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Dec 18th - 25th 2014

This Sunday
December 21st, 2014

4th Sunday of Advent  
 
 


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8am Rite I Eucharist
  
10am
Choral Eucharist
Rite II

Wednesdays
12:10
Eucharist Rite I

 

 

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Music and Worship for Christmas
Days, times and details of all our Christmas services!
For a downloadable sheet - Click here...
Stocking Stuffer Sale!
This Sunday, Dec. 21 after both services St. Francis Outreach Scholarship Fund will again be having a last-minute Stocking Stuffer Sale this Sunday. Plan to pick up a last minute gift.
We have soap from Provence in several scents: Verbena, Cranberry Cassis, French Pear and Acai Berry. These make a great hostess or gift for a neighbor or anyone who loves a luxurious bar of soap.

The soap is made by Ton Savon Private Label Bath and Beauty Products
A quote from their website: Pamper yourself with the finest natural soaps from France. All of our soaps are 100% vegetable and triple milled to ensure a long-lasting bar with a rich, luxurious lather. Enriched with Shea Butter to leave your skin nourished and moisturized. Scented with intoxicating phthalate-free fragrances or essential oils created by renown perfumers from Grass. Find out why French soaps are recognized to be the best in the world.

Also, this year we have beaded jewelry for kids and teens, and reindeer corks!
Christmas Eve Pageant Practice
Saturday December 20th 10am - 1pm
We will be running through the staging of the pageant on Saturday, December 20, at 12:00 to 1:00 in the church. All youth in lead roles and children who will be Angels, shepherds, and animals need to come.
December 28: Christmas Break for Sunday School
Sunday Papers, crayons, and books as worship aids are available in the Narthex.
We resume on January 4 to celebrate Epiphany!
Altar Guild - Be Part of our Christmas
Monday (Dec. 22),Tuesday (Dec. 23),
or Wednesday (Dec. 24)

We have several jobs that need a few extra hands that require just an hour or two of your day on any of the dates above. The jobs vary from cutting and carrying garlands,
to fluffing our Christmas trees. No experience is required. Please contact Lisa Jester (310-378-7042) or Janet Laudeman (310-316-7493) for a job inquiry or assignment. We would truly love your Christmas giving of time and talent!
Music and Arts
Look for the yellow cards!

Look for yellow "Music and Arts" envelopes in the pews for all who would like to support the extra special musical offerings at this time of the year. You may put any such gifts into the offering plates or turn it in to the office. Thank you.

Instant Choir
On January 4th!  

This is a great chance to come try out singing with the choir! On Sunday morning, January 4th we will gather in the choir loft at 9:00 to learn music for that day's service. All are welcome! Come join us! Questions? Contact: Dr Jeannie Cobb.

Save The Date:
Farewell Celebration For The Phelps Family
Sunday, January 25 after the 10 am service
Mo. Sarah and her family (husband Mike, and son Sam) will be making their move to Raleigh, North Carolina at the end of January and we'd like to send them off in our regular St. Francis fashion -- with a great fellowship event! More details will follow, but for now, please save this date for a blessing during the 10 am service and a farewell celebration to follow. 
Date Change For Annual Parish Meeting
New date: Sunday, February 8, 2015 (following the 10 am service)
Due to the timing of Mo. Sarah's departure, we have rescheduled our Annual Parish Meeting. Normally, our Parish Meeting is held on the last Sunday of January, but as that day will be Sarah's last day with us, we'll hold a Farewell Celebration after the 10 am service in place of the Annual Meeting. Our Annual Parish Meeting will be held two weeks later on Feb 8. The Annual Meeting will begin with a potluck lunch and includes our annual "look back" at the year past, and a "look ahead" to 2015. New Vestry Members and delegates for our Annual Diocesan Convention will be elected, and the budget for 2015 will be presented. .
Our Generosity
Please remember to return your pledge cards

Can't find yours? Click here to download

 

Please remember to add your name to the card before handing it in.

Senior Warden Update on Pastoral Transition
Click here to read what our Senior Warden - Fabrizio Pel, announced in church last Sunday - giving the latest update on the process of our pastoral transition.
Please feel free to give feedback, or speak privately to Fabrizio, or any of our Vestry members regarding the transition. You may contact them via email to Mary Sanchez in the church office - or just catch them at coffee hour! Your voice will be heard.
A Prayer for Pastoral Transition
As our Rector, Mo. Sarah, and her family prepare for their move to North Carolina at the end of January and our parish enters a period of pastoral transition, let us root and ground ourselves in prayer - click here to read.
Christmas and New Year Office Hours
Wed Dec 24th - No 12:10 Holy Communion
December 25 & 26  - Office Closed
December 29th - 31st - Office open 9am - 1pm only
Mo. Sarah on vacation - December 26th thru January 1st
Mo. Paula out of office/retreat - January 5 - 9

Coming Up! 

You Can Help us Save Paper
Have you remembered our worship bulletins are online? There's a link in this very enews - and they are usually available on the website by the Friday before worship. Download them to your tablet or smartphone in advance, or just follow along online on the website on Sunday morning.
bulletins
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 the 3rd Sunday in Advent.

 

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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