Designs for Dining is a lovely way to spend a day - rain or shine!

We have a full schedule of interesting speakers, delicious food, workshops, boutique, and opportunity drawings and a silent auction, which this year includes 2 land photo safari packages in South Africa! 
Attend and help support our outreach scholarship recipients. 

Designs for Dining

This Sunday - Last chance to enter the raffle for Chef Robert Bell's dinner for 12 in your own home or at Chez Melange.  Tickets are $20 each, 3 for $50 and 6 for $80.  Drawing will be at coffee hour after the 10 a.m. service.

Operation Girl Scout Cookies!
Please make sure to bring your donations to church by THIS SUNDAY - March 2nd
This season we are supporting a Navy Seal and his comrades. We have some new items requested, plus of course, our Girl Scout Cookies!! Visit the Military Outreach page on our website for full details. Thank you!

Parish Hall Tuesday Night, March 4, 2013, 6:00-7:30pm
Support the youth groups, CRASH! and eMERGE, and be served dinner by our fabulous youth groups on the night before lent starts! Price: $5 per person or $15 a family. Come for fun and fellowship! Dinner concludes with age appropriate pancake races!

Next Wednesday - March 5th
Two services to choose from:

12:10pm - Chapel
7pm - Chapel

Forgiving & Forgiveness: Psychological and Theological Aspects of Reconciliation

March 12th, 19th, 26th, April 2nd, 9th  

Led by The Very Reverend John Crean, Ph.D.  

& The Reverend Charleen Crean, LCSW.   

 

This five-session Lenten study series will help you address problems associated with holding on to resentments, injury and guilt. It will suggest some possible scriptural models for forgiveness, and culminate with a liturgy. Together, we will explore the psychological and theological aspects of reconciliation.

For full details of this series click here... 

Sign-up now - sign-up sheets in the church office, and after worship on Sundays.  

by L. William Countryman.

"Only the strong can forgive. God, who is strongest, forgives best."

This book complements our Lenten Supper Series.
Once we truly understand the depths of God's love for us and know deep-down that we are forgiven, we begin to see the world anew through God's eyes. Only when we are able to accept God's forgiveness for ourselves can we offer forgiveness to others.
Full details here...

Many of our beautiful handbells are currently not working, and we need to have them repaired. If you would like to contribute to these special instruments, and the sound they lend to our services, it would be much appreciated. Donations will be most gratefully accepted by Elaine Mistele in the church office - either cash clearly marked for the handbells, or make checks payable to St Francis Church, with 'Music' in the memo line. 
Questions? contact Jeannie Cobb.
Thank you!

Fri March 21 & Sat March 22-8am-3:30pm
You may sign up for one or both days and/or donate a brick (with your name on it!) to fund the project Each brick will contain the name of a St. Francis donor - $50 per brick. Checks should be made out to "St. Francis Church" (Habitat for Humanity in the memo section). Full details here..
Sign up-either at the sign-up sheet on the volunteer desk,
or contact: Mike Spalding 310-897-3097.

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

Mo. Sarah is currently on sabbatical.
She returns next week.