St. Francis

Episcopal Church

We seek to be instruments of God's peace, bearing witness to the love of God in Jesus Christ for all people.

Little Portion

Week of January 27, 2014

Senior Tea...

All Senior members of St. Francis are invited to an afternoon of Tea and Music on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Join us for a time of fellowship and fun.

Invitations to all senior members will be mailed this week. Please RSVP to Karen in the church office (508-829-3344) or sign-up on the table in the narthex.

Ever wonder where the Sunday flowers come from? Flower memorials...

The Altar Guild gets the flowers for the altar from Johnson Florist, but the funding for those flowers all comes from the same place - from flower memorials, given by parishioners in honor of someone they love. We don't have endowments for flowers, so we depend on gifts.

Although we do a special collection for both Easter and Christmas, our goal is to have every weekend of the year covered by a flower memorial donation. Each week we plan to spend $50 (on average) to provide altar flowers during the regular year or an arrangement of greens during Lent.

Do you have a family member or friend who you'd like to remember with flowers or greens on a given Sunday? Or do you have a special friend or child whose birthday or baptism you'd like to commemorate each year? You don't have to find a completely empty Sunday...we like to share...and are very happy to accommodate specific date requests.

If you're interested in giving a flower memorial, please click here to fill out a flower memorial form or talk to the parish administrator, Karen Heath, (stfran@verizon.net).

Hope for Housing....

Shopping cards for Big Y, Stop & Shop, Star Market/Shaw's and CVS will be available for purchase on the 2nd and 4th weekends of each month in the narthex. If you would like to purchase a card on an off week please email Kathy Diehl, khdiehl@charter.net and make arrangements.

Serving this weekend: February 1/2, 2014

Altar Guild: Gloria Goewey, Persis Hamilton, Sharlene O'Connor, Sarah Anderson

Saturday, February 1 -

5:00 p.m.

Ushers: Al and Helen VanDeMark

LEMs: Robin Carlo and Dick Delorme

Sunday, February 2 -

Nursing Home: Judith Morrissette

8:00 a.m.

LEMs: Pamela Hanson

10:00 a.m.

Acolytes: Jay Carlo, Katherine Galvinhill, Erynn Sheehan