October 2016

October 17

Deadline for the

November-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

9am Coffee Hour Volunteers: Ken Quandt, Norma Young, Sr. Ruth Hall

11am Coffee Hour Volunteers: Melinda Lee, Alice and John Gates, Carol Thollander, Carol Fine, Gregg and

Lisa Napoli, Beverly Popek and Pat Ho-a-Yun, Susan Reamy, Sally Oh, Debbie Jasso, Christina Stephen,

the Dick family, Bob Kossler, David Kriegh.

Laguna Honda Volunteers: Bill and Fran Rounds, Christina Stephen, and Paul Pearson

Office Volunteers: Ed Splichal, Anita Jackson, Sally Young, Richard Young, Bob Powell

Special thanks to Ed Splichal for fixing the stained glass panel on the door to the Parish hall!

Pax et Bonum

A NEWSLETTER FOR

ST. FRANCIS’ EPISCOPAL CHURCH

From the Interim Rector

Peace be with you.

Happy St. Francistide!

Franciscans around the world have been celebrating St. Francis since the 17th of September, the Feast of the

Stigmata when he received the five wounds of Jesus two years before his death in 1226. We as a parish family

are indeed fortunate to be part of a large group of people who have over the last 800 years been

commemorating the feast of our patron saint. On October 2nd Fr. Bob will be presiding at our feast here

which will include the "Blessing of the Animals". So don't forget to bring those special friends of yours for

their feast day blessing.

While writing this I'm pondering the wonderful weekend that 50 of us shared at the Bishop's Ranch. In spite

of the exceptionally warm weather we really enjoyed our time together-especially the beautiful pool! The

Sunday Eucharist which our Venerable Archdeacon David Stickley prepared for us was a huge success and at

the last-minute we had a volunteer pianist, Susan. Our meals, fellowship and community spirit was at an

all-time high. A hearty thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make this weekend happen.

As most of your know I will be away from 1st of October returning on the 18th. During my time away,

Fr. Kossler will be available for any emergencies. I look forward to seeing you on my return.

Peace and goodwill,

Dominic, tssf+

Greetings from the Senior Warden

Some of us just returned from the Parish Retreat up at the Bishop’s Ranch.. The time over the weekend is a

wonderful chance to visit and catch up with each other, tell stories, laugh and listen. I’m always drawn to the

mosaic of sounds at the Ranch. Some sounds range from the quiet: the birds opening the day with their dawn

chorus, the soft voices of friends sitting together telling about their grandchild’s latest accomplishment or the

crickets closing out the day. Other sounds are much more boisterous: the Friday night barbeque gathering,

to the children playing in the swimming pool, and the laughs at the funny movie we watch Saturday night.

Sunday’s church service at the Ranch had a special surprise; a lovely woman named Susan played the piano

for us - enriching our hymns and adding to the music of the sounds at the Ranch. Listen to the sounds weaving

around and through you, and be thankful for all of God’s gifts.

Maryla

Stewardship 2016

As our frigid San Francisco summer gives way to a balmy fall, our thoughts turn to the events of the season -

the Giants' run for a wildcard slot... the presidential election... and... the 2017 St. Francis' Episcopal Church

Stewardship campaign.

2016 has been a terrific year so far at St. Francis' - our liturgical and community life is as strong as ever. Our

energetic full-time and volunteer clergy led by rector Beth Sherman guided us through a majestic, solemn

Lenten season capped with an exuberant Easter service and Sunday after Sunday of Holy Eucharist, reflection,

and thoughtful sermons; our service to the community via the food bank and other outreach continues with

vigor, and our coffee hours, sunday school, social events, vestry and committee meetings, the Altar Guild's

work, and all the other aspects of our community are going strong.

And we've seen some changes as well - for example, Rob Kerman and Mark Lieu stepping back from years of

service leading our music program, the passing of some beloved parishioners, and Beth going on sabbati-

cal. These changes - some permanent and some temporary - are readily visible to us, and the subject of a lot of

discussion.

But there are other, deeper, changes underway that are less visible - changes that we need to come to grips

with if we are to safeguard the future of our parish. Specifically, I am talking about demographic changes to

St. Francis, changes that result from two powerful forces simultaneously coming to bear. From one side: the

ever-decreasing affordability of life in San Francisco, especially if you are trying to raise a family. From the

other side: the apparently inexorable national trend away from church attendance. In the middle lies the result,

parishes such as ours, where attracting new members is hard, and retaining them in the face of the financial

challenges of life in San Francisco is even harder.

