St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church

Weekly E-Blast

February 6, 2025

This Week at St. Francis

Thursday, February 6

7:00 pm - AA Men's Group

Sunday, February 9

8:00 am - Spoken Eucharist

9:00 am - Adult Formation

10:30 am - Eucharist, Live Eucharist on YouTube/Facebook

10:30 am - Sunday School

12:30 pm - Misa

Monday, February 10

9:30 am - Bell Choir Rehearsal

7:30 pm - AA

Tuesday, February 11

11:45 am - Ladies Lunch at Langdon Farms

Wednesday, February 12

12:00 pm - Noon Eucharist

1:00 pm - Staff Meeting

1:30 pm - Finance Committee Meeting

7:00 pm - Choir Rehearsal

7:30 pm - AA

Thursday, February 13

10:00 am - Book Group

11:30 am - Threads of Love

4:00 pm - Worship Communications Meeting

5:30 pm - Guys and Gals Nite Out

7:00 pm - Vestry

7:00 pm - AA Men's Group

Saturday, February 15

4:00 pm - Italian Potluck Dinner Church

Sunday, February 16

8:00 am - Spoken Eucharist

9:00 am - Adult Formation

10:30 am - Eucharist, Live Eucharist on YouTube/Facebook

10:30 am - Sunday School

12:30 pm - Misa

Youth Group

Brendan will host a meeting with all the youth at St. Francis on Sunday, Feb 16, after the 10:30 a.m. service to discuss the possibility of starting a youth group. Like any good youth group event, there will be pizza.

Gal’s and Guy’s Night Out

On February 13th, we will meet at the Langdon Farms Restaurant at 5pm. Please come and join this group from St. Francis for fellowship, food and drink, and a good time. Bringing a friend is always welcome.

See you there,

Doug and Rich

Adult Formation

Please join us for conversations about hope and courage, based on Ladder to the Light, by Steven Charleston. Bishop Charleston is a member of the Choctaw Nation and shares daily meditations on social media, based on indigenous wisdom and spirituality. He was bishop of Alaska and Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Harvard, lives with his wife in Oklahoma. You don’t need to have his book, but you might love it. We hope to see you at the conference room table.

Small Dinner Groups Forming for 2025

Now that 2025 is underway, it is time to think about small group dinners. These dinners are a way to get to know each other in a small setting. There are usually six to nine people in each group, and they meet once at each person’s home or a restaurant. Dates are determined by each group.

There will be a sign-up sheet in the Information Center. Please contact Susy Mekarski (708-415-1685), Ann Frazier (503-657-0739), or Nyla Emory (503-539-1857) with any questions.

Dinner Church - Italian Potluck

Our next gathering for Dinner Church will be SATURDAY, February 15, at 4 pm in the Parish Hall. We will have an Italian Dinner Potluck. Hospitality will make the main dish and we will have a potluck for sides, salads, and desserts. There is a sign-up sheet in the Information Center. We will have dinner, break bread, and celebrate the Eucharist.

Lenten Booklets

It has been a tradition at St. Francis for many years to produce a booklet of readings, artwork, poems, or any other printable items to be distributed parish-wide during Lent. Its purpose is to share items that speak to us as parishioners as we journey through these 40 days. It can be an original piece, something that you clipped from a magazine, a passage from the Bible, or a piece of art that has special meaning for you, to name a few options. 

Booklets will be available starting on Ash Wednesday. Please send your submissions to Jodi at saintfranciswilsonville@gmail.com by February 28.

Taizé Prayer at St. Francis

For a time of prayer, reflection, and peace, please join us for Taizé prayers at the Cross of San Daminano. Come to the church at 5:00 pm for the service or 4:30 pm if you would like to sing through the chants prior to the service. 

Our next Taizé Prayer service will be March 2.

Did You Know? - Wrought Iron Gate

The wrought iron gate to the entrance of the Tower Garden was a gift from Dick and Lois Parker.

Ministry Prayers – Lay Eucharistic Ministry

Each week, in our Prayers of the People, we pray for a ministry here at St. Francis. This week, we pray for our Lay Eucharistic Ministry. LEMs are individuals who assist with the setting and clearing up of the Eucharist for the Priest. Under normal circumstances, they also administer the wine to the Congregates during the Communion period. If there is no Acolyte, they process with the cross at the beginning of the service and recess with the cross at the end of the service. They read the Psalm and lead the congregation in the Nicene Creed.

Are you interested in joining this Ministry? Contact Peggy Danford for more information.

William Temple House Donations

As you clean out your cupboards and closets following the holidays, please consider giving your no-longer-needed (or wanted) items to William Temple House. The donation boxes are in the office hallway. Thank you for helping others! If you’d like a tax receipt, please let Jodi know. 

SAVE THE DATE! Outreach Auction 2025

Here’s a date to put on your calendar — June 14, 2025! Your Outreach Ministry will be holding an auction to raise funds for the many outreach programs supported by St Francis. The auction will be a very fun event where we come together to show our love for others, both locally and internationally.

Based on our experience in 2023, we have decided to focus on a live auction (plus a number of other fun events), so of course we need to be thinking about items that can be auctioned. We are particularly interested in experiences — dinners, vacation homes, fishing trips, airline miles, restaurant gift cards combined with theater or movie tickets, cases of wine or wine tastings, spa visits — these are just a few thoughts. No doubt you will have lots of other creative ideas. 

Please contact Carole Biskar (cbiskar@gmail.com) or Ann Frazier (annfrazier41@comcast.net) if you have questions or suggestions.