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This Week
"At a Glance"
Friday, November 18
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, November 19
3:00 pm Crafters
5:00 pm Mass
Tuesday, November 22
4:00 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
November 17, 2011
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Christ the King
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Readings: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17; 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28;
Mt 25:31-46
Presider/Homilist: Frank Krebs
Sacristan: Sheila Leander
Readers: David Winkler, Karen Diehl
Eucharistic Ministers: Mary Ellen Kruger, Art Maines, Joann Noll
Children's Liturgy of the Word: Sue and Paul Nauert
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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Crafters' Group This Saturday
Join our crafters and artists in a creative sacred space. It's a great time to work on those Christmas gifts! This Saturday, November 19th at 3:00 pm in the Fireside Room.
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Lector Workbooks
Attention all lectors: please pick up your 2011-2012, Year B, lector workbooks. They will be available to pick up at Mass or contact Jessica to arrange a time to pick them up. You will need them for the new liturgical year which begins November 26th.
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Advent: Sacrament of Reconciliation and Sacrament of the Sick
The holidays can be a hectic time, but Advent invites us into a season of centered-ness as we watch and wait for the Holy One to be born in our lives. To that end, we would like to offer a few opportunities for you to connect with God and yourself.
December 3 - Jessica will be available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the library across from the pastor's office at EUCC from 4:00 - 5:00 pm.
December 10 - a communal service for the Sacrament of the Sick at 4:00 pm in the fireside room. All are welcome to be anointed for healing of mind, body or spirit.
December 17 - Frank will be available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the library across from the pastor's office at EUCC from 4:00 - 5:00 pm.
Feel free to contact one of the pastors if you would like to set up a time outside of these offerings or if you have any questions.
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Christmas
Please note that SCF will celebrate Christmas Mass on Sunday, December 25th at 9:00 am. We will not have our regular Saturday evening Mass on the 24th to accommodate our host church.
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Homilies
Frank's homily from November 12, Fishing for Cash or For People, as well as other archived homilies from Sts. Clare & Francis, is available at http://scfhomilies.posterous.com.
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random sightings wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
Dear God,
Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and was rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.
Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.
Remind us, O God, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day (who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.
Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together.
Creator Spirit, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not just to those who are close to us but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judgment and quick to forgiveness and patience and empathy and love.
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