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Jan 15th - 22nd 2015

This Sunday
January 18th, 2015

Baptism of Our Lord

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St Luke's Shower And Breakfast Program For The Homeless

Saturday, January 17, 7:00am - 10:30am

We support St. Luke's shower program for the needy in Long Beach. You can help by:

giving donations-

especially underwear (both sexes), and mens' casual pants.
Click here for the full list of food items (please make sure donations drop offs are coordinated with the Church office by noon Friday)

helping prepare and serve breakfast
helping 'behind the scenes' (eg. with the clothing closet)

Come along for all or part of the time. And thank you!
Contact: Darryl Tillman

Plus! - Great Egg Boil!!

Youth Groups CRASH! and eMERGE - Meet Friday, January 16 6:00-9:00pm

We gather to boil 400(!) eggs that go to the Homeless Breakfast at St Luke's on Saturday morning. We eat pizza and play games while we're waiting for the eggs to cook. Fun and service!

Then come to St Luke's Saturday, January 17, 7:00am - 10:30am to see your efforts appreciated!

Note: Sunday, January 18 - no meetings--Martin Luther King holiday weekend

Biblical Manuscripts from St Catherine's Monastery

Sunday, Jan 18 -- after both 8 am and 10 am services -- in the Board Room
Want an update on Mike Phelps's work with ancient biblical manuscripts at St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai, Egypt? As Mike and Mo. Sarah prepare for their move to NC, many people have been asking how they can stay abreast of developments with Mike's work to preserve and make accessible ancient and medieval manuscripts from St. Catherine's and elsewhere, so Mike invites you to a short presentation on his current work before they depart. If you would like to join his mailing list for future updates, you may sign up at the presentation or send him a quick email with "Mailing List" in the subject line. Read about his fascinating work at www.emelibrary.org.

Silent Auction Items Needed!

Designs for Dining - St. Francis Outreach Scholarship Fund
Can you help our students by giving items or gift cards for our silent auction?

Easy ideas for you

- unique or unopened items related to home entertaining or decorating; gift cards to restaurants, retail stores or other local businesses

(you will receive receipt for tax deduction purposes).

Click here for a ready-made donor letter that you can easily share it with your favorite local businesses, restaurants and service providers to ask if they would like to make a donation. Donors' names are included in our event program and will receive a tax donation receipt also.

Bring your donations to the church office any time before Wednesday, February 25th. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Deley

at or at 424-212-9958. Thank you!

Office Closed

Monday, Jan 19th - MLK Day.

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. read more details here...

Annual Parish Meeting

New date: Sunday, February 8, 2015 (following the 10 am service)
Potluck meal - see sign-up sheet in the Parish Hall to let us know what you're bringing!
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. .

Updates on Pastoral Transition

Click here to read Mo. Paula's letter to the Parish. The same letter will be arriving in your mailboxes for those on our paper mailing lists.
Click here to read the text of the announcement by our Senior Warden - Fabrizio Pel�, 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.

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.

Coming Up!

Next Taiz� Service of Healing and Wholeness

Tuesday, January 27th, 7pm

Valentine Cabaret!

Saturday, January 31, 7pm

As a warm-up to Valentines's Day, come enjoy an evening of refreshments, wine, candlelight and song as Jeannie Cobb, accompanied by Curt Sather and Steve Kinigstein, present a program of love songs. These songs illustrate the full range of love, from happy to sad, and come from both classical and musical theater repertoires. Refreshments and coffee will be offered for free, there will be a small charge for wine. Free-will donations to support the Music Ministries will also be received. Download flyer here...

Chinese New Year!

Saturday Feb 7 in the Parish Hall - 6:30 - 8:30pm

Tickets-$10 in advance, $15 at the door,
kids under 10 are free.
Wine, Food, Fun, White Elephant Auction,
Come and Experience the Lion Dancers!
Download flyer here...

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

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

Mo. Sarah -readings for the Baptism of Our Lord.

Report from Diocesan Convention 2014.

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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Moved Recently?

Changed your Name or Phone number?

Please Let us Know.. In order to keep all our records current, don't forget to let the office know if you or your family's details have changed. Email mary.sanchez@stfrancispv.org with your changes. Many thanks.