St. Francis of Assisi Sunday
October 4, 2020

9:15am Joyful Noise via zoom

10:00am Litany of Creation and Virtual Blessing of Animals via zoom

10:30am Zoom/Livestream Morning Prayer

(No public worship at Church during Covid-19 pandemic)
This Sunday, October 4
St. Francis of Assisi Sunday

9:15am Joyful Noise via zoom

10:00am Litany of Creation and Virtual Blessing of Animals via zoom
Bring your special animal with you to the Transfig zoom for a special blessing! We will also bless the cat toys parishioners have made for donation to the Peninsula Humane Society.

10:30am Zoom/Livestream Morning Prayer via zoom (simultaneous livestream via website)
Led by lay leaders from our Wednesday Morning Prayer group, with special live and recorded music, and a sermon by Amber Stancliffe-Evans.

Bulletin for both the 10:00am Virtual Blessing of Animals & 10:30am Morning Prayer Click here

4:30pm Faith Lab (Youth Group) via zoom
Contribution and Virtual Offering Plate
We are thankful to parishioners who pledge and are mailing their checks directly to the Transfiguration office, or have set up auto payment from your bank. It is very helpful that we continue income at this time as we seek to create connections to each other and maintain parish life. If you are not a pledger at Transfig, please do use our ‘virtual offering plate’ on the front page of our website to make a contribution to our work as you are able.

Happy Birthday
Betsy Robinson on Tuesday, Will Smith on Wednesday, Joseph Villa and Michelle McLean on Friday and Audrey Castiglia on Saturday.
Happy Anniversary
Sarah & Silvio DelRosso and Phuong Thai & Greg Spurrier on Tuesday.

Worship in the Coming Weeks
Sunday, October 11
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
9:15 Joyful Noise (via zoom) - with Michele M and Matthew B leading, along with a volunteer storyteller
10:30 Zoom/Streamed Eucharist with Jureck Fernandez presiding, Virginia Fox preaching 

Sunday, October 18
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
We welcome our Interim Rector, The Rev. Bob Kossler
9:15 Joyful Noise via zoom - with Michele M and Matthew B leading, along with volunteer storyteller
10:30 Zoom/Streamed Eucharist with Fran Tornquist presiding, Bob Kossler preaching 

Faith Lab 
Sundays at 4:30
All youth in grades six and up are invited to join Faith Lab. We meet every Sunday at 4:30 pm to talk, play games and do activities. Join us this week to help us plan our Halloween activities! Contact Michele Maia for the zoom password.
Faith and Wonder Walk
Saturday
October 10
9:30 am
Waterdog Lake Park, Lyall Dr. Entrance
Come celebrate the start of the Community of Wonder (C.O.W) program year with a family hike. All families are invited to a socially distanced walk at Waterdog Lake in Belmont. This is a great opportunity to appreciate the beauty of creation and the joy of seeing each other in person in a safe, healthy way. We will meet at the Lyall Drive entrance to the trail and walk up to the lake. It’s about a one mile hike to the lake and back on a wide trail. Dogs are welcome to come along as well. Bring along a water bottle and a snack and wear your face covering.
RSVP to Michele, michele@transfig-sm.org.
Welcome Back,
Community of Wonder (C.O.W.)!
starting October 12, 2020
Mondays at 4 pm 

Welcome back to our community of wonder! All children are welcome to join us Mondays at 4pm beginning on October 12 for stories, games and activities. We will gather in the Faith Formation Zoom room. Come and greet old friends and make some new ones as we explore the wonder, wisdom, witness, welcome and other “wows” of our faith.
For more information please email Michele Maia, michele@transfig-sm.org
Peace Pantry at Hillsdale High School

Do you have a fruit tree with more fruit than you can use? Or extra vegetables in your garden that you’d like to share? Maybe you’ve baked cookies or bread and have some to share. If so, the Hillsdale Peace Pantry will gratefully accept your donations. Food from Second Harvest and Mi Rancho is distributed to 140 local families each week at Hillsdale High School through their Peace Pantry program. Transfiguration Church has partnered with the Peace Pantry since 2019 in their mission to provide healthy food and hygiene supplies to needy families in our neighborhood. Our parishioners have supported the program through financial contributions, and now we are also able to provide fresh food directly to hungry families. Food is distributed through the Peace Pantry every Friday morning at Hillsdale High School.

