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This Week
"At a Glance"
Friday, June 3
7:00 am Centering Prayer
Saturday, June 4
5:00 pm Mass
Tuesday, June 7
4:30 pm Pastoral Team
Thursday, June 9
7:00 pm Interplay |  |
Want to add an event to the calendar? Contact Lisa (314.795.0114). |
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General Info | |
The Parish Council meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Members are: Therese Gabriel, Steve Campbell, Sheila Leander, Nancy Wamser, Michelle Smith, Mary Crecelius, Jessica Rowley and Frank Krebs.
The Parish 0ffice is located at Eden Theological Seminary, 483 E. Lockwood, Suite 3, Saint Louis, MO 63119. 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).
We Tithe as a parish and we need your recommendations
We donate 10% of our collections 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. Please let the Parish Council know about worthy organizations that you would like us 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 need assistance from the fund, contact Peggy Montgomery.
Membership Care Prayer List
If you have a joy or concern you would like to share on the prayer list please contact someone on the pastoral team Jessica Rowley 314.918.2766; Lisa von Stamwitz 314.795.0114; Frank Krebs 314.740.1160; We have a SafeChurch Policy to protect our children and other vulnerable populations. |
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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!
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Monthly balance sheets and income statements for Sts. Clare & Francis parish can be seen by clicking the links.
Please direct questions about the financial reports to:
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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
June 2, 2011 |
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7th Week of Easter
Saturday, June 4, 2011 5:00 p.m.
Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Lk 24:44-53
Presider/Homilist: Bp. Rick Hollingworth
Sacristan: Judy DeFrank
Readers: Therese Gabriel, Jenn Lay
Eucharistic Ministers: Barb Winkler, Marty Campbell, Mary Jordan
If you are unable to serve in your scheduled ministry, please let Lisa know when you get a substitute so that we can publish the correct names in the newsletter. Thanks so much. Lisa von Stamwitz (314.795.0114). |
New Member Welcome
Bishop Rick to Be with Us Saturday, June 4
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
This Saturday Evening will be a special one for us at Sts. Clare & Francis. We will be officially welcoming into our community all of those who have joined us since the beginning of 2010. At least 21 of those 29 persons will be joining us for the occasion. This will be an opportunity to not only officially welcome them but to get to know them a little better and to let them get to know the rest of us.
In addition, in the interest of promoting our connections with our sister communities in the Midwest, we have invited Bishop Rick Hollingsworth to join us. Besides being the pastor of St. Jerome ECC in Tulsa, OK, Rick is the vicar for our Presiding Bishop here in the Midwest. So we have asked him to welcome our new members into the wider Communion of which we are a part. This time together will also allow us to get to know Rick, and his partner, JohnVoegele, better and for them to get to know the Community of Sts. Clare & Francis.
So please come and make connections happen! And we'll have a reception for our new members and guests after mass, so please bring some kind of appetizer or beverage to share with everyone at the reception if you can.
Your brother,
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Service Committee
Saturday, June 4
4:00 pm
The Service Committee will meet this Saturday in the Fireside Room. Everyone is welcome to join us. Thanks to everyone who wrote letters for our Bread for the World Offering of Letters. If you would like to keep involved with hunger issues, go to www.bread.org and sign up to get e-mail updates. |
BBQ / High Schoool Graduation
You are invited to a BBQ to kick off the season and celebrate Mary Nauert's high school graduation.
When: Sunday, June 5, 3:00 -7:00 pm
Where: Sappington Historic House
and Tea Barn
1015 S. Sappington RD 63126
(next to Grant's trail)
What to bring: Yourself, possibly a lawn chair, a dessert if you feel inspired (but totally optional), your bike if you want to ride on the trail beforehand.
(Please...no gifts for Mary. If you feel you must, she would prefer you'd donate to her favorite non-profit, urbanfuturestl.org, where she is a tutor.)
RSVP: suenauert@gmail.com or just tell us at church. |
Save the Date...
...for the Pridefest Parade, Sunday June 26. More details to come.
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Homilies
Kay's homily from May 28, God's Space Needs Emptiness, along with other archived homilies from Sts. Clare & Francis, is available at http://scfhomilies.posterous.com. |
random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
Money will buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail.
Richard Friedman |
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