St. Francis Weekly      

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We'll also provide updates like this as to where we stand to meet our goals. Thank you to all who are helping and participating!

Quote of the Week...

Food for Thought...

The following is from Betsy Adams and well worth the read. It is a response to the following link that was sent to the Sacred Ground group regarding the teaching of American History in Florida public schools: The Hill Op-Ed And it is a response to the work of Richard Rohr on violence found here: https://cac.org/daily-meditations/healing-our-violence-weekly-summary-2023-08-05/

Betsy writes. . .

I read the Daily Meditation from Richard Rohr's Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) immediately after reading the Ocoee piece. The connection, for me, has to do with how to respond to all we learned in our shared Sacred Ground experience in any meaningful way. 

The answer to that, for me, has always been to find ways to be in respectful dialogue with other white people who support the “White washing” of the teaching of American History in Florida’s public schools. 

And I have not done anything to make that happen, because of a basic inability to sustain much, if any, empathy for “those people.”

For me, the Daily Meditation I sent you from CAC holds the key to do something about this internal impasse, beginning with Rohr’s own words:

"There is always a linkage between the inner journey of contemplation and our ability to work against violence in the world, in our culture, and in ourselves."

To read more, click here. . .

Sunday (13)

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11:00 AM

In-Person Coffee Hour (Church)

THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE

Monday (14)

2:00 PM

Interfaith Social Ministry Collaborative

Tuesday (15)

10:00 AM

Executive Committee

Tuesday (15)

11:00 AM

Villa Eucharist

Tuesday (15)

5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

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Tuesday (15)

6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

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Wednesday (16)

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Clergy Meeting

Thursday (17)

10:00 AM

Morning Prayer

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Thursday (17)

11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Sunday (20)

8:00 AM

Worship with Eucharist (HC)

Sunday (20)

10:00 AM

Worship with Eucharist (Church)

Sunday (20)

11:00 AM

Zoom Coffee Hour

Sunday (20)

4:00 PM

Service for Pets and Their People (Church)

Tuesday, Aug. 22 @ 10:00 AM

Executive Committee

Tuesday, Aug. 22 @ 5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Tuesday, Aug. 22 @ 6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

Wed., Aug. 23 @ 1:00 PM

Clergy Meeting

Wed., Aug. 23 @ 4:00 PM Road Miles for a Mission Road Race Meeting

Thursday, Aug. 24 @ 10 AM

Morning Prayer

Thurs., Aug. 24 @ 11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Friday, Aug. 25 @ 11:00 AM Fall Festival Planning Meeting

Saturday, Aug. 26 @ 10 AM Monthly Hike @ Zofnass Family Preserve

Sunday, Aug. 27 @ 8:00 AM

In-Person Worship and Eucharist

Sunday, Aug. 27 @ 10:00 AM

In-Person Worship and Eucharist (Church)

Sunday, Aug. 27 @ 11:00 AM In-Person Coffee Hour (Church)

Tuesday, Aug. 29 @ 10:00 AM

Executive Committee

Tuesday, Aug. 29 @ 5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Tuesday, Aug. 29 @ 6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

Wed., Aug. 16 @ 9:30 AM Pacific House Governance Meeting

Thursday, Aug. 31 @ 10 AM

Morning Prayer

Thurs., Aug. 31 @ 11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Sunday, Sep. 3 @ 8:00 AM

In-Person Worship and Eucharist

Sunday, Sep. 3 @ 10:00 AM

In-Person Worship and Eucharist (Church)

Sunday, Sep. 3 @ 11:00 AM

Zoom Coffee Hour