St. Francis Weekly

June 27 - July 4, 2021

Join us for Worship with Eucharist at 10:00 AM HERE.

The Sunday bulletin can be accessed HERE.

Quote of the Week. . .

NCC FoodDrive! Thank you to all who gave generously of food, water, and financial resources to support the recent drive to help New Covenant Center! Thank you to Cathy Ostuw and Shivonne Mathison for delivering the items to NCC!

Food for Thought. . .

Another wonderful reflection from our Vestry Compline Service. Thank you, Jim Hawkins. . .

I entered college 62 year ago this September. The word “neuroscience” had not been devised. I took no science, premed or psychology courses. I was an English major; I think by default.

I went to law school, solely to avoid Vietnam which was beginning to heat up in the Spring of 1963 when I graduated from college. Although I also graduated from law school in many ways I feel my formal education ended when I graduated from college.

Following law school there were some nervous months waiting for notice that I was drafted as a private into the army. Surprisingly, I was deferred from the draft until a national emergency, which no President ever declared. After receiving that good news, I enthusiastically joined the “rat race”. My father died when he was 50 and all my pursuits were driven by that haunting deadline. I was a young man in a hurry and there was little time or seeming interest in self-reflection. To read more, click here. . .

Link of the Week

A helpful perspective--and reminder--from none other than John Cena. . .

We Are America ft. John Cena | Love Has No Labels | Ad Council

Going Deeper

Yossi Klein Halevi offered an evening presentation during my visit to Israel last year. I am deeply impressed with his writing and vision. While his piece acknowledges the limits of the new coalition government in Israel, it is an important piece. . .