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This Week
"At a Glance"
Thursday, March 21
6:00 pm Yoga
7:00 pm Reconciliation Service
Friday, March 22
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, March 23
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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Parish Council News
For the minutes from the February 20, 2013 Parish Council Meeting, click here.
The agenda for the March 20, 2013 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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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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ECC Midwest
Partner Communities
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Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Little Rock, Arkansas
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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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
March 21, 2013
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Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Saturday, March 23, 2013
5:00 pm
Presider: Frank Krebs
Homilist: Frank Krebs
Readers: Luke Veltz, Jenn Lay; Jessica Rowley, Art Maines, Cici Paul, Michelle Smith, Amy Hauser, Frank Krebs
Eucharistic Ministers: Barb Winkler, Barbara Harris, Mary Jordan
Sacristan: Mary Niehaus
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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Lenten Reconciliation Service
Join us tonight, Thursday, March 21st at 7:00 pm for a Lenten Reconciliation service. Come for peace, prayer and healing. Opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered.
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Ridding Ourselves of Racism:
Something Else to Give Up for Lent
Sunday, March 24, 2013
9:30 am
Parkway United Church of Christ
2841 North Ballas Rd, 63131.
Frank is taking his Passion/Palm Sunday concern for racism on the road this year. He will be presenting an adult education program at Parkway United Church of Christ on Sunday, March 24th, from 9:30 to 10:30 AM and repeating it from 11:00 to 12:00. The title is "Ridding Ourselves of Racism, Something Else to Give Up for Lent." Frank will be particularly exploring unconscious racism and actions called "micro-inequities," or little ways racism shows up unintentionally in our daily lives. Anyone is welcome to attend; however there is limited seating, so please e-mail Frank if you would like to attend at fekrebs@msn.com.
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Holy Week
Celebrate the apex of our liturgical year, the time when our bodies enact through ritual the mystery of the dying and rising Christ. Walk with us each step of the way:
Palm Sunday
Saturday, March 23rd, 5:00 p.m.
Palm procession and Passion reading
The Triduum
Holy Thursday
Thursday, March 28th, 7:00 p.m.
Mass of the Lord's Supper, Service of Foot Washing (all are invited to participate).
Good Friday
Friday, March 29th, 7:00 p.m.
A shared liturgy with Peace UCC.
Easter Vigil
Saturday, March 30th, 7:30 p.m.
A rich liturgy beginning outside with our New Fire and ending with New Life (and a party)! Join us for food and fellowship following the Vigil Mass.
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Communal Work of Service
Our discernment continues regarding one or more communal works of service, and our next convocation will be on April 13. If you have not already done so, please identify each specific suggestion from section one of the document (click here) that resonates with you and share this information with Clarence Heller via e-mail marclar123@aol.com, phone 636.256.6515, or in person.
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Special Invitation from Art Maines and Frank Krebs
THE BOOK SIGNING WILL BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO A SCHEDULING ISSUE AT TOWNSHIP GROCER.
Come join us for a book signing and wine tasting to celebrate the publication of Art's new book, Scammed: 3 Steps to Help Your Elder Parents and Yourself.
The book tackles the important and timely subject of scams and frauds against elders, covering both effective prevention and recovery after a rip-off. Written in an easy-to-read format and with extensive practical resources, this book will help you safeguard the elders in your life and yourself, since all of us are targets for scammers.
Art will be signing books and talking about his book in an informal setting at The Township Grocer in downtown Edwardsville, IL, on Friday, March 22 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm.
Stop by to say hello, try a little wine, and celebrate with Art and Frank! We hope to see you there. For questions call Art at 314.518.1973.
Township Grocer
102 North Main Street
Edwardsville, IL. 62025
www.townshipgrocer.com
618.656.0414
townshipgrocer@gmail.com
Parking is available in the rear of the building and also in front on Main Street.
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Sponsored by Friends of SCF
L'Arche Accompaniment Workshop
FREE
March 23, 2013
9:30 am-11:30 am
L'Arche home: 2900 Marshall Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63143
If you are curious about what makes L'Arche unique, or if you want to learn more about L'Arche Accompaniment, L'Arche spirituality and feel more connected to L'Arche St. Louis, then this workshop is for you.This workshop is intended to inform individuals about Accompaniment in L'Arche which partners individuals with members of the L'Arche community to walk with them as a friend and support as they live the joys and challenges of community life in L'Arche.
Please RSVP 314.781.4410 or janet.ryan11@gmail.com if you can come!
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NAMI Basics
Thursdays, April 4 - May 9
6:00 - 8:30 pm
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
9 Bompart Avenue, Webster Groves
Free for residents of St. Louis County
Childcare provided
NAMI Basics is a six-week class that is designed for parents and primary caregivers of children and teens with mental illness/an emotional disorder. It is taught by parents of kids with these issues. The course provides information, resources, practical exercises, and a group that shares similar parenting challenges.
Advance registration is required; contact Joyce Johnston at NAMI St. Louis 636.940.7440 or 1.877-724.2977 or jjohnston@namistl.org.
More information about the course in general is at
http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=nami_basics1
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
Blessing of Palms
This blessing
can be heard coming
from a long way off.
This blessing
is making
its steady way
up the road
toward you.
This blessing
blooms in the throats
of women
springs from the hearts
of men
tumbles from the mouths
of children.
This blessing
is stitched into
the seams
of the cloaks
that line the road,
etched into
the branches
that trace the path,
echoes in the
breathing of the willing colt,
the click of the donkey's hoof
against the stones.
Something is rising
beneath this blessing.
Something will try
to drown it out.
But this blessing
cannot be turned back,
cannot be made
to still its voice,
cannot cease
to sing its praise
of the one who comes
along the way
it makes.
Jan Richardson
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