Sunday, November 26, 2023

Harbor Interfaith Christmas Meals Outreach

Harbor Interfaith Services, Inc. (HIS) now plans to deliver over 350 complete holiday meals for Christmas. Donations from St. Francis can help to make the Christmas season brighter for families served by HIS. They ask specifically for Spiral hams, canned vegetables, mashed potatoes, stuffing or dressing mix, canned yams or sweet potatoes, cake mixes/frosting and/or grocery gift cards.

Additionally, if anyone wants to donate toys for the children, they can be geared towards any age from 1 month to 18 years old. Many teens are often overlooked during the holidays. If you would like to contribute a gift certificate/card to stores, movie theaters, juice, or yogurt stores in the area, that can help a teen know they are not forgotten.

You should bring donations to church on Sundays or to the church office during office hours through Sunday, December 17 for delivery to HIS early on December 18. The food/presents will be distributed to the families on December 20.

Thank you, in advance, for your donations, and thank you for your donations for the Thanksgiving program. HIS was very appreciative of all the items donated!

For more information, contact Joyce Alley at jballey7359@gmail.com

For more about Harbor Interfaith, visit https://www.harborinterfaith.org/

Sunday, December 3

Advent Breakfast and Wreath Making

All families and parishioners are invited to our annual Advent Sunday Breakfast on Sunday, December 3 after the 10 am service in the Parish Hall. We are having a potluck this year, so bring your favorite breakfast casserole to share! Savory or sweet dishes are welcome and we will provide fruit, coffee cake, and beverages. If you would like to provide a casserole please email Kathy Compton at kathylcomp@gmail.com so we will know how many to expect. And, as always, you don’t have to bring a casserole to participate – everyone is welcome in fellowship!

We will also be making Advent Wreaths on this day so you may continue your celebration of the season in your home. Many of you have made wreaths in past years and may have foam or metal wreath rings in your garage or storage. In the spirit of reuse, we encourage you to bring your wreath rings, and any gently used candles, to create your arrangement this year. We will provide plenty of fresh greens, pipe cleaners, wire, and scissors. And if you don’t have a wreath ring at home, we will have extras to start your tradition!

Coming Events

“Come See” Concert & Variety Show

Saturday, December 2 at 5:00 pm (Doors open at 4:30 pm)

Come support our first-ever Concert & Variety Show! We’ll have an assortment of talent joining us and showing off their skills, from silly pet tricks to musical performances! Have a talent and wish to join? Talk to Ed Hinz 310-418-8138

Art Under the Arches

Saturday, December 2, and Sunday, December 3 at 10:00 am

Help fundraise for Harbor Interfaith through art!

Advent Sunday Breakfast & Wreath Making

Sunday, December 3 at 11:15 am

All families and parishioners are invited to our annual Advent Sunday Breakfast and Wreath Making Event happening Nov 3rd, in the Parish Hall. Bring in your old metal, or foam wreaths and gently used candles to create your arrangement this year! If you don’t have any, we will have plenty of supplies for you to use.

St. Anne’s Christmas Auction

Wednesday, December 6 at 6:00 pm

Join us for our St. Anne’s annual Christmas Auction for some food, fun, and fellowship!

Christmas Eve Services

Sunday, December 24 at 10:00 am, 4:00 pm, and 9:00 pm

Christmas is almost here! Join us to celebrate Christmas Eve at our 10:00 am service, the Children’s Pageant/Story Service at 4:00 pm, and the traditional Christmas Eve service at 9:00 pm.

Christmas Day

Monday, December 25 at 9:00 am

Celebrate the birth of Jesus with us on this holy day!

Communications and Notices

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

Nursery 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

Watch and Listen!

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

Weekly Worship

Sundays - Holy Communion

8:00 a.m. - Rite I in-person worship in the Chapel, with hymns. This service is not live-streamed.

10:00 a.m. - Rite II in-person worship in the main church with music. Live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube, and available for watching later.

Following the service we have coffee, tea (or plain, warm water), donut holes and other yummy nibbles. We also have a children's social hour in the St Francis' Garden, to the right of the church. There the kids enjoy juice, water, cookies and fruit. If you're reading this, odds are good you've been to at least one service - or someone surreptitiously gave us your email address. If you have any questions about what we do or why we do it, please don't hesitate to make an appointment with Father Jason, who loves talking about church (also Jesus, his kids and Star Wars, though not always in that order).