If you would like to contribute to this important effort to care for and support local families in need, please contact Gari Patton, garipatton@astound.net, or Joseph Villa, villajosephe@gmail.com
Book Club
The book club will be meeting via zoom on
Saturday October 24 from 3:00-4:30
Everyone is invited. We will read and discuss Sue Monk Kidd’s novel The Book of Longings. Several members of the congregation have already read this book and highly recommend it (and asked to have the book club read and discuss it). Zoom info to be made available at a later date. 
Photo Directory Update - Send in new photos now!

I don’t know about you, but I use my church directory all the time to look up people’s addresses or e-mails. I write a lot of cards and send a lot of e-mails. When I look at my printed copy of the directory (from 2016) or my online version of the directory (from 2018), I love seeing the photos of my church family. Sadly (for me, anyway), not everyone has a photo. And in some cases (more noticeable with families whose children grow in leaps and bounds), the photos are clearly out of date. Let’s remedy this! 

Many of us are stuck at home, and this would be a perfect time to gather together your clan, including animals if you like, and take a selfie! We’re not looking for studio-quality shots - just a picture that will enable us to have a face to go along with a name. This will be especially helpful for Bob Kossler, our new Interim Rector, who will join us on Oct. 15th. So, please, get out your cell phone - or a real camera! - take a picture of yourself or your family, and send it in JPEG format to me at: garipatton@astound.net

Let’s aim for Nov. 15th at the latest, so Bob doesn’t have to wait too long to get to know us by sight. Thanks for your help!

-Gari Patton
This Week in Parish Life 
Sunday, October 4
St Francis of Assisi Sunday
9:15am Joyful Noise Service - via zoom: story, music, prayer with coffee hour to follow
Joyful Noise zoom password: 2020
10:00am - Virtual Blessing of Animals via zoom (only)
10:30am   Zoom/Livestream Liturgy: Morning Prayer -with Zoom coffee hour to follow
10:30 Morning Prayer zoom password: 3900
Simultaneous Livestream:  http://www.transfig-sm.org
Bulletin for both the 10:00am Virtual Blessing of Animals & 10:30am Morning Prayer Click here

4:30pm Faith Lab (Youth Group) via zoom (email Michele for link)

Monday, October 5
8:30am - Morning Meditation 
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)

Tuesday, October 6
8:30am - Morning Meditation 
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)

Wednesday, October 7
8:30am - Morning Meditation 
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)
9am - Morning Prayer
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)
10:30am - Gospel Preview
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)

Thursday, October 8
8:30am - Morning Meditation 
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)

Friday, October 9
8:30am - Morning Meditation 
https://zoom.us/j/6503418206 (password: 3900)

Saturday, October 10

Sunday, October 11
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
9:15am Joyful Noise Service - via zoom: story, music, prayer with coffee hour to follow
Joyful Noise zoom password: 2020
10:00am - Virtual Blessing of Animals via zoom 
10:30am   Zoom/Livestream Liturgy: Morning Prayer -with Zoom coffee hour to follow
10:30 Morning Prayer zoom password: 3900
Simultaneous Livestream:  http://www.transfig-sm.org

4:30pm Faith Lab (Youth Group) via zoom (email Michele for link)
Clergy Support during the pandemic
If you wish to speak to any of our clergy please note their phone numbers and email below and reach out to them or call the church office for assistance. We are not able to meet in person as per Diocesan instructions unless it is a matter of life or death, but we ARE delighted to talk to you about any pastoral concerns. If a pastoral situation occurs that is a matter of life or death please reach out to one of our clergy as noted below.  

Staff
Director of Music: Matthew Burt
650 283-7512 - matthewb@transfig-sm.org
Director of Family Ministry: Michele Maia
510 816-4324 - michele@transfig-sm.org
Operations Manager: Noreen Huey
650 341-8206 - office@transfig-sm.org
Assisting Priests
The Rev. Jureck Fernandez
650 636-5654 - jurekfernandez@aol.com
The Rev. Frances Tornquist
Deacon 
The Rev. Hailey McKeefry-Delmas 
650 201-6139 - hailey@cyberdeacon.com
Parish Office 650 341-8206
Transfiguration Episcopal Church
3900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, CA 94403