Announcements for this week!

Thursday Announcements
 September 2, 2021

FATHER MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

​1.  Watch your mail this weekend for a letter from your Parish Search Committee, inviting you to attend one of the three remaining “Holy Conversations.”

2.  Today we are printing new Parish Directories, and they will be available in the Narthex this weekend.

3.  Sunday we will celebrate two fun things:

• First, we will debut and dedicate our new green altar frontal, hangings, and vestments which were memorial gifts from three families. I know you will be as impressed as I am with the beauty of these new worship items.
• Second, Godly Play (ages 6-10) and Nursery (up to 5) begin again during our 10:00 A.M. service. Welcome back kids and families, and thank you so much to our teacher and helper volunteers! It feels more like church every week!

4. A word on masks and COVID – the data I can find (mayoclinic.org) shows a daily positive rate of 13, or 38/100k, which means we are still a hot spot and at higher than acceptable       risk. St. Francis is requiring masks during worship and in Godly Play during the month of September. Adults gathering in small groups for meetings and programs may do so     unmasked.

5.  Rae’s 9:00 A.M. Lectionary Study will not meet this Sunday September 5th, as she is isolating in place due to several positive cases at The Residency. 
 
6.  Don’t forget that next Thursday September 9th at 10:30 A.M. at the Carpenter Center Linda Rock will present a program on “Loss in Aging.” A lunch is offered at the Carpenter Center every weekday, and you may opt to stay for the lunch that is served at 11:30 following the presentation each week. Please RSVP to Kristin Wiebe, at 672-3923 or ekwiebe@gmail.com, to attend the 3 session series. Workshops are free, lunch cost is $6 – September’s menu available at the end of August.

ANN’S ADDITIONS​

Happy Birthday!!
 
Elsi Nielsen                                         September 6
Madi Collins                                        September 8
Ann Salomon                                      September 8
Christy Anderson                                September 10
Noah Moreno                                      September 11
 
​Happy Anniversary!!

John & Peggy Wymore                      September 5
 
Please join the Search Committee for Holy Conversations to help us collect 
information that will help us find the next priest for our parish.  YOUR ideas
matter!  These meetings will last between 1 hour - 1.5 hours.
 
Sunday, September 5 at 9:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall after the 8:00 service
(Grab your coffee and join in the conversation)
 
Sunday, September 12, at 11:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall after the 10:00 service
(Grab your coffee and join the conversation)
 
Wednesday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m. via ZOOM
 
Prayer Requests ** Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message),
email stfrancis@allophone.com or mail to:
 
St. Francis Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 1201
Scottsbluff, NE 69361

Forward Day by Day Booklets
We have the Forward Day by Day’s for August-October in regular and large print. If you would like any of these mailed to you, please email or call the church.