St. Francis of Assisi
Notes and Reminders
April 17, 2019
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Maundy Thursday, Thursday, April 18
 6:00 pm: Soup Supper
 7:00 pm: Maundy Thursday Liturgy
  
Good Friday, Friday, April 19
12:00 pm: Good Friday Liturgy, Communion from Reserved Sacrament
 1:00 pm: Stations of the Cross
 7:00 pm: Good Friday Liturgy, Communion from Reserved Sacrament
  
Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 20
 3:00 - 5:00 pm  Reconciliation of a Penitent, by appointment only
  8:00 pm: Holy Eucharist
*Incense will be used at the Easter Vigil
 
  Easter Sunday, Sunday, April 21
 8:00 am: Holy Eucharist
10:30 am: Holy Eucharist
*Easter egg hunt after the service
 




Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019
Isaiah 65:17-25
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
Acts 10:34-43
John 20:1-18

Cycle of Prayer
In our Parish Cycle of Prayer, we pray for our clergy: Canon Linda, Ken, Jim, and the members of our Catechumenate Class, and the households of Jon and Heather Holland, Michael and Denise Holsinger, Doug and Lauri Horton, and Steven and Judy Hurst. We also pray for our Search Committee members, Richard Martens, Chair, Tiffanie Clifford, Jane Domagalski, Doug Horton, Terry Kester, Cindy Russell, Mary Ann Schroeder, and Steve Shaw.
Announcements  ~ Activities ~  Ministries
Reconciliation of a Penitent will be offered on Holy Saturday, April 20, between 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm by appointment only .
The rite of Reconciliation of Penitent may be found in the Book of Common Prayer, page 446.
Please contact Canon Linda, lpotter333@gmail.com

Decorating for Easter
The festival of the Resurrection of Our Lord is considered the "queen" of all Christian festivals with beautiful flowers adorning the church sanctuary. The Altar Guild is responsible for these decorations and welcomes the participation of anyone who wants to share in these glorious activities on Saturday, April 20, 9:00 am .
There is a signup sheet at the Information Center. If you have any questions, please talk with Apryl Garmon, Sue Coleman or Jan Baird. Thank you for your contributions and sharing in this ‘magical time.'
Flowering of the Cross - Easter Sunday, April 21
Many of you all know of the lovely Easter tradition known as the “Flowering of the Cross” .
This year we will bring it to St. Francis Church! Rob Campbell has made a wooden frame of the cross, covered with chicken wire. On Easter Sunday parishioners, from our youngest to our oldest, attending the Easter morning church services are invited to bring a few flowers, from their gardens or purchased, to stick through the mesh. Then during the 10:30 am service the cross will be processed into church carried by the children.
These many loving hands will change the cross from bare to beautiful, from death to new life. We welcome all to take part!!
Jane Domagalski

There will be an Easter Egg Hunt for the young people following the Easter Day, after the 10:30 service . It will be outdoors if the weather cooperates!
There will not be Sunday School on Easter.

Sunday School: Mite boxes
The Mite Boxes that many of you have been using as a Lenten practice can be returned in the Offering Plate on Easter Sunday, April 21 . In Sunday School the children expressed a desire to donate this offering to the Heifer Project which helps to end hunger and provide family income around the world by providing livestock ranging from honeybees and rabbits to goats and heifers.
Jane Domagalski, seydom@canby.com

Adult Forum - 9:15 am
LIFE TRANSFORMED: THE WAY OF LOVE IN LENT
Skip Palm Sunday and Easter
April 28 - Session Seven / GO: The Empty Tomb (Luke 24:1-12)
Yard Sale Committee
The yard sale core committee will be meeting
May 1, 3:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Please join us!
Apryl Garmon, Carole Biskar, Nancy Stephenson, Debi Kapp, Jean Atwell or Suzy Mekarski
The stunning photographs on display in the narthex are by Oregon photographer, Patrick Campbell. Patrick is a retired physician who grew up in Oregon. During his working years Patrick studied and practiced photography. He is now retired with time to make and reproduce gorgeous images of Oregon and the West. More of Patrick's work can be viewed at: https://2-patrick-campbell.pixels.com/
 
Office volunteer needed on Fridays
Needed: volunteer on Fridays to assemble the bulletin and file name tags. If you are able to assist please sign up on the clipboard at the information center or call the church office, 503-678-5422. Time commitment about an hour and a half.

