Food for Thought...

A busy week.  Here is a helpful piece from Joan Chittister. . .

Life is a thing of many stages and moving parts. What we do with ease at one time of life we can hardly manage at another. What we could not fathom doing when we were young, we find great joy in when we are old. Like the seasons through which we move, life itself is a never-ending series of harvests, a different fruit for every time.

The skill of life, of course, lies in harvesting well and harvesting always, in taking the best that life has to give at any stage, in being patient with ourselves along our way. The Sufi tell a story about what happens when we force things: Once upon a time, the story goes, a seeker found a cocoon resting quietly. Intent on seeing the butterfly within, the seeker held the cocoon in loving hands, breathed warm breath upon it and watched with excitement as the butterfly emerged. But hardly had the newly hatched beauty spread its wings then it dies. “Why did my butterfly die?” the seeker asked the Holy One. “To teach you a lesson.” the Holy One said. “Everything can be born in due time; nothing can be rushed.”

The secret of life is to let every segment of it produce its own yield at its own pace. Every period has something new to teach us: The harvest of youth is achievement; the harvest of middle age is perspective; the harvest of age is wisdom; the harvest of life is serenity. The Rule of Benedict tells us to do all things with counsel, to learn from those around us who have already gone the way before us, to ask the opinion of the entire community when making major decisions. Those are all good lessons. They can save us from ourselves. They can stop us from forcing butterflies before their time. They can make the harvest full.

     ––from The Monastery Almanac by Joan Chittister (Benetvision)

Sunday (9) 

8:00 AM

In-Person Worship with Eucharist (HC)

10:00 AM

In-Person and Livestream Worship

with Eucharist (Church)

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Godly Play Story:

Noah and the Ark

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After the 10 AM Service

In-Person and Zoom Coffee Hour

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THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE



Monday (10)

1:30 PM

Community Task Force Meeting

Monday (10)

7:00 PM

Sneak Peek Lectionary Study

Genesis 32:22-31

Psalm 121

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

Luke 18:1-8

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Tuesday (11)

8:00 AM

Clergy Breakfast with Mayor Simmons

Tuesday (11)

10:00 AM

St. Francis Executive Committee Meeting

Tuesday (11)

5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

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Tuesday (11)

6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

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Wednesday (12)

9:30 AM

Liturgy Committee Meeting

Thursday (13)

10:00 AM

Morning Prayer

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Thursday (13)

11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Saturday (15)

5:00 PM

Saturday Evening Worship (HC)

Sunday (16)

8:00 AM

In-Person Worship with Eucharist (HC)

Sunday (16)

10:00 AM

In-Person and Livestream Worship

with Eucharist (Church)

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Sunday (16)

After the 10 AM Service

In-Person and Zoom Coffee Hour

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Sunday (16)

11:00 AM

Milestones Event (Church) RSVP

Sunday (16)

4:00 PM

Service for Pets and Their People (Church)

Monday, Oct. 17 @ 7:00 PM

Sneak Peek Lectionary Study

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Tues., October 18 @ 10:00 AM

St. Francis Executive Committee Meeting

Tues., October 18 @ 5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

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Tues., October 18 @ 6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

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Wed., Oct. 19 @ 8:30 AM

Episcopal Church in Connecticut

Wed., Oct. 19 @ 12:00 PM

Stamford Clergy Meeting

Wed., October 19 @ 7:00 PM

Vestry Meeting

Thurs,, Oct. 20 @ 10:00 AM

Morning Prayer

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Thurs,, Oct. 20 @ 11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Thurs,, Oct. 20 @ 6:00 PM

The Bible With and Without Jesus Discussion

Thurs., October 20 @ 7:00 PM

For the Life of the World: Religious Responses to the Climate Crisis Presentation

Saturday, Oct. 22 @ 9:00 AM

Church Landscape and Clean Up Morning

Saturday, Oct. 22 @ 5:00 PM

Saturday Evening Worship

Sunday, Oct. 23 @ 8:00 AM

In-Person Worship with Eucharist (HC)

Sunday, Oct. 23 @ 10:00 AM

In-Person and Livestream Worship

with Eucharist (Church)

Sunday, October 23

After the 10 AM Service

In-Person and Zoom Coffee Hour

Sunday, Oct. 23 @ 3:00 PM

We Refuse to be Enemies Program

Monday, Oct. 24 @ 7:00 PM

Sneak Peek Lectionary Study

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Tues., October 25 @ 10:00 AM

St. Francis Executive Committee Meeting

Tues., October 25 @ 5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

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Tues., October 25 @ 6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

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Thurs,, Oct. 27 @ 10:00 AM

Morning Prayer

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Thurs,, Oct. 27 @ 11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Thurs,, Oct. 27 @ 6:00 PM

The Bible With and Without Jesus Discussion

Saturday, Oct 29 @ 5:00 PM

Saturday Evening Worship

Sunday, Oct. 30 @ 8:00 AM

In-Person Worship with Eucharist (HC)

Sunday, Oct. 30 @ 10:00 AM

In-Person and Livestream Worship

with Eucharist (Church)

Sunday, October 30

After the 10 AM Service

Zoom Coffee Hour

Monday, Oct. 31 @ 7:00 PM

Sneak Peek Lectionary Study

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Tuesday, Nov. 1 @ 10:00 AM

St. Francis Executive Committee Meeting

Tuesday, Nov. 1 @ 5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

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Tuesday, Nov. 1 @ 6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

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Wed. Nov. 2 @ 8:30 AM

Episcopal Church in Connecticut 

Thurs, Nov. 3 @ 10:00 AM

Morning Prayer

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Thurs, Nov. 3 @ 11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Thurs, Nov. 3 @ 6:00 PM

The Bible With and Without Jesus Discussion

Saturday, Nov. 5 @ 5:00 PM

Saturday Evening Worship

Sunday, Nov. 6 @ 8:00 AM

In-Person Worship with Eucharist (HC)

Sunday, Nov. 6 @ 10:00 AM

In-Person and Livestream Worship

with Eucharist (Church)

Sunday, November 6 

After the 10 AM Service

Zoom Coffee Hour