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This Week
"At a Glance"
Friday, August 17
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, August 18
3:00 pm Book Club
5:00 pm Mass
Tuesday, August 21
2:00 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
August 16, 2012
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20th Week of the Year
Saturday, August 18, 2012
5:00 pm
Presider: Jessica Rowley
Homilist: Michelle Smith
Sacristan: Marilyn Heller
Readers: Marty Campbell, John Dahlberg
Eucharistic Ministers: Barb Winkler, Kay Schmitt, Joan Switzer
If you are not able 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@stsclareandfrancis.org or 314.918.2766 |
August SCF Barbecue
Sunday, August 26, 2012, 1:00 pm
Mary Ellen Kruger's home
110 Hart Avenue (in Webster Groves)
Mark your calendar for our next community BBQ. Please RSVP to Mary Ellen at mek002@hotmail.com or 314.962.0964.
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Volunteers Needed for Open House
Our underwriting campaign on KWMU is underway and our alternativecatholic.org site is live! As people begin to hear more about our faith community we strive to be present, hospitable and compassionate as they explore alternative Catholicism and Sts. Clare & Francis.
We are hosting an Open House at church on Saturday, September 8th, 3-4:30 pm. We need volunteers to help visitors fund us, find information, and answer questions. We also need a few people who can provide snacks and drink. Contact Michelle, Therese or Marty to volunteer.
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Summer Book Discussion
 Please note that we will gather this Saturday, July 21 for the third session of our summer book discussion, Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology.
Between vacations and calendar conflicts we have had to make some changes to accommodate our last three session. Please note the dates for the final three gatherings, all beginning at 3:00 pm in the Fireside Room:
Saturday, August 18, Chapter 5
Contact Jessica with any questions.
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Michelle to Begin New Chaplain Position at Ackert Park
Michelle Smith begins serving the residents of Ackert Park Skilled Care Community in University City after Labor Day as its Chaplain. She will facilitate Bible Study, Prayer Circles and lead a Sunday morning worship service. If you are interested in learning ways you can minister to the residents, please contact Michelle at 314.494.1457.
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On a Green Note
Cleaning out your garage, basement or attic this fall? Wait, don't landfill that unwanted junk!! Bring it to a Wits, Inc. (www.witsinc.org) collection site. This non-profit group recycles or reuses most computers and computer equipment, laptops, electronics (including TVs and VCRs), small applicances (like toasters, irons, blenders, etc.) small scrap metals (including aluminum mini-blinds, curtain rods , etc.) lawn mowers, holiday lights, decorations and more!! See the complete list on the Wits website and also a list of monthly collection sites.
The nearest collection site is at the Sunset Hill Community Center, with collections the third Saturday of every month.
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Three Times the Fun
Please consider this an early invitation and "hold the date" for a triple celebration on October 28, 2012 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm for the 25th birthday of Tree House, my 70th birthday, and my golden jubilee.
Thanks.
Sr. Cecelia Ann Loomer
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Sponsored by Friends of SCF
Dances of Universal Peace
Friday, August 17, 2012
7:30 pm
Unity Christ Church, Skinker and Forsyth
How time does fly! Another month has just gone by!
This Friday will find us together again, holding a space of love, sending healing, peaceful vibrations through the channels of our voices, our body movements, & our open hearts outward to touch whomever, wherever there is need...
We sincerely hope that you will find the time to join us!
Unity Christ Church, Skinker & Forsyth, 7:30pm, Love Offering
May your eyes see the beauty that surrounds you; may your ears hear the voices of the angels; may your hands reach out to touch with gentleness & compassion; and may peace reign in your hearts...
Sincerely,
Linda & Ed
314-566-6625
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Esser's Peace
Harmony Festival
September 28 - 30, 2012
Free
Music, art, drumming, dancing, sharing, yoga and spirituality.
For a flyer with more information, click here.
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
In church the other Sunday I was intent on a small child who was turning around smiling at everyone. He wasn't gurgling, spitting, humming, kicking, tearing the hymnals or rummaging through his mother's handbag. He was just smiling. Finally his mother jerked him about and in a stage whisper that could be heard in a little theatre off Broadway said, "Stop that grinning! You're in Church!" With that, she gave him a belt and as the tears rolled down his cheeks, added, "That's better," and returned to her prayers...
Suddenly I was angry. It occurred to me the entire world is in tears, and if you're not, then you'd better get with it. I wanted to grab this child with the tear-stained face close to me and tell him about my God. The happy God. The smiling God. The God who had to have a sense of humor to have created the likes of us... By tradition, one wears faith with the solemnity of a mourner, the gravity of a mask of tragedy, and the dedication of a Rotary badge.
What a fool, I thought. Here was a woman sitting next to the only light left in our civilization - the only hope, our only miracle - our only promise of infinity. If he couldn't smile in church, where was there left to go?
Erma Bombeck
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