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TAIZÉ — April 30, 7pm

Join us for a service of music and healing. Read more below.

Pickle Making — April 16th, 8am-3pm

Join us to next Tuesday for our annual Pickle Making! Call Gloria at 310-415-8240 to join.

Healing & Reconciliation Eucharist — Wednesdays, 12pm

Join us every Wednesday for our service of healing and reconciliation at noon in the Chapel.

Please join us for our next planning meeting on Sunday, April 14 at 11:30am. 

We have many volunteer opportunities during the show from ticket sellers and takers, gazebo, harvest cupboard, lunch tent, opening night, and more! 

We need someone to coordinate the luncheons for Thursday and Friday, May 30 and 31. We’d also love to get two volunteers to handle general staffing (together). It’s a job that can easily be done from home. 

Antique Show Gala Silent Auction Donations needed!  

Do you have the perfect treasure to make our Gala Silent Auction a huge success? Please consider donating to our Opening Night event on Wednesday, May 29. Popular items include personal creations such as jewelry and culinary specialties, social experiences like wine-tasting events and group dinners, sports and theater tickets, luxury home items, and much more! If you would like to donate, contact Mary Deley at mary_deley@yahoo.com. We are happy to coordinate, pick up, and provide you with a tax-deductible donation statement. 

Submission of Ads for The Antiques Show Program

The Antiques Show program includes paid advertisements acquired by parishioners which help defray printing costs. Please pick up ad letters from the visitor’s desk in the church office and request ads from businesses you frequent. (All details are specified in the letters.) Be sure to take last year’s program with you to entice submission of an ad. For ad rates and questions, email Karin Petersen at lapdogdesigns@cox.net or 310-375-0962, or Wendy Pratt at wpratt@earthlink.net.

Opening Night Invitations and postcard addressing

Sunday, April 28, 11:30am in the Boardroom - Many hands are needed to put on address labels and stamp over 300 opening night invitations and close to 2,000 discount postcards

Thank you all for your ongoing support for this important fundraiser!

—Jamie Bellows and Wendy Pratt, Co-chairs 

Our next Taize service will be held on Tuesday, April 30 instead of the usual fourth Tuesday. Arrive a few minutes before 7:00 pm to enjoy the musical prelude, segueing into 45 minutes of contemplative worship in our candlelit chapel, followed by a reception in our board room. If you'd like to be on our e-mail reminder list, please contact Kristina Pela at krab3@yahoo.com or 310-941-2498.

The Day of Pentecost (also known as Whitsunday), marks Jesus' promised coming of the Spirit (Acts 2:1) shortly after his death, resurrection, and ascension. Pentecost is now the seventh Sunday after Easter. As part of our Pentecost worship on Sunday, May 19, we will have Prayers of the People read in multiple languages. If you speak a language other than English, please contact Fr. Jason at jason.shelby@stfrancispalosverdes.org or 310-594-7984. We have a role for you!

If you are feeling a loss of any sort, be it the loss of a loved one to death, divorce, dementia or the loss of health due to aging, an accident, or a diagnosis—whatever it is—if you would like to be part of a supportive community, please join us in the St. Francis Library on Wednesdays. A team of parish volunteers is offering a weekly support group at two different times:

Alternating Wednesday mornings from 11:00am to Noon

Alternating Wednesday evenings from 5:00pm to 6:00pm

We will alternate the meeting times each week, beginning Wednesday, April 17, at 11:00am; the schedule through June is as follows:

April 17 11:00am - St. Francis Library

April 24 5:00pm - St. Francis Library

May 1 11:00am - St. Francis Library

May 8 5:00pm - St. Francis Library

May 15 11:00am - St. Francis Library

May 22 5:00pm - St. Francis Library

May 29 11:00am - St. Francis Library

June 5 5:00pm - St. Francis Library

June 12 11:00am - St. Francis Library

June 19 5:00pm - St. Francis Library

June 26 11:00am - St. Francis Library

Drop in as often as you'd like or feel the need.

Contact Kristina Pela (krab3@yahoo.com) with your questions and/or interest. 

April 4: Pastoral phone calls; premarital counseling; admin tasks; left for San Diego that evening.

April 5: Day off, spent time with family in San Diego.

April 6: Sermon prep; came home from San Diego.

April 7: Sunday services; pastoral visit; we had five new people in church at the 10am service.

April 8: Warden’s meeting; planning meeting; admin tasks.

April 9: Took Rachel in for her annual physical in the morning - she’s in great health! Pastoral visit in the afternoon.  

April 10: Funeral planning; staff meeting; admin tasks; pastoral visit.

Consider making a donation of altar flowers in honor of a special occasion or in memory

of someone you love. (The suggested donation is $50.) Contact Claire in the church office at 310-375-4617 or claire.erbeznik@stfrancispalosverdes.org.

Sunday Holy Communion 

8:00 am

Rite I in-person worship in the Chapel, with hymns. This service is not live-streamed.

10:00 am

Rite II in-person worship in the main church with choir and music.

For other worship services and parish events, visit our calendar.

Livestream Worship and Sermons Online

We livestream Sunday 10am worship on Facebook and YouTube. You can view past sermons or entire livestreams on our YouTube channel.

Nursery School and Sunday School

Sunday school for children in kindergarten through fifth grade will be held in the Parish Hall from 9:50 am to 10:40 am (ish ... the kids typically come in at the Peace). There is a nursery for children 6 months to 5 years old.

Contact: Kristina Pelá

Pastoral Care

In need of prayer? Send prayer requests to Fr. Jason.

Contact Kristina Pelá to arrange for a Lay Eucharistic Minister to safely bring you communion.

Parish Directory

Our directory is available online. If you need the password, contact the church office or email Claire Erbeznik.

Calendar of Events

All of our worship services, events, and small groups are listed on our church calendar.

Communications

and Notices

Please send all notices you wish to be included in the enews or bulletins to Father Jason.

Coffee Hour

Ministry

To volunteer to help one week after the 10am worship service, see the sign-up sheet at Sunday coffee hour.

Yoga with Jill

A spiritual mind and body practice led by Jill Lynch in the St. Francis Parish Hall.

Mondays 11:00-12:30 pm – Level 1/2 Hatha for Strength and Mobility

Wednesdays 9:00-10:30 am – Level 1 Gentle Yoga for Vital Mobility and Balance

Phone: 310-375-4617

The Rev. Jason Shelby, Rector: 310-594-7984

The Rev. Celeste Stump, Deacon, Chaplain at The Canterbury: 310-265-5146

Mark Bennett, Director of Music: 310-594-7416

David Knight, Organist: 310-375-4617

Claire Erbeznik, Office Administrator: 310-375-4617

Elaine Mistele, Business Manager: 310-594-8268

Joel Miranda, Sexton

Wayne Hastings, Communications: 901-219-6564

Church Office hours are:

Monday through Thursday

9:00 am to 3:00 pm