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St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church
Weekly E-Blast
October 21, 2021
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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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Twenty-second Sunday after Pentacost
Proper 25
Sunday, October 24, 2021
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This Sunday will be Consecration Sunday, where we thank God for all the ways in which the members of St. Francis share their time, talent and treasure. If you have not had an opportunity to submit a pledge card, please consider adding it to the collection plate on Sunday. We will continue to welcome pledge cards after Consecration Sunday, and we will plan our 2022 budget based on the pledges that we receive by Sunday. |
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Adult Formation @ 9:00 am on Sunday Mornings
Our adult formation series is focused on the Gospel of Mark. It will accompany our readings from Mark through Pentecost. Sessions begin at 9:00 am on Sundays. They start with prayer, follwed by introductions, the Gospel reading, teaching, questions and reflection.
Please join us in person or on Zoom (link is sent in the Sunday message from father Brendan.).
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Sunday School for ages 4-10 at the 10:30 service
The young people will have class and then return to church during the Peace for the latter part of the church service. We will follow Covid precautions by asking all to wear a mask. We look forward to special times together.
Linda Tasker, Jane Domagalski
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Participants in this Week's Services |
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Serving at 8:00 am
Lector: Dan Nebert
Lector: Ron Coleman
LEM: Peggy Danford
Intercesso: Mary Kirk
Ushers/Greeters: Peggy Danford and Don Nash
Altar Guild: Ron and Sue Coleman
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Serving at 10:30 am
Lector: Bruce Schroeder
Lector: Mary Ann Schroeder
LEM: Joe Schiwek
Intercessor: Jeanette Munyon
Usher/Videographer: Jason Olson
Usher/Greeter: Richard Martens
Altar Guild: Apryl Garmon and Shirley Treadwell
Flower Guild: Terri Hoffman
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This week's calendar
Saturday, October 23
4:00 pm- Octoberfest Celebration- see announcement below
Sunday, October 24
8:00 am - Spoken Eucharist
9:00 am - Adult Formation: The Gospel of Mark
10:30 am - Sunday School
10:30 am - Eucharist, Live Eucharist on YouTube/Facebook
Monday, October 25
7:30 pm - Evening Compline, with Bible Study on Zoom
7:30 pm - AA
Tuesday, October 26
4:00 pm – Caring Ministry on Zoom
7:00 pm - RA
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Wednesday, October 27
12:00 pm - Noon Eucharist
1:00 pm - Staff Meeting
7:00 pm - Choir Rehearsal
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
7:30 pm - AA
Thursday, October 28
10:00 an - Book Group
7:00 pm - Vestry
7:00 pm - AA Men’s Group
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Friday, October 29
10:00 am - Al Anon
7:30 pm - Evening Compline on Zoom
Sunday, October 31 – Dress up for Halloween
8:00 am – Spoken Eucharist
9:00 am – Adult Formation
10:30 am – Sunday School
10:30 am - Eucharist, Live Eucharist on YouTube/Facebook
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Don't Forget Octoberfest is this
Saturday, October 23 - 4:00pm
Come even if you didn't sign up. Fun for all!
This event is hosted by the Hospitality and Stewardship Committees and will be held outdoors.
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October 31, Halloween, is on Sunday this year. Just for fun let’s all wear Halloween apparel for church that morning! Nothing too scary, we don’t want to frighten Deacon Ken! |
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All Souls Day - Tuesday, November 2
All Souls Day will be celebrated at St. Francis with a quiet and reflective service, which will include Eucharist and the lighting of candles by which our loved ones, the saints in our lives, are remembered. The service is at 5:00 pm.
The names of the departed to be listed in the All Souls bulletin can be submitted through pink forms in your bulletin and in the narthex.
Deadline for names is Thursday, October 28.
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Honoring our Veterans
We will be celebrating and acknowledging our veterans on Sunday, November 14.
On that day, flags will be placed on the burial places of veterans in the Memorial Gardens.
The names of the veterans will be listed in the bulletin.
Names can be submitted on the green forms in your bulletin or in the narthex.
Deadline for names is Wednesday, November 10
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"Wellness" - Our 2022 Stewardship Campaign
Consecration of the pledges received so far will be this Sunday at both services.
