 Thursday Announcements November 30, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES
______________________________________________________________________ No enews will be published December 21 or 28 due to the back-to-back Christmas and New Years' holidays. Items submitted after December 12 will be published January 4. From the office—Ann’s Announcements  Birthdays Beth McKibbin December 4 Chesney Joplin December 8 Anniversaries Mardell & Trudy Schnell December 6 It is time to sign up for poinsettias, in memory of loved ones or in honor of family or friends. There will be a sign up sheet in the Narthex. Please call Collette Suhr at 436-5963 if you have any questions.  Sunday begins our Advent season! We will be collecting donations for 3 Christmas families in need.
If writing a check, please make it out to ECW by December 17th, if possible, so we can get gifts to them by Christmas. We will collect donations throughout Advent in the Red Box located in the Narthex. _________________________________ It’s time for our Annual Christmas Cookie Exchange on Sat. Dec 9th, at 10 am in the Parish Hall. Please bring 4 dozen cookies to share. What a great way to get a variety of sweet treats for the Holiday season, and provide cookies for our shut-ins! Refreshments will be provided. _________________________________ We will be “Greening the Church” after Coffee Hour on Sunday, December 17th, for Christmas. Please join us and share in the excitement of preparing our worship space for this Holiest of Holidays. All decorations will be provided. _________________________________ The Forward Day by Day’s for November - January are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church. _________________________________ Funeral for Rae Whitney November 27 at St. Francis Saint Francis member Rae Whitney died November 16. Her funeral will be Monday, November 27 at 10 a.m. at Saint Francis. A reception will follow the service, with her inurnment following the reception at Gering's West Lawn Cemetery. Her obituary is available here. Rae's service will be livestreamed on the homepage of Saint Francis' website. Please continue to pray for Rae and all her loved ones.
Give rest, O Christ to your servant, with your saints where sorrow and pain are no more neither sighing, but life everlasting  Thursday Announcements November 16, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES
Please keep Rae and those who love her in your prayers.
From the office—Ann’s Announcements Birthdays
Gretchen Foster November 24 Anniversaries Peter & Jennifer Schilke November 19 There will be no Sunday school (Godly Play) November 26th, following the Thanksgivng holiday. The parish prayer chain is now being handled by the Daughters of the King, specifically Connie Schingle. A prayer list will be sent weekly to any parish member who wishes to receive it. If you would like to be part of this important ministry, please email Connie at [email protected] or contact the church office at 632-4626, or email us. If you wish to add someone to the prayer list, you may sign the prayer request sheet outside the church office, contact Connie Schingle by email, or contact the church office by Wednesday of each week. If you have an urgent request, please indicate the urgency and the request will be sent to the prayer list recipients as soon as possible instead of waiting for the weekly email. Prayer requests are typically kept on the list for two weeks, unless you indicate that the name should remain longer. The Forward Day by Day’s for November - January are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church.  Thursday Announcements November 9, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES During last Sunday's All Saints liturgy, we were remiss in naming, honoring and remembering Saint Francis members who died since last All Saints' Day 2022. Nola Schwab Jeanne Matthews Lynn Jacobson Jill Wozniak Lucretia Green Kenny Larson Pati McLellan Jerry Leonard Joe Blundell We invite your thanksgiving for the lives of our beloved saints and continued prayers for their loved ones.
Recent Attendance Trends Month-to-Month July: 46 August: 59 September: 50 October: 54 Six Month Averages As of the end of July: 63 As of the end of August: 62 As of the end of September: 60 As of the end of October: 55 Saint Francis' offices will be closed November 22 and 23. We wish you and your loved ones a blessed and happy Thanksgiving! From the office—Ann’s Announcements  In honor of our Veteran's--Thank you for your service!  Birthdays
Christian Bach November 13 Nina Betz November 15 Kathy Shambaugh November 15 Linda Mitchell November 18 Ralph Moreno November 18 The people of Saint Francis are delighted to announce longtime parishioner and our dear friend Mrs. Rae Whitney is a 2023 recipient of Virginia Seminary's Dean's Cross Award. This award recognizes faithful community leaders who do an outstanding job of embodying the Baptismal Covenant. Past recipients include First Lady Barbara Bush and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.] A special liturgy and award ceremony will be held at the Residency, 2100 Circle Drive, Scottsbluff, on Saturday, November 18 at 2 p.m. Dr. Marty Wheeler Burnett will present the award on behalf of the Dean. An RSVP is not required but would be appreciated. You can let us know how many will be in attendance by completing this form or by calling the church office at 308-632-4626. Those unable to attend who wish to send greetings may do so in care of the church, PO Box 1201, Scottsbluff, 69363. The parish prayer chain is now being handled by the Daughters of the King, specifically Connie Schingle. A prayer list will be sent weekly to any parish member who wishes to receive it. If you would like to be part of this important ministry, please email Connie at [email protected] or contact the church office at 632-4626, or email us. If you wish to add someone to the prayer list, you may sign the prayer request sheet outside the church office, contact Connie Schingle by email, or contact the church office by Wednesday of each week. If you have an urgent request, please indicate the urgency and the request will be sent to the prayer list recipients as soon as possible instead of waiting for the weekly email. Prayer requests are typically kept on the list for two weeks, unless you indicate that the name should remain longer. The Forward Day by Day’s for November - January are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church. |
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