St. Francis of Assisi
Weekly E-Blast
November 19, 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 22, 2020 |
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Psalm 95:1-7a
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 Hospitality Committee and the households of Ronan and Mary Rooney, Dale Rushton, Ken and Cindy Russell and Karen Sablan.
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Serving at 8:00 am
Lector: Jean Atwell
Lector: Dale Rushton
LEM: Steve Stevens
Intercessor: Suzy Mekarski
Usher/Greeter: James Kirk
Usher/Greeter: Mary Kirk
Altar Guild: Peggy Danford
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Serving at 10:30 am
Lector: Diane Smith
Lector: Cindy Russell
LEM: John Wisecaver
Intercessor: Mark Stewart
Usher/Greeter: Jim Munyon
Usher/Greeter: Rob Campbell
Altar Guild: Mary Stewart
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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 22
Live streaming of the 10:30 am service is on YouTube and Facebook.
It will then be available to watch until Monday, when just the sermon will be available.
8:00 am - Spoken Eucharist
9:00 am - Morning Prayer on Zoom
9:20 am - Sunday Conversations 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 23
10:00 am - Bell Choir Rehearsal
7:00 pm - Bell Choir Rehearsal
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Tuesday, November 24
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Wednesday, November 25
12:00 pm - Noon Eucharist
1:00 pm - Staff Meeting on Zoom
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Thursday, November 26 – Thanksgiving Day
Office Closed
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom (TBA)
Friday, November 27
Office Closed
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Saturday, November 28
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The Outreach Ministry is delighted to share that for Thanksgiving, we are providing Fred Meyer gift cards to feed 35 families! These Wilsonville families are from 3 primary schools, 2 middle schools, and the Autumn Park Apartments. The numbers break down to 108 children plus 59 adults = 167 individuals. Please keep these families in your Thanksgiving prayers!
Now on to Christmas plans...our goal is to provide a $50 Target gift card for the same 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 and 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 10th (Christmas outreach in the memo line). Together we can bring tidings of great joy to these families!!
The Outreach Ministry
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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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Bell Ringer Needed
The Monday Evening Bell Choir is in need of another person to ring bells with them. Ringing techniques are easy to learn. The ability to read music is helpful but not entirely necessary. We wear masks at all times and maintain social distancing.
If you think you might be interested, please speak with Music Director Jon Holland.
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Sunday Conversations on Zoom for November
Please join us on Zoom through November 22 for conversations about the Holy Spirit, that last-named person of the Trinity. We’ll use scripture and community wisdom to better understand this wonderful, mysterious Spirit. 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! If you haven’t read The Shack you may want to - it’s an easy way to expand understanding. If you have questions, call or email Terri Hoffmann (503-982-4825, thoffmann@web-ster.com).
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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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Introducing the Threads of Love Sewing Ministry
In early Fall 2019 a group of parishioners who like to sew came together to make some additional Comfort Quilts for the parish collection. Our original plan was to sew together, enjoy fellowship, learn from each other and continue the lovely tradition of having Comfort Quilts available to loan to parishioners in a time of need.
So much has happened since we began this project! First, there was a need for angel costumes for the Christmas pageant followed by the need for Passion Play costumes. Then March and Covid arrived and there was an immediate need for cloth facemasks both locally and throughout the US. The Comfort Quilters responded to all of these requests and 5 Comfort Quilts, over 2,000 facemasks and various costumes later, we find that our original name, The Comfort Quilters, no longer describes our mission. We also learned that we can involve more participants and be more productive if we both sew together and sew at home.
Hence our name change to Threads of Love Sewing Ministry. We found that every project we undertook involved thread and sewing and was infused with a love to share our creations with those in need. Our current project is making flannel receiving blankets for the Salud Medical Center in Woodburn. This year we are partnering with the Knitting Ministry to provide new families with a receiving blanket and a coordinated knitted cap in early January.
You are invited to join us and participate in one of many ways: sew together, sew at home, knit infant caps, make a donation to help fund the cost of fabric, etc. We will provide the blanket pattern and fabric if needed. Donations should be earmarked for Threads of Love Sewing Ministry.
If you have questions or are interested in joining this effort, please contact one us. We look forward to expanding this ministry!
Jean Atwell, Carole Biskar, Traci Cronkrite, Mary Kirk, Betsy Yacob
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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.
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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