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INFORMATION
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Sundays @ 9 a.m.
Spirit Village
a child-centric & play-based spiritual circle
Sundays
@ 10:10 a.m.
Sacred Roots
Communion & Music
Wednesdays @ 9 a.m. Solace
Communion & Meditation
Wednesday @ 7 p.m.
Scripture Safari
conversation/study of upcoming Sunday lectionary readings
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Weekly Happenings at Turk & Lyon...
Simply Sandwiches
Fridays
10 a.m. - Noon
Volunteers make over 200 sandwiches for San Francisco's hungry.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Saturdays
11 a.m. - Noon
Al-Anon
Mondays
6:30-7:30 p.m.
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Our Partnerships
St. Cyprian's Church
is also home to
First United Lutheran, San Francisco Live Arts, and The Village Project, an after-school and summer program for Western Addition youth.
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Dear Friends, Neighbors and Members of St. Cyprian's,
Happy birthday to the United States of America!
This morning, as I was trolling through my facebook feed, I noticed a friend of mine posted, "Happy Interdependence Day!" and the except below from the UCC devotional of the day. Although there has been so much celebration in the Bay with SF Pride last weekend and the overturning of Prop 8 and DOMA, I cannot help but think of other challenges and let downs this country is facing. As we sit with frustrations for the decisions or lack of decisions on immigration and voting rights, I am challenged by the word my friend used...interdependence.
While our world is full of oppressive forces that try to limit the rights and wholeness of minorities or those who are most vulnerable, as followers of Jesus, we must recognize our own agency, and are called to help others recognize theirs and fight together for everyone's rights. This means realizing that when we fight together we are stronger than when we try fighting alone. On this 4th of July, this day of celebration, let us find hope in the strength we gain when we live in relationship with others and when working together towards justice:
"You can't mend flaws with contempt. You can't bind wounds with disgust. You can't redeem what you don't love. Without love you can only punish and damn.
If loving America is unfashionable in your circles, the Glorious Fourth is a good day to reclaim the practice. Knowing all you know, love anyway. Love America's originating spirit of fairness and freedom. Love its vision of equality, justice, an...d full participation. Love its creativity and openness. Love baseball, fireworks, purple mountain majesties, oceans white with foam, maybe even NASCAR. Eat a hot dog today (okay, a veggie dog on a gluten-free roll), wave a flag, drive your Chevy to the levee, cheer the weird floats in the town parade. Fog up when they play the anthem.
Love your country. Pray hard for its good. Then get back to work." [Mary Luti]
See you soon at Turk & Lyon!
Peace,
hannah
St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church
turkandlyon@gmail.com
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coming up @ Cyprian's
Friday 5th 7-10 pm First Fridays Song Circle with Kevin Barnard
Bring instruments, songs and poems. Suggested donation $5.
Monday 8- Friday 19 from 9a.m.- 3 p.m.
Shakespeare Players for Kids Ages 7-13
Players Camps: each two week session presents a series of structured performance-oriented workshops under the guidance of trained Shakespeare Festival staff. Each camp finishes with a shortened performance of a Shakespeare play, staged and acted by campers for an audience of family and friends.
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Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Summer Scripture Safari
Gather together with St. Cyprian's & First United for a conversation about the upcoming Sunday scripture lessons. No experience required.
The lessons for Sunday, July 14th are: Amos 7:7-17; Psalm 82; Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37
For more information contact either
Pastor Susan Strouse (pastorsusan@fulc.com)
or Rev. Mike Reddig (frmike1@me.com)
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Summer at Turk & Lyon  Summer camps, local currency, concerts, free food, & brain wellness classes....full details at http://cyprianscenter.org/
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Weekly E-Mail Archives
In January, 2011 St. Cyprian's began sending weekly e-newsletters. You can find an archive of all these messages here. Forward messages and invite friends, neighbors, and distant congregants to join our list. . |
St. Cyprian's is a congregation emboldened by the opportunity to engage with our energized urban neighborhood to create a community
where everyone matters.
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