St. Francis E-Blast March 5, 2026

St. Francis subscribes to a weekly service called Working Preacher, 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.

Participants in this Week's Services

Serving at 8 am

LEM: Peggy Danford

Intercessor: Dale Rushton

Lector: Peter Wallmark

Lector: Linda Nash

Ushers/Greeters: Rebecca Engen and Jeff Krausse

Altar Guild: Gay Kuykendall and Paul Morgan

Serving at 10:30 am

LEMs: Doug Horton and Joe Schiwek, Jr.

Intercessor: Mary Ann Schroeder

Lector: Kim Warram

Lector: Susy Mekarski

Ushers: Jean Lisiecki and Ed Burnside

Usher/Videographer: Brian Lisiecki

Welcome Table: Rich and Phyllis Clark

Altar Guild: Bob Sharp and Kathy Miller

Flower Guild: Carolynne Fairweather and Adrianna Tasker

Coffee Hour Hosts: Susan Huffman, Steve Sanders, and Marcia McCampbell

Click here for the Full Church Calendar

This Week at St. Francis

Thursday, March 5

2:00 pm - Contemplative Prayer Group

7:00 pm - AA Men’s Group

Sunday, March 8

8:00 am - Spoken Eucharist

9:00 am - Adult Formation

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

10:30 am - Church School

12:30 pm - Misa

Monday, March 9

7:30 pm - AA

Tuesday, March 10

11:00 am - SpringRidge Service

12:30 pm - Bell Choir Rehearsal

1:30 pm - Mahjong Group

6:30 pm - Profile Committee Meeting

Wednesday, March 11

12:00 pm - Noon Eucharist

1:30 pm - Finance Committee Meeting

4:00 - 6:30 pm - Drop-in hours with Mtr. Jaime

7:00 pm - Choir Rehearsal

7:30 pm - AA

Thursday, March 12

10:00 am - Book Group

12:00 pm - Threads of Love

5:00 pm - Guys and Gals Nite Out

7:00 pm - AA Men’s Group

Sunday, March 15

8:00 am - Spoken Eucharist

9:00 am - Adult Formation

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

10:30 am - Church School

12:30 pm - Misa

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.

Continuity & Change at St. Francis

Get Ready - the St. Francis Parish Survey is Coming Soon!!!

During the week of March 9th you will receive an email inviting you to participate in an all-parish survey that will provide important information for the compilation of our Parish Profile, a critical document in our Search Process for a new rector.

When you receive this email we ask that you go online using the link or QR code provided to share your experiences as a member of our St. Francis community and your priorities for our church moving forward. Survey responses will be anonymous and detailed survey completion information will be included in the email.

Online responses are preferred. If you will need a paper copy to respond to the survey please contact either Susan Huffman at 503-804-4992 or Marilyn Morgan at

303-704-9781.

This is your opportunity to tell us what you value about St. Francis and your hopes for our collective future. We hope you will respond!

Many thanks,

Mary Kirk (chair), Susan Huffman, Marilyn Morgan, Christopher Onstad, Cindy Russell, and Jim Warram

Blessings,

Jaime+

We ask your prayers for St. Francis’ clergy transition

Eternal God, heavenly Father, we lift our congregation to you at this time of clergy transition. Give to us open hearts and discerning minds, a vision of the future to which you call us, and the grace and faith to live into it. This we pray in the name of the One who calls us to be instruments of your peace, Jesus our Savior. Amen.

Gals and Guys Night Out

On Thursday, March 12, we will meet at Langdon Farms at 5pm. Please come and join this group from St. Francis for fellowship, food and drink, and a good time. You are always welcome to bring a friend.

See you there,

Doug and Rich

Ladies Lunch

Our next Ladies Lunch will be on Tuesday, March 17, at 11:45 am, at Backstop in Canby. A sign-up sheet is in the Information Center. Questions? Contact Peggy Danford or Sandi Thompson.

Easter Flowers

Donations for our beautiful Easter flowers can be made by using the Easter Flower envelopes, available at the Information center, handed out by Altar Guild members or in the church office. Dedicate flowers in memory, honor or thanksgiving for people in your lives. Indicate this on your envelope.

Let’s fill the church with the beauty of Easter.

Dinner Church

Our next gathering for Dinner Church will be March 22 at 4 pm in the Parish Hall. Mtr. Jaime 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 pray, share about scripture, and have dinner.

Caution! Scam Artists at Work!

If you receive an email or message apparently from me asking you for gift cards, this is a scam. I will never ask you to buy gift cards for any church purpose. This is a common scam on faithful church members. Sometimes it is presented as needed for pastoral care. Sometimes it is presented as some other “need.” The scammers are very skilled. Do not respond. If it is a call, hang up. It is not me. Mother Jaime

Mite Boxes

St. Francis has been using Mite Boxes as a spiritual Lenten practice for many years. These are intended for regular contributions of "mites," little monies, which are then collected at Easter. The money collected is sent to Episcopal Relief and Development for their work in Third World countries to help purchase goats. The boxes are in the Information Center for anyone, adult or child, who would like to try a daily practice of gratitude, thanksgiving, or remembrance. Please turn in your mite box as close to Easter as possible.

