Fr. Mark's Thursday Announcements for May 23,2019

1) It HAS to get nice soon, right??? It’s well into spring, for crying out loud, and we have graduated our seniors and school is out and so just know that weather be darned, we are starting our summer schedule here at St. Francis. This means;

• 2) Godly Play won’t be meeting Sunday mornings, but there will be a children’s sermon at the 10 a.m. service, and;
• 3) Our weekly bible studies are taking the summer off (with one exception — Rae’s Sunday morning group will continue to meet weekly at 9 a.m.)
• And, finally, I will be leading an Adult Catechism (introduction to the church) class Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. beginning next Thursday, May 30th. All are welcome, and anyone interested in confirmation or reception in September should plan to attend.

2) This is a season of loss for our parish — we are holding three funerals next week. Georgene Curran on Tuesday, Dodie Orr on Thursday, and Lillis Grassmick on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who is working hard to make those services happen.

Be sure to come to church Sunday to see the Robin sitting on her nest in our beautiful courtyard tree! It has been a joy to watch her motherly dedication as she sits on her nest.  Enjoy the photo below.

We also have new furniture in the foyer! Come see what's new at St. Francis this week!

Happy Birthday!
May 26:  
Nancy Kepler, Jill Young, Conlan Cron
May 27:  
Kira Bowhay
May 29:  
Stan Eskam
May 30:  
Clark Wisniewski, Jon Meyer, 
Everett James Ellison, Brian Croft
May 31:  
Julie Fancher
 
Happy Anniversary!
 May 26
John and Ann Selzer
May 28        
Brad and Jana Bode
May 29
Kevin and Nikole Leonard
 
Our next Soup Kitchen will be this Thursday, May 30. Volunteers are needed to serve the meal at the Presbyterian Church (1st Avenue door) around 5 p.m. Volunteers are also needed to help with clean up, even if you can’t make it to help serve the meal. Clean-up is around 6 p.m.  Come be part of this ministry!
 
Camp Canterbury: All youth entering grades 4-12 in the fall are eligible to attend this diocesan camp, an important, powerful, and formative complement to our regular parish youth programming. Every parent and youth in this parish is encouraged to consider making it to Camp Canterbury this summer. Registration is now open, Here is a link to the page https://campcanterbury.episcopal-ne.org
 
Lisa’s Office Hours:
Monday: Office Closed for Memorial Day
Tuesday 10:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Thursday 10:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Friday 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.