St. Francis of Assisi
Weekly E-Blast
November 26, 2020
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PO Box 445 (mailing address)
8818 SW Miley Road (physical address)
Wilsonville, OR 97070
503-678-5422
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Week of Sunday, November 29, 2020
First Sunday of Advent
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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 Memorial Garden Ministry and the households of Christopher Ratto, Mike and Christine Reynolds, Paula Robke and Annie Roehm.
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Serving at 8:00 am
Lector: Deb Fritz
Lector: Steve Shaw
LEM: Peggy Danford
Intercessor: Mary Kirk
Usher/Greeter: Peggy Danford
Usher/Greeter: Paula Robke
Altar Guild: Traci Cronkrite
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Serving at 10:30 am
Lectors: Oliver, Lukas and Sophia Vaught
LEM: Cindy Russell
Intercessor: John Wisecaver
Usher/Greeter: Richard Martens
Usher/Greeter: Jason Olson
Altar Guild: Apryl Garmon and
Shirley Treadwell
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We offer drive-up Eucharist after the 10:30 am service
If you would like to watch the service from home, and then receive Holy Communion afterwards, you can drive by St. Francis, and Father Brendan will be honored to give you Communion in your car or in person.
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Coffee Hour
We meet outside in the parking lot after both the 8:00 am and
10:30 am services for fellowship. Please bring your own coffee.
We still cannot provide any food, but we will be happy to see your masked face.
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Sunday, November 29 - First Sunday of Advent
Live streaming of the 10:30 am service is on YouTube and Facebook.
It will then be available to watch until later, when just the sermon will be available.
8:00 am - Spoken Eucharist
9:00 am - Morning Prayer on Zoom
10:30 am - Spoken Eucharist
10:30 am - Live Eucharist on YouTube and Facebook
11:30 am - Drive-up Eucharist
12:00 pm - Coffee Hour Fellowship, outside
Monday, November 30
10:00 am - Bell Choir Rehearsal
7:00 pm - Bell Choir Rehearsal
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Tuesday, December 1
4:00 pm - Caring Committee on Zoom
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Wednesday, December 2
12:00 pm - Noon Eucharist
1:00 pm - Staff Meeting on Zoom
7:00 pm - Choir Rehearsals
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Thursday, December 3
6:30 pm - Gals Nite Out “staying IN” on Zoom
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Friday, December 4
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Saturday, December 5
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The St. Francis Choir presents an online Lessons and Carols Service for 2020.
Because of the COVID pandemic, the choir is not allowed to sing during our in-person services. This means that the choir cannot present our customary Lessons and Carols Service on one of our Advent Sundays. We hope that you will take the time to watch the on-line service sometime during the Advent Season. To view the service, please click on the link below, or type the link in your web browser address line.
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Outreach Christmas plans
Our goal is to provide a $50 Target gift card for 167 individuals for a total of $8,350 – PLUS – food gift cards from Fred Meyer for a total of $2,900.
Therefore, the total needed for Christmas is $11,250. We already have $3,000 carried over from your generous Thanksgiving donations. The Outreach Committee will also include a beautiful card from Saint Francis.
We ask you to prayerfully consider your Christmas outreach giving by sending in a check by December 10 (Christmas outreach in the memo line).
Together, we can bring tidings of great joy to these families!!
The Outreach Ministry
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Christmas Flower Contributions
We will be scaling back our greens and flowers during this Covid time and also creating a festive environment in our sanctuary that will be enjoyed by those both attending in-person services and via YouTube. The Altar Guild Flower Team invites you to spread more cheer during this Christmas season by contributing towards the elegant greenery and flower decorations for the Christmas services.
Contributions can be given in thanksgiving, in memory, or to the Glory of God. This loving gesture will be greatly appreciated by all and will receive mention in the bulletins for the Christmas services.
Christmas Flower donation envelopes are available in the Narthex, beginning the First Sunday in Advent through the Fourth Sunday in Advent for those attending in-person services. You may drop the envelope or insert from the bulletin, into the offertory plate.
You can sign up online here and then mail in your contribution.
Donations along with the form below may also be mailed to St. Francis of Assisi, PO Box 445, Wilsonville OR 97070. Please make checks, in any amount, payable to “St. Francis of Assisi” and write “Christmas Flowers” on the memo line.
