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This Week
"At a Glance"
Thursday, October 13
Friday, October 14
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
6:00 pm Trivia Night
Saturday, October 15
3:00 pm Liz's Blessing Way
5:00 pm Mass
Tuesday, October 18
4:30 pm Pastoral Team
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Want to add an event to the calendar? Contact Jessica (314.918.2766).
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General Info
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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 East Lockwood, Suite 3, St. 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. 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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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
October 13, 2011
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29th Week of the Year
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Readings: Is 45:1, 4-6; 1 Thes 1:1-5b; Mt 22:15-21
Presider/Homilist: Frank Krebs
Sacristan: Judy Defrank
Readers: Janie Smith, Elizabeth Seitz
Eucharistic Ministers: Mary Ellen Kruger, Art Maines, Joann Noll
Children's Liturgy of the Word: Barb Winkler, Jim Schneider
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).
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Trivia Night is Tomorrow!
October 14, 2011
We are returning to The Heights for a fun filled evening from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Trivia will begin at 7:00 p.m.
To reserve your spot, call Marilyn Tenholder at 314.323.1467.
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October 15, 3:00 pm
Joann Noll's house
 Just as a tree grows best when anchored firmly in the earth, so can a pregnant mother feel strong and capable when supported by a sisterhood of nurturing friends. - April Lussier
As a community we support women crossing the threshold into motherhood. Our sister, Liz McMullen, is due to give birth to her first child, a daughter, in November. We journey with her, supporting her in a couple of ways.
First, anyone can submit a blessing to be included in a Blessing Book. It can be a note, a letter, a poem a piece of art. You may email your blessing or give it to Jessica at church.
Second, all of the women of SCF are invited to a BlessingWay ceremony at Joann Noll's house in Webster Groves on Saturday, October 15th at 3pm. We will gather to surround Liz with our prayers, songs, and our blessings.
If you have any questions, contact Jessica or Joann.
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Mental Health Awareness Education
In support of the Companionship Ministry that both EUCC and Sts. Clare and Francis are building together, all are welcome to attend EUCC's adult education sessions focused on increasing mental health awareness.
Every Sunday in October from 9:45-10:45 a.m. in the room across from the pastor's office there will be a speaker addressing mental health topics such as:
October 16... Substance Abuse - Barbara Harris (a substance abuse counselor and member of SCF)
October 23... Mental Health with Children - Allison LaMont (member of EUCC)
October 30... Issues of Aging - a guestspeaker from SAGE
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Crafter/Artist Group
October 22, 2011
3:00 pm
Fireside Room
As the weather cools enjoy a circle of warmth and creativity with other crafters and artists. We will gather this month on October 22nd at 3pm in the Fireside Room.
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Outdoor Mass
Sunday, October 23rd at 10am
Tower Grove Park, Stone Shelter
NOTE: This liturgy is in addition to our Saturday 5pm Mass. Come to either or both!
 Enjoy a Sunday morning at beautiful Tower Grove Park with your SCF family! We will celebrate an informal, highly participatory Mass, perfect for children and the child at heart. After Mass we will enjoy bagels and juice. The area is perfect for an autumn stroll and we will have field games and activities, too! Click to view a map of the park, located between Kingshighway and Grand, Magnolia and Arsenal in South City. We will be in the Stone Shelter. Contact Jessica with questions.
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New Member Gathering
November 3rd, 7:00 pm
If you are new to our community or interested in learning more about who we are and what we're about, mark your calendars for Thursday, November 3rd. Hear from current Parish Council members and our pastor, Frank, and connect with others like you. We will gather at 7pm at Nancy Wamser and Terri Hick's house. Contact Nancy for directions or to learn more.
