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This Week
"At a Glance"
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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. The office is being renovated during the month of December. Frank and Jessica are available for appointments. You can reach them at... Jessica: 314.283.4697, Frank: 314.740.1160.
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
Finn Rowley announces that he will be a big brother to a little sister in May 2011! Jessica and Joe are thrilled to welcome a daughter into the world! Below is an ultrasound picture of her sweet profile.
(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
December 23, 2010 |
Christmas
Saturday, December 25th, 2010 5:00 p.m.
Presiders: Jessica Rowley and Frank Krebs
Homilist: Jessica Rowley
Lectors: Elizabeth Seitz, Michelle Smith
Sacristan: Jessica Rowley (and whoever is around to help)
Eucharistic Ministers: Mary Jordan, Art Maines, Joann Noll
Children's Liturgy: No Children's liturgy this week 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). |
Christmas at SCF
Celebrate Christmas with
Sts. Clare & Francis, Saturday, December 25th at 5:00 pm. The Evangelical United Church of Christ will have two services on Christmas Eve, December 24, a Family Service at 4:00 pm and a Christmas Candlelight Service at 11:00 pm. |
Happy Playful New Year!
Make 2011 more playful! Mary Jordan and Jessica Rowley host a monthly InterPlay group in the 212 building (Still Speaking Center) at Evangelical UCC. Schedule play into your calendar on January 12th, 7-8:30 pm. We use the forms and philosophy of Interplay to build community, embrace body wisdom and access spontaneity and fun (see www.interplay.org)! |
Two Masses New Year's Day
Just to be clear: we will have our normal 5 PM Saturday evening liturgy on January 1st. At 7 PM Therese Gabriel and Judy DeFrank will be celebrating their nuptuals at a eucharist as well. Everyone is of course welcome to both celebrations. Knowing they are both eucharists, perhaps you can plan better how you want to participate. fk |
Therese & Judy's Wedding RSVP
If you are planning to attend the wedding reception, please be sure RSVP to Judy and Therese at theresem40@charter.net, so that the correct number can be given to the caterer. Thanks. |
How to Contact Frank and Jess
While the Office is Being Renovated
We will continue to check mail at our Eden address:
475 E. Lockwood Ave.
Webster Groves, MO 63119
(this address will remain the same even after we move to our new space)
If you need to contact Jessica during the month of December call 314.283.4697 or email jessica.rowley@stsclareandfrancis.org
If you need to contact Frank during the month of December call 314.740.1160 or email frank.krebs@stsclareandfrancis.org |
Thank You from Cecelia Ann
It's been a year since the difficulties with my ministry situation. God's faithfulness in daily guiding me in prayer and journaling, and support from the Body of Christ have been a real help.
I thank all of you most deeply for the love and support I've experienced this year - every Eucharist I've felt enfolded in love and community. Your concern and kindness have been wonderful. So a huge "thank you." At this point I have no clarity on my ministry or future except to wait until God gives me direction. But it's always been that way. "In the fullness of time."
In the meantime, I'd like to share a quote from Richard Rohr, which is so timely: "'Come Lord Jesus' is a leap into the kind of freedom and surrender that is rightly called the virtue of hope. The theological virtue of hope is the patient and trustful willingness to live without closure, without resolution, and still be content and even happy because our satisfaction is now at another level, and our source is beyond ourselves. We are able to trust that the Lord will come again, just as Jesus has come into our past, into our private dillemmas, and into our suffering world. Our Christian past then becomes our Christian prologue, and 'Come Lord Jesus' is not a cry of desperation but an assured shout of cosmic hope!" |
Frank's homily from Dec. 18th, Do you hear, see, know what I know?, has been posted and is available, along with other archived homilies preached at Sts. Clare & Francis, at http://scfhomilies.posterous.com.
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Events Sponsored by Friends of SCF
Celebrate Epiphany with Contemplative Outreach
Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011
5 p.m.
Gather at 4:30 p.m.
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
1551 Bennett, Warson Woods
Join us for a
Service of Light with song and prayer
in the manner of Taize
followed by a potluck supper.
Please bring a dish to share.
All are welcome.
Contact Marsha Whelan with questions, 314.991.5639.
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Trivia Night Peter & Paul Community Services
Saturday, January 15, 2011 St. Justin Martyr Parish Center (Sunset Hills) 11914 Eddie & Park Road 63126
Doors open 6:45 pm, Questions begin at 7:30 pm $20 per person (includes soda & beer) 8 players per table
call Emily at 314.588.7111 ext. 203 |
random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
 Under a cultural exchange program, my family was host to a rabbi from Russia at Christmastime. We decided to introduce him to a culinary treat that was probably not available in his country: we took him to our favorite Chinese restaurant! Throughout the meal the rabbi spoke excitedly about the wonders of our country in comparison to the bleak conditions in his homeland. When we finished eating, the waiter brought the check and presented each of us with a small brass Christmas tree ornament as a seasonal gift. We all laughed when my father pointed out that the ornaments were stamped "Made in India." But the laughter subsided when we saw that the rabbi was quietly crying. Concerned, my father asked him if he was offended because he had been given a gift for a Christian holiday. He smiled, shook his head and said, "Nyet. I was shedding tears of joy to be in a place in which a Buddhist gives a Jew a Christmas gift made by a Hindu!" |
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