Sat. Oct. 26th. 7pm. Celebrate God in creation!
A live performance of the world-renowned Earth Mass by the Paul Winter group. This lively, multi-media presentation includes a slide show created by our youth, and our adult choir singing, accompanied by a wonderful jazz ensemble. A spiritual blend of music and praise for all faiths, and lovers of the 'blue green hills of earth'. No entrance charge. A free-will offering will be received. Free Childcare (if possible, help us be prepared by letting us know how many children are coming).

Do you receive the newspaper? If you do, please look through the comics this week for something humorous to send to our military personnel inside the care packages that will be packed soon. The children in Sunday School will be making greeting cards and tucking in a funny comic brightens the day of the men and women who serve our country.
Please bring them before church on October 27th to the classroom on the stage or drop them off in the office this week in Kate Buchen's box. Thanks!

Cottage meetings are small group meetings in informal settings, to talk about our priorities as a parish.  

 

At this year's meetings, we hope to have a Spirit-filled conversation with you about how best to feed the faith-lives of our young people given all the challenges facing families today.

 

This is a conversation for you even if you no longer consider yourself young, and even if you never had children.

 

Why?  

Because this is a conversation about our work as a COMMUNITY to pass on the faith that we have received. And it won't happen by osmosis; that's for sure.

 

So please sign up now and join the conversation about what we can do as a parish to help this ministry grow.   

 

This comes with Love,

Mo. Sarah+

 

Annual fundraiser for the St. Francis Outreach Scholarship Fund.
February 28 and March 1
The 2014 designs for dining show will be another beautiful affair with new table designers and exciting creative tables. Would you like to create a table for us this year? Want to know more about the show? Would you like to help support this very worthy outreach program? Are you new to the church and would like to get acquainted and make new friends? There are many small but important jobs where you can help. Come to our planning meeting on Wednesday November 6 at 10am in the Board Room. Questions? Contact Joni McIntyre 310-378-1606, or Cheryl Gutierrez at 310-791-7038

Friday, November 15, 5:30pm
Our Godly Play classroom is in need of some new materials to tell our stories. We need help cutting paper and felt, painting small wooden figures, even sculpting Mt. Sinai. This is the same night as the Egg Boil, so if you are bringing your son or daughter to it, please stay and make something sacred! Everyone at St. Francis is welcome. Light snacks provided! Email Kate Buchen with questions.

New Date - November 17th- 11:30am - 1:00pm

The next Pastoral Care Workshop - The Art of Christian Caregiving -- will be led by Mo. Paula and Kristina Pelá on Sunday, November 19th, from 11:30am - 1:00pm (lunch included).
Please note that you do not need to be part of an "official" ministry, nor are you expected to commit to an "official" ministry afterwards; this is simply an opportunity for our church family to deepen what God has already begun within each of us. Please sign up in the church office or by emaling or calling

Kristina Pelá at (310) 375-9823.

Meets Sundays at 9:55am
Click here to see classes and locations for your child's age(s).