FATHER MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
 

1. Don’t forget our Pet Blessing this Sunday at 2:00 P.M. at Centennial Park in Scottsbluff. All pets are welcome, and all pets will be blessed -- although as with their humans a blessing is not a guarantee of future sinlessness J
2.     Youth Group kicked off on Sunday with record numbers! Thanks to all parents and youth who made the effort. We look forward to a fun year of kids learning more about God and one another and growing into their own leadership roles in the church. We continue this Sunday 4:30 middle school and 5:30 high school.
   
3.      This week the City of Scottsbluff began replacing the curbs and gutters on 20th St. in front of the church. Weather permitting, they will continue down our east side on 1st Ave.       As soon as the city finishes their work, Anderson Shaw will come in behind and replace our sidewalks, which have been in pretty rough shape for some time now. The result will be not only a more attractive but much, much safer curb and sidewalk around our historic building.
   

ANN’S ADDITIONS

Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought
life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you are actually living!​​

Happy Birthday!!
 
Alison Cawiezel                               October 4
Shawn Hergenreder                        October 5
Chris Kelley                                     October 5
Lucretia Green                                October 6
Curt Mecklem                                  October 8
Jill Selvey                                        October 8
Amy Anderson-Saenz                     October 9
 
Prayer Requests ** Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message),
email [email protected] 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.


 

FATHER MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
1.     YOUTH GROUP BEGINS THIS SUNDAY! We will meet at the Presbyterian Church (look for us outside the west entrance). Middle School begins at 4:30 P.M. then both groups                 gather for dinner at 5:30 and High School starts at 6:00 P.M. So – parents please bring your Middle School youth at 4:30 and plan to pick them up at 6:00. High Schoolers                come at 5:30 and are done at 7:00. It will make sense once we do it a time or two. But please do come and check this out. I’ll be there along with our leaders Trudy and Amy, and  Jeff and April and their lay leaders. 

2.       Blessing of the Animals Sunday October 3rd at 2:00 P.M. at Centennial Park (weather alt. in the Parish Hall). Don’t miss this chance to share a blessing with your beloved pet --            be it fish, fowl, two or four or other-legged, big, little, furry, finicky, feisty, or friendly. All pets are gifts from God and on St. Francis Day we remember that if God can love us, then God can certainly love the creatures that love and sustain us. See you at the Park on Oct 3rd! 

3.     I promised an update on COVID-19 policy at St. Francis and looking at our current status and trends locally, I think it is safest for all if we continue our current “Masks Required”       policy for worship in the sanctuary and for Godly Play for another month. Masks will continue to be optional for small groups of vaccinated adults gathering in the Parish Hall or Library either on Sunday or during the week. Again, this policy will be in effect through October and revisited for November. Hopefully we can make a change then. ​

ANN’S ADDITIONS
 
Making one person smile can change the world.
Maybe not the whole world, but their world!
​

 
Happy Birthday!!
 
Amy Wisniewski                   September 23
Greg Suhr                             September 24
Rebecca Brenner                 September 27
Katelynn Dobrinski               September 27
Jessica Collins                     September 29
 
Fall ECW meeting
It is time for our Fall ECW meeting on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at 10 a.m.
In the Parish Hall.  We will be discussing upcoming events on our calendar and outreach projects we want to support with the money we made at the 
“Christmas in July" Bazaar.  Please come for fellowship and refreshments and help us do God’s work with our Outreach Projects.  Call Barb Manasek at 436-7767 if you have any questions.
 
Prayer Requests ** Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message),
email [email protected] 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.

 West Nebraska Art Center Announcement:
 
ART SALE
West Nebraska Art Center
106 E 18th Street
Saturday, September 25 from 4-8PM
Sunday, September 26 from 11-3PM
Over 1,000 pieces of Original Art!
Prices-Starting at $5!
Sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church of Scottsbluff
All Proceeds go to Local Missions
Refreshments Provided
 
 

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1. Youth Programs are back in session Sundays at 10:00 A.M.  --  Godly Play and Nursery are upstairs, our new Pre-Teen (11-12 yrs) group meets in the parish hall. Youth Group kicks off a week from this Sunday on the 26th across the street at the Presbyterian Church where our leaders (Amy and Trudy) and kids will combine with their leaders and kids for what we think will be a really fun group. Middle school group starts at 4:30 P.M. High School group starts at 6:00, with dinner for both at 5:30. We are so happy to be able to offer all these programs to our kids and thank all the parents and volunteers for making this happen! 
2. Our new AED is now mounted in a white cabinet in the narthex next to the fire extinguisher. Last week I offered Starbucks gift cards to anyone who could correctly give the number and location of fire extinguishers in the church. No one won, BUT it did give me a chance to point out that we have 6 fire extinguishers in the building. Here’s where they are: 1) By the Visitor’s Check-in in the Narthex; 2) Top of stairs/elevator into the sanctuary; 3) Outside offices; 4) Godly Play Classroom; 5) Kitchen in Parish Hall, and 6) Downstairs (undercroft) Kitchen. There you go! Six! Now, if someone ever shouts; “Quick, get the fire extinguisher!” you’ll know where to go! And if someone says, “Get the AED!” you will also know. Hopefully neither of those things ever happens, but we are prepared just in case J  
3. Tonight our Fall Adult programming kicks off with a Zoom book study “Waking Up White – And Finding Myself in the Story of Race,” by Debby Irving. It’s not too late to join in but call me (308) 765-1535 if you haven’t signed up yet and I’ll get you the link.

​ANN’S ADDITIONS
 
“We rise by lifting up others.”  Robert Ingersoll

 
Happy Birthday!!
 
Bill Mann                                          September 19
Margaret Pepper                              September 20
Jeane Anderson                               September 21
Sheryl Spath                                     September 21
Amy Wisniewski                               September 23
Greg Suhr                                         September 24
 
Fall ECW meeting
It is time for our Fall ECW meeting on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at 10 a.m.
In the Parish Hall.  We will be discussing upcoming events on our calendar and outreach projects we want to support with the money we made at the 
“Christmas in July" Bazaar.  Please come for fellowship and refreshments and help us do God’s work with our Outreach Projects.  Call Barb Manasek at 436-7767 if you have any questions.
 
Prayer Requests ** Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message),
email [email protected] 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.

FATHER MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
​

ANN’S ADDITIONS​

 Happy Birthday!!
 
Ralph Anderson                              September 12
Greg Peterson                                September 12
Wanda Mueller                                September 13
Emma Hergenreder                        September 15
Hannah Schillereff                          September 16
 
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 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
 
Fall ECW meeting
It is time for our Fall ECW meeting on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at 10 a.m.
In the Parish Hall.  We will be discussing upcoming events on our calendar and outreach projects we want to support with the money we made at the 
“Christmas in July" Bazaar.  Please come for fellowship and refreshments and help us do God’s work with our Outreach Projects.  Call Barb Manasek at 436-7767 if you have any questions.
 
Prayer Requests ** Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message),
email [email protected] 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.

​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 [email protected], 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 [email protected] 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.