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Welcome Our Scholarship Students this Sunday! The St. Francis Scholarship Fund is having a party for our recent graduate from Cal State Long Beach, our current students and our new Hawthorne Math & Science Academy and Narbonne High School students. Some will be attending our 10:00 a.m. service. Please take a minute to welcome and congratulate them at the coffee hour today.

Tomorrow! - Family Dinner and Movie Night “ The Kid Who Would Be King “ Friday August 9th at 5:00pm, in the Library - Tacos for supper!!!

Welcome to Our New Deacon! The Rev. Jude Lyons joins our staff and church family this Wednesday, August 14, and will serve as Deacon starting next Sunday August 18. She will be in ministry as the Associate for Spiritual Care and the Arts. Jude will be ordained a priest in January of 2020.

A Men's Corner: Connecting With Other Men at St. Francis Wednesday, August 14, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. at the Corner Bakery, 1868 S. Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach . Rev. Peter Huang and Canon Hank Gatlin will host this monthly fellowship time for men. Come connect with other men at St. Francis, join in each other's spiritual journey over a meal or cup of coffee. Let us know if you can join us—or just stop by!

Rummage & Book Sale! It's Almost Here! Quick - Last Chance to Clear Out Clutter! Sale Dates—Fri & Sat. Aug 16 & 17. 8am - 2pm. All donations must be received no later than next Wednesday, August 14th, 1:00 p.m. Thank you so for much for your donations for the Rummage and Book Sale! If you haven't yet delivered your treasures, please do so by the date above to all for pricing and sorting. We gladly accept your unwanted, but usable treasures. Clothing, knick-knacks, kitchenware, sporting goods, small furniture, electronics etc. Help us sort, price and display all of the merchandise - 9:30am until 2pm, weekdays. During the sale we will need cashiers, baggers, will call attendants and people to help shoppers and tidy things. Please call Gloria if you can help any time in any way. 310-375-8916. Leave a message I will return your call. Many thanks!

Book donations— again - last chance to donate is next Wednesday, August 14, 1:00 p.m. Drop them off on the table on the loggia (right side of the parish hall facing the lower patio).  Please no magazines, textbooks, scientific books, encyclopedias or videos as these do not sell. Money raised goes to our scholarship students for their textbooks and educational materials. Summer is a great time to clean our bookshelves to make room for a terrific book you might find at the St. Anne’s Book Sale!

Sunday School is on Summer Session! Kids - meet each week in the library during 10 a.m. worship for a casual Sunday school time.

Other News, and Coming Up!

Radical Sending Sunday, August 25 after both services, Board Room Have you wondered why we end our worship service by sending forth with "Let us go into the world in peace to love and serve the Lord"? Jesus didn't just call people to come, he called them to be sent. Join us for part 2 of this class, as we engage a Church Next video " Radical Sending" and reflect together how St. Francis can live out our mission together as we come together to serve our world for peace, justice and love.

Thank You Choir! A huge thank you to our regular and summer choir singers for enriching our words each Sunday with the gift of music, helping us all to enrich our experience of the Holy and joyful. After a well-earned vacation through August, they will be back on September 8. Rehearsals are Thursdays at 7:15 p.m. No audition—we will teach you! Contact Jeannie Cobb to learn more!

Ongoing Spiritual Groups Meditation Group - we’re back! Thursday Mornings, 9:30—10:30 a.m. in the Nason Prayer Chapel in the main sanctuary. No charge. Yoga - Week beginning August 12 - Monday & Wednesday mornings 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Free-will offering. Contact Jill Fenske for more info, or to be added to her email contact list. View our calendar for summer class dates.

Sunday Worship Bulletins - download your bulletin to your phone or tablet and help us save the planet! Sermons Online Archive The Very Rev. Paula Vukmanic Readings for August 4, 8th Sunday after Pentecost Episcopal News Weekly Email Paula+, 310-375 4617 x223 Email Peter+, 310-375 4617 x225. You are not interrupting our work - you ARE our work!

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