Time and again, with prayer and goodwill, we have risen to the occasion to support our parish in every way -

contributing our time, effort, and financial resources in the support of St. Francis' mission. I am confident that

this year will be no exception.

Craig Stephen

2017 Stewardship Campaign Chair

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Prayer List in the Sunday Bulletin

In the words of more than one member of this Parish, “prayer does work.” In an effort to be sensitive to the

needs of all parishioners, their friends, and families, please take a look at the prayer lists in the Sunday

Bulletin. Beginning October 1, unless specifically requested, names on the prayer lists will be removed at the

first of each month. Thank you for your consideration and cooperation.

Note from Kathy Capp

Kasey is much better. She is out of the hospital and will start back to work part time next week. We are so

thankful for the concern and prayers of our beloved Saint Francis’ Church

NEWS FROM THE DEANERY Alice Gates

The San Francisco Deanery of the Episcopal Church is made up of representatives from each of the Episcopal

churches and organizations within the boundaries of San Francisco. The Diocese of California is made up of

six deaneries. St. Francis has four lay representatives and two clergy representatives. The deanery meets four

times a year, once each quarter and our representatives are voting members at the Annual Convention of the

Diocese which is held in October.

The Deanery business at the meeting which was held on September 10 at Trinity + St. Peter primarily covered

items which will be discussed and voted on at the convention. There will be six resolutions under considera-

tion at the convention:

Support of Proposition 62 on the November ballot.

Replacement of compact fluorescent lights with energy saving units

Reducing gun violence

Support for HR 3226 – Regarding trafficking and slavery

Free speech with regard to boycott, divestment and sanctions

Accompanying our Episcopal sisters and brothers in the Holy Land

.(For more information on any of these resolutions go to diocal.org)

Other items of business covered were:

Treasurer’s report: The deanery has received 100% participation from all parishes and the balance in the

Deanery account at present is $10,728.86. One disbursement was made to the Millennium Development Goals

of $68.98.

Deanery Grants: The due date for all Deanery applications is October 7. The applications should be

emailed to Regan Murphy, Deanery Secretary at reganmurphy@gmail.com.

Official Youth Presence: Melia Young (Grace Cathedral) and Kira Smith (St. Cyprian’s) will be the youth

representatives at the Convention.

Representatives to the National Convention will be elected at the Diocesan Convention as well as Diocesan

Standing Committee and Diocesan Executive Council. For candidates bios see diocal.org.

Help Out Family Link

The Family Link, a guesthouse for families of gravely ill patients hospitalized in San Francisco, is run by

Sister Ruth (an 8 a.m. parishioner), and Fr. Dominic is a board member. We have been accepted as a

beneficiary of this year's Castro Street Fair and desperately need volunteers to work at the registration booth.

This is a plum job because our volunteers get to sit down, and there is shade cover. The fair is on Sunday

October 2nd and volunteers offer 2 - 4 hours of service. If any St Francis’ folks can offer time it will be greatly

appreciated. All the money taken in at the fair is divided between the beneficiaries and is based on the number

of volunteer hours served by each nonprofit. Contact Sr. Ruth Hall at sisterruth@mindspring.com or call

415-200-6689, or contact Fr. Dominic.

Jean Mackenzie

Jean Mackenzie, a long-time member of this Parish passed away peacefully on August 26th. A memorial

service is planned for October 8, at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. Bob Kossler will celebrate and The Rev. Charles

Ramsden will preach.

Sr. Ruth Hall

FALL RETREAT

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Home is where the heart is.

Left to Right: Lonnie Hinckley, Walter

Capp, Kathy Capp, Dave Hinckley.

“Four lost sheep found wandering in the fields at Bishops Ranch!”

Courtesy of Paul Young

FALL RETREAT

FALL RETREAT

What IS a Baltimore?

“I told the Bishop that we were coming and that

he should leave--immediately, if not sooner.”

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$600 Apple gift certificate Passes for two to the Napa Valley Film Festival

$ 400 gift certificate to SHN productions $300 CASH PRIZE!