It is not too late to submit your pledge with the Estimate of Giving Card sent to you in the mail using the enclosed envelope, or placing it in the offering on Sunday morning. Pick one up at the Information Center or go online.
As part of our stewardship campaign, we will create a stewardship quilt that will include a quilting square for every pledge card. Pledges can be in the form of time, talent or treasure. You simply need to return a pledge card, and you will be included in our quilt. Our quilt will be a beautiful physical manifestation of our spiritual and social unity.
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The St. Francis Choir and the St. Francis Ringers
(Bell Choir)
New members are always welcome to these ensembles.
If you are interested in joining either of these ensembles, please speak to Jon Holland, Music Director, or email him:
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St. Francis Book Group on Zoom
The book group meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 10:00 am on Zoom.
(no in person meetings at this time.)
We are currently reading Crazy Christians by Michael Curry.
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Weekday Evenings Compline
7:30 pm, on Zoom
Bible Study Monday nights
The zoom link is sent out each weekday.
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Backpack Buddies
We will have our first sorting day on Tuesday, November 2, at 4:00 pm and packing day on Wednesday, November 3, at 10:00 am. (corrected dates)
I will need volunteers to help both days.
Thank you, Linda Tasker
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Wilsonville Food Bank
They need peanut butter and storable fresh fruit such as apples and oranges. NO CEREAL, please. You can drop off your donations to the church. A volunteer takes the food to the Food Bank every Tuesday.
Thank you all for helping with this important need!
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Threads of Love Sewing Ministry - Come Join Us!
During this Stewardship season we are focusing on wellness, which includes getting involved, contributing to our community, sharing our talents and skills, cultivating healthy relationships and communicating our thoughts, feelings and ideas.
If you are interested in a ministry that “checks all of these boxes,” please consider joining the Threads of Love Sewing Ministry. We are a very collaborative group and meet in person twice each month, but have options for ministry members to participate from home as well.
Current Projects
Baby Blanket Ensembles - We are busy making baby blanket ensembles for the Salud Medical Center in Woodburn. Each ensemble is unique and includes a double weight flannel receiving blanket, burp cloth and knitted cap - a perfect welcome for a new baby! In January 2021, we gifted Salud with almost 100 ensembles and are striving for 125 to present to them in January 2022. If you can cut fabric, iron, sew straight seams or knit, we welcome your help. Pre-cut kits are available for members to sew at home, which makes completing an ensemble a quick and fun project!
Stewardship Quilt - When the Stewardship Campaign is complete, our ministry will help with the preparation of the quilt top and backing for professional quilting and then add the binding after it is quilted. If you would like to help with this effort or would like to learn more about the process, please join us.
Our meeting dates are listed in the weekly parish email blast and also in the Sunday bulletins. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming meeting!
Jean Atwell, Mary Kirk, Dale Rushton, Betsy Yacob
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Knitters Alert!
We will again be knitting baby hats for the Salud Medical Clinic in Woodburn, to be given to newborns there (and to their older siblings)! The members of our Sewing Ministry have offered to make matching receiving blankets to go with some of the hats, so they could be given as a set. As you all knit the hats, please bring them to the church so the stitchers can make a matching little quilt. This is a lovely new idea. We have generous and talented folks in our knitting and sewing ministries!
We will be ingathering the baby hats, blankets, baby clothes and diapers when we celebrate Epiphany in January.
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Bishop Akiyama has issued guidelines regarding worship in diocesan churches.
Masks are required during all church services, and while gathering in either the Narthex, or the Parish Hall.
Exchanging "The Peace" should be done from a distance rather than in the form of a hug or handshake.
We will no longer be distributing wine during communion.. We will only distribute wafers. (Just a reminder: receiving both the wine and the bread is not necessary. Taking either the bread or the wine constitutes complete communion.) We invite you to come to the altar rail to receive the consecrated bread. If you want only a blessing, please come to the altar rail and cross your arms across your chest and Fr. Brendan will bless you.
Indoor fellowship activities such as offee hour, bible studies, book groups, meetings, etc. will be moved outdoors, eliminated, or moved online, as appropriate. If moved outdoors, individuals should remain masked unless proper distance is provided between households.
Some activities may continue indoors. Masks and maintaining a safe distance from others, regardless of vaccination status, will be expected.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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