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FIELDNOTES
The Monthly Newsletter of
St. Francis-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church
689 Sugartown Road, Malvern, PA 19355
The Rev. Kevin Dellaria, Rector
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Our Vision:
We aspire to be a growing community, worshiping together, celebrating our diversity & lay ministries, and offering God's healing love to all people.
Our Mission:
We seek to foster spiritual growth & renewal while spreading God's message of love, healing and peace.
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Fr. Kevin is on vacation and his article will appear in the August Fieldnotes.
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Rector on Vacation
Fr. Kevin will be away from the parish through July 18. Please continue to contact the Parish Office for non-emergency information. For emergency pastoral needs, please contact the office (daytime), or the Rector's Warden, Connie Scanga. Over the next three Sundays, please extend a welcome to our visiting clergy and thank them for their service:
June 30 - The Rev. Diane Faison, Morning Prayer, Rite II
July 7 - The Rev. Rob Viggiano, Holy Eucharist, Rite II
July 14 - The Rev. Canon Betsy Ivey, Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Diane Faison is the Parish Administrator for St. Francis, as well as a Deacon serving at Incarnation Holy Sacrament in Drexel Hill. Rob Viggiano is a retired priest in our diocese who has supplied several times before. Betsy Ivey is the Canon for Support and Growth in the Diocese of Pennsylvania.
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 Summer Fellowship Hour
Volunteers are needed to supply lemonade and iced tea after the 9 a.m. service during the summer months. There is a sign-up sheet in the narthex on the bulletin board.
Thank you! Lynd Meyer
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August 9 - Summer Social
Mark your calendars! On Friday, August 9, John and Sandra Healey have kindly offered to host our summer social event on their lovely deck. More specific information to come next month, but go ahead and save the date so you don't miss out on the fun!!
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Online Resources for Discipleship
More of Fr. Kevin's teaching series are now available on our parish website. The may be streamed or downloaded and followed at your own pace. In his four-part series,
Stages on the Journey: The Three-Fold Path and the Spiritual Life, Fr. Kevin Dellaria considers an ancient spiritual perspective on Christian growth.
In
Introduction to the Bible, Fr. Kevin introduces basic ideas for encountering and engaging the Bible. In his most recent series,
Made for this World, Fr. Kevin explores the creation and purpose of human beings. These are available on the St. Francis website under Education/The Rector's Study.
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Grow Together in Faith and Hope...
$500,000+ Capital Campaign Goal
  
Refresh Renew Rejoice
Our facilities Our Faith In God's plan
for our future
St. Francis Capital Campaign Update
Thanks to everyone who has turned in their Capital Campaign pledge commitment. It is still early in the process, and with 31 pledge commitments received as of June 21, commitments total $382,850 toward our goal of $500,000.
We want to wrap up the pledging portion of the campaign by Sunday, June 30, though pledges can continue to be made into July. If you have not yet made your pledge commitment for the Capital Campaign, please give your pledge prayerful consideration - and either mail it to the church office or bring it to church on Sunday.
Thank you!
David Culver
Capital Campaign Committee Chair
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Vestry Meeting
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 7 p.m.
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 Book Club
Friday, September 20, 7:30
Small Great Things, Jodi Picoult
Ruth Jefferson, a widow with a teenage son, is a labor and delivery nurse and the only African American in her department. When the infant son of two white supremacists, Turk and Brittany Baur, who have specifically asked that Ruth not handle their child, dies suddenly, Ruth is blamed for the child's death by both the hospital and the child's parents. Ruth loses her license, is dragged from her home by the police in the middle of the night, and, is charged with murder. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white female public defender, takes Ruth's case, but her refusal to bring up race in Ruth's defense doesn't sit right with Ruth, given that race is ingrained in the case's DNA.
Picoult's gripping tale is told from three points of view, that of Ruth, Kennedy, and Turk, and offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle.
This is a Chester County Library "Book Club in a bag" book. If you would like to borrow a book, one copy is large print, please contact Elizabeth Pitt. The books will be available in mid-August.
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Welcome to Amazon Smile!
Do you love to shop on Amazon? If so, please consider selecting the St. Francis smile account before you begin your shopping.
Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to the parish. The Vestry approved designating this money for Outreach during the coming year.
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Wear your name tag for a chance to win a mug!
Get in on the fun on Sundays at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. by wearing your name tag during the service and coffee hour and placing it in one of the small buckets at each door on your way out. Diane will draw a name on Monday and announce the winner in the Friday Parish News!
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Bible Study
Lectionary Bible Study will not meet the first three Wednesdays of July, and will resume on Wednesday, July 24 at 10 am.
Everyone is invited to attend.
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Donate Your Time and Talent
Want to get personally involved? If you are over the age of 18 and want to donate your time and talent to the 100% volunteer team at the West Chester Food Cupboard, please email Charlotte Cain at [email protected].
Money and food is welcome too, because no one should go hungry.
Thank you!
610-344-3175
431 S. Bolmar Street, West Chester, PA 19382
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 Altar Flowers
Did you know that you can dedicate the Sunday Altar Flowers in honor of a friend or family member, in remembrance of a loved one, or for some other special recognition? Altar Flower dedications are just $50.00, and helps provide a fresh arrangement each week. The form for dedicating Altar Flowers can be found on our parish website at:
https://stfrancisfields.com/wp-content/uploads/Altar-Flowers-Dedication-form.jpg
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Sunday Lessons 
If you would like to read the lessons for Sunday, click on the link below.
Lectionary Page
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Fieldnotes Deadline - August
The deadline for the August Fieldnotes is
Monday, July 22, 2019!.
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Calendar 
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