Recently, St. Francis’ Episcopal has paired up with BRAID, a program that matches foster children

with a team of adults from the community in a long-term supportive relationship. To support this new

endeavor, 10% of the proceeds from the Pennies from Heaven gala and raffle will go to the BRAID

program.

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St. George Orthodox Church

399 San Fernando Way San Francisco Ca 94127

ST. GEORGE ORTHODOX CHURCH

19TH ANNUAL JERUSALEM FESTIVAL

NEWS FROM THE FOOD BASKET

I am your friendly Food Basket and my place is behind the last pew on Sunday mornings. People make me

very happy when they bring non-perishable food items for me and my friends down in the Tenderloin at the

Bay Area Women's and Children's Center. I have been receiving lots of food lately. I especially like cereal,

peanut butter, soups, canned vegetables, canned fruit, pasta and sauce, tuna and things like that. Eight full

boxes were taken down to the Center last May. Now the cupboard where I keep food is nearly empty, so I

hope you all think about refilling it so the children of the Tenderloin have good things to eat during the fall

months. Thanks for all you do. I'll be looking for you on Sunday morning.

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Godly Play

Below is our schedule for the fall.

October

2 - "The Good Samaritan"

9 and 16 "The Sower"

23 and 30 "The Pearl"

November

7, 14 and 21 - "The Good Shephard"

December

4, 11, 18 - The Advent Story

For further information, please contact Beverly Popek bhpopek@gmail.com.

Our Sunday School use the Godly Play curriculum, which is very easy to follow. In addition, we supplement

with art days and special projects to provide some variety and breaks for storytellers. Some of our projects

have included making sandwiches, cards and communion bread. Is there a project you'd like to head

up? Would you love to tell a story? We provide training and support.

Godly Play is a complete service in itself for the youth. In addition to having a story (lesson) and time to re-

flect through play (i.e., art or discussion among themselves), we end each session with a prayer circle. During

this time, the children pray and have the opportunity to share and support each other. The number of children

who attend Godly Play vary from week to week. Our "high" number has been 12 and "low" two. We average

about five children a week.

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Renew your grocery and debit cards on eScrip. If you have not yet enrolled, registration is free and easy. For

more information or to join eScrip: www.escrjp.comor1-800-592-0942. St . Francis’ group 10 #3692332. For

current members: You must RENEW your annual membership by

November 1 , 2014 by visiting www.escrjp.com click " members/supporters'; click" myescrip'.

AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of

products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when cus-

tomers shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5 % of the

price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers. Charitable organizations can

register to receive donations at org.amazon.com. Just go to www.smile.amazon.comand search for the

charitable organization (St. Francis Episcopal Church, San Francisco) and do your shopping. Half of 1% of

your purchases will be directed to our parish. No work!

BRAID Wendy Dwyer

Our St Francis’ BRAID team met with Reverends Rebecca Edwards and Christopher Chase on Saturday,

July 30th, for our introductory mentor training for foster youth. Our mission is to surround our youth with a

consistent and an unconditional loving presence. I am so grateful to be part of this fledgling team, and the

training we received was helpful and clear. We shared conversations and real-life scenarios concerning

listening, empathy, giving advise vs problem solving, and discussed principals of mentoring. Rebecca and

Chris provided us with quality and empathetic training. We are in the process of completing Diocesan-

approved training on how to protect children and mentors and promote healthy boundaries through

the "Shield the Vulnerable" organization. We will keep you posted on our progress and we are all looking

forward to our first meeting and weaving our lives together. For more information and amazing stories found

on Rebecca and Chris' blogspot, please go to www.braidmission.org

CALENDAR

Ongoing Weekly Events .

Monday to Thursday Lynn Douthit School of Dance 3:p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Monday to Friday YMCA/Preschool in Session, 8a.m. to 6p.m.

Monday to Friday St. George Orthodox Church Office Hours, 8a.m.-11a .m.