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Laurel Rowley's Baptism
October 29, 2011
Dear beloved community,
We are thrilled that our daughter will be baptized surrounded by our Sts. Clare & Francis family. In our two pastor home we have some special circumstances and would like to ask your help. We anticipate many of Joe's church members from Prince of Peace UCC to be in attendance as well as out of town family and local friends with their children. We would love to show off SCF's hospitality. We're looking for someone who could coordinate an appetizer potluck in the fellowship hall following Mass. Also, there will be a number of small children (baby through age 3). If we can find two people who could watch kids in the nursery for the Liturgy of the Word, we would like to offer that to our guests. Let us know if you can help in any of these ways.
Laurel's Baptism Invitation
With heartfelt gratitude,
Jessica and Joe Rowley
Jessica.rowley@stsclareandfrancis.org / jesus.party@hotmail.com
314.283.4697 / 314.283.7256
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Homilies
George's homily from October 8, The King and I, along with other archived homilies from Sts. Clare & Francis, is available at http://scfhomilies.posterous.com.
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Events Sponsored by Friends of SCF
L'Arche Welcomes Sue Mostellar, CSJ
From L'Arche Daybreak Ontario
October 16, 2011
7:00 pm
Evangelical United Church of Christ
Sue Mosteller is a Sister of St. Joseph. She met Jean Vanier in 1967 who called her to organize Faith & Sharing retreats in Canada and abroad. She moved to the L'Arche Daybreak Community in Ontario where she has lived and worked with people with disabilities for more than 35 years. She replaced Jean Vanier as the international coordinator of L'Arche. With Father Henri Nouwen she opened Dayspring, a small center for spiritual growth that offers retreats and workshops focusing on a spirituality inspired by the poor at the heart of the community.
She is presently retired at L'Arche Daybreak where she works with the published and unpublished legacy of her good friend Henri Nouwen. Sue Mosteller was named executrix of Henri Nouwen's literary estate after his death in 1996.
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Fontbonne University Carondelet Lecture Series
October 17, 2011
7:00 pm
Doerr Memorial Chapel
Stanley Hauerwas, PhD
"Disability: An Attempt to Think With"
Stanley Hauerwas, Ph.D., is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at the Divinity School of Duke University. A distinguished scholar, lecturer and teacher, he has been a pioneer in contemporary Christian theology. With his multidisciplinary approach to Christian ethics, he engages issues related to medical ethics, war and peace, and care of those who are mentally disabled.
Free. RSVP by October 10, 2011
Call 314.889.1401 or email acadaffr@fontbonne.edu.
For a flyer about this event, click here.
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Peter & Paul Community Services
Race for Home
November 5, 2011
 You are invited to take part in the Peter & Paul Community Services annual Race for Home 10K or 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Walk on November 5, 2011.
This event takes place downtown along the St. Louis riverfront bike path. The course offers participants panoramic views of the city, the Mississippi river, and this year, a new art installation by City Museum's Bob Cassilly.
Through its five programs, Peter & Paul Community Services provides housing and supportive services to our neighbors who are homeless in St. Louis.
For more information about the Race, or to print a registration form, click here.
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
There was once a man who loved to gossip. He loved the attention it brought him, and could not stop himself from speaking about others, sometimes sharing the good they did, but most often sharing the mistakes they made.
In time, however, he realized the harm his speech was causing and he sought to make amends. He went to his rabbi and explained the situation, and asked how he could make amends.
The rabbi thought for a moment and instructed the man to go to the marketplace and purchase two of the finest feather pillows he could find. He should then take the pillows to the top of the mountain overlooking the village, tear them open, and spill the feathers into the wind.
The man was surprised and pleased at the rabbi's advice. He thought repentance would be much harder than this. So he ran to the marketplace, purchased his pillows, and within an hour had scattered their feathers to the wind.
He returned to the rabbi all aglow. He was ready to be forgiven for his gossiping. Not just yet, the rabbi told him. There was one more thing to do. He had to return to the mountain and repack the pillows with the feathers that he had scattered.
"But that's impossible," the man said. "Those feathers have gone everywhere, there is no way I can take them back now."
The rabbi nodded solemnly and said, "What is true of the feathers is true of the words. Once spoken they can never be retrieved. The harm caused by gossip cannot be undone."
Rabbi Rami Shapiro
The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness
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