St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church

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January 23, 2025

PO Box 445 (mailing address)
8818 SW Miley Road (physical address)
Wilsonville, OR 97070 
503-678-5422
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Third Sunday After the Epiphany

Sunday, January 26, 2025

The Lessons


Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10


Psalm 19


1 Corinthians 12:12-31a



Luke 4:14-21

Preparing for Sunday
St. Francis subscribes to a weekly service called Preparing for Sunday, which provides some brief commentary on the bible readings for the upcoming weeks. It can be found on the Sermons & Services page on the St. Francis website (https://tinyurl.com/sermonspage). I encourage all of you to consider looking at it prior to Sunday, particularly if you are a lector for the week.
Father Brendan
Participants in this Week's Services

Serving at 8 am

LEM: Peggy Danford

Intercessor: Dale Rushton

Lector: Ron Coleman

Lector: Chris Onstad

Ushers/Greeters: Jim and Mary Kirk

Altar Guild: Ron and Sue Coleman

Serving at 10:30 am

LEMs: Doug Horton and Susy Mekarski

Intercessor: Mary Stewart

Lector: John Wisecaver

Lector: Marianne Burnside

Ushers: Clair Wilkins and Richard Martens

Usher/Videographer: Joe Clifford

Welcome Table: Nyla Emory and Ann Frazier

Altar Guild: Apryl Garmon and Doug Horton

Flower Guild: Linda Hammersley and Sandy Wilson

Coffee Hour Hosts: Michele Baer and Marcia McCampbell

Click here for the Full Church Calendar

This Week at St. Francis


Thursday, January 23

10:00 am - Book Group

11:30 am - Threads of Love

7:00 pm - AA Men's Group


Sunday, January 26

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

4:00 pm - Dinner Church


Monday, January 27

9:30 am - Bell Choir Rehearsal

7:30 pm - AA


Tuesday, January 28

12:30 pm- Caring Committee Meeting


Wednesday, January 29

12:00 pm - Noon Eucharist

1:00 pm - Staff Meeting

7:00 pm - Choir Rehearsal

7:30 pm - AA


Thursday, January 30

11:30 am - Threads of Love

7:00 pm - AA Men's Group


Sunday, February 2

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

5:00 pm - Taize

Parish Activities
If you would like your announcements to be included in this newsletter, or in the Sunday bulletin, please email them to the office at saintfranciswilsonville@gmail.com by Tuesday evening (7:30 pm). Please include a contact person within the announcement in case there are questions. Announcements will run for two weeks or until the event takes place.

All Saints' Crackin' Crab Feast

All Saints’ Crackin' Crab Feast is back! Our messy, fun, noisy feast of Oregon Dungeness Crab from Portland Fish Market, with Scissor Rolls from Portland French Bakery, Macaroni & Cheese (regular and vegan), and Coleslaw.

Saturday February 1st:

  • First Seating at 4:45 P.M. ALMOST SOLD OUT!!
  • 2nd Seating at 7:00 P.M. SOLD OUT!!!

Cash Bar for beer and wine. Childcare is available at the 4:45 pm Seating.

Outreach Ministries at All Saints include St. Francis Clothing Closet, Hot Meals, and the Woodstock Food Pantry.

 

Crackin' Crab Feed Prices:

Single Tickets:

  • Regular Ticket $60
  • Children under 6 free.
  • Senior Ticket $50

Contact Terri Hoffmann (thoffmann@web-ster.comif you’d like to join a group and/or carpool!

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 in January!

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.

Dinner Church

Our next gathering for Dinner Church will be January 26 at 4 pm in the Parish Hall. Father Brendan 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 February 2.

Did You Know? - Deacon Bench

This bench was given in thanksgiving for the ministry of Deacon Cliff Stewart. Also in the East Garden is a bench “Dedicated to St. Francis in memory of Wilfred “Bill” Burgess.”

 

There are also benches in the East Garden in memory of Eleanor I. Prince, 1925-2013.

Ministry Prayers – Altar Guild

Each week, in our Prayers of the People, we pray for a ministry here at St. Francis. This week, we pray for our Altar Guild. The Altar Guild of St. Francis is a group of men and women who work mostly behind the scenes of Sunday Worship.


We are divided into teams that each have a Sunday for which we are responsible. We do everything from cleaning and polishing to preparing the wine and the bread in their appropriate containers. These are then placed on the credence tables with spotless and specially folded linens. Altar Books and Gospel are marked with the verses for that Sunday.


General cleaning of the Sanctuary and Sacristy happens at least twice a year. Our Altar Guild supports the Special Events Ministry so their beautiful plans for Advent and Lent are completed. We also are called upon to prepare and assist for special services such as Memorial Services, Baptisms, and Weddings.


Those of us in Altar Guild are grateful to have this opportunity to serve our Church. We always welcome new members to our team.

 

Are you interested in joining this Ministry? Contact Kay Sharp for more information. 

Parish Outreach

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. 

Wilsonville Food Bank

The food bank is in need of CANNED FRUIT, CEREAL, TOILET PAPER, and TISSUES. They DO NOT need peanut butter at this time. They also do not need rice or pasta, and cannot store fresh fruit. Do not put any type of fresh fruit in the cart. It goes bad before they can use it. Please put any donations in the cart in the Narthex. A volunteer takes the food to the Food Bank every Tuesday.