Your generosity is greatly appreciated, Our Altar Guild
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Sunday Zoom Conversations for Advent—you’re invited!
There will be no conversation November 29.
Please join us on Zoom December 6, 13 and 20 for conversations about the Incarnation.
We’ll be using the Prologue to the Gospel of John (excerpts below) to explore this wonderful, mysterious gift to the world. We’ll meet at 9:20 am after Morning Prayer, using the link from Brendan+. Make a fresh cup of coffee or tea, and let’s see what we can learn!
In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God, and the Word was God… What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it…
He was in the world, but the world knew him not. He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God…
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory… full of grace and truth.
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Reimbursements for 2020
Requests should be in to the office by
Monday, December 21, 2020.
Please have all the necessary signatures. Thank you.
All contributions for 2020 much be received/postmarked by December 31, 2020
Dale Rushton, Sandi Thompson, Treasurers
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“CALLING” Volunteers:
Since the beginning of the COVID shut down a group of people have been calling all the members of St. Francis to check in and make sure they are ok. We need more volunteers.
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Thanksgiving is a perfect time to wrap up our Fall Stewardship Drive.
The results are absolutely amazing with 105 pledges and a total of $294,735 pledged to support the operations, programs and ministries of St. Francis in 2021!
We surpassed our goals for both pledging units and pledged dollars and even added 13 new pledges for next year! This is astounding in a year when we have been significantly limited in providing opportunities to gather in person, share fellowship and welcome new members into our community of faith.
Our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you who prayed, considered and
responded with a pledge to support our parish in the coming year. We are
blessed to have a membership that is ever generous and full of gratitude.
We wish you all a blessed Thanksgiving. While our gatherings may be small,
may they be rich with the traditions we hold dear.
With gratitude,
Fr. Brendan Barnicle, Carole Biskar, Doug Horton, Mary Kirk, Stephen Shaw
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Threads of Love Sewing Ministry
Our Baby Blanket Project for Salud Medical Center is really gaining momentum. Most of us are sewing at home and are excited to see all of the blankets as they are finished! If you are interested in joining in on the fun, it is not too late and we have made participation easier than ever!
Dale Rushton has assembled a number of “kits” to make baby blanket tops. This eliminates the need to shop for fabric, cut it to size, etc. All that is needed is for you to sew 25 squares into rows of 5 and then join the rows together. This is a perfect Advent project as we await the birth of the Baby Jesus. It is also a great beginner project if you haven’t sewn for a while, have limited time or have a child or grandchild who would enjoy an introduction to sewing and the opportunity to make a blanket that will be donated to a newborn in 2021.
After completing the blanket top, you have the option of sewing on the backing yourself or returning the completed top to the Sewing Ministry so that we can procure backing fabric and attach the back to the front.
For more information please contact one of the following:
Jean Atwell, Traci Cronkrite, Mary Kirk or Dale Rushton
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St. Francis Book Group on Zoom
We will be reading Advent Christmas Wisdom by Henri JM Nouwen from December 3 to January 7. We normally meet the second and fourth Thursday mornings at 10:00 on zoom.
However, for this book, we will be meeting every Thursday. All are welcome.
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Gals Nite Out -- "staying IN"
Time: 6:30 pm (one hour before Compline)
Thursday, December 3
Theme: What is the best gift you've ever received?
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Virtual Ladies Lunch, on Zoom
Monday, December 21
Noon - 1:00 pm
Theme: What is the best gift you have ever given?
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Weekday Evenings Compline
7:30 pm, on Zoom
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Covid/Fire Fund
The St. Francis Covid-19 Fund has distributed thousands of dollars to the local community for Covid-19 relief. With the recent fires, we expect that there might be additional needs in our community.
The Covid-19 Fund will also provide fire relief.
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.
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Sunday Service Attendance requirements
We are now allowed to have only 25 people at each service at this time.
No reservations are required ahead of time. Sign in at the door.
- You MUST wear a mask at all times.
- Masks will be available, but please try to bring your own. They cannot be returned.
- You must sign in at the door being in attendance in case contact tracing is required.
- You will need to be standing six feet apart while everyone is signing in.
- In a small group, late arrivals can be distracting, so there will be no seating five minutes after the service has begun.
- To maintain social distancing, remain in your seat during the service.
- There will be coffee hour in the parking lot. Bring your own coffee.
- There will be no access to the Memorial Garden through the Narthex.
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