Wilsonville Community Food Bank
The Wilsonville Food Bank has asked us to donate food and has requested that we concentrate on selected food items: cereal, peanut butter and fresh fruit. Please bring your donated food items and place them in the small grocery cart is in the narthex near the new information desk. A cash donation box will also be in the grocery cart for those who would like to donate money or write a check. The Wilsonville Food Bank really appreciates our weekly food donations!
Mary Ann would like volunteers to pick up the food donations and deliver them to the food Bank. Please give her a call if you are able to help.
Mary Ann Schroeder, 503-682-1589
Book Group
Thursday, April 25
The Book Group is reading the book, Devotional Classics. We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month where we read a selection from a different spiritual leader. Check the Information Center to see the spiritual leader for that week. No homework is required as we read each selection in our time together. Come join us on the second and fourth Thursday mornings at 10:00 am in the Parish Hall Conference Room.
Questions: Sandi Thompson, GSJayhawk@Frontier.com
Ladies Lunch Out
Third Mondays
Monday, May 20, 11:45 am
Location: TBA
New members, visitors, and friends are all welcome. There is a signup sheet in information center.
Coordinator: Peggy Danford, peggydanford@gmail.com
Guys Nite Out
May 2, 5:45 pm
 First Thursday of the month (usually)
Langdon Farms - just in time to enjoy happy hour pricing which ends at 6:00 pm. What we are about: Fellowship, Great conversation and Good food – a social group for the men of St. Francis. All men welcome!
Coordinator: Gary Thompson : GSJayhawk@Frontier.com
Ministry Assignments

Ministry Assignments for Maundy Thursday, April 18, 2019
CELEBRANT:
Reverend Canon Linda Potter
PREACHER:
Marcia Burdon
DEACON:
Reverend Kenneth P. Russell
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
Peggy Danford, Judy Hurst
INTERCESSOR:
Steven Hurst
GREETER:
Peggy Danford
SANCTUS BELLS:
Judy Hurst
ALTAR GUILD:
Jan Baird, Melanie Barclay, Ron and Sue Coleman, Peggy Danford, Dale Rushton
BREADBAKER:
Linda Tasker

Ministry Assignments for Good Friday, April 19, 2019
CELEBRANT:
12:00 pm: Reverend Canon Linda Potter
  7:00 pm: Reverend Canon Linda Potter
PREACHER:
12:00 pm: Reverend Kenneth P. Russell
 7:00 pm: Reverend Canon Linda Potter
DEACON:
12:00 pm: Reverend Kenneth P. Russell
  7:00 pm: Reverend Kenneth P. Russell
LECTORS:
12:00 pm: Katharine Epstein, Peggy Danford
 7:00 pm: Terri Hoffman, Heather Holland
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
12:00 pm: Peggy Danford
 7:00 pm: John Wisecaver, Judy Hurst
GREETERS:
12:00 pm: Carolyn Carey, Rebecca Engen
  7:00 pm: Jim and Mary Kirk
USHER:
Tom Councell
ALTAR GUILD:
Jan Baird, Peggy Danford, Dale Rushton, Nancy Stephenson, Clara Woodridge
BREADBAKER:
Linda Tasker

Ministry Assignments for Easter Vigil, April 20, 2019
CELEBRANT and PREACHER:
Reverend Canon Linda Potter
ASSISTING PRIEST:
Reverend James Schoenrock
DEACON:
Reverend Kenneth P. Russell
LECTORS:
Sophia Vaught, Jim and Mary Kirk, Kathy Gartner, Cindy Russell, Barbara Bridge, Rod Chandler
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
Doug Horton, John Wisecaver
THURIBLE:
Doug Horton
INTERCESSOR:
Mary Ann Schroeder
SANCTUS BELLS:
Cindy Russell
GREETERS:
Jim and Mary Kirk
USHERS:
Richard Martens, Rob Campbell
ALTAR GUILD:
Jan Baird, Ron and Sue Coleman
BREADBAKER:
Linda Tasker

Ministry Assignments for Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019
CELEBRANT and PREACHER:
Reverend Canon Linda Potter
ASSISTING PRIEST:
The Reverend James Schoenrock
DEACON:
Reverend Kenneth P. Russell
LECTORS:
  8:00 am: Christopher Onstad, Deborah Fritts
10:30 am: Eric Bradford, Rod Chandler
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
 8:00 am: Peggy Danford, Steve Stevens
10:30 am: Cindy Russell, Doug Horton
INTERCESSORS:
 8:00 am: Jennifer Leskovic
10:30 am: Terry Kester
SANCTUS BELLS:
8:00 am: Mary Kirk
10:30 am: Bruce Schroeder
GREETERS:
 8:00 am: Paula Robke, Steve Shaw
10:30 am: Candice Barnick, Jane Domagalski
USHERS:
 8:00 am: Tom Elliott, Orville Bell
10:30 am: Jason Olson , Richard Martens, Mark Stewart, Rob Campbell
ALTAR GUILD:
Jan Baird, Peggy Danford, Kathy Miller, Dale Rushton, Clara Woodridge
BREADBAKERS:
Dale Rushton, Joyce Skogen
NEWCOMERS DESK:
Linda Hammersley, Janice Parker
COFFEE HOUR:
 8:00 am: Paula Robke, Peggy Danford
10:30 am: Gaby Vaught
Prayer attributed to St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled, as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.



Please direct any pastoral care questions or emergencies to either Deacon Ken Russell or Canon Linda Potter.
They can be reached at the Church office 503-678-5422 or after hours:
Deacon Ken (503-887-5587) Canon Linda (630-779-7980).
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