Feast of St. Francis - October 6, 2013

Collect of the Day

Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, grant your people grace to renounce gladly the vanities of this world; that, following the way of blessed Francis, we may for love of you delight in your whole creation with perfectness of joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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Feast of St. Francis

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Prayer List

Bob and Donna Weber, Yasso Herath, Peter Lubeck, Catherine Lubeck, Al and Carol Lalli, Teri Caserto, Shirley Federico, Joseph Caserto, Janet, Thomas Humeston, Elaine MacPhee, Tankert Mahler, Harte Mahler, Anne Huntington, Marie Haynie, Pat Mapstone, Jack Seeman, Evelyn, Zell Schwartzman, Irma Carchi, Courtney Hoenveld, Brody, Miranda Pinckert, Bernadette Polizzi, Adele, Anne Szwejkowski, Susan Northcutt, Esther Lebron, Gordon Clem, Kickie Fulmor, Steven Stofcheck, Robert A, Miriam, Fran F, Mary Gaj, Clinton Taplin, Steven Valvo, John Brown, Dominique Rhoklin

The prayer list is refreshed monthly please call the office to add a name, or to request that a name be carried forward. There is a book in the narthex where -- before the service begins -- you may add names to be read during the Prayers of the People for the day.

Reflection

The people of God are not the only creatures capable of praising God, after all. There are also wolves and seals. There are also wild geese and humpback whales. According to the Bible, even trees can clap their hands. Francis of Assisi loved singing hymns with his brothers and sisters- who included not only Brother Bernard and Sister Clare, but also Brother Sun and Sister Moon. Francis could not have told you the difference between the "sacred" and the "secular" if you had twisted his arm behind his back. He read the world as reverently as he read his Bible. He did not know where to draw the line between the church and the world. For this reason among others, Francis is remembered as a saint. The House of God stretches from one corner of the universe to the other. Sea monsters and ostriches live in it, along with people who pray in languages I do not
speak, whose names I will never know. .

Barbara Brown Taylor in An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith (HarperCollins)

This Week

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5

10:00am Altar Guild meeting

11:00am Worship Ministers meeting

3:30pm Private Party (Memorial Hall)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 - Feast of St. Francis

Pet Blessing at All Services

8:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite I)

9:30am Holy Eucharist

10:10am Community Activity & Pet Parade/refreshments

11:00am Holy Eucharist (Rite II w/choir)

followed by coffee hour in Memorial Hall

2:30pm Amazing Grace Circus troupe rehearsal (Memorial Hall)

2:30pm Choir

4:00pm Evensong

6:30pm Senior Youth Group (Fenton Room)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7