Lent at St. Francis

Lenten resources for personal and family devotions are available for you in the Narthex. Whether your household prefers a fun map or devotional books, we have them! If you are using Life Stories this Lent, please make the following correction to a typo: on page 21, correct the READ to John 9:1-41.

Small Dinner Groups 2026

It’s time to sign up for this year’s small dinner groups. This is an opportunity to meet the great people of St. Francis with whom you share Sunday mornings. The groups are made up of couples and singles who meet on a schedule decided upon by your group. Dinners are typically potluck meals in your homes, but you can be creative and meet at a restaurant or whatever you decide. Typical group size is eight people, but if you would prefer a group of six, please note that on the sign-up sheet. Groups will be selected by the end of February. There are so many interesting people in our St. Francis family - here is your opportunity to hear their stories. Don’t miss out on the fun! Questions? Contact Nyla Emory at 503 539-1857 or Nylaemory@mac.com or Lynne Tucker at 503 704-3344 or tuckerfamily@onlinenw.com.

Adult Formation

Adult Formation in Lent will explore spirituality for our own lives, based on wisdom of Richard Rohr. God is such a mystery! Most of us can remember turning points in our lives that have led us to reimagine how we relate to God and others. We move forward in ways that we likely don’t understand, hopefully growing through the quiet workings of time and grace. Once we have lived into an understanding of who/what/how we are - critical work! - we can move on to other questions, other meaning, other work, toward our own soul’s wholeness. ‘God has no grandchildren. God only has children.’ We each make our own discoveries.

We meet 9:00 - 10:00ish on Sunday mornings. If you’d like to read Rohr’s wisdom directly, look for ‘Falling Upward;’ otherwise just join us on Sunday mornings!

Memorial Gardens Work Day

Garden putterers, unite! Please come help us make the Memorial Gardens beautiful for Easter on Saturday, March 21, beginning at 9:30 am. Bring gloves, pruners and diggers if you have them, maybe a mug of coffee. We’ll clean up winter damage and fill the gardens with blooming plants, should be finished by noon—come and work as you can. If you’d like to help choose the plants, join us Saturday, March 14 at 10am; we’ll start at N&M Nursery on Feller Rd. (Donald) and move on from there!

Contemplative Prayer Group

A contemplative prayer group meets twice per month on Thursday at 2 pm in the Parish Hall library. We do Lectio Divina and sit for Centering Prayer, among other devotions. Our next meeting will be today at 2:00 pm. If you are interested in Silent Prayer or Contemplation and want to attend the prayer group or ask for more information, please contact Lucia Jorge-Nebert (call or text: 971-341-2068, email: lnebert@yahoo.com) or Marcia Burdon (text only: 503-380-7820, email: mlburdon@hotmail.com).

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 Sunday, April 5th.

Parish Outreach

William Temple House

Update: The St. Francis congregation provided ten van loads of donations to the William Temple House Thrift Store last year!

As we continue through 2026, please continue to donate clothing, electronics, furniture, and household goods so William Temple House can provide counseling services, food, and other items to those in need. Thank you!

Cold weather items including blankets, sleeping bags, and warm clothing are especially needed now; please consider donating any of these items if you are no longer using them. Again, thank you.

Wilsonville Food Bank

A big shout out and thank you to the St. Francis folks who have contributed food, hygiene, and cleaning items to the food bank. Thank you for stepping up to my plea for donations. I am positive each donation will be distributed and appreciated. For those who have provided sturdy shopping bags, those, too, will be used. St. Francis is an amazing community and your commitment to caring for your neighbor is an example of fulfilling what we have been commanded to do.

The following is from the Oregon Food Bank President's most recent message in the newsletter. "Last year [2025] the Oregon Food Bank Network recorded 2.9 million visits to food assistance sites. The highest number in our history. In just two years, visits have increased by 51 percent. Today one in seven people, inluding one in six kids, in Oregon and Southwest Washington face food insecurity. And the amount of food available through food banks is not keeping up with the growning need.

This gap is not because of personal choices. It is because policies are falling short. SNAP remains the most effective tool we have to prevent hunger. In Oregon, nearly 18 percent of residents rely on SNAP, thanks to strong outreach and enrollment efforts that help fmilies access benefits they qualify for. The scale of SNAP is unmatched. SNAP provides seven meals for every one meal provided by food banks in Oregon. Unfortunately recent federal cuts and disruptions to SNAP mean families are losing support at the very moment costs are rising."

Thank you St. Francis parishioners for your continued generosity with food and other items. Let's also push for policies that help families put food on the table and reduce having families struggle to make choices among food, health care, rent, and child care. I pray with gratitude for your good works.