St. Francis Weekly

A Message from the Wardens:

We are aware that many in the parish are concerned about the status and outcome of the issue involving Mark and the real estate transaction in Redding. Mark met earlier this week with Bishop Mello. We have been advised that the issue has been resolved, and the matter is now closed. We are grateful that the uncertainty regarding this matter is over.

With best regards,

Eileen Hynes, Suzanne Stevens

February 19 - February 26, 2023

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Quote of the Week...

Food for Thought...

The following is from Aleta Shipley and given at our vestry meeting on Wednesday. Thank you, Aleta!

Have you ever noticed how a thought can get stuck in your head, much like a song, and you’ll be thinking about it off and on until, I don’t know, until you somehow resolve it? Currently residing inside my head is something Mark mentioned in his sermon on Sunday. He spoke about the monkey with a coconut and how the way to catch a monkey, is to carve a little hole in the coconut, just big enough for the monkey to insert his hand. Add some rice and wait. The monkey will go to grab the rice, grasp it and be unable to remove its hand out of the coconut. A little google research revealed folks would also tie a string on the coconut, hanging it from a tree, adding a stake in the ground to secure it all and thus, keep the monkey from being able to run away. Who wants to catch a monkey? And why? Does the monkey not realize that if he just opened his hand he could get out of the coconut? Seriously, why wouldn’t the

monkey tip the coconut upside down first and let the rice fall out? Is the monkey enough like a human that we could call this an act of obsession, doing the same thing over and over again, much the way one can play the thought in one’s head over and over again? To read more, click here. . .

Link of

the Week

AFrom PBS Newshour's Brief but Spectacular series. Cecil Williams offers us an excellent vision of being Church. . .

Going

Deeper

This is an interesting interview with U of Chicago law professor, Martha Nussbaum, on the rights of animals. St. Francis would love this conversation. The title is key: What Do We Owe Animals?

Weekly Schedule

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Sunday (19)

8:00 AM

In-Person Morning Prayer (HC)

10:00 AM

In-Person and Livestream Worship

with Eucharist (Church)

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Godly Play Story

Jesus in the Wilderness

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11:00 AM

Zoom Coffee Hour

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THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE

Monday (20)

Presidents' Day

Monday (20)

7:00 PM

Sneak Peek

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Tuesday (21)

10:00 AM

St. Francis Executive Committee Meeting

Tuesday (21)

5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

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Tuesday (21)

6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

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Wednesday (22)

Ash Wednesday

8:00 AM

Ashes on the Way

(Ferguson Library)

Wednesday (22)

Noon

Ash Wednesday Service (HC)

Wednesday (22)

7:00 PM

Ash Wednesday Service

(St. John's Lutheran Church)

Thursday (23)

10:00 AM

Morning Prayer

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Thursday (23)

11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Saturday (25)

5:00 PM

Saturday Evening Worship (HC)

Sunday (26)

8:00 AM

Worship with Eucharist (HC)

Sunday (26)

9:00 AM

Reimagining Committee

(Meeting Room)

Sunday (26)

10:00 AM

Worship with Eucharist (Church)

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Sunday (26)

11:00 AM

Zoom Coffee Hour

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Sunday (26)

11:00 AM

Book Group: Thoughts in Solitude

(Church)

Sunday (26)

3:00 PM

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Save the Date

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Monday, Feb. 27 @ 7:00 PM

Sneak Peek Lectionary Study

Tuesday, Feb. 28 @ 10:00 AM

Executive Committee

Tuesday, Feb. 28 @ 11:00 AM The Villa Eucharist

Tuesday, Feb. 28 @ 5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Tuesday, Feb. 28 @ 6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

Wednesday, Mar. 1 @8:30 AM

Episcopal Church in CT Meeting

Wednesday, Mar. 1 @ 6:15 PM Lenten Soup and . . . Meal

(St. John's Lutheran)

Wednesday, Mar. 1 @ 7 PM Midweek Lenten Service

(St. John's Lutheran Church)

Thursday, Mar. 2 @ 10 AM

Morning Prayer

Thursday, Mar. 2 @ 11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Saturday, Mar. 4 @ 5:00 PM

Saturday Evening Worship

Sunday, Mar. 5 @ 8:00 AM

In-Person Worship and Eucharist (HC)

Sunday, Mar. 5 @ 10:00 AM

In-Person Worship and Eucharist (Church)

Sunday, Mar. 5 @ 11:00 AM

Zoom Coffee Hour

Sunday, Mar. 5 @ 11:00 AM

Book Group: Thoughts in Solitude

(Church)

Monday, Mar. 6 @ 7:00 PM

Sneak Peek Lectionary Study

Tuesday, Mar. 7 @ 10:00 AM

Executive Committee

Tuesday, Mar. 7 @ 5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Tuesday, Mar. 7 @ 6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

Wednesday, Mar. 8 @ 6:15 PM Lenten Soup and . . . Meal

(St. John's Lutheran)

Wednesday, Mar. 8 @ 7 PM Midweek Lenten Service

(St. John's Lutheran Church)

Thursday, Mar. 9 @ 10 AM

Morning Prayer

Thursday, Mar. 9 @ 11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Saturday, Mar. 11 @ 5:00 PM

Saturday Evening Worship

Sunday, Mar. 12 @ 8:00 AM

In-Person Worship and Eucharist (HC)

Sunday, Mar. 12 @ 10:00 AM

In-Person Worship and Eucharist (Church)

Sunday, Mar. 12 @ 11:00 AM

In-Person Coffee Hour

Sunday, Mar. 12 @ 11:00 AM

Book Group: Thoughts in Solitude

(Church)

Sunday, Mar. 12 @ 4:00 PM

Movie Night: The Man Who Came to Dinner

(Church)

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