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Parish Council News
For notes from the December 19 Parish Council Meeting, click here.
The agenda for the January 16 Parish Council Meeting can be found here.
Members
(click name to contact by e-mail):
Therese Gabriel
Nancy Wamser
Michelle Smith (Chair)
Mary Crecelius
Marty Campbell
Jessica Rowley
Jennifer Reyes Lay
Frank Krebs
Bob Leible
Bill Schwindt
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This Week
"At a Glance"
Thursday, January 31
6:00 pm Yoga
Friday, February 1
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, February 2
9:00 am Yoga
5:00 pm Mass
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Want to add an event to the calendar? Contact Jessica (314.918.2766).
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ECC Midwest
Partner Communities
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Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Little Rock, Arkansas
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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General Info
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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
January 31, 2013
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Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Saturday, February 2, 2013
5:00 pm
Presider/Homilist: Jessica Rowley
Readers: Karen Diehl, Therese Gabriel
Eucharistic Ministers: Art Maines, Joann Noll, Joan Switzer
Sacristan: Cecelia Andres
If you are not able to serve in your scheduled ministry, please let Steve know when you get a substitute so that we can publish the correct names in the newsletter. Thanks.
scampbell@ppcsinc.org or call or text 314.603.9991.
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Sunday Mass Welcoming Children
Sunday, February 10, 2013
10:00 am
Our monthly Sunday Mass experiment continues, but in February we offer additional reason to invite friends and family. A talented new member of SCF, Lauren Milburn, has offered to create a program (similar to our Children's Liturgy of the Word we once offered) for our youngest members. Lauren has experience teaching first grade PSR (public school religion) and is working on her masters in early childhood education. Your children and grandchildren will adore her. Jessica and Lauren have also worked to make the entire liturgy more welcoming and friendly to kids and families. Please join us on Sunday, February 10 at 10:00 am at the home of Janelle Carron. You can e-mail her for directions to her home if you do not have access to a directory: janellecarron@earthlink.net.
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Fair Trade 
Coffee & Candy
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Fair Trade coffee and candy is available after Mass on the second Saturday of each month.
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Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
7:00 pm
Please join us for an Ash Wednesday liturgy on Wednesday, February 13 at 7:00 pm. We will celebrate a Mass and share the liturgy with our friends at Peace UCC.
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News From Our Host Church
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From the Peace UCC Governing Body:
Dear Peace UCC Community:
As you know back in October we announced The Rev. Katherine HawkerSelf's retirement plans for this coming May. After some time and reflection, it has become apparent from the community, Governing Body, and Katy that it would be best for both Katy and the church to move our celebration up and allow us to both focus on what is unfolding now on our separate paths.
Katy will preach this Sunday January 27, and then be inactive. We will celebrate Katy's ministry on March 3rd, and release her of service as Peace UCC's Senior Pastor.
After Sunday, the Governing Body has asked The Rev. Al Schon with the assistance of Peace UCC staff to fill Katy's role and duties until we are able find appropriate interim leadership. Please contact Al or the church office directly for any pastoral matters.
Your Governing Body, People Team, and the Interim Pastoral Search Circle are hard at work to find our leadership for Peace UCC. At our February 10th congregational meeting, you will hear from Laura Evans and her circle about the process and the opportunities for Peace UCC. Also, Sarah Webster has formed a celebration circle that has begun the planning of Katy's final Sunday March 3rd.
In the coming months as we discover and embrace the future of Peace UCC as we reflect on Katy's tenure at Peace UCC, we can be confident and peaceful that her legacy has made an impact on our community in a very good way.
In Peace,
Brad Schnell
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A note from Katy:
January 23, 2013
Dear Peace UCC Community,
As I type our community name I realize how very important and rich our work together has been. Katy Hawker came to Evangelical UCC many years ago, now Katherine HawkerSelf is retiring from Peace UCC and, despite the teary challenge of transitions, there is so very much for which I need to give thanks.
Grateful for an extended holiday, I had hoped that returning to Peace UCC for the spring would be good for all of us; but in taking time to listen to the spirit, sometimes we hear direction that is contrary to our expectation and even our desire. Here especially we are called to trust our still speaking God.
The leadership team, with Brad Schnell (GB President) and Therese Cristiani (People Team) have been both visionary and incredibly supportive both for the church and for this weary pastor. I am deeply grateful for their presence. The amazing staff team handled this January term with remarkable gift and grace and are ready to inspire the community as spring returns. Truly we are blessed with great leadership.
With dozens of parting thoughts swirling in my mind, I realize that my words get in the way. More than anything, this season of my life is about letting go of words and trusting that the light within each of us will guide us where we need to be in this moment and beyond. Though perhaps winding the light will, if we but follow, guide us to the place that is our home.
Thank you for sharing the journey that brought us to this place.
In peace,
Katherine HawkerSelf
(Katy's closing sermon can be found here.)
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Homilies 
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Sponsored by Friends of SCF
Krista Tippett of NPR's
"On Being" Speaking at McKendree University
7:30 pm
Free
 On her weekly American Public Media program about spirituality, On Being , the author and her guests explore meaning, faith and ethics amid the political, economic, cultural and technological shifts of 21st century life. Over the past year, she has been exploring the topic of civility.
For more information:
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Retreat in Everyday Life opportunity
Participate as an individual or as a couple. For more information, or to register, visit
Week of Guided Prayer hosted by St. Dominic Savio Catholic Church. Starts March 3. Pray on your own 30 minutes each day and meet one-on-one with a prayer guide 30 minutes each day, Monday through Friday for one week. Afternoon and evening meeting times available.
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 L'Arche St. Louis
"I Love L'Arche" Dinner-Dance
Friday, February 1, 2013
Immaculate Conception Church - Maplewood
6:00 - 10:00 pm
Pasta dinner by L'Ecole Culinaire
Wine, beer, dance music
All inclusive cost: $50 per person, 100% tax-deductible
Casual Dress
Please join the L'Arche St. Louis Community at tahir first annual "I Love L'Arche" Dinner-Dance Fundraiser.
For more information, e-mail Dena or call L'Arche at
314.781.4410.
L'Arche St. Louis is a 501(c)3 interfaith community of adults with intellectual disabilities and assistants sharing life with them in love and friendship.
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Rockhaven Fundraiser 
Spaghetti Dinner
Saturday, February 9, 2013 (5:30pm - 8:30pm)
Grace Episcopal Church, 514 E. Argonne, Kirkwood, MO
For more information, click here.
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Therapeutic Support Group
for Lesbians in Heterosexual Marriages & Coming Out
This therapeutic support group, offered by Kate Schroeder, is for married women or women who have been recently married to a man in a heterosexual relationship and are now coming out as lesbians or questioning their sexual orientation. For more information, click here.
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
Margaret Mead
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