The Weekly News
May 16, 2019
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Fifth Week of Easter
Saturday, May 18, 2019
7:00 pm
Pres
ider:
Jim Schratz
Homilist:
George von Stamwitz
Reader:
Erin Duffy-Burke
Eucharistic Ministers:
Barbara Harris, Suzanne Schloemann, Mallory Rusch
Sacristan:
Marci Welby
Location:
204 East Lockwood, 63119
Sunday, May 19, 2019
9:00 am
Presider:
Jim Schratz
Homilist:
George von Stamwitz
Sacristan:
Kathy Krishon
Location:
Mead Center, 17 Selma Avenue, 63119
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Game Night at the Gateway Grizzlies
Reserve Your Seat Today!
Sunday, June 2, 2019
We’ll meet up outside the stadium @ 5:30-ish
(game begins @ 6:05 pm)
Tickets are $25.00
This price include ticket and dinner (chicken and brats, two sides and chips)/drinks (soda and beer).
Reservation Deadline is May 19, 2019.
To reserve your seat, please contact Suzanne Schloemann:
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Coming Soon: Annual Parish Raffle
The drawing will be held June 29.
We have great items this year, from stained glass to art,
jewelry to baseball tickets, including a fabulous purse. All items are valued at
$200 or more!
Raffle Tickets:
$5 each
3 for $10
8 for $20
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Sacristans Assistance Needed - Update
If you are interested in serving as a sacristan on either Saturday or Sunday, we would love for you to join us! The work is not difficult and one of the current sacristans would train you. Plus, there are always people at Mass who are willing to assist in putting things away.
Peace has offered to facilitate the movement of furniture on Saturdays, so the "heavy lifting" for that date has been significantly reduced. If that was holding you back from volunteering in this ministry, then it is no longer an issue!
Please contact Mallory Rusch at
mallory.rusch@gmail.com
if you would like to serve as a sacristan on either day. Your assistance would be sincerely appreciated.
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Celebrate Jenn's Graduation
May 18, 2019
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Jenn Reyes Lay is graduating from Eden Theological Seminary on May 17 with her Master's in Divinity. I (Jenn) am grateful for all the love and support from my Sts. Clare & Francis church family over these past three years and would love to have you celebrate this accomplishment with me at my graduation party on
Saturday, May 18 from 1:00 - 5:00pm
at my house:
1427 S Ewing Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104
. Street parking is available on Park Avenue and Ewing Avenue. We will have an outdoor picnic on the lawn next to my house with food, drinks, lawn games, and even live music from one of Roger's bands! We will be providing some food from the grill and cake and invite those who are able to bring a side dish to share. We will have tents and tables set up but if you have a lawn chair you can bring that would help too! Hope to see you there!
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Homilies
Hear the homily by Suzanne Schloemann from May 11:
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Video of past homilies can be found on the parish Facebook page,
here.
Audio recordings of some older homilies can be found
here
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Texts of even older homilies on papyrus can be found
here
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
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(Excerpted from a conversation between Krista Tippett and
Brené Brown
on the “On Being” podcast)
MS. TIPPETT: [In your book, you say,] “One of my worst defenses when I get anxious or fearful in conflict is to put people on the stand. I break into vicious lawyer mode and depose people rather than listening. It’s terrible. It always ends badly, but it’s how I get to being right.”
And there was another one … where you talked about how you realized that when you were sitting with somebody, having these hard encounters, you were just thinking ahead to what you were gonna say next. And then, when people do that to you, you hate it. So talk about some of the really practical things you know about how to ratchet that back and ... be the people we want to be, in those moments.
MS. BROWN: Yeah, I think you’re talking about an interview that I did with Michelle Buck, who teaches at Kellogg, the school of business at Northwestern. And she teaches — I love the name of this. It’s not “conflict resolution.” It’s “conflict transformation,” which I think is great. …The biggest takeaway for me… is we’ve got to stop walking through the world looking for confirmation that we do not belong, because we will always find it. It’s the confirmation bias. If you are looking for confirmation you don’t belong, you’re gonna find it. We don’t negotiate our belonging externally. It’s not something that we negotiate with other people or groups of people.
MS. TIPPETT: It’s not something somebody else can give you.
MS. BROWN: Yeah, no one can give us this. We carry this in our heart. And so the most tangible behaviors that I have found: Stay curious, be kind, and, as Harriet Lerner has taught me, listen with the exact same amount of passion that you want to be heard.
Brené Brown
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Sing & Flow to the Moon
with Brad Smith & Rhonda Mills
MAY 18, 2019
6:00 - 9:30 pm
6:30 pm Gentle Flow Yoga & Movement with Rhonda
7:30 pm Gayatri Mantra: Learn/Practice with Rhonda
8:00 pm Kirtan with Brad
9:00 pm Labyrinth Walk with Brad on Tibetan Bowls
Join us to sing and flow to the moon on the labyrinth at Peace Tree Spirituality Center to reconnect with yourself, each other, and our shared experience of time’s passage.
We suggest a range for donation as follows:
– $30 standard
– $20 budget
– $50 supportive
No one will be turned away due to lack of funds, nor will your donation be supervised. Please come if you are inspired, regardless of what you can donate, and contribute whatever you can that’s in integrity for you.
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Prayer Circles
First Wednesday of the month
1:00 - 2:30 pm
Sts. Clare & Francis Ecumenical Catholic Community
204 E. Lockwood Avenue
Webster Groves, 63119
Third Wednesday of the month
1:00 - 2:30 pm
Library Headquarters
East Room
St. Louis County Library
1640 S. Lindbergh Boulevard
Frontenac, MO 63131
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Parish Council
To see Parish Council meeting minutes or the Parish Constitution and Bylaws, click the appropriate link.
Members
(click name to contact by e-mail)
:
The monthly meetings of the Parish Council are open to all SCF members. The Council meets on the
third Wednesday of each month at 6:45 pm
in one of the Peace UCC classrooms. If you have a question for the Parish Council or just want to learn how it operates, you are encouraged to attend a meeting.
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Finance Committee
Members
(click name to contact by e-mail)
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Ecumenical Catholic Communion
Meeting Minutes:
ECC Financials
ECC Midwest Partner Communities
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois
Little Rock, Arkansas
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Regional Report
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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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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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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 9:30 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? 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
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
Robyn Guempel
or
Charlie Shoenherr
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We have a
SafeChurch Policy
to protect our children and other vulnerable populations
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The Sts. Clare & Francis
Lands’ End Store
In partnership with Lands’ End, you can now purchase clothing and other items embroidered with the Sts. Clare & Francis logo (below). Just follow the link above. If you have any questions, please contact
Suzanne.schloemann@gmail.com
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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 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 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 call or text 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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