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This Week
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Thursday, Sept 30
San Damiano youth mission trip
7:00pm SCF Synod Delegate meeting
Friday, October 1
San Damiano youth mission trip
9:00am City Muesum with San Damiano youth
9:30am Lectionary small group
Saturday, October 2
4:00pm Service Committee Meeting
Want to add an event to the calendar? Contact Jessica (314.918.2766). |
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General Info | |
The Parish Council meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Members: Anne Knight, Frank Krebs, George von Stamwitz, Jessica Rowley, Nancy Wamser, Sheila Leander, Steve Campbell, Sue Stolze.
We frequently have community gatherings called Convocations where we discuss the
vision of the community. Dates and times are announced in this newsletter.
The Parish 0ffice is located at Eden Theological Seminary, 475 E. Lockwood, Saint Louis, MO 63119. Frank and Jessica are available for appointments 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Tuesday through Friday.
Jessica: 314.918.2766,
Frank: 314.918.2767.
We have an initiative to connect people to small faith sharing groups. If you are interested in joining a small group, please contact Jessica Rowley (314.918.2766 or email).
Do you have friends who would like to know more about Sts. Clare & Francis?
Would you be willing to invite them to your house for an hour or so to hear about us? Frank is willing to come to your home to share the story of SCF with your friends.
We Tithe as a parish and we need your recommendations
We have committed to tithing as a parish. We donate 10% of all that we collect in our offerings to worthy causes. We do this as an act of faith, trusting that, in doing this, we will still be able to meet our financial needs. We have received a number of wonderful suggestions. Please continue to let the Parish Council know about worthy organizations that you would like us as a community to contribute to. Information needed: your name, name of organization you are suggesting, to whom check should be made payable, where to send check and to whose attention. Please send your suggestions to Marilyn Tenholder.
Matthew 25
The Matthew 25 Fund helps members in our community who need financial assistance. All information concerning the people with whom we work is held in the strictest confidence. If you would like to contribute to this fund, make your check payable to Matthew 25, and place it in the collection basket. If you would like to donate cash, put it in an envelope labeled "Matthew 25" and place it in the collection basket. If you need assistance from the fund, you can contact
We have a SafeChurch Policy to protect our children and other vulnerable populations. |
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Do you shop at Schnucks?
Please keep our Schnucks E-Scrip fund raiser in mind when you shop. If you don't already have an E-Scrip card, please call Marilyn Tenholder (314.323.1467) and she will get one to you. There is no charge and all you have to do is activate it by either a phone call or by going online. Simply show the card when you check out and a percentage of your purchase cost will be rebated back to Sts. Clare & Francis. Thank you! SCF Online Booksale Please consider donating books to the Sts. Clare & Francis Online Book sale Fundraiser. All proceeds, net of fees, will go to Sts. Clare & Francis. We are looking for good quality new or used books on religion, spirituality, self-  help, business, textbooks, cookbooks, psychology, books signed by the author and children's books. We will accept books from other categories, too, but fiction (especially paperback) doesn't sell very well. You can bring your books to the weekly Mass on Saturdays at 5:00 pm or you can arrange for pickup by calling Art Maines at 314.518.1973. If you have questions about the sale or books you'd like to donate, you can call Art at the same number. 
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COMMUNITY CORNER...our family news
(It is good for us to know what's happening in each other's lives. If you have any news you'd like to share with the community, please email Steve ). |
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The Weekly News
September 30, 2010 |
The 27th Week of Ordinary Time
Saturday, October 2 , 2010 5:00 p.m.
Readings:Hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4; 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14;
Lk 17:5-10
Presider: Jessica Rowley
Homilist: George von Stamwitz Lectors: Art Maines, Janie Smith
Eucharistic Ministers: Kay Schmitt, Mary Hart, Mary B. Jordan
Sacristan: Judy DeFrank
Children's Liturgy: Joe Rowley, Helen Gennari
If you are unable to serve in your scheduled ministry, please let Jessica know when you get a substitute so that we can publish the correct names in the newsletter. Thanks so much. Jessica Rowley (314.918.2766). |
CALLING ALL BRAINIACS
 The brain is a terrible thing to waste!!
