St. Francis Weekly

In-Person Coffee Hour Following the 10AM Service.

We had postponed the December and January In-Person Coffee Hours because of COVID. It is back by popular demand! We will gather after the 10AM service this Sunday.

Please Join Us!

February 12 - February 19, 2023

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

The Sunday bulletin can be accessed HERE.

Quote of the Week...

Food for Thought...

Thank you, Jim Hawkins, for this reflection from our January vestry meeting.

“FORGIVE US OUR TRESSPASSES

AS WE FORGIVE

THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US”

For many years I have wondered exactly what these words that we so often pray mean. I have searched the internet and elsewhere from time to time looking for the understanding of others. I have found two that I would like to share with you. The first is by C.S. Lewis and the second is by Martin Luther King Jr. whose memory we celebrated earlier this week. To read more, click here. . .

Link of

the Week

AFrom PBS Newshour's Brief but Spectacular series. Money quote from Benjamin Franklin: Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are just as outraged as those who are ...

Going

Deeper

Worth revisiting. This is from The Atlantic:

[Ta-Nehisi] Coates’s 15,000-word cover story. . . traced 400 years of Black experience in America, and it galvanized a national conversation about how governments and citizens should confront systemic injustice, both past and present... The Carter Journalism Institute at NYU ranked it as the most important piece of journalism in any format (book, newspaper article, magazine feature) published between 2010 and 2020.

In light of this week’s news that the College Board will be stripping down its Advanced Placement curriculum for African American Studies, expunging work by writers including Coates, we would like to take this moment to highlight “The Case for Reparations.”

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Weekly Schedule

Please Check the Calendar of Events Here

Sunday (12)

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

St. Valentine

Access the Story Here

11:00 AM

In-Person Coffee Hour

THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE

Monday (13)

2:00 PM

Interfaith Social Ministry Collaborative

Monday (13)

7:00 PM

Sneak Peek

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Tuesday (14)

Valentine's Day

Tuesday (14)

10:00 AM

St. Francis Executive Committee Meeting

Tuesday (14)

11:00 AM

The Villa Eucharist

Tuesday (14)

5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

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Tuesday (14)

6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

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Wednesday (15)

9:30 AM

Hymn Selection Group

Wednesday (15)

Noon

Stamford Clergy Meeting

Wednesday (15)

4:00 PM

Road Race Meeting

Wednesday (15)

7:00 PM

Vestry

Thursday (16)

10:00 AM

Morning Prayer

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Thursday (16)

11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Thursday (16)

7:00 PM

Interfaith Theological Forum:

For the Life of the World

Saturday (18)

5:00 PM

Saturday Evening Worship (HC)

Sunday (19)

8:00 AM

Worship with Eucharist (HC)

Sunday (19)

10:00 AM

Worship with Eucharist (Church)

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Sunday (19)

11:00 AM

Zoom Coffee Hour

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Save the Date

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Monday, Feb. 20 @ 7:00 PM

Sneak Peek Lectionary Study

Tuesday, Feb. 21 @ 9:00 AM

Executive Committee

Tuesday, Feb. 21 @ 5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Tuesday, Feb. 21 @ 6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

Wednesday, Feb. 22

Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, Feb. 22 @ 8 AM Ashes on the Way

(Ferguson Library)

Wednesday, Feb. 22 @ Noon Ash Wednesday Service (HC)

Wednesday, Feb. 22 @ 7 PM Ash Wednesday Service

(St. John's Lutheran Church)

Thursday, Feb. 23 @ 10 AM

Morning Prayer

Thursday, Feb. 23 @ 11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Saturday, Feb. 25 @ 5:00 PM

Saturday Evening Worship

Sunday, Feb. 26 @ 8:00 AM

In-Person Worship and Eucharist (HC)

Sunday, Feb. 26 @ 9:00 AM

Reimagining Committee (Meeting Room)

Sunday, Feb. 26 @ 10:00 AM

In-Person Worship and Eucharist (Church)

Sunday, Feb. 26 @ 11:00 AM

Zoom Coffee Hour

Sunday, Feb. 26 @ 11:00 AM

Book Group: Thoughts in Solitude

(Church)

Sunday, Feb. 26 @ 3:00 PM

Our Common Beliefs: Ramadan

Monday, Feb. 27 @ 7:00 PM

Sneak Peek Lectionary Study

Tuesday, Feb. 28 @ 10:00 AM

Executive Committee

Tuesday, Feb. 21 @ 5:00 PM

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Tuesday, Feb. 21 @ 6:00 PM

Evening Prayer

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)

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