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July 31st - August 7th 2014

This Sunday
August 3rd 2014

8th Sunday
after Pentecost

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8am Rite I Eucharist

10am

Choral Eucharist

Rite II

Wednesdays

12:10

Eucharist Rite I

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What's Happening...

Summer Breakfasts

Each week - 9am - 10am
Breakfast in the parish hall at 9 am each Sunday through August, hosted by your Vestry Members and Ministry Council Shepherds. Donations gladly received, but not expected.

Dinner on Saturday - remember to BYOB!

Reminder for those who have tickets - our dinner from Mr J's Kitchen, hosted by Family Ministries, is this Saturday - August 2nd, starting at 6pm. The food will be delicious, and don't forget to BYOB!! Wine, beer or non-alcoholic - whatever you would like to accompany your meal. See you there!

Kids In Church

Sunday school is on summer break through August 24th.
Our new year starts Sunday August 31st. Registration forms for 2014/15 are on our website under Families and Kids.

In the meantime we sincerely love to see (and hear!) you and your kids in church. Please ask an usher for a copy of the 'Sunday Papers' as a worship aid for your child(ren).

Nursery care is still available in the library for children aged 3 and under. For more information, please contact Kate Buchen, Minister for Children and Families.

LA Dodgers Episcopal Night

Sign-up on clipboard in office - deadline: this Sun Aug. 3rd
Friday, September 5, at 7pm. Dodgers v. Diamondbacks.
The Fellowship Ministry hopes to have enough parishioners and friends going to the game that we can hire a bus - with surprise refreshments! Base ticket price - $21 - plus cost of bus if enough people sign up.
Coordinators: Darryl Tillman & Jamie Bellows.

Rummage and Book Sale!
Accepting donations from Tuesday Aug. 5th.

St. Motley's Rummage Sale - Aug 22 & 23 8:00am - 2:00pm
St. Anne's Book Sale - Same dates as Rummage Sale-7:30am - 2:00pm Full details on our website.

Teens And Gentlemen:

If you saw a 70 and an 80 year old woman carrying furniture and boxes would you stop to help them? Well now is your chance! Ruth and Gloria have been carrying furniture and boxes of rummage to their garages for the St. Francis Rummage Sale. They could really use some help delivering these things to the Parish Hall. We will work on your schedule. Can you give us two (2) or three (3) hours of your time any day or evening especially between August 5th and August 10th. A truck and driver would be most welcome, but we can carry it all in our van or station wagon taking many trips. Please call Gloria to offer your help - 310-375-8916.

Ladies we will be sorting and pricing starting August 6th - Our hours will be Monday - Thursday from 9:30 AM until 1:00 PM.

Thank you, Gloria and Ruth

New Scholarship Recipients - can you help them?

The St. Francis Outreach Scholarship Fund has two new recipients who have a number of basic needs, including a possible ride-share to avoid a 2 and a half hour commute each way to school (!), and also household furniture and items.
Click here to see exactly how you can help them. Thank you.

Mo. Sarah Avon Walk for Breast Cancer -
Thank You to All!

Your generosity means I have met my fundraising goal for participating in the 39.3 mile Avon walk on Sep. 6 & 7. There's still time to donate right up until I do the walk, and all donations are welcome because the money raised all goes for breast cancer research and services

It's fast and easy to make a tax-deductible donation.

Simply CLICK HERE to access my fundraising page, then click "Donate Now."

Thank you, Mo. Sarah+

St. Anne's Book Sale

August 22nd 23rd from 7:30am to 2:00pm in conjunction with the Rummage Sale. Please bring your donations of books, paperbacks, tapes CD's to the Board Room beginning this Tuesday-August 5th. There will be a table set up for your donations. Thank you, Barbara Anzivino

Eucharist in the Park - On Campus!

August 17th Worship outdoors!
Just for one Sunday this summer, we'll celebrate our 10am Eucharist outdoors on the grassy area down next to the playground, with a BBQ on the grass and games out on the blacktop parking lot. We can't figure out what to call it, though. Will it be "Eucharist in the Parking Lot"???? Or "Pew with a View"? Whatever we choose-make sure you and your family are there. 8am Worships stays in the Chapel as usual.

Choir on Summer Break

Our choir is enjoying a well-deserved rest during August, and will resume rehearsals on September 4th.

We're Moving...

Email addresses that is!
In order to provide our clergy and staff with a more modern, reliable and cost-effective email service, St Francis is changing email providers. As part of this update our email addresses are all changing.

It's a simple change: instead of ...@stfrancispv.org, all our email addresses now end with @stfrancispalosverdes.org. Mo. Sarah, for example, is now:
sarah.phelps@stfrancispalosverdes.org.

Yes, we know that's longer - so please update your contact lists now, although the old email addresses will continue to work for a while so that we make sure that we don't lose any messages as we swap over.
Questions? Please contact Peter Marshall, or by phone via the church office at 310 375-4617. Thank you.

Coming Up!

Wine & Art Auction- Getting Closer!!

Saturday October 18th 2014
An elegant and fun evening to look forward to this Fall! Live music, Italian food,silent auction.

Can you help, or donate silent auction items? A few great ideas include: restaurant gift cards, bottles of wine, wine glasses, sports tickets, vacation rentals, boat trips, dinner evenings and anything else you can think of!
Thank you in advance!
Questions? Or you'd like to help? Please contact: Alex Sams, via the church office.

Find this week's readings in our Worship bulletins online.

Sermons Online below - or click here for our full sermon archive.

Mo. Paula - Readings for July 20th 2014 - the wheat and the weeds..

Sunday Worship Bulletins online.

Read your weekly newsletter from LA Diocese!

Need a prayer, or to talk with the clergy?

Contact Mo. Sarah or Mo. Paula

or via the church office on 310-375 4617.

You are not interrupting our work -

you ARE our work!

Or just come to any or all of our services, and take a moment to sit quietly, light a candle in memory, or to symbolize your feeling, and let God be God - in you - for a few small, still moments. With blessings and prayers for comfort and love.

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