who pruned, spread bark mulch and planted the beautiful display of annuals in the East Memorial Garden.
Restoration work and planting will continue at the appropriate time. Thanks to all involved.
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The St. Francis Book Group is online Thursdays at 10:00 am on Zoom through July 30.
The Book Group will then take a summer break and return Thursday, September 10.
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Weekday Evening Compline
7:30 pm, on Zoom
Tuesdays Evenings - Bible Study to follow
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The four candidates for the next Bishop of Oregon will be in the Diocese for walkabouts the week of August 9
and we are invited to submit questions for them to answer.
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St. Francis COVID-19 Relief Fund
Our vestry created a St. Francis COVID-19 Relief Fund, which will be used to provide additional financial assistance to organizations and individuals within our community. Our MDE committee has made contributions to the food banks in Wilsonville and Canby.
If you would like to contribute to this work, you can send a check to St. Francis, and in the memo line please note that the funds are for the COVID-19 Relief Fund. Our address is St. Francis of Assisi, PO Box 445, Wilsonville, OR 97070.
Or you, can make a contribution online to our PayPal account through the link above. PayPal does not offer a memo line; so simply email us to let us know if you have made a PayPal contribution for the COVID-19 Relief Fund. You can email us at
saintfranciswilsonville@gmail.com
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St. Francis Facebook Group
In addition to our usual public Facebook, we invite you to join a growing group of parishioners in our private community Facebook group.
Chat, support, share, ask for help - it's all happening here in the group!
Go to our Facebook page and click on "
visit group"
and ask to join.
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***Reservations are required for in-person services
Due to the limit of 25 people per service during Phase I,
reservations must be made by emailing the church office, with a deadline of Friday by 3:00 pm.
Reservations are first come, first serve, for individuals or family units. You will have to make a new reservation every week. A waiting list will be made. If you are unable to attend after making a reservation, please email the church office so someone on the waiting list may attend the in-person service.
Those on the waiting list will be put at the top of the reservation list for the next week. If you cannot or do not want to attend the following week, please notify the church office.
Attendance requirements:
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You MUST wear a mask at all times.
Masks will be available, but please try to bring your own. They cannot be returned.
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Come early. You will need to wait in line outside, standing six feet apart, while everyone is checked off the list.
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You must check in at the door and have your name checked off as being in attendance in case contact tracing is required.
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Ushers will escort everyone to a seat so that spacing between people will be at least six feet. You must sit in the seat assigned to you by the usher. The ushers will be seating from the front of the church to the back, so you may not be able to sit in your usual church seat during this phase of re-opening.
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In such a small group, late arrivals can be distracting, so there will be no seating five minutes after the service has begun.
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To maintain social distancing, please remain in your seat during the service except for coming forward for communion.
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While there will be music at the services, there will be no singing at the in-person services until further notice.
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There will be no coffee hour, and everyone is to exit through the handicapped door at the north side of the building.
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There will be no access to the Memorial Garden through the Narthex.
These rules may seem a little harsh, and they are certainly not ideal, but we hope that they will just be temporary. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
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St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church
PO Box 445
8818 SW Miley Road
Wilsonville, OR 97070
503-678-5422
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