Wednesday/Friday Music Together Classes, 9a.m., 10a.m., 11a.m.—Guild Hall

Thursday/Friday Tai Chi Classes, 10a.m. Parish Hall

T u e s d a y St. George Choir Rehearsal—6 p.m.—Church

Wednesday Food Pantry, 3p.m. Courtyard/Kitchen/Guild Hall

Wednesday St. Francis’ Choir Rehearsal—7p.m.—Church

Saturday Yoga class—8:00, 9:15,10:30, and 11:45 (Guild Hall)

Sunday 8a.m., 10a.m. Holy Eucharist (Church) and coffee hour, Parish Hall

Sunday 9:15a.m., Bible Study in the Guild Hall; 10 a.m. Godly Play in Sunday School room

Sunday 12:30p.m. Holy Eucharist, St. George (Church) and coffee hour, Parish Hall

Sunday 7:30p.m. 12-Step Rap Group Meeting in the Guild Hall

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Craig Stephen

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Birthdays Please contact the Parish Office

if you would like to list a birthday.

Laura Coe--October 1

Riley Brown--October 2

Jean Wong--October 2

Eric Oh--October 2

Nick Napoli--October 3

Fred Dick--October 4

Janet Giannini--October 4

Bob Powell--October 4

Poppy Dorsam--October 5

Joan Terris--October 7

Barbara Olson--October 8

Drake Pike--October 8

Liz Dick--October 9

Baker Peeples--October 11 Opal--

Ruby Dycus--October 13 Birthstone for

Trina Merriman--October 14 October

Emily Dwyer-October 15

Barbara Nolan--October 16

Chelsea Pearson--October 17

Alice Gates--October 20

Pat Ho-a-Yun--October 20

Walter Capp--October 21

Debbie Jasso-October 21

Carol Thollander--October 25

Caroline Smith--October 28

Lisa Napoli--October 30

The Great Pumpkin--October 31

Calendula

READINGS

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October 2

Jeremiah 22:13–16

Galatians 6:14–18

Matthew 11:25–30

Psalm 148:7–14

October 9

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7

Psalm 66:1-11

2 Timothy 2:8-15

Luke 17:11-19

October 16

Jeremiah 31:27-34

Psalm 119:97-104

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

Luke 18:1-8

October 23

Joel 2:23-32

Psalm 65

2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18

Luke 18:9-14

October 30

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

Psalm 119:137-144

2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12

Jonah and the fish Jeremiah in wilderness Uzeyr Luke 19:1-10

awakened after the destruction of Jerusalem

Jeremiah ?

Joy to the world.

Joy to you and me.

Joy to the world.

Joy to the fishes in the

deep , blue sea.

St. Francis’ Episcopal Church

399 San Fernando Way

San Francisco, CA 94127

www.stfrancisepiscopal.org

The Rev. Beth Sherman, Rector

The Rev. Dominic George, TSSF

Interim Rector

Office: (415) 334-1590

Home: (415) 571-8420

Email: rec-

tor@stfrancisepiscopal.org

Keith A. Smith, AHC

Parish Administrator

Office: (415) 334-1590

Fax: (415) 334-1591

Email:

administra-

tor@stfrancisepiscopal.org

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS:

M-TH: 10AM TO 5PM

F: 10AM TO NOON

2016 Vestry

Maryla Salt, Senior Warden

Christina Stephen , Junior Warden

Susan Foe, Junior Warden

Drake Pike, Treasurer

Jeremy Carroll

David Kriegh

Kevin Reamy

Debbie Jasso

Diane Dick

Wendy Dwyer

Michelle Herrera

Deanery Delegates

Alice Gates

Mary Beth Paul

Richard Young

Ruby Dycus

Kate Dick

Staff The Rev. Beth Sherman

Rector

The Rev. Dominic George, T.S.S.F.

Interim Rector

Assisting Clergy

The Rev. Robert Kossler

Dale Richards

Interim Choir Master

Keith A. Smith, AHC

Parish Administrator and Publisher

Beverly Popek

Sunday School Coordinator

Carol Fine

Nursery Caregiver

Julio Alfaro

Sexton

Jeremiah 18:1-11

Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17

Philemon 1-21

Luke 14:25-33

Jeremiah 18:1-11

Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17

Philemon 1-21

Luke 14:25-33

Jeremiah 18:1-11

Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17

Philemon 1-21

Luke 14:25-33

Jeremiah 18:1-11

Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17

Philemon 1-21

Luke 14:25-33

Jeremiah 18:1-11

Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17

Philemon 1-21

Luke 14:25-33