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What's Happening...

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...

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!

Designs for Dining - Invitations

Thanks to everyone who was able to come help with the invitation stuffing. The invitations are ready for pick up now and are in boxes on the volunteer desk in the office. Please pick one up on Sunday or when you are over at church. Also, we had extra ones printed so please take some to friends and neighbors. If you have time on Sunday, please help pass some invitations out to parishioners, we don't mail to the parish to save postage costs.
Habitat for Humanity
Lent Build - Sign up Now - and/or Donate a Brick
2 Saturdays - March 14 & 21. 8am - 3:30pm.
Breakfast and lunch included.
Once again, God's people are in need of a good carpenter.
Full details here...
Join us, and other local churches to make a difference in a family's life.
We need 8 volunteers from St. Francis for each of these days.
Help us fund the build - donate a brick - Bricks can be purchased for $50 and will have your name on them. Make your check to "St. Francis Church", with Habitat for Humanity in the memo section.
Contact: for questions or sign up, see the sheet on the volunteer desk, or contact Mike Spalding - 310-897-3097.
Thank you cards from Mama Hill's Help
Thank you cards from Mama Hill's Help "Cookies," staff, and volunteers have been posted on the Rolling Bulletin Board outside the main church before and after the 10 a.m. service. If one or more is addressed to you, please feel free to take it home with you.

Coming Up! 

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...
Annual Parish Meeting
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. .
Embracing Franciscan Spirituality
Tuesdays February 10, February 17, February 24, March 3, and March 10, Library 7-9pm  Facilitated by Alison Houghton-Kral  
Alison will lead 5 small group sessions using a DVD-and-discussion-based curriculum called "Embracing Franciscan Spirituality." The DVD features Fr. Richard Rohr, from the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque. He is described as "a rare figure whose transformative wisdom transcends the narrow categories of denominations within the church, and speaks to all Christians, all believers, and indeed all seekers.... (he is) a Christian spiritual master." Please bring $14 to the first session to purchase the participant handbook.
Contact:
Email or call Alison 310-218-8431.
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Tuesday February 17th, 6pm Fun, fellowship, and pancakes!
Download flyer 
Ash Wednesday is February 18th
that's less than 3 weeks!
We will have 2 services as usual - 12:10pm and 7pm.  
Curt Sather-Organ Recital
Wednesday 25th February, 12:45pm  Curt will be playing a free organ recital at 12:45pm on Wednesday 25 February at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, downtown LA. All are welcome!
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.
bulletins
Find this week's readings in our Worship bulletins online.

Sermons Online below - or click here for our full sermon archive.
Mo. Sarah - Mo. Sarah's last sermon at St Francis. Where are you called? Where, for you, does your deep gladness and the world's hunger meet? Third Sunday after Epiphany

Report from Diocesan Convention 2014.  
 

Need a prayer, or to talk with the clergy? 

Contact 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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