That's why YOU are being invited to attend the 2nd Annual SCF Trivia Night on Friday, October 8 at the Heights.
It is THE EVENT to gather with good friends, good food, good drinks and good times!!! Oh yeah!! It's the smart thing to do!
For a printable Trivia Night flyer/registration form click here. |
HOORAY AND THANKS  Thanks to all who helped make my birthday so special last weekend. It felt so good to celebrate with y'all.
AND thanks to all who donated to our KIVA loan. We made a loan of $250 to a group in Congo to help expand their foods business. (Micro-lending is SO COOL!)
Much love,
Sue Stolze |
Looking for a small group?
New small groups are forming now at Sts. Clare & Francis. Now is the time to get connected and grow with your sisters and brothers at SCF. Interested?
Email Jessica and indicate if you have any special interests (e.g. faith sharing, book club, theological discussion, young adult, dinner group, parent/child, etc.). |
Volunteers Needed for Online Updates
We are looking for different persons who might be willing to help with the following weekly tasks:
A. Member directory
B. Facebook page
C. Website
D. Weekly Prayer List
This is a great way to serve your community and to help get the word out about SCF! If you are interested, let's talk. Contact Jessica at jessica.rowley@stsclareandfrancis.org or 314.918.2766. |
SCF Pastoral Plan
Your Input Requested
In the summer and fall of 2008, members of Sts. Clare & Francis held a series of meetings to develop a Pastoral Plan for the parish. The Plan was published in the winter of 2008. The plan is divided into four sections: 1. Decision Making Structures; 2. Community Designs; 3. Worship and Spiritual Development; and 4. Service Channels (Works of Justice and Compassion).
At its October meeting, the parish council will be reviewing Section 3 of the plan.
We invite your input. Does the plan need updating? Should anything be added, or removed from the plan? What are we doing well, and where are there opportunities for us to do better?
The third section, Worship and Spiritual Development, is now up on the Forum section of the Sts. Clare & Francis website. To see it, go to: http://www.stsclareandfrancis.org/site/forum/. (The Forum portion of the website requires you to log in. If you haven't registered yet, click the "Register" button and follow the instructions.)
Once you've logged in, scroll down and click on "Pastoral Plan 2010" to see the first section. You can then give your input by clicking "post reply" at the bottom, or send your input to any member of the parish council. Thanks! |
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 Sign Up for the Synod!
We have a great opportunity to attend the ECC Synod in the convenience of our own home town! Come and get to know representatives from other parishes in the Ecumenical Catholic Communion.
Registration information for Synod 2010 can be found online at the ECC website: http://www.ecumenical-catholic-communion.org/synod2010/reginfo.html.
The Synod will be held from Tuesday evening,
October 26 through Saturday morning, October 30, at the Doubletree Westport Hotel.
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Volunteer Opportunities for the 2010 ECC Synod in STL  We are looking for people who would like to help out with publicity, hospitality, and liturgy for the synod. Let us know too if you are willing to offer a spare bedroom for one or two of the delegates. If you would like to be an active part of this event that will shape the future of the ECC, and SCF in the process, please let us know. We would love to include you; and we need your talent! Please contact Therese and Judy to sign up at synod.team@stsclareandfrancis.org. |
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
from What's So Amazing About Grace
by Philip Yancey During the Brezhnev era at the height of the Cold War, Billy Graham visited Russia and met with government and church leaders.
 Conservatives back home reproached him for treating the Russians with such courtesy and respect. He should have taken a more prophetic role, they said, by condemning the abuses of human rights and religious liberty. One of his critics accused him of setting the church back fifty years.
Graham listened, lowered his head, and replied, "I am deeply ashamed... I have been trying very hard to set the church back two thousand years." |
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